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Alabama is now 40-2-1 all-time against Kentucky.

re: United 93

Posted by RollTide1987 on 9/12/26 at 5:41 am to
The Hamburg Cell is actually a pretty insightful film into the men who planned and orchestrated 9/11. The actors who played Muhammad Atta and Ziad Jarrah were both fantastic in their roles. If you have a couple hours to burn I highly recommend it.

As to United 93, it's a very visceral movie that I try to watch every 9/11. Paul Greengrass crafted the definitive 9/11 movie that had the misfortune of being released so soon after the attacks. Many people thought it was exploitative and refused to see it. However, the movie was made with the full consent of the families of the victims and they were heavily consulted throughout the process.

The film is a moving tribute to their bravery on one of America's darkest days.

re: Is Auburn a fun road trip?

Posted by RollTide1987 on 9/12/26 at 5:23 am to
Auburn is a quaint little town that I think any SEC fan should visit once.
John Travolta plays mob enforcer Johnny Roselli in this conspiratorial take on the JFK assassination.

re: Thoughts on Kentucky?

Posted by RollTide1987 on 9/11/26 at 12:18 pm to
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees.
It is my understanding that the definitive version was produced in the 80s. Why are they remaking it when they can just put the original on their streaming service?
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Who wants to go hang out inside an airport? Airports are disgusting.


I love hanging out in the Centurion Lounge where there is free food and booze.
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Deserves to be seen and should have its success, but there’s some other things behind it that have pushed the numbers up.


That's going to hold true for every blockbuster film moving forward. Ticket prices are only going to increase. Titanic solid roughly 400 million tickets worldwide during its initial theatrical release in 1997-98. 128 million of those were in the United States.

That film is now 10th all-time on the domestic charts despite having more ticket sales than all nine films ahead of it by a comfortable margin.
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It just doesn’t make any sense to me.


This is the SEC telling the NCAA and the courts that the governor of Louisiana has final oversight over the LSU football program - not the AD or University president.
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Is there any Box Office Mojo that tracks tickets sold?

Money is such a crapshoot with inflation and studio accounting practices.


According to Google AI, The Odyssey has sold between 85-90 million tickets around the world thus far. By comparison, The Dark Knight Rises - Nolan's previous highest grossing film - sold between 135-145 million tickets worldwide back in 2012.

Inflation definitely plays a role in these numbers.
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I was looking for a way to take all the clocks out of the equation


And this is where your argument falls apart.

Sure...mathematically, your argument is sound but that isn't what's being argued. Time is kept on the field by the clock on the scoreboard. That scoreboard is how the network and radio broadcasts can tell how much time is left in the game. Unless it freezes for whatever reason, it's also how the referees determine how much time is left in the game.

Ten million people were watching that game and therefore watching that clock while everything was happening. Rather than using the clock in the stadium, the Big Ten used a clock that only a handful of people had access to. In the NFL, if there are discrepancies like that, they are taught to use the clock in the stadium due to the controversies that will ensue if they do otherwise.

What the replay officials failed to identify in their review was the discrepancy between the clock in their office and the one in the stadium.
It has become the first non-remake/non-sequel to accomplish this feat since 2009's Avatar. The only other non-remake/non-sequel to do it was Titanic all the way back in 1997.

So it joins an exclusive club.
The Alabama-Kentucky series just might be among the most lopsided in the P4. The Tide holds a 39-2-1 advantage over the Wildcats with Kentucky’s two victories coming in 1922 and 1997.

Joel Klatt had long-time rules analyst Mike Pereira on his podcast this morning. The segment starts around the 4:45 mark in the video. However, bottom line up front: the replay officials in Chicago failed to notice the discrepancy between their clock and the broadcast clock. Replay analysts are trained to use the broadcast clock if there is such a discrepancy.

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now do Bama


Sure...when they actually fall off a cliff.

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McElroy says the refs got it right.


Based on what?

The game clock in the stadium that coaches, refs, and players base the time remaining in the game on or some secret clock in the dark recesses of the Big Ten's headquarters?
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Except in one of the biggest movies of all time.



A role, while important to the motivations and development of the main character, featured less than five minutes of actual screentime in a three-hour film. There is little doubt that roles for her are sparse six years after cutting off her boobs and deepening her voice.

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All of the shifts and motion pre-snap are silly.


Yep.

I found myself rolling my eyes when it looked like we had five players moving/motioning pre-snap.
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its truly heartwarming to see the man get to see how much his contributions are appreciated



Yep.

A lot of people try to put Hans Zimmer in the same tier as John Williams, but in my opinion Williams is in a category all to himself. He still composes music on paper while Zimmer has been composing his scores in a computer for the last two decades. Most of the instruments Zimmer utilizes in his music are completely digital, whereas Williams still uses a traditional orchestra.

Not only that, John Williams has composed some of the most iconic movie scores of all-time. His run from 1975-2005 was extraordinary and will never be topped as long as we live.
The Arab Spring was an abysmal failure for the region and a disaster for Europe. The resulting civil wars, famine, and economic downturn forced millions of people from that part of the world into Europe. And the EU, as dumb as they are, welcomed them in with open arms.