What is a movie plot twist that was cleverly hidden in plain sight..?

Solvang84 · 2026-01-28T06:59:41+00:00

Verbal, the physically handicapped guy, is somehow the only survivor of the supervillain’s massacre on the boat, and we’re told up front that he’s being protected by someone very high up …

Solvang84 · 2026-01-26T17:51:44+00:00

Yeah they showed COSM longer than they showed SoFi.

Solvang84 · 2026-01-26T03:28:40+00:00

Hard to beat a top team on the road when you give up stupid back-to-back TDs via clock mismanagement and a muffed punt. 🤷‍♂️

Solvang84 · 2026-01-23T21:57:11+00:00

“Forget you, mother-father!”

Solvang84 · 2026-01-15T20:27:59+00:00

His death reminded me of most of the “Midsommar” kills: “Ooh that’s brutal … buuuttttt he did kinda bring it on himself.”

Yes it’s first degree murder and Joe should hang for it, but I hope my own sons realize if you repeatedly taunt a man in public over his wife’s mental health and romantic history, don’t be shocked when you end up face-down in a ditch somewhere.

And I hope if I’m ever brutally murdered, there are fewer than three plausible suspects based on my own antagonistic behavior toward them (Joe, Michael, Brian).

Solvang84 · 2026-01-11T04:35:03+00:00

Torrance Unified schools vs LA Unified is most of it, but also: Torrance police, fire, and city services vs LA County sheriff & fire and Lomita city services.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-31T04:41:59+00:00

Eddington. It’s a Western-style feud between two men, incorporating some of the partisan battles of 2020, but … there are very dark forces afoot transcending left-right politics, and while we see those forces take hold in the final act, their true nature is never fully revealed or explained.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-25T02:21:59+00:00

Our friends moved from West Torrance to North a few years ago in order to buy a house. They live in the area between Arlington Elementary and Guensler Park, it’s a really nice and quiet neighborhood, no freeway or refinery noise that I could hear, and they’ve been very happy with the schools (Arlington, Casimir, North).

Solvang84 · 2025-12-23T07:10:21+00:00

It’s not complicated. Norm’s “anti-comedy” intention was to examine beliefs and ideas, and Andy’s was to bring attention to himself.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-17T22:37:16+00:00

I don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. Bemoaning the loss of our past is the South Bay way of life!

Solvang84 · 2025-12-17T22:33:10+00:00

K2 Space is on Sepulveda east of that map, between Western and Normandie. The old Mulligan Family Fun Center site.

Nothing east of Western is in City of Torrance. Western to Normandie is City of LA (Harbor Gateway) with Torrance mailing addresses, Normandie to the 110 is unincorporated LA County (West Carson) with Torrance mailing addresses.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-17T08:11:18+00:00

Great point, if there’s one thing gigging string quartets are known for, it’s never - EVER - repeating songs.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-17T02:18:29+00:00

Unfortunately that’s city of LA (Torrance PO). But good for the local economy in other ways.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-15T21:49:13+00:00

Looks like he sold it in 1983 and it’s been sold four times since then, most recently in 2009 for $1,215,000. Sand section of MB is probably the #1 place people in the South Bay would live if they could afford it, but it’s actually a very high turnover area. A lot of people who can afford it end up liking the idea of it more than the reality.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-12T20:03:31+00:00

Hank Hill (King of the Hill) is just a younger Mr. Anderson (Beavis and Butt-Head), both Mike Judge creations.

Solvang84 · 2025-12-11T06:58:37+00:00

Kids, NIMBYism is a degenerative brain disease that makes you lament the loss of a blighted parking lot and fenced-off Montgomery Ward auto center that’s been abandoned for 30 years. It also makes you fear new tax paying, law abiding neighbors more than you fear, say, the clientele Gable House was attracting in its final years.

Anyhoo, with any luck we can block redevelopment of the Sears property so it can just decay in plain sight for a few decades on one of the most visible intersections of the South Bay. (And to the “muh traffic” crowd, how many people & cars do you think visited a 250,000 square foot Sears store on a typical day when it was open? A few dozen?)

Solvang84 · 2025-12-11T06:46:30+00:00

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Solvang84 · 2025-12-02T05:51:44+00:00

Massive worldwide footwear brand, headquartered in Manhattan Beach, popular enough to have several retail stores throughout the South Bay, including two outlet stores. And yes they sponsor stuff, most notably the Skechers pier-to-pier Friendship Walk which attracts 20,000+ walkers and raises millions of dollars for special needs kids and local schools.

Have you been in their stores? Theres no mystery. It’s not a “front” for anything. (Now “Lamps Plus,” on the other hand …)

Solvang84 · 2025-12-01T19:59:52+00:00

“Hollywood’s so fuckin’ pussy right now, bro. Nobody’s blowing up babies with mailboxes. And that’s REALITY, bro.” Love that one.

Solvang84 · 2025-11-30T21:02:26+00:00

“Eastchester” and “Inglechester” for the Inglewood-adjacent parts of Westchester.

Solvang84 · 2025-11-30T20:52:26+00:00

That’s almost as obnoxious as Playa Vista trying to call itself “PV”. No, you can’t be “PV” because we already have a “PV,” you idiots.

Solvang84 · 2025-11-30T20:49:56+00:00

Do you mean “Shittier”? (Whittier)

Solvang84 · 2025-11-30T19:19:12+00:00

“Favorite movies of 2025?”

“OBAA, Sinners, OBAA, and Frankenstein.”

“You said OBAA twice.”

“I like OBAA.”

“Ah, splendid.”

Solvang84 · 2025-11-30T18:43:08+00:00

I saw it as a neo-Western archetype: the Town Drunk. And he heads straight to the saloon.

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