DesScorp
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Marlon Brando wanted to be in a Star Trek movie... and was rejected
Posted by DesScorp on 9/25/26 at 6:13 pm
Never knew this until today. Marlon Brando asked for the role of Dr. Tolian Soran in Star Trek: Generations. Paramount gave it serious thought but his asking price was just way too high. I like Malcolm McDowell, but that would have been an interesting what could have been.
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Star Trek Generations nearly had a much more high profile villain, as screen legend Marlon Brando expressed an interest in taking on the role that would become Dr. Tolian Soran. Star Trek Generations was a transitional movie for the franchise, as the focus shifted away from the Star Trek: The Original Series crew to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. A handful of TOS cast members - including William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk - returned one last time to pass the torch to Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D.
The villain of Star Trek Generations was Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell), an El-Aurian obsessed with gaining access to the Nexus, a portal to a sort of heaven dimension. McDowell does a solid job with a role that is, quite frankly, a bit undercooked, especially considering Soran sets up the death of Captain Kirk and the destruction of the Enterprise-D. It turns out Soran could have been quite a bit different in another actor's hands.
Early in the pre-production process of Star Trek Generations, producer Rick Berman was informed that Marlon Brando had some interest in playing the movie's villain. Berman as understandably excited, as Star Trek didn't generally attract that kind of A-list Hollywood talent. Landing the star of The Godfather would have been a genuine event for the franchise.
To Berman's horror, Paramount was not overly enthused at the prospect of working with Brando. Brando was in his 70s by that point, and the studio believed he was washed up. Brando's reputation for being difficult to work with surely didn't help matters. Berman eventually gave up when it became apparent Brando's salary demands were going to be impossible to meet.
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A little surprised at Slovenia being on this list.
re: Anyone here will admit to being "Alpha Widowed"?
Posted by DesScorp on 9/23/26 at 7:33 pm to LSU Coyote
Jada Pinkett is Tupac Shukur’s alpha widow, and Will Smith knows it.
Polyamory is Greek for “I’m a whore”.
Ban. Lifetime. Now.
re: I don't see how the restaurant industry can survive in its current format.
Posted by DesScorp on 9/23/26 at 9:03 am to bayouvette
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that where the case door dash and Uber eats wouldn't exists. We don't even have a big city and places are packed everyday.
Mom and Pop diners are screwed . New chain outlets being put up by Rajneesh and his 30 cousins with their tax avoidance schemes are going gangbusters.
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If the DSA wins anyway
You will show proper appreciation for breadlines or you will face Peoples Justice!
One of the great things about Michael Chricton’s book State of Fear was all the research he did on global warming and “climate action groups”. In the index he provided copious notes and references, and there’s an appendix with a speech he gave to Cal Tech on the subject. It’s a truly eye-opening look at the hysteria compared to what actual climate records say. It also directly addresses the accuracy and reliance on computer models in these panics.
I hope Daleks bend them over and peg them with buzzsaws.
re: LSU drops 33 spots in latest U.S. News college rankings
Posted by DesScorp on 9/22/26 at 8:54 am to Tiger4life306
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A ranking that means absolutely nothing
Unfortunately it carries quite a bit of weight. It Shouldn’t . But it does.
re: Building nerds: Detroit’s Renaissance Center to be partially demolished
Posted by DesScorp on 9/22/26 at 6:12 am to TexasTiger08
Never liked the RC. Thought it looked like giant aluminum cans from a distance. The inside is somewhat cool though, in a 70’s sci-fi kind of way. The kind of place you could film a star trek episode.
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Some of those images look to be a bit altered for effect but I can tell you that ME guys will chew that shite all day long. It's a real thing for sure.
Somali men never stop chewing it. Sunup to sundown, there’s a chunk in their trap.
More and more adults are essentially children with more money, so maybe we shouldn’t be surprised.
re: Group of Memphis scholars arrested for stealing a quarter mil worth of chicken
Posted by DesScorp on 9/18/26 at 2:52 pm to Bayou Warrior 64
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Where in the hell do you store that much chicken?
You sell out the back of a truck in the hood. They could do it in under an hour.
re: US fertility rate plummets by a quarter in less than 20 years
Posted by DesScorp on 9/18/26 at 2:47 pm to LSUAlum2001
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COVID vax doing work
Feminism doing work. And its biggest weapons: the pill, no-fault divorce, and social media.
Future history books might well regard the pill as the doomsday weapon that destroyed Western and Westernized industrial civilization. The white birthrate in the US fell almost immediately after its introduction. By the late 70’s white US births were under replacement level. And Korea and Japan are now both under .75 births per couple. 4/5ths of Europe is pretty close to those numbers. Our enlightened, advanced civilization is a suicide machine.
The future belongs to those who show up.
We never should have lost them in the first place.
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Mormons.
Mormons go to BYU. U of Utah is dominated by non-Mormons, many of them hostile atheists. SLC is ground zero for liberals migrating from California. Salt Lake City is to Utah what Austin is to Texas: a colony of outsiders that is the polar opposite of the rest of the state.
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TBH, the second punch seems like overkill, and I’m not sure if he even needed to make the first punch as strong as he did.
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“Scorin’ is my job. Stoppin’ me is yours” - Bobby Bowden to an opposing coach that was complaining about “Running up the score “
She threw the swing. After that, chivalry goes out the window.
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Fat shot doing the real work
And if the shots ever stop, the weight comes roaring back.
re: It's time to stop putting Ivy League lawyers on the Supreme Court.
Posted by DesScorp on 9/15/26 at 11:05 pm to America250
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Utilize some of the law schools in the SEC. LSU, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas. etc.
I've been an advocate of cutting the Ivy League off from all DC ties for two decades now. I think Republican presidents should start going to red state courts for judicial nominees. Not federal courts. There's no constitutional requirement for that. And yes, avoid even friendly judges that went to Ivy league schools. The "elite" institutions need to be sent wandering the proverbial wilderness for awhile.
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All 3 are considered net drains on the UK.
Northern Ireland costs nearly $10,000 per person with regards to revenue per head vs public expenditure. Scotland and Wales are both $6,000+
Honestly, England would be better off. They have all the wealth. They overwhelmingly have the biggest population. One part of me hates what's become of the British Empire... it was great once upon a time. But the Scots and the Irish are, outside of London, by far the biggest advocates of bringing in hordes of third worlders to the British Isles. With just London and Manchester to deal with, England would be in a better position to preserve their culture and people.
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