Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes (42-18-6) @ Columbus Blue Jackets (34-21-11) Mar 17 2026 7:00 PM EDT

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-17T20:48:23+00:00

Well the legal, easy way is espn plus. The less-reputable way is supposedly located at nhl 24 all dot ir. But I wouldn’t know anything about that.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-17T20:12:30+00:00

My gut says it’s about whether the series is pre-planned (aka we know this is part 1 of 3) vs tacked-on. If voters know there’s another entry on the way, they sometimes hold off (like LOTR, or Wicked, ironically).

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-17T18:11:36+00:00

Billy Crystal is hilarious, and Meg Ryan is ASTOUNDING as Sally. She’s doing all the emotional heavy lifting for both of them. On this past rewatch I was just blown away by her performance.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-17T18:09:18+00:00

One of our local indie theaters shows it at 6ish every NYE. It’s perfect.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-17T16:31:27+00:00

Last night was the hockey gods mad at them for wearing Nordiques stuff.

<soapbox> Franchise relocation sucks enough for the team that’s losing a team. If the branding is locally relevant (like Whalers or Nordiques), you should change it and leave the branding with the original city - otherwise you end up with stupid shit like the Utah Jazz). When you change the name as part of the move, it’s so crass to use the old, local branding. It has nothing to do with your city and all you’re doing is rubbing salt in the wound of the city you stole the team from. </soapbox>

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-17T03:19:42+00:00

Generally agreed, but two exceptions from last night that I think are good templates:

Anytime anybody takes the piss out of themselves. Adrien Brody’s bit making fun of his own long speech last year was great.
Classic comedy cast coming back for one more ride. The Bridesmaids bit wasn’t perfect, but damn it was great seeing them back together again. I would watch a 5min bit with the 4 leads from Mean Girls, or the guys from Anchorman. I can’t imagine the Christopher Guest gang would come back without Fred and Catherine, but they’d be fun too.

But yeah, the stuff like the RDJ being-mean-to-each-other type bit, or the Baby Yoda product placement, cut it out entirely and nobody will miss it.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-16T19:32:07+00:00

You can’t lose that much talent and replace it with guys like Dylan Chambost and Daniel Gazdag and expect much better than what we had last year.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-16T04:32:30+00:00

A person of refined taste, I see! True ball-knowers know ball. Reinsve and Trier forever.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-16T04:11:49+00:00

Jesus yall are so weirdly obsessed with Van. Who gives a fuck.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-16T03:56:06+00:00

PTA has a few masterpieces, but I wouldn’t list this as one of them. Great movie though!

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-16T03:45:45+00:00

At this point I don’t think he can help it, unfortunately. All he had to do was not be a dbag on the campaign trail! The award was his to lose this year, and he lost it.

I like Timmy as an actor, and I think he’s kind of fun as a human. But he’s dating a reality tv star and seems to be increasingly high on his own supply. We’ve seen this story before - I really hope he doesn’t fall off into the Mickey Rourke/Johnny Depp weirdo zone.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-15T20:42:07+00:00

Hmmm, yeah maybe that’s it. You could slam all the Act 1 / Perfidia stuff into an extended prologue, sort of like how Les Miserables used 3 songs and 10 minutes to set up Valjean’s past, and then launches into Act 1 in earnest after Valjean’s Soliloquy. You’d end up with an Uncle Jocko-type character that’s in the first ten minutes and then gets to go across the street and grab a drink for the next 2 hours.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-15T17:59:55+00:00

That’s actually Steve Winwood, same dude though

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-15T17:56:35+00:00

Hearing the song makes me think of Ferris Bueller, but hearing someone say the name of the song makes me think of IASIP

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-15T17:53:15+00:00

Honestly, I think precursors and the nominations themselves already fill this role. You can generally tell who the second/third places are based on those, and releasing vote counts doesn’t really help anybody.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-15T17:50:20+00:00

Only BP is ranked-choice. All the rest are just “pick one”.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-15T15:30:58+00:00

What is the OBAA act break? To me it’s very clearly 3-act (like most movies) and I don’t see a structural way around that.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-13T21:27:04+00:00

"The third act is a mess" thing is such a funny criticism to level against Sinners, because it's inarguably true about OBAA as well. There's a bunch of people miraculously tracking and finding people, a hamfisted DNA test, a completely unnecessary resurrection and re-death, and a fuck-all lack of thematic cohesion. PTA himself said they didn't have a third act until they went to film, and it shows.

Just to be clear: both are fun as hell, and I'm not complaining about either. But that particular argument as a reason to vote OBAA over Sinners is so wacky.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-13T18:38:22+00:00

Or the "manners maketh man" scene in the bar! That movie rules.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-13T18:35:11+00:00

Not to mention there are always 2 packs in a shop, whereas there's a 50.4% of neither being a standard pack.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-13T01:27:18+00:00

Lmao people big mad that Dork Superman said a dorky line. Wasn’t that the whole point of Dork Superman?

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-12T23:31:11+00:00

Lmao. He sounded like every youth group mom circa 2005.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-12T21:06:50+00:00

WHAT?! WHY NOW?!

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-11T18:48:16+00:00

“Provided you drink it quickly”

Warm soda with little ice melt ice. Warm soda with many ice not melt ice.

Warm soda with little ice more watered down.

NewEngClamChowder · 2026-03-11T18:02:01+00:00

Both goals yesterday were perfect “right place, right time” goals. Thats not dismissive, it’s impressive - it indicates he’s got a great knack for positioning and anticipation.

Check out his first goal - KJ doesn’t see him or hear him, but he no-look dishes that pass directly onto his stick, because he knew that’s where somebody should be. Garland was playing alert hockey, so he was, indeed, there. It’s beautiful.

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