TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2014

Well, I was all set to watch the Pirates take on the Cardinals and.......rain delay

007 wrote:

Well, I was all set to watch the Pirates take on the Cardinals and.......rain delay

Yeah, same here so I switched over to Raw for a while.

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Well, I was all set to watch the Pirates take on the Cardinals and.......rain delay

Yeah, same here so I switched over to Raw for a while.

Think it will last long ? What's going on out there?

007 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Well, I was all set to watch the Pirates take on the Cardinals and.......rain delay

Yeah, same here so I switched over to Raw for a while.

Think it will last long ? What's going on out there?

Shouldn't last long.  Spotty showers right now that should dry up pretty soon.  The "big stuff" is supposed to happen after midnight.

EDIT: Game on!

EDIT2:  The very definition of "spotty".  They were going to bring the tarp on after the first half inning but it was only raining on the eastern part of the stadium.  Very weird.

This game has been quite the pitchers duel. It's an interesting watch.

Last night I watched the Yankees/Indians game.

Watching the Pirates vs. the Cardinals. Another good game between the division rivals

Son of a bitch ! Another walkoff...

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"Bullet to the Head" (2013) - a D.C. cop and a hitman (Sly Stallone) team up against crooked developers, mercenaries, and rogue police in New Orleans. Bullets fly, stuff blows up and many heads are busted. There's so much testosterone flying around in this movie that my DVD player grew hair.

007 wrote:

Son of a bitch ! Another walkoff...

After STL not having had a walkoff since 2011.

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Son of a bitch ! Another walkoff...

After STL not having had a walkoff since 2011.

Think they'll get 3 in a row? The way the Bucs' bullpen has been,I wouldn't be surprised.

007 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Son of a bitch ! Another walkoff...

After STL not having had a walkoff since 2011.

Think they'll get 3 in a row? The way the Bucs' bullpen has been,I wouldn't be surprised.

Highly doubtful.  We're last in MLB in homeruns.  Which only makes the last 2 nights even more amazing.

Actually, I don't care how they do it but STL better figure out a way to win tonight behind Lance Lynn.  Shelby Miller pitches tomorrow and he's been atrocious for the last couple months.  He leads the NL in walks and homeruns allowed (talk about a deadly combination).

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Son of a bitch ! Another walkoff...

After STL not having had a walkoff since 2011.

Think they'll get 3 in a row? The way the Bucs' bullpen has been,I wouldn't be surprised.

Highly doubtful.  We're last in MLB in homeruns.  Which only makes the last 2 nights even more amazing.

Actually, I don't care how they do it but STL better figure out a way to win tonight behind Lance Lynn.  Shelby Miller pitches tomorrow and he's been atrocious for the last couple months.  He leads the NL in walks and homeruns allowed (talk about a deadly combination).

Good news for the Pirates, I guess. They need these next 2 games if at all possible.

I think it's cool that Kolten Wong is apologizing for stopping for a second after he hit that homer last night.  He said he was just so shocked that he hit it out; the kid only has 3 homers all year.  But he's sensitive to the fact that the Bucs might have interpreted that as "showing them up".  He said he doesn't want to be taking one in the ribs tonight.

I don't think it looks that bad on the replay; it's not like Pujols who used to stand there and admire his homers.

tohostudios wrote:

I think it's cool that Kolten Wong is apologizing for stopping for a second after he hit that homer last night.  He said he was just so shocked that he hit it out; the kid only has 3 homers all year.  But he's sensitive to the fact that the Bucs might have interpreted that as "showing them up".  He said he doesn't want to be taking one in the ribs tonight.

I don't think it looks that bad on the replay; it's not like Pujols who used to stand there and admire his homers.

Ha I didn't even notice that and hadn't heard about the apology. That's pretty cool though. And also cool, I see it's Star Wars night at Busch.

Well Lynn looked sharp in the first.  But he's notorious for having 5 great innings surrounding one blowup inning.

And Cumpton's looking shaky unfortunately.

But now Molina has left the game.  If there's one guy this team cannot afford to lose, it's Yadier Molina.

Been watching a lot of good titles lately.

DR. NO - barring the 1954 TV production that kicked it all off (I've seen it enough), I've decided to tackle the Bond catalog that I've had on Blu Ray for years--and have never opened until now lol. I've never enjoyed this first entry for a number of reasons, but Connery is sublime, the women are hot, and the set design gets pretty steller. Better things to come, of course.

THE KING'S SPEECH - Poor newly-throned King George has a stammer, and it's up to a speech therapist to remedy him in time for his first speech at the dawn of WWII. Though it gets a little too sentimental for my taste at times, this is easily overcome by profound performances all around, a terrific attention to detail in costume and set design, and some really winning dialogue. I tried fighting back tears at the end but failed. The direction by Tom Hooper is refreshing with unique pacing and framing, which is profound considering his failures with Les Miserables.

PITCH PERFECT - NOT what I was expecting, at least to some degree. My wife chose a chick flick for our Friday night movie (all fair since I usually do the picking) and inside I was grooooaning beforehand. My fear was for a feature-length Glee emulation about collegiate A cappella competitions scripted to formula ad filled with the contemporary radio hits I abhor. Rather, I was treated to a surprisingly funny romp with some unexpected turns and characters that aren't as stock as I was afraid of. This was thanks to a snappy script by 30 Rock/New Girl creator and writer Kay Cannon that reminds one of Clueless. Also appreciated is the talents of lead Anna Kendrick, whose understated maneuvers are completely convincing. The final number is a cheer-inducer. It's not great (and sadly it is filled with all that music I hate so much) but it made for some great date entertainment.

DR. STRANGELOVE - let's just say I can't get enough of this movie.

FARSCAPE - one of my favorite Sci-Fi programs that truly deserves a revival (and is getting one!), the characters here of the biomech ship Moya are so well-rounded and enjoyable that you forget some of the plot holes surrounding astronaut Chrichton's sudden arrival. The science, for the most part, is plausible, which gets big props from me. Fun stuff that is also a bittersweet reminder of the Sci-Fi Channel that was...

Watching Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation now.

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"Airplane II: The Sequel!" (1982) Ted Striker's back and this time he has to stop the first commuter space shuttle from flying into the sun (the sun? What is it? It's a giant fiery ball in the center of our solar system, but that's not important right now).

Basically a retread of the first flick, but it has its moments, esp. when William Shatner turns up in the last quarter as Lunar Base Commander Buck Murdock.

Castle - SEason 2

tohostudios wrote:

But now Molina has left the game.  If there's one guy this team cannot afford to lose, it's Yadier Molina.

And now the worst has happened.  Molina is out 8-12 weeks after tearing a ligament in his thumb last night.  That essentially ends his season and probably also ends the Cardinals' season.

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