Time for the Smash Melee semifinals. The character with the most votes was Zelda. The character with the least votes to still advance was Ganondorf. The character with the least votes was Bowser and I’m still not over him taking … Continue reading Smash Tournament: Melee Semifinals
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? Quiz Note: When complete, the 11 answers (ignoring spaces and punctuation) will form a palindrome. Your answers must be precise! Or visit the … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, October 25, 2021
How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America The Caribbean island — in recent years pummeled by deadly hurricanes, rocked by earthquakes, beset by political unrest and saddled by debt — has quietly managed to outpace even New … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Continues to Endorse Science
Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill (pronounced “noo-la ni gunnel”) is an Irish-language poet who published her first collection in 1981 and is still publishing today. Though Ni Dhomhnaill was born in England (to Irish parents), she was raised in the Dingle Gaeltacht, … Continue reading The Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill Night Thread (10/24/21)
Occasionally, a band becomes so aggravated with a personality within their ranks, they all plan a mutiny and regroup. Sometimes, over the years, a band’s turnover is so high that over the years their discarded musician pile is large enough … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Son of Sam (or; To Walk the Night Again, Like We Did Last Summer)
Written by: Ron WeinerDirected by: Mark ErvinDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is one that’s famously hard to watch for a lot of people, and I get it because I didn’t care for it much at first either. … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Seventeen, “A Pharaoh To Remember”
One of the weekends I was most curious about has arrived with the box office as Dune has landed. As we’ve learned through what folks at Warner Bros. have said recently, they’re not looking at just the box office for a … Continue reading The Sleeper Awakens With The October 22nd – 24th Box Office Weekend
Another week means new episodes of Supergirl, Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow, and Stargirl. I can only really speak to half of those, though, as I’m still far behind on Stargirl, and still haven’t gotten around to the latest Supergirl ep. … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – Aquaman Exists, Apparently
Kevin Kline was born on this day in 1947. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for A Fish Called Wanda. He’s been in a whole bunch of other movies, too. Post cat pictures and be excellent to each other. Continue reading The Kevin Kline Emergency Day Thread (10/24)
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? Quiz Type: Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Sunday: MiscellaneousMonday: LiteratureTuesday: GeographyWednesday: MusicThursday: HistoryFriday: Movies & TVSaturday: Science & Nature If you’d like … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, October 24, 2021
Holy molé I don’t have a topic, let’s eat! Continue reading Free For All Sunday Food Thread 10/24
The month of October is all about horror as it well should be and we’re going to revisit that topic with a range of new and “remastered” prompts for it thanks to some help from Mr. Ixolite and myself to … Continue reading Revenge Of The 30 Day Horror Challenge Day 24: Decades Of Horror – 1970s
Tonight Saturday Night Live is hosted by Kieren Culkin with musical guest Brandi Carlile! This will be Sudeikis’s first time returning to host after his tenure as a cast member from 2005-2013. No SNL Vintage tonight, it’s College Football season! Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Season 47 Episode 5
Have a Great Night Thread, Avocado! Continue reading The Spice Must Flow Night Thread
From the MeTV website… “After escaping from an asylum the mad Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and his hunch back assistant (J. Carrol Naish) revive Count Dracula (John Carradine), the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) and the Frankenstein monster (Glenn Strange) … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 10/23/2021: House of Frankenstein
Welcome to Oops! All Cupids Werewolf, the game where every Wolf is also a Cupid! It sure looks like a warm start of the holiday season. What do you mean it’s only October? Yes, of course Halloween counts. Love is … Continue reading WW 166: Oops! All Cupids (Day 1)
Thursday October 21st was Wonder Woman Day and 2021 is the 80th anniversary year of her debut in comic books. This thread is all about the Amazonian Warrior Princess. Her legacy stretches into TV and movies and pop culture. Wonder … Continue reading Wonder Woman Day and 80th Anniversary Celebration
Get out into nature, and come back and show us what you find! Fall colors, hikes, vistas, flowers and wildlife, whatever ya got. And of course, those of us whose gardens are still going can share that too. Here are … Continue reading The Nature Thread
A movie’s runtime may be indicative of many things. Sometimes a story may be difficult to fit into ninety minutes, or two hours; sometimes a director may die in the chair for want of an editor. The opposite is also … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Slice (2018)
Finally! I think? After almost 60 years, we have a not-terrible adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. With it comes all the baggage of the source being stripped for parts over the years by other more profitable franchises that don’t warrant … Continue reading Dune: Part 1 (2021) Review: Know then, a whole lot of table-setting
