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Pizza: humanity’s best friend. Also, a delicious food that comes in dozens upon dozens of varieties. There’s truly no food more beloved or versatile. Pizza is also the source of many of society’s greatest debates. Pineapple or not? Is a … Continue reading The Pizza Thread Is Yet Another PT
We all had a lot of fun making people guess what movie I was thinking of based on several clues a few months ago and I felt like doing it again. Here’s a sample question: 1. Has a long title. 2. A character turns into a monkey man. 3. The cinematography is utterly gorgeous. (The answer was Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, BTW.) Continue reading Guess a movie based on clues
Now that we’re halfway through 2020, I’m sure that over the new few weeks we’ll have plenty of discussions about the best or most interesting pop cultural experiences we had in the first half of the year. But the first … Continue reading The Worst Pop Culture of 2020 So Far
Tonight is the annual Money in the Bank PPV . This thread is to discuss your favorite moments from the previous Money in the Bank PPVs. What was your favorite cash-in of the briefcase? What are your predictions for the … Continue reading Favorite Money in the Bank Moment
All of us here at the Avocado wax nostalgic about our childhoods. We probably spent more time in front of the television than we should have but it made us the people we are today. Today’s Avocado Answers Discussion Topic … Continue reading Favorite TV Intro
We all had a lot of fun making people guess what movie I was thinking of based on several clues a few weeks ago and I felt like doing it again. Here’s a sample question: 1. Has a long title. 2. A character turns into a monkey man. 3. The cinematography is utterly gorgeous. (The answer was Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, BTW.) Continue reading Guess a movie based on clues
This weekend is Wrestlemania!!!! Today’s Avocado Answer Topic is an easy one ….who is your favorite pro wrestler? If you are having a hard time choosing just one, tell us who would be on your pro wrestling Mount Rushmore. Continue reading Favorite Pro Wrestler
The problem: You’ve got a lot of beautiful art hanging up around your house, but nobody can come over to see any of it. The solution: Show it off here! Take some pictures of some of your favorite pictures (or … Continue reading Show Off Your Pretty Pictures!
I had a lot of fun last night last night making people guess what movie I was thinking of based on several clues. It was recommended that I make it its own thread. Here’s one of my sets of clues from last night, as an example: 1. Has a long title. 2. A character turns into a monkey man. 3. The cinematography is utterly gorgeous. (The answer was Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, BTW.) Continue reading Guess a movie based on clues
Tell us about a fact that you discovered embarrassingly late in life! Or something obscure that you just find fascinating! Continue reading Things You Didn’t Know
There’s a lot of negativity out there so perhaps let’s look at our own pop culture pet peeves/hatreds and try to mine out the good from them! And by backhanded compliments I mean stuff like: “Work X would be great … Continue reading Say Something Nice about a creator/work you dislike (NO BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS)
Here we go again! Tell us about a fact that you discovered embarrassingly late in life! Or something obscure that you just find fascinating! Continue reading Things You Didn’t Know
Just like the title says, make a movie by mashing up two movies that share an actor, except now they’re both characters at once. So taking Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence with the commonality of Jimmy Stewart gets us a movie where a lawyer in the Old West gathers up his courage and kills a hated gunman and the then uses this to springboard into being asked to fill a vacant Senate seat. Or, taking Darkman and The Grey with Liam Neeson, we get a movie about a scientist who loses his face … Continue reading Mashup two characters by the same actor into one movie, game
Inspired by the following tweets: The entire Marvel Cinematic Universe was built on Favreau convincing a bunch of executives that a middle-aged actor not long out of rehab and prison, who had described himself as "box office poison" even during his earlier 1990s heyday, would be the perfect Iron Man. https://t.co/C6tbVcTE8M — Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) January 8, 2020 The MCU is built around a recovering drug addict who had never had a real hit, an unknown Australian, and a guy who made his bones playing smarmy assholes portraying the most earnest man in comics. — Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) January 8, … Continue reading To hell with ‘Common Sense’ – when unlikely bets in media made the most surprising returns
In Which We Look Ahead As we nervously approach this oncoming decade it’s always fun to remind ourselves of things we can look forward to. As is usually the case with a pop minded collective like The Avocado, movies are … Continue reading Most Anticipated Movies 2020
Happy New Year! What are your goals and resolutions in the New Year? What are you leaving behind in 2019 and looking forward to in the brand new year? If there is anything we can help you with as a … Continue reading New Year 2020 Goals and Resolutions
I did this in the open thread and it seemed pretty popular, so here it is a full post: What do you think the next decade will bring, in pop culture and/or beyond? I’ll start off, with some guesses … Continue reading 2020s Predictions
This is pretty easy. Similar to my wildly successful “Upvote a Movie Quote” Thread, just pick a movie line, and throw “bork” in there! “May the Bork be with you.” “The name’s Bork. James Bork.” Etc. Have fun, and keep … Continue reading Bork a Movie Quote!
It’s that time again. Let’s start things off with a tune by the Kinks. Continue reading Third Annual Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck Thread
There is no copyright infringement meant with this thread. What were the toys you received for the holidays that had a major impact on your childhood? What toys did you have when you were little that you wish you still … Continue reading The Toys That Made You Who You Are
You spend hours working away on assembling the perfect Christmas decorations… and so few people are going to see it. It’s time you get recognized for your hard work. Post your lovely Christmas displays, your favorite ornaments, your trees, your … Continue reading Share Your Yuletide Decor 2019
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