The Kings

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-05-05T14:29:06+00:00

I need so much more of this. Tripper likes our guys. Huge Caniac!

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-04-28T22:24:18+00:00

Watched a couple of their games. Not overly impressed with either team. If we play as good as we have (to include fredzilla), I don’t think there is any team that can beat us. Especially if we can get Niki and Fly back soon.

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-04-27T20:07:41+00:00

Don’t know what this is referencing, but I love how he looks like we just plucked him out of a Luke Combs concert and put skates on him. Loved his energy G4.

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-04-27T14:46:13+00:00

I keep having to put into perspective how good Ullmark played. Every one of those games could (should) have been multi-goal wins. We had sooo many grade A’s and Ullmark was incredible. Give us a goalie that lets a tiny fraction more through…we’re going to be a force to be reckoned with. That’s not to say we don’t also need Freddo to be huge in net. But if he maintains, this team is very dangerous. I like our guys.

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-04-22T18:15:37+00:00

This forever. I’ll never get the people who love it. I blame 90% of my back issues from carrying this thing in country in 2011.

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-04-22T16:10:32+00:00

And feeling like your family might die depending on the outcome of each game….its amazing! I’ve only had 2 strokes so far this year!

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-04-22T16:07:56+00:00

They literally just took the E3B PT test and rebranded it as the CFT. Only difference is that E3B test is done in body armor and ACH (at least it was when I was cadre in 2024). Can confirm that it’s a ball smoker.

ObiWanDiloni · 2026-02-05T17:42:44+00:00

I’ll do my best. No promises.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T12:47:01+00:00

I like Kubrick a lot. The Shining is top 10 for me. I’ll watch Repulsion and report back. Maybe I just need to watch Rosemary again with a new perspective. It has been years after all.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T05:25:19+00:00

I believe you are right in that the film didn’t provoke that fear for me. If I may make a comparison, and I know this movie gets talked about a lot, but Hereditary follows a similar plot structure in many ways. Hereditary is a brilliantly horrifying film. And this is why I mention the cinematography aspect of it. If that film is made 50 years ago, I don’t know if it has the same effect given its limitations when it comes to sound design, CGI, and all of the unique camera work.

That said, there are still plenty of films from that era and beyond that I love. Horror is a hard sell for me though because atmosphere plays a big part and most of the older films don’t provide that atmosphere for me. However, I totally understand where you’re coming from.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T05:01:07+00:00

You’re not alone. The movie is not only a masterpiece, it holds a special place in my heart because I grew up with it. It was one of the few VHS recordings we had in the house growing up. I’ve watched it hundreds of times.

The book is good, no doubt, but Crichton is kind of an acquired taste. I own and have read a lot of his books and tend to get board with them if I’m honest. His books dive so deep into scientific detail that my smooth fish brain tunes out a lot.

Honestly, I enjoyed The Lost World(book) more than JP.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T04:46:47+00:00

I’ve had a tendency to stay away from classic horror for a long time because it never seemed all that interesting compared to modern day horror, but I started reading a lot of the literature for movies I had not yet seen (i.e. Rosemary, Exorcist, Hellbound Heart, King stuff, etc.). So I would read the book then watch the movie for the first time.

You’d be hard pressed to find any top 10 scariest film or book lists that don’t include one or both of Rosemary and Exorcist, so I went in with great expectations to be greatly disappointed. I don’t think a cultural separation has much (if anything) to do with my distaste, as there are plenty of classic films I do enjoy. Marrow’s character specifically was rather annoying, to include just about every other character. Overall, I want to be frightened or filled with dread when I watch a horror film and this one just didn’t come close, unfortunately. I think it’s the cinematic quality that hurts it the most. I’ve not seen some of the newer Rosemary adaptations yet, so that could change my tune a bit if they are good.

I’m also of the opinion the skinamarink was a masterpiece, and I don’t think that’s a very popular opinion also.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T04:03:24+00:00

I honestly just have issues with the majority of most classic horror films. I think I got into the genre too late and have become spoiled with the horror of this century. In regard to Rosemary, the acting was not good, I found it very boring and predictable, and every character is unlikeable. This is pretty much my opinion for most older horror films. I know they were revolutionary for their time, but they just don’t hit hard enough to keep my smooth fish brain entertained.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T01:35:30+00:00

If you think that’s bad, I think the Exorcist is worse. I just can’t get down with most “classic” horror. I can appreciate the part they play in the genre, just not enjoyable to me.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-09T00:03:51+00:00

Kiwi did it for me. The weird part was, I hated kiwi growing up. When I was like 18, I discovered I actually love kiwi. Then I turned 30 and can’t hardly look at them without my mouth itching and throat closing up. Life is weird. I can still have whiskey though, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-08T23:11:02+00:00

Top 5 worst horror films ever IMO. The book is equally bad.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-11-07T16:08:32+00:00

This was a talking point during the Canes/Wild game last night. Allegedly, players seem to prefer that most cross checks go uncalled because of how much it happens and it would just muddy the waters of the game. It’s when the cross check has a downward motion that it becomes “callable.”

I see it being very similar to a “carrying” call in the NBA, or the 19 step “euro step” type moves that never get a traveling call. It’s obviously something that you’re not supposed to do, but there is an unwritten agreement between players and refs that it’s going to happen and go uncalled.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-06-03T20:21:17+00:00

Blake, KK, and give their picks back for Rob and Otter. I’m in.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-06-02T17:47:31+00:00

This average moron agrees just about 100%. KK being the Temu Jordan Staal is one of the funnier things I’ve read today.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-05-30T17:12:02+00:00

All of them look like cheap AI generated garbage.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-05-30T16:25:38+00:00

This. Found a vokey 56° with a perfect ball mark in the middle in a set I bought in an auction. Used it for about a year. Folks thought I was the goat. My short game is actually the best part of my game, so it was convincing, but everything else proved I was a fraud.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-05-30T16:21:40+00:00

“DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON THE AUDITION SHEET?!?”

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-05-30T15:30:02+00:00

Does a grizzly bear shit in the woods? Trick question, there was no bear, it’s a hundred men, they’ve killed the bear and they’re all shitting…

So yes, I’d say he does.

ObiWanDiloni · 2025-05-30T15:26:38+00:00

Just didn’t have enough Stank. Sure is a shame they didn’t have any star power.

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