1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

While y'all are discussing movies and actors... William Holden, Cliff Robertson... Devil's Brigade - its included with Amazon Prime.  For any youngsters who've never seen it... you are welcome, and yes, The AAMCO man is in it too!   

Love the part where Red says put on the Yankee uniforms during the fight

It's going to be weird as hell because teams feed off of fans and vice versa. Playing in an empty stadium is going to be strange

58 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

Nails on a chalkboard when I hear/read a JD say what an MD does or does not know.

It's the same for any field, I know what I don't know.

An MD who isn't a specialist in a field is unlikely to keep up on the literature, and someone with a statistical background is better situated to judge studies than most MDs (because much of a study's validity is how the data is developed and analyzed).

Same way you don't hire a Tort lawyer to write a complex contract.

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

While y'all are discussing movies and actors... William Holden, Cliff Robertson... Devil's Brigade - its included with Amazon Prime.  For any youngsters who've never seen it... you are welcome, and yes, The AAMCO man is in it too!   

Unfortunately like most war movies, mostly fiction.

"Mr. Story detested the film. He told a Vancouver friend, special-forces history buff Gerry Shaw, that only the portrayal of the actual battle was accurate. The rest "was fantasy," including the suggestion that the soldiers were mostly criminals and misfits."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/larry-story-loved-the-devils-brigade-but-hated-the-movie/article1348123/

The Dirty Dozen, while fictional, had a slight basis in fact:

Nathanson states in the prologue to his novel The Dirty Dozen, that while he heard a legend that such a unit may have existed, he incorrectly heard they were convicts. He was unable to find any corroboration in the archives of the US Army in Europe. He instead turned his research of convicted felons into the subsequent novel. While he does not state from where he acquired the name, but Arch Whitehouse coined the name "Dirty Dozen" as the 12 enlisted men of the airborne section that would become the "Filthy Thirteen" after the lieutenant joined their ranks. In Arch Whitehouse's article in True Magazine, he claimed all the enlisted men were full-blood Indians, but in reality only their leader, Jake McNeice was quarter Choctaw. The parts of the Filthy Thirteen story that carried over into Nathanson's book were not bathing until the jump into Normandy, their disrespect for military authority, and the pre-invasion party. The Filthy Thirteen was in actuality a demolitions section with a mission to secure bridges over the Douve on D-Day.

A similarly named unit called the "Filthy Thirteen" was an airborne demolition unit documented in the eponymous book,^[42] and this unit's exploits inspired the fictional account. Barbara Maloney, the daughter of John Agnew, a private in the Filthy Thirteen, told the American Valor Quarterly that her father felt that 30% of the film's content was historically correct, including a scene where officers are captured. Unlike the Dirty Dozen, the Filthy Thirteen were not convicts; however, they were men prone to drinking and fighting and often spent time in the stockade.^[43][44]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Dozen

https://www.bnd.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/answer-man/article85475862.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/world-war-ii-soldier-john-jack-agnew-unit-inspired-dirty-dozen-dies-88-article-1.169241

Band of Brothers showed you could make a dramatically engaging, but accurate war "movie."

6 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

JFC guys.  Quit beating this ish to death in here.   For God sakes, most posters are over it and want an escape from it.    What does this have to do with how bad an actor Bruce Willis is, anyway?  

Not to nitpick (which means I'm about to nitpick), but calling someone a "bad actor" just comes across as a really juvenile thing to say.  And no, I'm not any kind of huge Bruce Willis fan, but it's a profession.  A "bad" plumber is eventually going to have to find a new way to pay the bills.

Whereas Bruce Willis has continued to get work for decades.  Better to say, "not a fan" of the guy (or gal), and save bad actor for the ones who never get hired off commercials, the extras who are given a speaking part and blow it, or the athletes who the media try and force feed onto the public but have never studied the profession.

Now all that said, you telling me you didn't like any of the Die Hard's?  And I'm just talking the first 3.  I thought 1 was well recieved because it was something new.  2 was not as good (but is my pers fav for some reason), and 3 had the Samuel L dynamic.  Although again, I'm talking about the overall movie.

 

29 minutes ago, Green Dog said:

Not to nitpick (which means I'm about to nitpick), but calling someone a "bad actor" just comes across as a really juvenile thing to say.  And no, I'm not any kind of huge Bruce Willis fan, but it's a profession.  A "bad" plumber is eventually going to have to find a new way to pay the bills.

Whereas Bruce Willis has continued to get work for decades.  Better to say, "not a fan" of the guy (or gal), and save bad actor for the ones who never get hired off commercials, the extras who are given a speaking part and blow it, or the athletes who the media try and force feed onto the public but have never studied the profession.

Now all that said, you telling me you didn't like any of the Die Hard's?  And I'm just talking the first 3.  I thought 1 was well recieved because it was something new.  2 was not as good (but is my pers fav for some reason), and 3 had the Samuel L dynamic.  Although again, I'm talking about the overall movie.

I think there is a difference in entertainment. You can be bad at something but still be a draw and make tons of money and be successful. Like in music, you can be a bad singer and edit and auto tune it to hell and be a top star. Or you can just scream at the top of your lungs or mumble your way through a song with no identifiable words and it’s a hit. But they aren’t good singers. Same thing with acting and movies. There’s some really bad actors and actresses out there that keep getting work because of their look or they just sell tickets. 
 

In Bruce Willis case, I wouldn’t say he’s bad. He just has a limited range. 

So how does everyone feel about Robert Downey jr?

31 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

So how does everyone feel about Robert Downey jr?

Overrated.

36 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

So how does everyone feel about Robert Downey jr?

I think hes great, was great when he was younger did the whole rehab thing came back to tv did the whole rehab thing again and came back stronger again.

Dude is a fighter and a survivor and despite what one thinks about his acting, hard to not be impressed with him as a human. 

53 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

Lol I wasn't a fan of the song choice(not big on Meek Mill) but loved the brotherhood the team showed that year. It was a lot of fun to watch

55 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I think there is a difference in entertainment. You can be bad at something but still be a draw and make tons of money and be successful. Like in music, you can be a bad singer and edit and auto tune it to hell and be a top star. Or you can just scream at the top of your lungs or mumble your way through a song with no identifiable words and it’s a hit. But they aren’t good singers. Same thing with acting and movies. There’s some really bad actors and actresses out there that keep getting work because of their look or they just sell tickets. 
 

In Bruce Willis case, I wouldn’t say he’s bad. He just has a limited range. 

agreed

13 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Overrated.

Honestly hated his last movie dr. Doolittle. Was not very good imo. However i loved him as tony stark/iron man. It fit him really well and he made people love iron man who imo wasn’t nearly as beloved of a comic book hero as some of the others stan Lee created Like Spider-Man and Captain America. Iron man really hit its peak and took off when he took on the role role and ran with it. Also thought he was good as Sherlock Holmes. I’m not going to go into tropic thunder because of everything surrounding the movie. 

Today's Zucchini Update:

Yes, we have zucchini to eat for dinner again tonight.  We skipped it last night as we went to my sister-in-law's for my niece's graduation party.  (She starts at Penn State next month, either in person or online... she's not sure yet.)   Anyway, back to the zucchini... we have a couple that are bigger than ideal, o they will be scooped out and turned into zucchini boats.  We will fill them with: ground beef, seasoned with Italian seasonings (including but not limited to: basil and fennel seeds), diced onion, fresh garden tomatoes and some whole milk, low moisture mozz cheese.  On the side, we will have some cucumber and tomato salad, both garden fresh...

 

And... we have watermelons coming on...

These are seedless watermelon, which should get to about 'bowling ball' size before being ripe.  The largest is about the size of a softball right now.  You can see 3 tiny ones in the first pic, roughly marble sized.

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Honestly hated his last movie dr. Doolittle. Was not very good imo. However i loved him as tony stark/iron man. It fit him really well and he made people love iron man who imo wasn’t nearly as beloved of a comic book hero as some of the others stan Lee created Like Spider-Man and Captain America. Iron man really hit its peak and took off when he took on the role role and ran with it. Also thought he was good as Sherlock Holmes. I’m not going to go into tropic thunder because of everything surrounding the movie. 

I think he’s good in the superhero role. I don’t think anyone will ever come close to being Iron Man when they eventually reboot it. But it just seems like everything he does as a lead outside of Avengers/Iron Man now is bleh. I think he will just keep going back to that well instead of overcome it and be in a wide range of good movies. Not that there’s anything wrong with that because he’ll make a boat load.

For comparison, I think Hugh Jackman was stuck in that Superhero vacuum playing Wolverine so many times, but he’s good enough with a broader range that he has done some really good movies too like Prestige, Prisoners etc. while also having some crap mixed in. 

Canada doesn’t want us 😞

2 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

A movie’s entertainment value and the quality of actor is two different things.  But a Bruce Willis fan wouldn’t understand that.  

No, we agree on that. He's not close to Darkest Hour that was unreal. I kept watching that saying how is that the guy from Air Force One?? Some actors are so bad I can't enjoy the movie at all. That's what I qualify as bad.

20 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Honestly hated his last movie dr. Doolittle. Was not very good imo. However i loved him as tony stark/iron man. It fit him really well and he made people love iron man who imo wasn’t nearly as beloved of a comic book hero as some of the others stan Lee created Like Spider-Man and Captain America. Iron man really hit its peak and took off when he took on the role role and ran with it. Also thought he was good as Sherlock Holmes. I’m not going to go into tropic thunder because of everything surrounding the movie. 

I don't think he is acting as Iron Man Said that exact thing leaving the theater for the first one.

23 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I think he’s good in the superhero role. I don’t think anyone will ever come close to being Iron Man when they eventually reboot it. But it just seems like everything he does as a lead outside of Avengers/Iron Man now is bleh. I think he will just keep going back to that well instead of overcome it and be in a wide range of good movies. Not that there’s anything wrong with that because he’ll make a boat load.

For comparison, I think Hugh Jackman was stuck in that Superhero vacuum playing Wolverine so many times, but he’s good enough with a broader range that he has done some really good movies too like Prestige, Prisoners etc. while also having some crap mixed in. 

Oh I’d agree i think Hugh jackman is a superior actor. He’s way more diverse in the roles he can play. The greatest showman was also a really good movie by him 

21 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

I think he’s good in the superhero role. I don’t think anyone will ever come close to being Iron Man when they eventually reboot it. But it just seems like everything he does as a lead outside of Avengers/Iron Man now is bleh. I think he will just keep going back to that well instead of overcome it and be in a wide range of good movies. Not that there’s anything wrong with that because he’ll make a boat load.

For comparison, I think Hugh Jackman was stuck in that Superhero vacuum playing Wolverine so many times, but he’s good enough with a broader range that he has done some really good movies too like Prestige, Prisoners etc. while also having some crap mixed in. 

If Guy Ritchie follows up on Sherlock 3, I think we'll see Downey take over the spotlight again.  Chemistry with him and Jude Law was good, and if it's anywhere near as good as the first 2 films, I think he'll end up being known almost as much for his portrayal of Holmes as IM.

22 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

No, we agree on that. He's not close to Darkest Hour that was unreal. I kept watching that saying how is that the guy from Air Force One?? Some actors are so bad I can't enjoy the movie at all. That's what I qualify as bad.

Well, Oldman is an actual chameleon, so it's really not a fair comparison with anyone tbh.

3 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Oh I’d agree i think Hugh jackman is a superior actor. He’s way more diverse in the roles he can play. The greatest showman was also a really good movie by him 

The Fountain.

Holy crap, talk about an emotional performance. 

I read the actor's had to take extra time while filming because it was so difficult.  I have no issues admitting to shedding a manly tear whenever I see it.

I bet Belichick will accidentally infect his top 30 players so that they are good to go by the start of the season and immune throughout the season. Would be a huge advantage while other teams deal with starters missing games with inevitable infections.

As a Blue Jays fan, I'm disappointed that there are no home games this year, but thankful that our government made the right decision. We're going to lose extra games because of this, but that's not the end of the world.

14 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Oh I’d agree i think Hugh jackman is a superior actor. He’s way more diverse in the roles he can play. The greatest showman was also a really good movie by him 

You lost me.