Funky Tide 8

re: Ole Miss 80 @ Alabama 79 Final - SECN

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 7:14 pm to mistaken4193

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No foul on Philon?

Blatant fouls on Sherrill and Philon on our last two baskets.

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re: Twisters

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 3:32 pm to LSUbacchus

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Obviously the first one had an epic score and the actors but take the blinders off. It’s just as cheesy and ridiculous.

I just cannot agree. For one, the cast in the first one was elite, and deep, therefore the acting was miles better than the sequel. That alone makes it a much better movie. The acting in the new one isn't awful, but it ain't great. B-rate at best. They definitely didn't convey the intensity and seriousness of the situations they are in, or the PTSD that comes with surviving a tornado but losing most of your best friends.

Also, as is the case with most movies these days, the new one has way too much ridiculous cgi.

and while I thought that driving through a tornado and shooting fireworks off inside of it was pretty funny, its just way over the top and silly.

And making the female lead out to be some kind of tornado chasing savant was cringey. Like she was the only one who could predict exactly where a tornado would go because she throws a dandy lion up into the air, and can read the wind by looking at corn fields, but all of the meteorologists, and tornado experts that are congregating there in Oklahoma can't figure that out. Oh yeah, and she cracks the code on how to destroy a tornado :lol:

I'm really not one to be "that guy" that over-analyzes everything, and pits sequels against originals, but this one was just egregious.

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re: Twisters

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 11:57 am to Thracken13

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legacy tarnish is a played out complaint

I don't really disagree, but it was just so much worse than the first, and it really shouldn't have been.

It could be that I'm just too close to the subject matter, and was hyper-critical watching it. But the part where these expert storm chasers are at a rodeo with hundreds of people in attendance when there is a multi day historical tornado outbreak, and they have no clue that there is an immediate threat for tornadic activity? And there are no warnings, alerts, just absolutely nothing? I simply couldn't suspend my belief enough.

re: Illuminator, news partners sue LSU for records of payments to college athletes

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 10:41 am to ragincajun03

Well this should be interesting.

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re: Titan new uniforms officially unveiled

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 10:40 am to DennisQuaid

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Not at all. Sure it’s a nod to the Oilers roots. But it’s forced and bland/sterile

I'm a minimalist. :dunno:

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re: Twisters

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 10:39 am to Proximo

I watched this a couple of nights ago. I found it to be incredibly dumb, cheesy, and just overall ridiculous. Couldn't even finish it. A slap in the face of the original. Really surprised to see all of the positive reception in this thread.

The only thing I actually enjoyed was Glenn Powell's ridiculous character. That was pretty funny. And the lead actress is nice to look at. That's about it.

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re: Titan new uniforms officially unveiled

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 10:24 am to JamalMurry27

They look better than the old ones, that's for sure.

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re: Alabama gets the easiest path to the SECCG in basketball.

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/13/26 at 10:00 am to Gen Patton

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Arkansas probably should've won the game in Tuscaloosa if they weren't screwed by such egregious home cooking with all the fouls called on them.

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re: Is Don’ta Hightower Nick’s most successful player?

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/12/26 at 11:48 am to Vulcan Materials

Andrew Whitworth is probably up there.

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re: My nephew has a kid in his class named Lucifer

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/12/26 at 9:23 am to mule74

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He told his son that he didn’t care how much he liked that kid, he is not to hang out with him.

Now not only will his son will probably hang out with him, they'll probably become a couple.

re: Favorite characters from the past 10 years

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/12/26 at 9:16 am to bad93ex

re: Travel hint to those coming to central or southern Florida this summer.

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/11/26 at 11:27 am to oldtrucker

I plan on hitting up Merritt's Mill Pond soon for some recreation. Its on my bucket list.

re: Travel hint to those coming to central or southern Florida this summer.

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/11/26 at 11:20 am to oldtrucker

Seconded.

I never take i75. Plenty of beautiful springs along the way as well. We stopped at The BBQ Shack in Fanning Springs last time, and it was delicious.

I see you live in Marianna. We stopped into Florida Caverns State Park a couple of weekends ago on the way back home from Tallahassee. Didn't go into the cave, just hiked the trails. The trails are awesome. Lots of wildlife around there.

re: Dinosaurs - on Netflix

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/11/26 at 10:30 am to Dave Worth

well that sucks to hear, especially after the OP said

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Simply amazing

re: Identity: Rocks or Petrified Wood

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/11/26 at 10:24 am to Panic Collapse

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I was hunting for some arrowheads in a natural drainage area at the bottom of a mountain in the foothills of the Appalachians in Central Alabama

Hog Mountain?

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re: Paradise on Hulu

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/10/26 at 4:25 pm to TheNameIsDalton

I get all that, and I understand the reasoning, which is why I don't have a huge problem with it. I enjoyed the episode. I just didn't find that part very believable. Hell, maybe I'm just in denial because they made me really like Gary, and at the end of the episode they made me not like him :lol:

re: Pentagon spending - on crabs, salmon and 1,800 dollar chairs

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/10/26 at 4:21 pm to The Pirate King

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If you refuse to look at that context then that's on you.

I'm just not naive enough to believe that this kind of spending is exclusive to our military. Its not. And you know it. Its the same ol shite. Nothing has changed.

re: Pentagon spending - on crabs, salmon and 1,800 dollar chairs

Posted by Funky Tide 8 on 3/10/26 at 4:01 pm to The Pirate King

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Whether you intended to or not, I'd hazard a guess the author of this article at MSN or wherever they source articles wasn't posting the same drivel during 2009-2017 or 2021-2025.

I'm not sure why this matters. It should piss you off even more that the administration that you voted for is doing it, especially considering that Trump promised to cut wasteful government spending. It does for me at least.