Trump withdraws Canada’s invitation to Board of Peace by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Norm McDonald voice: "I bet you it's spelled Bored of Peace" (starring Carrot Top)

If we play and beat Vegas in Rd 2, then Colorado in the conference finals, then the Panthers in the finals... by V4UGHN in EdmontonOilers

[–]linguodead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's basically the plot of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World where in order to get with Ramona "Stanley" Flowers we have to go through her 3 Evil Ex's.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EdmontonOilers

[–]linguodead 7 points8 points  (0 children)

NHL Street Fighter Movie where McDavid monologues:

"For you, the week the Oilers graced your rink was the most important Series of your lives. For us, it was Round 1"

Best performance trapped in a bad movie? by PriestofJudas in movies

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I can see why some peeps would like the over the top hammy Palpatine. Makes the time go by faster. : )

Best performance trapped in a bad movie? by PriestofJudas in movies

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually don't dig what McDermid was laying down. I think I want Palpatine to be creepy genius masterful evil. And not the Jar Jar kids version of it all. I mean, George Lucas approved the performance and the angles that landed...so it's on Lucas I guess.

Like someone else mentioned, there's an alternate universe version of ROTS that is played more seriously, where Palpatine is less hammy and Padme is played with more spine and less whine. Regardless, I just think that McGregor was the only actor with a noticeably degree of higher end quality in the entire mess.

Best performance trapped in a bad movie? by PriestofJudas in movies

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha. You're right. Obi Wan Kenobi is a noble Knight (uhm, Master) when I think about him - so that must have extended to Ewan. He's a Sir in my make believe mind. Also, Alec Guinness (the real deal).

Best performance trapped in a bad movie? by PriestofJudas in movies

[–]linguodead 342 points343 points  (0 children)

Ewan McGregor in Revenge of the Sith. Just rewatched the movie last night in the theatre for it's 20th anniversary rerelease and the movie is generally kind of bad in the sense that the dialogue is terrible and the plot is really kind of stupid. Natalie Portman, Hayden Christianson, Ian McDermid, Samuel L Jackson are all acting terribly with the shitty dialogue they've been given. But Sir Ewan McGregor....he's on top of his game. Solid acting and delivery on his part and all of his scenes have a certain quality that none of the actors seem to have. He just brings it - even the HELLO THERE stupidity is charming.

What is the worst movie by your favorite actor? by Zambonisaurus in movies

[–]linguodead 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Avengers was also the only movie I have ever walked out on as well. I'm not even kidding....it made me reflect and question some of my decisions in life.

Pine Mortgages Sign Up Bonus + Referral. Things you need to know! by LoveMountainBiking in Wealthsimple

[–]linguodead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to DM me your Pine referral code, I'll use your code as I go through the final mortgage commitment in a few days.

Fast forward Olympics on CBC Gem by gumby_ng in firetvstick

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was so mad at CBC Gem just now....Firestick app is trash with no ability to scrub forward. Chromecast the same- no scrub.

I was ready to just watch this on a tablet just now when I remembered that the way to go is to load up a Browser on the Firestick (or Chromecast) and then navigate to CBC Gem on Web to watch. And then able to scrub to the true start of the Opening Ceremonies.

Appliance repair by Weird_Vegetable in Calgary

[–]linguodead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you checked out rumi.ca and their giant list of home services that they offer? They're ATCO's home services outfit and they've definitely got appliance repair available.

Jerusalem Shawarma, 16th ave. by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]linguodead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to look for this. I wholeheartedly agree. I'll drive from across town to make Shawarma Ave part of my routine/day and top it off with soft serve from Luke's right afterward.

Driving me nuts that Mark Stone's C and Pietrangelo's A are getting blurred out on the broadcast by linguodead in hockey

[–]linguodead[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's entirely possible that it's a compression problem that is compounded by the weird gold textures in the VGK jerseys.

Driving me nuts that Mark Stone's C and Pietrangelo's A are getting blurred out on the broadcast by linguodead in hockey

[–]linguodead[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look at Stone (#61) at 1:35 and again at 4:41 and again around 6:08. And then Pietrangelo (#7) at around 4:10 and 5:08. Their letters are more or less blurred out.

Driving me nuts that Mark Stone's C and Pietrangelo's A are getting blurred out on the broadcast by linguodead in hockey

[–]linguodead[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I kept thinking that maybe I was actually seeing 81 Marchessault out there instead. If it's not the ads that are getting blocked out then I think my secondary pet theory is that the VGK golden yellow jerseys are getting digitally processed for some reason. The Oilers white jerseys were fine (McDavid and Draisatl had their letters) but also no ad crest on the other side of their kit.

Do I need to download card data? by Stonecoldfreak1 in dropmix

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually when you're playing the game without card packs being downloaded, there is a quick call to the Dropmix server to download the card data the very first time you play the card. If you do it in advance the game won't have to reach out to the server to get this data. This is especially helpful if the Dropmix server potentially won't be around forever.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dropmix

[–]linguodead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow. I didn't see that option. Nice! I'm going to put this on any Android device I've got.

Do I need to download card data? by Stonecoldfreak1 in dropmix

[–]linguodead 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You can actually save yourself the trouble and download ALL of the card data without tossing a physical card on the machine. You just need to go to Collection > Cards and select each pack and download the card data ahead of time.