H-Town Tiger

re: Saints should have Signed Evans and let Olave Walk

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/6/26 at 3:02 pm to Sunnyvale

Mike Evans is 137 years old

Saints Talk

re: Is Jefferey Wright’s “Commisioner Gordon” been the only acceptable DEI/woke hire?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/5/26 at 10:40 pm to Flats

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it's a combination of how attached people are to the source material, how major the character is, the perceived reason for the swap, etc.

I agree with this. The biggest problem over the last 10 years or so is the “woke activist” “Oscars so white” crowd acting like opportunities for non white but especially black actors haven’t changed since 1939. The push for “equity” in every project. This leads to nonsensical “diversity” in some cases. I mean a medieval society like the Witcher is not gonna be multi racial but making the Freman in Dune darker skinned does makes sense But it also leads to backlash where some will accuse any black or female lead of being a DEI hire.

Race or Gender swaps works better when it makes sense. Just Dench playing M for example. In the 60s or 70s not likely to have woman head MI6 but by the 90s sure. A black DA or Police Commissioner in a major city like Gotham like wise makes sense. A black billionaire vigilante from a multi generational family of wealth not so much though going forward it could

re: Is Jefferey Wright’s “Commisioner Gordon” been the only acceptable DEI/woke hire?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/4/26 at 1:01 pm to Flats

True very few read the book. It was in a collection of 4 short stories. One of the stories was “The Body”, the basis of the movie “Stand by Me”, i bought it after seeing that movie 8-9 years before “The Shawshank Redemption” came out. Like every one else I only saw the movie after it bombed at the box office and rented it.

The broader point is there have long been race or gender swapped roles. I would assume they cast Morgan Freeman because his voice is perfect for narration plus he was well known and a box office draw in the mid 90s plus he’s a good actor.

re: Is Jefferey Wright’s “Commisioner Gordon” been the only acceptable DEI/woke hire?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/4/26 at 8:07 am to Brosef Stalin

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No one complained about Lando playing black Harvey Dent but dei/woke wasn't a thing back then

In the novella “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” the narrator and prison smuggler Red is a middle aged white Irish guy. In the movie that character was played by Morgan Freeman

re: Why do you think Shaq didn’t win a Natty at LSU?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 6/3/26 at 10:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88

The best team was 89-90 when he was a freshman. And even though we beat them in the PMAC in January no one was beating UNLV in March. Also, I don’t think people realize this but he was only 17 most of that year, he was very raw, he was not the Shaq he became in the NBA. It was a different world when most top players like Shaq himself stayed at least 3 years in college. That dominant UNLV team all came back. LSU was talented but young in a world where experienced teams were common. If Jackson/Abu Raif and Roberts stayed/remained eligible for 2 more years i don’t know they beat those Duke teams but maybe make a Final Four. But his last 2 years the team weren’t very good.

re: Is it just me or is the World Cup going to be a gigantic flop?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/30/26 at 12:18 pm to Cosmo

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People aren't traveling to America because they are scared to death to travel here.

Stop watching cnn

If there’s one thing you can count on from Fox News they would never show scare mongering crime porn about big cities:lol:

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re: Did we ever figure out how Coastal made the tourney after being denied recruitment time?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/30/26 at 12:09 pm to JoeyP239

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Their coach certsinly does more with less, which is what LSU needs

LSU needs to move to the Sunbelt?

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re: Did we ever figure out how Coastal made the tourney after being denied recruitment time?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/30/26 at 12:08 pm to Meauxjeaux

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I'm assuming they were picking over the portal scrap heap as well huh?

LSU started the season ranked #1 and the recruiting class was considered good. It just didn’t work, shite happens. Trust me Jay Johnson is way more upset about this season than you. He’s won 2 titles here’s you crybabies need to get over yourselves

re: And the Winner of the Best Horror Movie of All-Time Tournament Is.....

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/28/26 at 7:30 am to CocomoLSU

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Best Rom-Com is the front runner. Chick flicks would probably be allowed in that tournament. As discussed, we already know the winner though (Crazy Stupid Love).

Is it only counting movies from the 21st century or just people unaware of the existence of The Apartment, When Harry Meet Sally, Moonstruck, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Annie Hall (yes I said it) ? :lol:

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BTW, here is a list of some of the MWADS ones we did

I miss these. I’ve dug up the voting and results, some of mine have changed some as I e seen more movies but pretty consistent, I’ve been doing different categories like those on Letterboxed

re: Who do you want to see win it all?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/27/26 at 7:03 pm to crotiger0307

UCLA or any B1G team so the B1G can complete the season sweep of FB, MBB and BB

ETA and throw in WBB :lol:

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re: Who do you want to see win it all?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/25/26 at 5:52 pm to crotiger0307

UCLA or any B1G team to go with FB and MBB titles

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re: 77-72 SEC record over 5 full seasons

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/17/26 at 7:38 am to JoeyP239

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Dave Roberts also has 2 World Series rings. 3 if you count the covid season. You think the Dodgers are giving him a lifetime contract? If he went 60-102 (which is essentially what LSU did this year), he’d be fired immediately,

What do you think Johnson’s record would be if he still had Skenes, Crews, Anderson, White, Eyenson? The Dodgers don’t lose players to the draft after 2-4 years

re: Best LSU Saint?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/16/26 at 1:08 pm to Bayou

Eric Martin. He was more consistent longer.
Hilliard had 1 monster season but was pretty meh before that and injuries after

Saints Talk

re: This is so embarrassing. Y’all called him Nick Saban of baseball

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/16/26 at 1:01 pm to Jack Daniel

What’s really interesting embarrassing is how many idiots like you do not understand the difference between football and baseball

re: This is so embarrassing. Y’all called him Nick Saban of baseball

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/16/26 at 11:17 am to Jack Daniel

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When did Saban ever go 3-9 or 4-8 after having a winning a natty?

Did anyone win a FB title going 8-4? Because 20-10 in the SEC will
Get you a top 8 seed

re: Everyone recommend 1 movie that you love that you think under 10% of this board has seen

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/15/26 at 6:34 pm to sgallo3

re: Best Horror Movie of All-Time Tournament: FINAL FOUR!! (Voting Closed)

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/12/26 at 6:14 pm to iwyLSUiwy

1. The Exorcist

1. Jaws

re: What is your favorite silent movie?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/11/26 at 9:11 pm to CU_Tigers4life

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That film would never....EVER..be shown today

They showed in TCM a couple of years ago as part of a series about political movies. All the movies had a prominent person intro and talk about the film with Ben Mankiewicz before and after (I think after). I forget who it was that introduced it, a black writer or journalist maybe.

re: Natties 2 of last 3 years and y'all crying

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/11/26 at 3:48 pm to JoeyP239

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lol if Ryan Day went 3-9 at Ohio State in Year 5, he’d be fired.

Another retard that doesn’t understand baseball is not football

re: Is Jay Johnson’s sec record 45-40?

Posted by H-Town Tiger on 5/10/26 at 5:47 pm to JoeyP239

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He’s Eli Manning

Eli is one of only 13 QBs in 60 years to win 2+ Super Bowls is that supposed
To be an insult :lol:

You’re not gonna see a run like Skip in the 90s again.