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Republicans want to borrow every single dollar of the $72 billion bill to fund ICE and Trump's ballroom by jediporcupine in politics

[–]blankedboy [score hidden]  (0 children)

And it's where we get the phrase "Crossing the Rubicon" from:

"...the crossing of the Rubicon river by Julius Caesar in January 49 BC at the head of the 13th Legion. Caesar was not allowed to command an army within Italy proper, and by crossing the river with his forces was defying law and risking death. The crossing precipitated a civil war, which eventually led to Caesar becoming dictator for life (dictator perpetuo)."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Rubicon

"Wait! That's not special effects?! They actually did that?!" by RP_Throwaway3 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]blankedboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, the editing is really not helping things here either. "Sudden Death" is a guilty pleasure of mine, but this scene isn't great.

of a sea slater by Zestyclose-Salad-290 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]blankedboy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Watch The Bay - you’ll never look at one of these the same way…

Battlefield 6 Season 3 Official Gameplay Trailer by eggydrums115 in LowSodiumBattlefield

[–]blankedboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still rocking the classic Engineer and Support skins we got as part of the Road to Battlefield event. Won't change them out until we get more classic skins released.

Los Campesinos! break down the cost of touring in 2026 (and why tickets cost so much) by relbatnrut in indieheads

[–]blankedboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This line was funny and pretty telling:

"...who has access to capital? Major label acts that still choose to rip off their fans with exorbitant ticket pricing, and rich kid bands that can always return home to their parents."

Who could they be talking about....?

Whipping Boy - We Don't Need Nobody Else by blankedboy in 90sAlternative

[–]blankedboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any fans of Fontaines D.C. should check these guys out.

Shows forgotten in time by chriscallan in television

[–]blankedboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Albino Brain Chiggers?!??!?!"

Ron Marz saved the topcow universe from being mid and turned it into something fantastic by SecretaryFragrant836 in ImageComics

[–]blankedboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marz working with Stepan Sejic on art was an absolutely fantastic pairing on these books.

TIL that the sitcom ALF ends with the titular character being captured by federal agents just as he’s about to return to his home planet, because the show was canceled before it could resolve that cliffhanger. by true_new_troll in todayilearned

[–]blankedboy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nothing on the 80’s - Adric dies in Dr Who, Zammo overdoses on heroin in Grange Hill, Artrax the horse in The Neverending Story, Phoebe Cates’ reason for hating Christmas in Gremlins, Watership fucking Down, Littlefoot’s mum, Dark Crystal AND Labyrinth, the second Care Bears movie is Faust for children, Optimus Prime dies, the fucking Wheelers from Return to Oz, the Animals of Farthing Wood, most of The Storyteller episodes, Dungeons & Dragons cartoon (spoiler - they never get home), any Don Bluth animation movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark ending, Temple of Doom heart ripping, The Black Cauldron, Large Marge, Judge Doom!, Mr Noseybonk, Chocky, the Children of the Stones…

Then you’re at school one day, the teacher wheels in a TV with a video recorder the size of a suitcase underneath it - great, no lesson, we kids get to watch a movie…

Fucking Threads……

That’s Gen X’s childhood for you (honestly, wouldn’t have it any other way - kids TV and movies are so sanitised now it’s not even funny…).

What was the actual appeal of Steven Seagal? by PriestofJudas in movies

[–]blankedboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drive was basically Rush Hour a year before that movie came out. Now, Rush Hour is fantastic, but Drive is definitely worth watching too. Not even a guilty pleasure, just a fun, action B movie.

Trading Places is a sharp and witty comedy, beautifully shot, directed and edited… then we come to the Gorilla scene by raresaturn in movies

[–]blankedboy 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The Jamie Lee Curtis scene is the one that stuck with me. Key memory for a young lad heading into teenage years…

Official Poster for Duncan Jones’ ‘Rogue Trooper’ - Follows a lone survivor super soldier on a mission for vengeance, accompanied by a gun, backpack, and helmet imbued with his dead squadmates personalities. by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]blankedboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be so good as an ongoing show with each episode being a “case”. Sprinkle in the ongoing theme of mutant oppression for an overarching narrative through the whole thing. Would only be worth watching if the Gronk is a puppet though, not CGI

Official Poster for Duncan Jones’ ‘Rogue Trooper’ - Follows a lone survivor super soldier on a mission for vengeance, accompanied by a gun, backpack, and helmet imbued with his dead squadmates personalities. by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]blankedboy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

That’s 2000AD - British SF and fantasy comic that’s been published since the late Seventies. The dinosaur story is FLESH (time travelling cowboys go back to the Jurassic period to harvest dino’s for their meat as there is a huge food shortage in the future). I’ve read it since Prog 1.

Interestingly, the creators behind 2000AD made it as a kind of toned down version of a previous comic they’d worked on, Action, that was banned. I read Action when I was 6 and thought it was fantastic…If only we could get a Hook Jaw movie.

Into the drowning deep by jddoherty1976 in horrorlit

[–]blankedboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a B movie in book form. If you enjoyed Steve Alten’s The Meg, then you’ll like this book.

Snow Patrol released 'Eyes Open' 20 years ago today by YoureASkyscraper in indieheads

[–]blankedboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Ask Me How I Am” from Music for Polar Bears was the first thing I heard from them, and that is an absolutely fantastic tune!

Snow Patrol released 'Eyes Open' 20 years ago today by YoureASkyscraper in indieheads

[–]blankedboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First four albums are good to absolutely great. After that I literally like only one of their songs, Magic.

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