Big Blue Huddle

This reminded me a little bit of the "infinite chocolate bar" trick. See below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tRr49qZfo

I don't think I can single just one out. But if I had to make a short list, some that would for sure be on it would be (in no order of preference):

Goodfellas
Silence of The Lambs
Shawshank Redemption
Usual Suspects
Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Boogie Nights
Fargo
Rope
Rear Window
Full Metal Jacket

If I absolutely had to pick one it would be Goodfellas. I have watched that countless times and can probably all but recite it.

These days I seldom touch spirits. I like a nice vodka soda as a cocktail when I am out, but I don't think I have made one at home for myself in at least three years. These days I mainly am a wine guy, and I drink beer with certain meals like barbecues and so on.

When things open up again, I expect us to have a big surge in social activity, which will surely mean a few nights here and there of relatively robust drinking. I am frankly fine with that, in fact I am looking forward to it.

First off, clearly this is a somehwat personal topic that some individuals may not wish to participate in, which is totally understandable. If that is how you feel, that is completely understood, please simply just don't participate if you're not comfortable with the topic or not interested.

For those who are comfortable, I'm just curious how much people are drinking these days and whether people are drinking more or less during the pandemic than they normally do. I think it is different for different people, so I'm just curious to get people's thoughts and observations.

To kick it off, I have selected 4-7 for myself. I typically drink on two evenings a week, occasionally three, but the majority of those evenings would be one glass of a wine, or one glass of wine with a half glass top-up. If we're doing something a little more interesting for dinner and I want to have a slightly better bottle of wine, I might go up to 2-3 drinks.

I am definitely drinking less now than before the pandemic, but probably not dramatically so. But since I currently never have any bigger nights out, the total is lower. These days (I'm 46) I don't go for big nights out anywhere nearly as much as I used to, nor are they as aggressive when I do, but if I'm going to dinner with friends and we meet somewhere beforehand or possibly have a nightcap after the dinner, I could easily 4-6 drinks over the course of a 3-4 hour evening. Obviously I haven't done one of those in over a year, so I have definitely drunk less during the pandemic. I know people though who, mainly out of boredom and perhaps an element of depression/anxiety, are drinking more during the pandemic than they normally do. I don't know anyone who has gone completely off the deep end, but I do have friends who have said that they are drinking on most evenings now, whereas they weren't a year ago.

I'm curious what others' thoughts and observations on this topic are.

I think you would count this as a sit-com, but "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is an all-timer for me. And oddly enough, I was never as big on Seinfeld as everyone else was, even though it was created by the same person as Curb.

Nothing comes close to the Sopranos for me. Not even remotely.

Wow- that's very interesting.

Talented guy.

Belichick
Lombardi
Walsh
Shula
Parcells

I think Parcells is actually underrated. What he did with the Giants was clearly great, but he was also the only winning coach in Jet history (Al Groh coached one season and got to 9-7, up to you if you want to count that), and he did well in New England. The Dallas stint was not great, but he was kind of semi-retired then. All in all a brilliant career and one where he built bad teams up, as opposed to just being handed a winner from the get-go.

Quote from: T200 on December 13, 2020, 08:01:19 AM
Exactly! LOL

They did a good job of dropping a few crumbs here and there to place enough doubt in the viewers' minds to say maybe he didn't do it.

Too bad it was only 6 episodes. I think they could have developed it a little more.

Good find, Jolly 

Agreed - six episodes was tight, and it felt like too much was jammed in at the end. They easily could have stretched episodes five and six into four episodes. They could have developed the courtroom scenes more, and as I stated in an earlier post, there needed to be more development in the murder scene or a clearer explanation of how Jonathan was so prone to violence in this scene even though that never visibly manifested itself in his life before that.

Still though, excellent show, definitely better than most.

Watched episode two last night. It continues to be good. I don't want to overhype it -- it's not alltime great or anything -- but it's definitely solid.

I'm going to stick with it. Cranston is an excellent lead man, and Stuhlbarg seems like a good antagonist. I liked him a lot in Boardwalk Empire.

Just started a new show on Showtime starring Bryan Cranston called "Your Honor." Curious if anyone else watched the first episode. So far it seem very promising. It takes place in New Orleans, and it is about a respected judge whose son is involved in a hit and run. The second episode airs tonight (Dec 13). I never leap to conclusions about a series either way after just one episode, but this one has potential to be a really good thriller.

Primal Fear is outstanding. Definitely one of the better thrillers of the past few decades. Great acting by Edward Norton in that movie, and Gere is also very good as the cocky lawyer.

As for the Undoing finale:







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I liked the ending overall. My only gripe with it was the murder scene was not as convincing as it could have been. Grant goes from a passionate, intimate scene to being in a violent rage way too easily. Elena just brings up having tea with Grace and their respective kids, and Grant goes nuts right there and threatens her and quickly begins to slam her head. I get that he is a psychopath capable of murder, but if he were this easy to set off into a rage, surely this would have come up at some point during his 15 or so years of marriage to Grace? I feel like they could have developed this scene a little bit better.

I also found it a little bit hard to believe that Henry (Grace and Jonathan's son) was prepared to remain as blindly loyal to his father as he did throughout the show. We're supposed to believe that this kid is going to remain loyal to his Dad when he (1) cheated repeatedly on his mother and (2) killed someone? That strains credibility. It's not like the kid is six years old.

Overall a very strong show. Extremely well shot, superbly casted, and a very compelling, engaging plot. Nice job by all involved, and I hope it wins some awards.

I thought it was a tremendous show. Extremely well shot, top notch cast and acting, well written for the most part, and gripping throughout. I too certainly won't give anything away as I don't want to ruin it for anyone intending to see it who hasn't yet, but it was very enjoyable and kept us guessing throughout.

I probably have one or two things I would gripe about if I were pressed to give a longer review, but overall I thought it was excellent.

Even though the week one game against these guys was one we would like to forget, we did move the ball very effectively in that game. 470 total yards I believe. 8.9 yards per rushing attempt too. The issue was we could not stop them, we struggled in the red zone, and we also struggled on third down. But in terms of moving the ball, that was not a problem for us in that game. With Van Der Esch out and the Giants coming off a game in which the offense was pretty functional, I see no reason why we would struggle to move the ball in this game. The issue will be whether we can get some stops. This is a very tough O line, as we all know, and our secondary and linebackers got torched the last time. Hopefully with Williams we can at least slow down the run and maybe get a bit more of a pass rush on Dak. I don't think our guys will be in his face all night, but in the week one game he could have worn a tuxedo back there. Hopefully that's not the case again, and I don't think it will be.

I see a high scoring game either way. Maybe 30-27 Dallas. Hopefully we can find a way to win, but either way I don't think we'll get humiliated like last time.