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The Sox need to do a better job of seeing pitches.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2017 -> 06:51 AM) Make that Chinese F8 number $192 million, almost doubling the US numbers. Tom Cruise (Edge of Tommorow, MI, Oblivion, Jack Reacher, The Mummy), Brad Pitt and Depp still have their fans, although it will be interesting to see how personal scandals affect the latter two. George Clooney belongs on the list as well, IMO. Jake Gyllenhaal. Tom Hanks. Jim Carrey's career has cratered. Same with Russell Crowe, although the buddy detective flick with Gosling was surprisingly good. I would pick Zoe Saldana over a few of those names (with more Avatars in the pipeline)...Joel Edgerton has a shot as well, very versatile. Tom Cruise is who I forgot. My dog jumped on my laptop again. I think he's the safest movie star, I don't think he's made a bad movie

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 15, 2017 -> 05:57 PM) Keanu? I'm assuming that's not a John Wick reference. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4283&p=.htm Looks like Fast 8 will break all-time domestic and worldwide records this weekend. Kind of at the heart of the problem you're referring to there. I saw it Fri here in China....it makes Michael Bay look like Werner Herzog but keeps chugging along without Paul Walker or any sense of storytelling logic. I can't say it wasn't entertaining at least. Lion was just way too slow the first half, but the payoff was worth it. Hidden Figures, for my money, was the best of the year. Btw, don't forget how well Meryl Streep has held on for so long in her career. Helen Mirren. Two points for older women. Amy Adams Emma Stone Scar Jo Emma Watson? Melissa McCarthy Tina Fey? Sandra Bullock Charlize Theron Kristen Stewart? Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Aniston Anne Hathaway Angelina Jolie Cameron Diaz? Gal Gadot if Wonder Woman succeeds Kristen Wiig Not exactly a diverse list. Gbutha Raw and Nathalie Emmanuel are getting a lot of supporting roles. Viola Davis. The actress from 12 Years a Slave with the short hair. I could name a ton of Asian actresses but few are well known in the US. Keanu was the Key and Peele movie about the cat, I really enjoyed it. Ridley Scott said that one of the reasons why he went with an all white cast for Exodus: Gods and Kings was that he wanted people to see his movie. There's this narrative that no one wants to see minority fronted films. Not only is that one of the stupidest things that I've ever heard anybody say, it's not true. Look at the Fast and Furious, easily the most diverse franchise out there. Everyone in Dom's team is a person of color and the movies continue to break records. I really enjoyed F8/Fast 8/Furious 8/F8TE of the Furious. The Rock made the movie for me, plus his stuff with Statham was amazing. The feud between Vin Diesel and The Rock led to themnot being in any shots together, Diesel even cut out some of the Rock's scenes. These movies are the Harrison Ford, John Woo, Nicolas Cage action movies of the 90's. Which is why they need to cast Nicolas Cage, go to outer space and go ridiculously over the top. Anyway... the current movie stars are Ben Affleck, Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr, Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence, the Rock, Matt Damon, Leo, Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, Sandra Bullock ?, Chris Pratt, Melissa McCarthy and Hugh Jackman. Very white, very male. I think that we will be soon be able to add John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie (she might be up there already), Alicia Vikander, Ryan Gosling now that he's starting to do big movies, Tom Hardy might be one already, Emma Stone seems ready to make the jump, Michael B Jordan, Jason Momoa, and even Bobby Millie Brown.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 10:24 PM) I think this would be more worrisome if the source material was meant to launch an American blockbuster trilogy of films. It's more of a "niche" film like Pacific Rim, despite the $100+ million budget. Anytime you take a Japanese cultural product and try to adapt it even slightly to make it more palatable to the Western masses, you run a risk. You never know how audiences will react. And, besides Scar Jo, there weren't any recognizable actors in the film, other than Michael Pitt and Juliet Binoche. On the female empowerment side, you have Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Charlize Theron, you've got Emily Blunt getting opportunities to be an action star, Kate Blanchette getting rave reviews for playing the villain in the new THOR film, it's (Ghost in the Shell) just going to be a blip in the overall scheme of things. Wouldn't read TOO much into it. Emma Stone has become a huge star as a result of La La Land. Jennifer Lawrence continues to loom as perhaps the biggest name, but it's not like when you had Julia Roberts on top of the world, then Meg Ryan, Reese Witherspoon, etc. There's a lot more diversity of talent, IMO. I wrote a response to this but my dog jumped on my lap top and deleted it. So if I ramble, it's just me being depressed Ghost in the Shell is a Paramount movie and if you check out the trades you'll see that they've been dropping a lot of films off their slate as they lost $445M last year. I have a friend who works in the offices there and he told me about a lot of reshuffling is going on as they've been pretty desperate for franchises. Look at how Monster Trucks came into existence for example. So they probably envisioned or hoped Ghost in the Shell would be a potential franchise for them, it still could I do think anime is the hardest type of property to adapt because it is so specific to a culture and to a group of people. I love Akira to death but I doubt that it'll ever be brought to the big screen as there are so many landmines that you would have to navigate through when you adapt it for the screen. McCarthy and McKinnon were in Ghostbusters, that had a $150M budget and almost caused Sony Pictures to fold. I doubt that they'll be quick to spend that kind of money on a female fronted blockbuster for a very long time. You'd think with Hollywood putting out mostly big films that we'd have more movie stars, people who can open, greenlight and bankroll a movie on their name and involvement alone, but as I said there's only 15 of them and that may be too generous of a number. I think the death of the mid sized film and the lack of original content has something to do with it as studios were willing to take more chances and be a little adventurous because the stakes weren't as high. I would agree with you that the overall pool of talent is very diverse but there isn't a lot of opportunity out there. Because the stakes have gotten higher, opportunity has shrunk. Plus there's been a massive shift in the industry over the past 6 years as brands and IP have overtook talent as the most valuable commodity. Disney realized that they had a massive problem connecting with boys, so they go out and make Tangled and John Carter of Mars. And when those movies failed they were faced with their own mortality kinda and went out and bought Marvel and Lucasfilm. WB used to be the big game in town because of their talent pool and while it is still better than Disney's, they lack the IP to really compete. The game is about to start but if we want a bigger and more diverse pool of movie stars we have to go out of our way and support movies like Ghost in the Shell, Get Out, Keanu, Lion because we have no choice to make our own stars at this point.

The Last Jedi panel will be tomorrow morning at 10 on StarWars.com and Youtube. EW is teasing something happening at midnight tonight, the trailer in all likelihood drops tomorrow

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 2, 2017 -> 02:17 PM) Chicago people where are the good concerts coming up? Seeing Mac Demarco on 5/16 and Father John Misty the day before. At the Drive In is coming to town, so is Mastodon. Lots of good shows coming up, mostly excited for LCD and U2.

Got tickets to see Chairlift this Friday. It's their second to last show ever.

Clutch DP there Cotton

They're going to be fine going forward. I'm really high on Glasnow.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 10, 2017 -> 10:48 AM) That's a direct violation of the international rules though. I doubt any team does that. You are basically circumventing the CBA. I guess it could happen but I think it would be heavily frowned upon. Theo made a living by bending the rules. Do what you have to do.

I believe 60mins is on now. Currently hurrying my ass home.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 8, 2017 -> 07:13 PM) Let Avi play CF. He can't be any worse there than he is in RF and he may actually be better. Some players find it easier to play CF than a corner OF spot. Plus his bat plays better in CF than in RF. Didn't the Tigers have him in CF?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:44 PM) If Frazier goes and Moncada comes up later in year he can play 3rd. Moncada said that his best and natural position is second

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 03:27 PM) If you can land Robert, you do it. Definitely take advantage of the Cuban connection if possible. There should be zero confidence in our ability to land Otani. I have confidence in them pursuing Ohtani. The Sox were very much in pursuit of Tanaka and were reported to be in the final mix, which means they had to have a $100M+ offer on the table.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 12:58 PM) Nah, just thinking the Cubs will be a very attractive team for him to sign with. Otani fits right in with the young players the cubs already have. It doesn't matter because they can't sign him

Ohtani has told 60 Minutes that will sign with a MLB after this season

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 12:12 PM) I fully expect Collins to tear up high A ball at the plate He has a great hitting approach and knows how to take walks If he can stick at catcher he could be a star for the White Sox He could be a star for them regardless of where he is playing. I'm of the mind that if he bat really plays that they should move him from off the plate

#TANKLOSS

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 08:47 PM) Do not see either guy having much of a future with the Sox. Its been said here before but the Sox should move Hawkins to the mound, maybe he could be a solid reliever for them.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 03:00 PM) There's two lol Four to go!

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 02:16 PM) I thought he swallowed it That was hilarious. RIP Don Rickles

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 02:17 PM) Definitely. Only 3-6 so far this year, and hit a paltry .319/.384/.514 the second half of last year. Bravo

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 09:39 AM) strained lat apparently MLBRosterMoves @MLBRosterMoves now .@whitesox place RHP Jake Petricka (strained right lat) on 10-day DL, retro to 4/5. Isn't that a good thing?

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 01:50 PM) Right. Because he can easily go 6 for his next 6 and be at a .375 average. One down, five to go

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 6, 2017 -> 01:40 PM) I think he's saying it's not really a big enough sample to say if a guy is struggling or not. Exactly, at least give him 20 PA's before you say he's struggling