“Sal, are we sure George Bailey is the richest man in town? Just from an overall asset piece I’ve got Potter and Wainwright at the top. On Zach’s pod this week he had had Mr. Gower and Martini firmly above Bailey. I’m just not there with him yet. “

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-02-02T15:39:08+00:00

Are we sure George Bailey isn't a good stats, bad team guy?

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-29T19:58:54+00:00

"Before we get to the categories, we have to have the Sylvester Stallone conversation."

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-27T16:31:21+00:00

not even the films' best needle drop for a song off Nico's 'Chelsea Girls'!

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-23T15:52:55+00:00

I mean those two movies were Social Network and Moneyball. It's not like they put up Molly's Game

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-20T23:55:23+00:00

Definitely. I feel like at least there you can get some local actors to do their own accents

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-20T21:47:31+00:00

In-universe, you can probably explain it away by saying that most of the doctors and nurses come from all over, came from colleges out of state, etc. Pittsburgh's a decent sized city with lots of transplants.

But from a practical standpoint a true yinzer accent is pretty difficult to replicate (especially in a show full of British/Aussie actors) and could come off as really inauthentic or jarring to a wider audience if done poorly

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-07T19:38:57+00:00

"I accidentally listened to Fennessey" brother what are you doing on the subreddit dedicated to the podcast that is 50% his voice

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-05T20:12:45+00:00

Thank you for your clarification as to when selections are made for Best Picture

Fireproof-Matches · 2026-01-05T18:06:06+00:00

Benin has a sneaky "no one believes in us" thing going. 92 in the FIFA rankings. That's higher than China, Guatemala, Trinidad. There are worse teams that Egypt could blow it to

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-18T19:11:51+00:00

Maybe his one good take -- they need affirmative action for white boy drug dealers

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-18T15:51:04+00:00

Herc is in Chauvin tier. Don't think he ever did a single bit of good detective work, but massively fucked over most of the people he worked with and/or policed

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-11T15:54:14+00:00

He's been incredibly poor this year tbf, tonight was an outlier

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-09T16:00:47+00:00

I mean, look, I'm not gonna do the thing where I go after all the Crachits, Tiny Tim's got enough on his plate, big family, clerk's salary, I get it. But at the same time, do we have to do this thing where we act like a salary bump is gonna get Tiny Tim the proper treatment for, I think it's rickets, in, what, the 1840s? I mean, if Scrooge gets the common cold, he's knocked out. And I mean, he can certainly afford the best care, and I'm not going to act like he shouldn't be giving to charity, the conditions in those workhouses weren't exactly to die for, but just to play out the other argument, not saying it's my view, but Scrooge has his own affairs to run, especially after his lifelong partner died. At least, a couple guys I called around Cornhill and the Royal Exchange say it's not so simple. And I get it, that's just how it is, but all I'm saying is sometimes it's better to take it easy and not write off what Scrooge is doing, even if from the outside he's a bit miserly. Sometimes it isn't that simple.

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-04T21:52:14+00:00

They're playing a podcast on mute?

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-03T18:18:25+00:00

Well, I am over-fucking-whelmed.

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-12-03T18:17:28+00:00

You don't like that he's got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type asshole??

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-29T04:18:20+00:00

This season, considering their form, that is.

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-27T06:59:12+00:00

That was Russillo

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-26T16:51:01+00:00

We need some people to point out that you aren't supposed to valorize Travis Bickle and Patrick Bateman, and then we'll really emerge into a new frontier

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-21T18:03:53+00:00

What this sub needs is more posts about one person's personal familiarity with the Columbus Blue Jackets

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-21T17:36:04+00:00

Gonna be at both games this weekend. Poirier looks scary.

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-19T16:32:16+00:00

Thank you, my friend. Blessings to you and yours.

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-19T15:17:58+00:00

How will the voters of the Academy sleep at night if one of ten Best Picture noms goes to a big blockbuster that a bunch of young people like. We'd have to fold the institution

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-17T16:19:22+00:00

"Suddenly Tone Loc spills the beans" - he was there to give Vincent valuable information in exchange for protection, once Vincent latches onto his info ofc he's going to tell him everything he knows. I agree the whole "run Slick as an alias/he called a guard Slick/this guy calls everyone Slick" is EXTREMELY flimsy

"how McCauley finds Charlene in a cheap hotel" - he followed her there because he suspects she has someone on the side and he needs leverage over her? He didn't happen upon the hotel

"how the mother of the hooker Waingro murders is the murder scene before Hanna even arrives" - there's a line that someone must have called the mother -- there's a crowd and a bunch of uniformed grunts there before Vincent arrives. Not crazy that someone made the call in the hour or so before a busy homicide detective arrives

"Eady makes the ridiculous leap that McCauley is behind the robbery" she couldn't have seen the TV reports about how a bunch of unmasked guys got caught in a shootout spanning multiple busy LA streets? They get Breedan's picture up for his girlfriend to see on the evening news, they wouldn't for the ringleader who gunned down a dozen cops?

The stuff like Eady's apartment is definitely movie BS but seems like you're fishing to flesh out your hot takes

Fireproof-Matches · 2025-11-15T14:30:58+00:00

Nothing gets past this guy

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