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Quote from: Neurotic Guy on Today at 07:53:45 AM

Watched Death by Lightning.  Friends of mine disagree but I thought it wasn?t very good. Maybe it was just not much of a story, or maybe the story was not well told, but i found it to be mundane in general and the characters to be stereotypical and not well acted.  Essentially, a mentally ill man with delusions of grandeur decides to go from supporter to murderer overnight while a mild-mannered, unlikely president makes civil rights progress and finds a way to destroy corruption in NYC and the US Senate in a couple of months in office.  And this, even as his corrupt, drunken, incompetent, buffoon of a VP (Chester Arthur) works from the inside to maintain the corruption and undermine the president.  Arthur changes his ways after Garfield (the president, not the cat) refuses his resignation and gets shot.  Of course, after being shot, the on the scene doctor is a black man who warns the white doctor not to risk sepsis as the white doctor takes over and practices unsanitary medicine attempting to retrieve the bullet in Garfield?s body.  The scene provides obvious foreboding as Garfield dies a couple of months later of sepsis due to the white doctors malpractice.
The transformation of Chester Arthur occurs during Garfields unsuccessful convalescence when Garfield?s wife slaps the vice president in the face - and suddenly he is a new man, ethical and capable. IDK what is and isn?t accurate in the story, but I didn?t find it compelling and was grateful that it ended mercifully after 4 episodes.  I wouldn?t have stuck it out if it had been longer.

But my friends liked it.

I liked it, if only because it told a story that I wasn't familiar with in a digestible way.  I think I would only recommend it to people who really like American history though.

I've enjoyed it.  It's defiitely not a deep thinker of a show, but like Roy said it tells a tale and it's fun to look at people dressed in period costumes and in those settings.  The assassin character seems like someone in a musical who is on the verge of shifting from verse to song, but never does (thankfully).  "Hammy" is the best word I can come up with, but I think that's intentional.

I think I?d have liked him better if he broke into song.  A *got to pick a pocket or two* type number as he?s contemplating the assassination.

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You know what I'm saying?

First off, I don't know why there's any surprise. He already left the Cs once before for contract and also team fit/timeline reasons. This time is a very similar situation, with the team being in a transitional year and also only likely offering the minimum vs. 6m. Sure, he loves the franchise but it's not like he was going to live in Newton after retirement. He put his house up for sale ahead of time, for ****. Not that that means everything, but you have to assume he (and Holiday and Porzingis) knew this version of the team was going to be broken up.

Even though Brad made a token offer, it's clear that the team needs to develop guys like Queta or even Garza and Williams for the next generation of this team. Yes, Horford could have helped mentor them, but he also wants to play. Those minutes would have been at the expense of someone else who might be better for our future.

Secondly, I think fans sometimes underrate other motivations such as, maybe he wants to have the experience of playing with some of the iconic players and teams of the 2000s. Maybe he wants the experience of playing for Steve Kerr. We can argue about how realistic it is for the Warriors to actually be a contender, but you can't discount the fact that when his career is over, he'll be able to say he was teammates with Steph Curry or Draymond.

Let's speculate further and say maybe he wants to go into media after retirement. He'll bring more value to the table if he can speak directly about the Warriors franchise and stars like Curry, Butler, and Green. He'll have a connection to the Boston market and also the SF market, which are two big ones.

But really, I think it's 99% the opportunity to play with Curry and have the experience of being in another iconic franchise. Whether or not they really have any better shot than the Celtics isn't as relevant as the simple fact that one team is going for it, the other is still trying to shed salary for tax reasons.

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Quote from: Neurotic Guy on Today at 07:53:45 AM

Watched Death by Lightning.  Friends of mine disagree but I thought it wasn?t very good. Maybe it was just not much of a story, or maybe the story was not well told, but i found it to be mundane in general and the characters to be stereotypical and not well acted.  Essentially, a mentally ill man with delusions of grandeur decides to go from supporter to murderer overnight while a mild-mannered, unlikely president makes civil rights progress and finds a way to destroy corruption in NYC and the US Senate in a couple of months in office.  And this, even as his corrupt, drunken, incompetent, buffoon of a VP (Chester Arthur) works from the inside to maintain the corruption and undermine the president.  Arthur changes his ways after Garfield (the president, not the cat) refuses his resignation and gets shot.  Of course, after being shot, the on the scene doctor is a black man who warns the white doctor not to risk sepsis as the white doctor takes over and practices unsanitary medicine attempting to retrieve the bullet in Garfield?s body.  The scene provides obvious foreboding as Garfield dies a couple of months later of sepsis due to the white doctors malpractice.
The transformation of Chester Arthur occurs during Garfields unsuccessful convalescence when Garfield?s wife slaps the vice president in the face - and suddenly he is a new man, ethical and capable. IDK what is and isn?t accurate in the story, but I didn?t find it compelling and was grateful that it ended mercifully after 4 episodes.  I wouldn?t have stuck it out if it had been longer.

But my friends liked it.

I liked it, if only because it told a story that I wasn't familiar with in a digestible way.  I think I would only recommend it to people who really like American history though.

I've enjoyed it.  It's defiitely not a deep thinker of a show, but like Roy said it tells a tale and it's fun to look at people dressed in period costumes and in those settings.  The assassin character seems like someone in a musical who is on the verge of shifting from verse to song, but never does (thankfully).  "Hammy" is the best word I can come up with, but I think that's intentional.

I think I?d have liked him better if he broke into song.  A *got to pick a pocket or two* type number as he?s contemplating the assassination.

Quote from: Neurotic Guy on Today at 07:53:45 AM

Watched Death by Lightning.  Friends of mine disagree but I thought it wasn?t very good. Maybe it was just not much of a story, or maybe the story was not well told, but i found it to be mundane in general and the characters to be stereotypical and not well acted.  Essentially, a mentally ill man with delusions of grandeur decides to go from supporter to murderer overnight while a mild-mannered, unlikely president makes civil rights progress and finds a way to destroy corruption in NYC and the US Senate in a couple of months in office.  And this, even as his corrupt, drunken, incompetent, buffoon of a VP (Chester Arthur) works from the inside to maintain the corruption and undermine the president.  Arthur changes his ways after Garfield (the president, not the cat) refuses his resignation and gets shot.  Of course, after being shot, the on the scene doctor is a black man who warns the white doctor not to risk sepsis as the white doctor takes over and practices unsanitary medicine attempting to retrieve the bullet in Garfield?s body.  The scene provides obvious foreboding as Garfield dies a couple of months later of sepsis due to the white doctors malpractice.
The transformation of Chester Arthur occurs during Garfields unsuccessful convalescence when Garfield?s wife slaps the vice president in the face - and suddenly he is a new man, ethical and capable. IDK what is and isn?t accurate in the story, but I didn?t find it compelling and was grateful that it ended mercifully after 4 episodes.  I wouldn?t have stuck it out if it had been longer.

But my friends liked it.

I liked it, if only because it told a story that I wasn't familiar with in a digestible way.  I think I would only recommend it to people who really like American history though.

I've enjoyed it.  It's defiitely not a deep thinker of a show, but like Roy said it tells a tale and it's fun to look at people dressed in period costumes and in those settings.  The assassin character seems like someone in a musical who is on the verge of shifting from verse to song, but never does (thankfully).  "Hammy" is the best word I can come up with, but I think that's intentional.

Quote from: Roy H. on Today at 12:35:00 AM

Stranger Things Season 5 (part one).  I hate split seasons, but ST found a logical breaking off spot.  It's going to be a long month to see how they wrap it up.

Although I watched a series recap on YouTube before S5, I still found myself forgetting a lot   of the plot points, storylines and character dynamics. And, to be honest, I just dont feel all that invested anymore. A warning to future shows: that is what happens when you take 3 years off in between seasons.

I?m sure that?s usually true. Curb did it and produced reasonably good shows - last season I thought not great, but ok.  Arrested Development I can?t get enough of. They had a couple of lengthy hiatuses between seasons and I enjoyed nonetheless. Season 5 probably not as good as the early seasons but still held my interest and made me chuckle.  It?s been a while, but I?d love them to give it another go.