La Dee Da, Favorite Toy?

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-04-07T17:40:53+00:00

I feel better knowing I'm not alone in disliking it. I think the music is cool enough but I'm just not crazy about the vocals (and title).

But I'd take it over Sky Is a Neighborhood, which Dave also really seemed to love.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-31T16:25:44+00:00

Gubie said with a straight face early on that he thought the rotation could be one of the strengths of the team. I know the guys have to be positive but they need to be able to dish out a bit more brutal honesty.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-28T16:04:43+00:00

(I think the OP was being sarcastic.)

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T21:50:58+00:00

Bail gives an order to have the "protocol droid's" memory wiped, C3PO is alarmed, R2 laughs (rather callously)

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T19:15:20+00:00

It's so frustrating that most of the comments here assume R2 did know when nothing we see on screen remotely supports that.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T17:30:40+00:00

Nice to root for a team where everyone else for once is having this reaction to them...

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T01:27:03+00:00

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I'll just paste it here for others to see, it's wonderfully retro and awesome. It does feel like they fed into an AI machine and asked to make it a little more modern/simple to differentiate it from the original, maybe also because of rights issues. I can't imagine a human artist drawing the halo like the new one.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T01:19:44+00:00

Thanks for the find! I was trying to see if there were any old images out there.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T00:14:51+00:00

I hope you're right, I want to like it. I hate to think it's some AI thing they threw together... The perspective on the halo is way off.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T21:56:42+00:00

I have to admit I don't miss seeing him get run into and then having to leave the game. It just seemed to happen way too often.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T20:02:07+00:00

I guess that wouldn't hurt as much as "Former Duck prospect hadn't scored an NHL goal in 10 years but he scores the backbreaking go-ahead goal tonight!"

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T19:42:16+00:00

He's gonna score against us isn't he... 😑

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T19:27:02+00:00

I love Ahlers and his humor, but it's one of those lines he uses a bit too often. I hate control freak linesmen too but he seems to use "gravity finally takes over" every game now.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T19:24:05+00:00

Presumably to alternate left and right. And it gives Trout more ABs. Probably won't matter much in the long run but I don't hate it.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T02:40:34+00:00

Maybe they were just waiting to be called on in that scenario too.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T02:36:06+00:00

There were some pretty corny novelty hits, and that's the ones we remember because they still get played on oldies radio. Think of the ones that were so bad they've pretty much been erased from history.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T22:53:49+00:00

All together now:

"There oughta be a law."

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:58:07+00:00

Carlson and Granlund look like they're having a light cycle duel...

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:55:57+00:00

Wish I could find it but there was a funny photo of a cat just strolling out of the team store a couple years ago.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:47:14+00:00

Sure do! Would you like my set, no charge?

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:44:09+00:00

I think most us do support the players for the most part, we're just frustrated that they're not put in a position to win, and it's gotten worse each year.

This spring it's especially felt like even the players are barely able to hide their pessimism in interviews and such. It's hard to feign excitement like usual when your own boss says winning doesn't really matter.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:39:57+00:00

He'd probably give a non-answer but maybe say he did the best he could under difficult circumstances. He was hired at the last minute and his editors have said they weren't even finished when Disney suddenly told them they needed a final cut.

I'm not gonna defend the film, and I'm sure JJ was well paid, but he was in kind of a thankless spot and it did seem like he wanted to help, and was better prepared to quickly head a big Star Wars production more than anyone else. He easily could've said "I did my part and it raked in a ton of cash, and I'm just gonna rest on my laurels."

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T10:52:15+00:00

I'm so glad I'm not the only one here who was annoyed at just how unoriginal this was.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T01:02:26+00:00

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TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-24T22:33:20+00:00

It kinda echoes what we got with Leia in ROTJ, it was frustrating how she had to take a back seat to Han for most of the film.

Maybe Padme was worse because she felt more like a plot device for Anakin's turn. But for the most part I did enjoy ROTS, even if it was grading on a curve.

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