Everything posted by Chris B
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Ive convinced myself this season is going to be fire! Every picture or bit of news we get is so incredibly boring that I’m choosing to believe they’re keeping all this great drama behind the scenes. I refuse to believe they’re gonna go into their tenth season by putting us to sleep! I need this ATL premiere and NJ later this week. Since Potomac ended I’ve been in a Housewives depression lol.
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The Politics Thread
Buttigieg couldn’t successfully run a city with a population of 100,000 so I don’t understand why people think he could be president. I think his fundraising and heavy press attention is solely because he’s young and white plus his being gay means they can say it’s groundbreaking. He did an interview with Showtime saying he Feels the race is between Warren and him. He came off so arrogant. How can you be sure it’s against the two of you when you’re polling at 0% with blacks and Latinos? With Warren I feel she may have peaked too early. She did an interview saying two million jobs would be lost with her Medicare For All. Conveniently the next day she released the way she’d pay for her plan. Neither add up and if the press decides to report on the details of both things I can’t see that helping her. It’s still very fluid though. I can’t begin to think what will happen. I feel it could go so many different ways depending on a lot of variables. After Trump I don’t really like to predict anything. Tulsi could get it for all we know lmao.
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The Politics Thread
I know many feel it’s down to Biden, Warren and Sanders, but seeing the reaction to her on the ground makes it hard to believe Harris is done. It doesn’t show in the polls, but the reaction to her in Iowa has been so strong you can’t convince me she isn’t making inroads. This speech tonight was electrifying and probably the best I’ve seen her. She seems to be building momentum.
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Star Trek returns with streaming series
I watched the first few season one episodes as they originally aired and I absolutely hated them and stopped watching. I've read that the show improved and I'm excited for the time jump (my biggest gribe was another unnecessary prequel) so I decided to re-watch. I feel mostly the same about season one. I absolutely hate the look of the Klingon, them exclusively speaking their language and how dark they were taken. I know they were villains at one point, but I found them too dark for my tastes. Eating humans and talking about how to season them is just not how I want to view Klingon's. As the season progressed and there was less focus on them I did enjoy it more. I LOVED the Mirror Universe episodes. The twist with the Captain being from another universe I somehow missed and I was impressed by that. I also love that they brought Michelle Yeoh's Mirror character to the main universe. I'm not 100% sold on Michael, but that is down to the way the writing keeps shifting for her. Now that I'm a couple episodes into season two I'm absolutely loving the show. The cast is gelling nicely and I love Captain Pike! I look forward to meeting the other crew on Enterprise. Another high point is that I haven't seen any Klingon's and the tone feels more like Star Trek. More about exploring and adventure and less about death, darkness and war. I hope it remains a fun ride! After marathoning this it's going to be hard to go back to week-by-week episodes of both this and Picard, but I can't wait! It's exciting to finally after decades see what the future brings for the Federation. I hope both series do justice to the brand.
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Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin indicted in bribery case
Here’s what I genuinely don’t understand. If the feds said I bribed someone with $500,000 I’d of course plead not guilty bc I don’t have any damn money so obviously it’s false. These people knew they did it so why did they continue to fight charges?! They knew they did it! Even the initial charges carry a substantial jail term. I truly don’t understand and I’m not trying to be sarcastic. They obviously have lawyers. How could you advise or allow them to continue to fight something you know you guilty of?!
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The Politics Thread
Unfortunately, Hilary was right. Looks like Tulsi is running third party thus confirming our suspicions. To think so many of these idiots running for president ran To defend her.... Also, press favorite Mayor Pete continues to baffle me
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
I must admit I’m so far behind I haven’t met Kary yet. I’m still trying to give season 3 a shot lol. I know people say Dallas is amazing but it’s not easy for me to get through.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
RHOD Midseason Trailer w/ racist drama: https://www.etonline.com/rhods-midseason-trailer-brings-explosive-drama-and-allegations-of-racism-exclusive-134844 It always amazes me when these ladies tell on themselves. This is the most blatant case since Julia in Auckland. And the fact that Leanne keeps going on and on it a damn shame.
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The Politics Thread
I think Hillary is at a point where she's free. Everything she's been saying has been coming true so now she feels comfortable speaking her mind. She already did her service to her country so she has no need to hold back anymore.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
@Cat Don’t quote me, but I believe Nov 3&6 for ATL/NJ. Here is an article that says filming is going poorly for BH. They’re still early in so I wouldn’t be surprised if we get a mid season return of Brandi or Camille if this is true. Also, take it with a grain of salt bc the website is very pro-LVP and reported Erika was fired which obviously isn’t true. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised since we still haven’t heard anything interesting coming out of filming and everybody is still liking everyone’s posts on Insta so they likely are getting along just fine. Link: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/rhobh-season-10-bravo-execs-reportedly-ready-to-fire-some-of-the-cast-over-lackluster-footage.html/
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The Politics Thread
I feel like Bernie and especially Warren will be making it a point to have a black VP if they get the nomination. I'm stunned Warren hasn't done more to reach out to black voters since they're so important to winning the nomination. I also was ready to throw up with all the Buttigeg talk after the debate like he's a real contender. He has *no* black support and only started paying attention to black issues after being forced. Until he at least hits 1% I don't want to hear about him being a contender, but still all the post debate coverage was centered around him, Amy Klobuchar and Warren. I feel Joe Biden is becoming an after thought.
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Passions Discussion Thread
I've been rewatching Buffy and in season 5 there was an episode where Buffy's family is in danger and she has to leave them with vampire Spike to protect them. Spike hates people so he begrudgingly agreed on the condition that they didn't interrupt him when he's watching Passions! Then Buffy's mom asked if Spike thought Timmy was really dead and asked what he thought of a wedding that happened. I thought it was hilarious! An iconic show like Buffy mentioning Passions was pretty cute. Makes me want a reboot even more.
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Hollywood Sexual Harrasment/Assault Thread
Please tell me you're joking...he has TikTok videos? I have to ask because in this new era you never can tell when someone is joking.
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Hollywood Sexual Harrasment/Assault Thread
There have been rumors that Matt Lauer was about to start his comeback tour so I'm guessing one of the networks was willing to give him another shot. I think that's the real reason he's lashing out and upset because this ends any chance of a TV return. I'm surprised that's not been mentioned at least in the articles I've seen.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
Beverly Hills has already filmed their opening, which would suggest they're far along in filming and still not even the hint of a rumor of any type of conflict for the season. Either they're doing a great job of keeping everything under wraps or we're in for a slow season.
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Developing: 90210 Reboot with Original Cast!
Very underwhelming I felt. It didn't seem to go anywhere. You did get to see more of them filming the show and also the last three episodes worked better because Shannen was featured more and you got to see the ensemble together. Overall it was a decent experiment, but forgettable. I still think they should've done a proper continuation.
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Star Trek: Picard
This looks really good and from what I’ve heard Discovery has improved and I love the idea of the time jump. I canceled my All Access when I stopped watching Y&R but this is making me want to get it back so I can catch up with Discovery before it premieres.
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The Politics Thread
Guliani and Pompeo are next, likely in that order. He’ll dump Guliani first bc he’s of little use to him. With Pompeo’s role in the government he can help cover things up so Trump will stick with him for a while, but that man has no loyalty. They are all insane not to see that. You can’t even feel bad for them bc they’re literally so stupid.
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The Politics Thread
How could that be a good idea? Won’t that make Perry turn on him and be more willing to cooperate? If the alternative is taking the fall, he has no choice but turn on Trump.
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The Politics Thread
That is especially true when you look at polling being in favor of impeachent. That will be gold and kill republican chances in the Senate and House. Much like what happened with Nixon, if it gets bad enough, I could see them trying to cut a deal with Dems to replace Pence so his successor would become president instead of Pelosi. Just depends how bad it gets. Even if Pence were to survive, he's toxic from his association with Trump and doesn't have the charisma to overcome that. I know many democrats have been afraid of impeachment, but they need to gain power from the message which is that Trump's level of corruption is unacceptable. If the american public accepts it then they deserve the torment they get, but I truly don't see him winning without foreign help and fraud.
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The Politics Thread
It's obvious that Bill Taylor was creating a written record in case this came out and Sondland was clearly trying to avoid creating a paper trail because he knew this was illegal! It's going to be amazing to see how republicans twist themselves into pretzels to defend this. We aren't even at the two way mark and there is so much evidence against these fools.
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Dark Shadows Discussion Thread
I'm going to be optimistic about this. The Tim Burton movie was largely panned for it's tone so I can't see them doing the same thing again. I feel this will have the dark tone needed. I also love that it is a continuation and not a remake. I hope they still use time travel like the original. Due to age I wouldn't expect to see many if any of the original actors, which is fine. I just like the idea of the mythology still existing.
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Bravo's The Real Housewives of....
RHOP finished the season without having a bad episode! Truly a flawless year that cemented them as a powerhouse RH franchise. I'm curious where things go next season since the entire cast (with Charisse and Katie swapping spots) returning. I just don't see how Ashley and Michael can continue to be viable with absolutely no allies. They could really use a strong newbie to mix things up a bit, but I haven't heard of anybody new filming. At the very least I do wish Katie were returning, but that ship has sailed.
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The Politics Thread
Oh I absolutely believe there are more whistleblowers. It's largely being overlooked, but once recently revealed that Trump was having people at the IRS interfere with a tax audit or something like that. As things heat up, more people are going to throw him under the bus to protect themselves. Trump has shown he is loyal to no one. I can't imagine after Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort and Rick Gates that people are going to stay loyal to him in hopes of a pardon. Hell, even Rudy Guliani is going to turn on him, it's just a matter of time.
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"Halloween Kills" & "Halloween Ends" 2 new upcoming Halloween movies
I didn't know they changed the plans to film them back to back. I assumed they would've made sure writing was complete before they went into production. Now I worry it'll cause spoilers if they still plan on filming Ends before Kills is released. When only certain actors return for filming, it could lead to spoilers. I hope they can keep it under wraps because I find it pretty exciting that they're giving a horror series this type of treatment and I still want to be surprised. I want it to be an event much like Marvel or Star Wars where I can go in not knowing what to expect.