(Current standings for completed groups can be found here) Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 6
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, where we chat about film. What have you seen lately? Today’s bonus prompt: What is your favorite comedy horror film? There are a lot of great ones out there: Cabin In The Woods, Evil Dead … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/22)
I am your host, your ghost host. Kindly step all the way into the Day Thread, please, and make room for everyone. There’s no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery, where you see gifs of some of … Continue reading Welcome, foolish mortals, to the haunted Day Thread
Marcie is ready for her closeup Marcie made her first appearance in the daily strip from July 20, 1971, but her name wasn’t mentioned until the strip from October 11. The character was modeled after Elise Gallaway, the roommate of … Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (10/22/2019)
After a couple weeks of small releases we’ve finally hit the big leagues, with multiple massive AAA titles coming out every week until December. Those video game companies can smell your blood money in the water and they’re hungry, hoping … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/22/19 – 10/28/19
One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action Edition. The Haunted Mansion
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading The Creative Endeavors Thread Needs Some Alone Time
They’re slippery. He had to give them that. It was incredible how these animatronics managed to escape his grasp time and time again. How many times has it been William? Four, Five? No. NO NONONONONONONONO! It wasn’t his fault. IT … Continue reading Werewolf 105: Five Nights at Fitness Day Five
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Today’s picture: On October 22, 1844, the world ended. Or so predicted William Miller, a Baptist lay priest from New York who interpreted a passage from Daniel 8:14 (“Unto two thousand and three hundred … Continue reading The History Thread is a Great Disappointment
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Type: Forced Order Quiz Note: Each country has all their vowels … Continue reading Triviacados: Tuesday, October 22, 2019
After watching A Christmas Prince, a few people told me there was another “beloved” Netflix Christmas romcom that I should watch: The Princess Switch (not to be confused with Hallmark’s Switched for Christmas although the confusion would be completely understandable). … Continue reading Not Hallmark: The Princess Switch Recap/Review
I’m sure everybody else is over it already but I’m still chuckling at Mitt Romney’s “secret” Twitter account, which he apparently used to whine about people being mean to Mitt Romney. Honestly, I didn’t know he had this in him. … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread feat. Pierre Delecto
Is Dario Argento a good director or a bad director? Elements of his films can be downright baffling. The stories often make zero sense, and plots take tangents That go nowhere. The villain is almost always a late twist that … Continue reading Review: Opera (1987)
0-0-0 (or Triple Zero) is a protocol droid specializing in etiquette, customs, translation, and torture. Mostly torture. The Triple-Zero Protocol Personality Matrix was created, tested, and promptly quarantined as far too dangerous ever to place in a droid body centuries … Continue reading The 0-0-0 Night Thread
The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dropped tonight. Disqus your reactions here Continue reading Star Wars Trailer Reaction Thread
Welcome back to one of my favorite recurring features (although it does result in some agonizing decisions). Since this is the second go-around, I’m calling it “Songs By The Letter, Side 2.” The rules are simple, just list your top … Continue reading Songs By The Letter, Side 2: Your Top “K” Songs
Over the last hundred years, more than five hundred books and essays in English alone have attempted to pinpoint and identify the nature of the evil in the work. ~ Playwright Tim Luscombe. Henry James’ 1898 novella, The Turn of … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Turn of the Screw (1985)
Zen Surrealism. Continue reading Song Spotlight: Pixies, “Daniel Boone”
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: Who/what is the most terrifying villain? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Takes on the Big Bad
Introducing today’s contestants: – Ryan, a TV executive from California, moved to Saudi Arabia as a child; – Mononita, an aerospace engineer from Alabama, recycles online air and water in space; and – Daryn, a clinical representative from Nevada, competes … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Oct. 21
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