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I'm just not a huge zombie movie fan. I mean, I felt like Will Smith did a pretty good job in the movie, but zombies are just kinda lame :laugh:.

lol yea true, i mean, how many different ways are there to portray zombies? I guess fast zombies are the "in" thing right now?

BTW, did you keep up with this thread yesterday? Did you check out the girl in the Miami group who graduated from college when she was 16 and is a part-time actress singer/songwriter? We're gonna have some pretty damn accomplished classmates :laugh:
 
The should have kept the original ending, so, you know, the title would have made sense.

What was the original ending? I don't mind spoilers...

lol yea true, i mean, how many different ways are there to portray zombies? I guess fast zombies are the "in" thing right now?

BTW, did you keep up with this thread yesterday? Did you check out the girl in the Miami group who graduated from college when she was 16 and is a part-time actress singer/songwriter? We're gonna have some pretty damn accomplished classmates :laugh:

Wait wait, what?!?! Where did you find out about this 16 year old? That's amazing!
 
The should have kept the original ending, so, you know, the title would have made sense.

Yea definitely, and it woulda been a much more thought provoking ending overall.

the nba finals 2-3-2 format is stupid.

discuss.

Agreed. I think traveling is easy enough these days that the 2-2-1-1-1 format can work for the finals too. Just not enough home court advantage right now.
 
What was the original ending? I don't mind spoilers...



Wait wait, what?!?! Where did you find out about this 16 year old? That's amazing!

Nah, she's not 16 anymore, she has her PhD by now :laugh: I was looking at the fb profiles of ppl who recently posted in the Miami fb group and came across her. I read her bio and was like "is this girl foreal?" I also discovered that a disproportionate number of our classmates like Battlestar Galactica, and I'm overjoyed 😀 tho I don't think I'll be friending all of them like that dude from yesterday :laugh:
 
they shot I am Legend on campus. i was just walking by randomly one day and and ran into a bunch of zombies, i was like wtf, and then i kept on moving.

That tower records (RIP) was amazing. it literally had every CD you could think of. the sales were pretty bad and they shut down after the filming of I Am Legend. Now its a seasonal toys-r-us (open only for christmas). i loved that block, if you walked down south a little bit, you had all those custom hat shops that would graffiti words/names on a hat. **** was really corny, but i kinda liked them
 
Agreed. I think traveling is easy enough these days that the 2-2-1-1-1 format can work for the finals too. Just not enough home court advantage right now.

i was thinking that 2-3-2 gives way too much of an advantage to the team with home court advantage.

so hard to defend your home court for 3 straight games.

more importantly though, most teams go for the clinching game in 6 or 7. the 2-3-2 format almost eliminates the chance for the lower seeded team to clinch at home. very difficult to clinch on the road.
 
Oh, and the alternate ending was that Neville gave back the infected girl to the infected guy in the end, and realized that they were actually terrified of him and that he's the monster in their legends(cuz he hunts them down and experiments on them).
 
Nah, she's not 16 anymore, she has her PhD by now :laugh: I was looking at the fb profiles of ppl who recently posted in the Miami fb group and came across her. I read her bio and was like "is this girl foreal?" I also discovered that a disproportionate number of our classmates like Battlestar Galactica, and I'm overjoyed 😀 tho I don't think I'll be friending all of them like that dude from yesterday :laugh:

Wow, that's super impressive! I may have to check this out...

So I take it, you like Battlestar Galactica? I've never even watched it before.
 
i was thinking that 2-3-2 gives way too much of an advantage to the team with home court advantage.

so hard to defend your home court for 3 straight games.

more importantly though, most teams go for the clinching game in 6 or 7. the 2-3-2 format almost eliminates the chance for the lower seeded team to clinch at home. very difficult to clinch on the road.

But if the team with home court loses one of the first two, it kinda gives the other team a chance to clinch without ever going back. It'll be kinda like the 2-2-1 days.
 
the series will end in boston, like i predicted a year ago, in 4 games. the average margin of victory will be double digits

next year's predictions

Lakers in 6 games over Magic if Lebron leaves Cleveland
Lakers in 6 games over Cavs if Lebron stays
 
they shot I am Legend on campus. i was just walking by randomly one day and and ran into a bunch of zombies, i was like wtf, and then i kept on moving.

That's cool! You should have signed up to be an extra in it!

Oh, and the alternate ending was that Neville gave back the infected girl to the infected guy in the end, and realized that they were actually terrified of him and that he's the monster in their legends(cuz he hunts them down and experiments on them).

Seriously?? Hmmm... That sounds kinda corny.
 
but shaq in his prime >>>>>>>>>

just fun to watch.

i think hakeem in his prime might have been better, but its questionable. they dont make centers like they used to
 
Wow, that's super impressive! I may have to check this out...

So I take it, you like Battlestar Galactica? I've never even watched it before.

Oh yea, it's awesome! Most ppl don't give it a shot cause it's sci-fi, but it really just uses the sci-fi setting to pose the question of what it means to be human. It's also not very newcomer friendly since the plot lines are very deep, complex, and they run through the whole show, so it's difficult to just jump in and start watching.

It's my fav show by far! 😀
 
the series will end in boston, like i predicted a year ago, in 4 games. the average margin of victory will be double digits

next year's predictions

Lakers in 6 games over Magic if Lebron leaves Cleveland
Lakers in 6 games over Cavs if Lebron stays

You think the Lakers are that good? Boston def ain't **** without refs' help :meanie:

That's cool! You should have signed up to be an extra in it!



Seriously?? Hmmm... That sounds kinda corny.

Corny? No way! I like films that force you to take the other side's perspective, kinda like what Battlestar Galactica does pretty often 😀

Agree, for all of the reasons you said.

Among the active players with four titles, the player with the best career to date between Kobe, Duncan, and Shaq is: discuss.

I say Shaq, the dude was simply unstoppable in his prime.
 
i think lakers built/developed to beat a boston team. most people concentrate hard to fixing mistakes, and i think they really concentrated on being better (esp against the celtics) after that humiliating loss against them 2 years ago.

next season, lakers are gonna have all their pieces for sure (+ most likely improve, i guess?). with FA, most teams will be moving things around. if they address their PG issues, the thunder should never be a problem for that team. really up to the Mavs (and maybe the suns and the nuggets, but they are def going through transition) to contend with LA. Don't see lebron making Chicago a title team
 
Alrighty, it's bed time. I have to be up at 6. Woohoo...
 
i think lakers built/developed to beat a boston team. most people concentrate hard to fixing mistakes, and i think they really concentrated on being better (esp against the celtics) after that humiliating loss against them 2 years ago.

next season, lakers are gonna have all their pieces for sure (+ most likely improve, i guess?). with FA, most teams will be moving things around. if they address their PG issues, the thunder should never be a problem for that team. really up to the Mavs (and maybe the suns and the nuggets, but they are def going through transition) to contend with LA. Don't see lebron making Chicago a title team

I think the Celtics are just getting old, particularly Garnett, so they don't need to be as good as they were two years ago(they're obviously better tho with Bynum, Artest, etc.) to win. I also don't see Lebron leaving the Cavs. For a guy of his caliber, he needs to worry about his own legacy, and it just ain't the same if he jumps ship to join others.
 
Oh, and the alternate ending was that Neville gave back the infected girl to the infected guy in the end, and realized that they were actually terrified of him and that he's the monster in their legends(cuz he hunts them down and experiments on them).

Maybe I could read the book this summer. That ending is perhaps better than the original movie ending (er...the original ending to this adaption of the book, I mean).
 
if i was lebron, i would either stay or go to NYC/Washington (if they get rid of Gil) or wherever they have a completely free cap space so i could run the team as i want to.


however, danny ferry left so idk if that means lebron is leaving
 
the series will end in boston, like i predicted a year ago, in 4 games. the average margin of victory will be double digits

next year's predictions

Lakers in 6 games over Magic if Lebron leaves Cleveland
Lakers in 6 games over Cavs if Lebron stays
Patently false. Lakers are definitely the favorites, but they're so dependent on 4.5 players (Kobe/Gasol/Odom/Artest/Limping Bynum), that when one of them has an off night, Boston will be able to steal some games. I think Lakers in 6 at this rate.
kobe will have 7
Hope not. If LeBron or Wade team up, or one of them joins with Bosh, they're instantly legit contenders. Also, Kobe has come back to form in the last 3 series, but he is starting to decline.

Thunder are probably the Lakers' most legit challengers in the West for the next few seasons, and Durant is arguably better than Kobe already. But I'll grant that outside of them, there's not really anyone to challenge the Lakers in the West unless Portland is a lot better than I think, Nash convinces Dirk to join him in Phoenix, or Duncan/Ginobili have more in the tank than I fear.
but shaq in his prime >>>>>>>>>

just fun to watch.

i think hakeem in his prime might have been better, but its questionable. they dont make centers like they used to
Shaq in his prime was a beast. But the fact that he was only at that level from ~1999-2002 makes it hard to evaluate his career next to Kobe and Duncan, who were great for longer periods of time.

I will say this about Kobe: it's hard to reconcile his 35, 45, and 42 win seasons (and yes, I'm blatantly stealing this from Simmons' column). Just look at what D-Wade did this year--he took a team with essentially NOBODY on it to a 5 seed; Kobe couldn't take a team with Odom and Caron Butler to the playoffs? Put 2005 Duncan on that team, and I guarantee they're at least in the playoffs, if not the second round. Kobe won his titles next to Shaq as a sidekick, and next to Pau Gasol, the best PF alive today; Duncan won a title with a retiring Robinson, rookie Ginobili, and a 2nd year Parker who had to be benched in the 4th quarter for Speedy Claxton.

Just saying, it's an argument. But if Kobe makes it to 6... I think even I have to give it up.
 
c'mon u cant compare the west from those years to being the 5th seed in the east this year. also, wade definitely didnt deserve his title (that year just straight up sucked). odom and caron kinda sucked those years too. i hated kobe too but i'm a believer. he just really wants to be as good, or if not better than michael (which i dont think he ever will be).

Duncan is probably the best PF ever to this point. and they play good ball whenever they win, but i think his career is near closing/he doesn't want it as badly as kobe.

which free agents are worth a max contract this year?
 
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c'mon u cant compare the west from those years to being the 5th seed in the east this year. also, wade definitely didnt deserve his title (that year just straight up sucked). odom and caron kinda sucked those years too. i hated kobe too but i'm a believer. he just really wants to be as good, or if not better than michael (which i dont think he ever will be).

Duncan is probably the best PF ever to this point. and they play good ball whenever they win, but i think his career is near closing/he doesn't want it as badly as kobe.

which free agents are worth a max contract this year?
But 35 wins? And the effing Memphis Grizzlies made the playoffs that year with a starting five of Lorenzen Wright/Pau/Battier/Mike Miller/Jason Williams. And Pau missed 26 games that year.

Is Kobe better than Duncan for their career? Maybe. If he makes it to 6 titles? Definitely. But you can't totally ignore that Kobe absolutely didn't live up to his potential from 2005 until the Pau trade blunder; and without the Pau blunder, Duncan probably has 5 titles to Kobe's 3 and it's no contest in the other direction. But I agree that Duncan's career is closing; I really think Duncan retires at the end of this contract, so if there's a lockout, next year would be his last season.

Max contracts belong to LeBron, Wade, Bosh, and Dirk; Dirk is definitely worth one, but might talk himself into taking less to win a title. But Amare's going to get one too, and I wouldn't be surprised if Donald Sterling talked himself into Joe Johnson. Just sounds like the kind of ******* think Sterling would do, like give max money to Baron Davis. Basically there are more teams with max money than players that deserve it, but GMs are going to feel the need to spend their money to justify their job.
and also, who's most likely out of those to have a serious injury?
I'm not sure I understand the question? Which free agent is the biggest risk? Probably DWade; I could totally see his career trajectory similar to Manu where he starts going into decline early because of his style of play.
 
yea like w/n the next couple of weeks?


i gotta start buying **** and what not

I made a massive purchase on coffee and end tables today. I am now regretting it. Can you cancel those but keep the 2 sofas? The tables aren't being delivered until July, but the sofas are coming next week.
 
I made a massive purchase on coffee and end tables today. I am now regretting it. Can you cancel those but keep the 2 sofas? The tables aren't being delivered until July, but the sofas are coming next week.
i dont see why you couldnt cancel/return. Also met what about baylor did i miss something? or you just deciding waiting sucks and going to lsu?
 
i dont see why you couldnt cancel/return. Also met what about baylor did i miss something? or you just deciding waiting sucks and going to lsu?

I found an apartment and I got it. I think I just gave up and was tired of waiting around. Whatever - I'm pretty happy now. This will end up working out for the best. Plus, there would be so many things that would suck if I had to pack up and move to Houston right now. I would probably have to live by myself and I really like my situation right now.
 
I'll read the furniture receipt tomorrow and see what I can do. I think I would probably like to cancel and it helps that the stuff I will be paying for is on a separate delivery date.
 
i'm going to splurge on my apartment. this could very well be the same apartment i have for the next 4 years.

i've said it before on here, but it bears repeating: i'm ****ing excited about it. no more moving if i don't want to.
 
i'm going to splurge on my apartment. this could very well be the same apartment i have for the next 4 years.

i've said it before on here, but it bears repeating: i'm ****ing excited about it. no more moving if i don't want to.

I wish I could say the same. For me it just depends on a lot of things, but I might be able to stretch this place to 2 years.
 
If you're patient, you can cover plenty of your furniture/appliance needs for free through Craigslist and Freecycle.

In fact, I just opened up the Craigslist-->for sale/wanted-->free stuff section and a nice looking couch with two reclining seats was the at the top. Granted, the nice stuff tends to go fast, but if you're on your computer anyway... Of course, it helps if you know how to write scripts 😉
 
If you're patient, you can cover plenty of your furniture/appliance needs for free through Craigslist and Freecycle.

In fact, I just opened up the Craigslist-->for sale/wanted-->free stuff section and a nice looking couch with two reclining seats was the at the top. Granted, the nice stuff tends to go fast, but if you're on your computer anyway... Of course, it helps if you know how to write scripts 😉

In fact, in the last five hours alone, there have posting for at least 4 nice-looking couches, several entertainment centers, a couple of beds, and at least one working microwave...and that's just Craigslist in one town. If people are giving away stuff, why not take it? Free > cheap >> expensive.
 
yea i agree with cheap **** on craigslist. at least thats what i will do for this year. when i buy my own place next year (hopefully, or move to a 1br), im buying furniture. getting some roommates so i can deduct that **** as an expense
 
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