I have no idea what Musk is up to, and don't really. I would imagine he has a goal in mind, but that doesn't, to me, in any way imply he has a specific plan for getting there. He has always been weird that way (Boring Company, anyone?), and it has frequently worked for him. And those slope-browed journalismists' collective IQs would probably not equal his. Why would anyone worry about whatever those morons think? Assuming the do any actual thinking, as opposed to spewing daily talking points given them by their handlers.
As for Cruise and stunts and stuff. I pretty much quit watching "stunt" movies somewhere in the middle of the James Bond movies where it became obvious that the lame plots were just a frame to hang stunts on.
I did kind of enjoy turning the Mustang on to two wheels and driving through the alley though. But the stunts just kept getting more and more too much for mr.
Hey, Tom broke his leg on a building jump in the last M;I movie. At least his movies are entertaining and not pandering to China or either side of the aisle. That's why Top Gun Maverick was so good.
I think Bonchie at Redstate has the latest Musk/Twitter thing correct: he doesn't really want to run Twitter, and this gives him cover on all sides of the spectrum to hand things over to someone else. The real question is who could be universally trusted enough to actually do that, where rules could be made (or clarified) and evenly applied and the expectation from all users would be to walk in feeling like everyone is treated fairly. Maybe nobody fits that model, but I'm sure there is one amongst 8 billion people on this earth that might be able to do that.
I think there might be some question as to whether, in the absence of government support (covert and explicit), social media can actually make money just with ads and user fees.
I once heard a great comment about the credit sequences of the old Jackie Chan movies: the demonstrate how much one man will suffer for you entertainment. With Tom Cruise these videos show how much one man will dare to make a blockbuster. 300 skydives in a week? Thousands of BMX jumps?
OK. May I first say, Freaking A! THANK YOU for the Tom Cruise videos! Wow!!! I am so going to the theater when that comes out!
Second, I think that, while you're gone on Holiday, you should/could post a line and let everyone who wishes comment.
Third, I don't mind Elon creating havoc. I do wish he wouldn't step on the Big News of The Twitter Files, but at $44 Billion, I guess he can do as he pleases. I would NOT have reversed the journo suspensions (or done a poll when the Lefties are still on Twitter), but then, I'm vindictive.
I read Taibbi's "Supplemental" release of the Twitter Files and the FITF interference. This is indeed big news. I hope Elon continues to fight.
Tom Cruise's 60 is my...well, never.
Merry Christmas Treach! May the New Year be good to you!
My good Man! I do like the MI movies, and Maverick WAS entertaining to say the least. Zero wokeness goes a long way with me nowadays. Also, Daniel Craig's Bond was neutered at the end: schlepping his kid around? Sheesh. Back to the Cruise vids: Damn, what a stunt! 6X on the Base Jump?!
(P.S. I still haven't read your Fusion article, but will.)
I saw Live and Let Die at the Westview Drive-In when I was about 10. I see that it came out in '73 so it wasn't probably first run by then ('75). I was was hooked (and that's not even one of my top 5 in retrospect).
Sometime soon after that I found a worn paperback copy of Casino Royale at a church yard (?) sale, convinced my parents to buy it, prlly 10¢ or something. Within a few years I'm pretty sure Id read all of Fleming's originals, maybe a movie or two more over that interval.
Undisputed Conclusion: Daniel Craig is the best movie Bond because he's the closest by far to Ian Fleming's character.
Dovetailing with Michael's comment, Casino Royale was the movie that was most close to its book and thus, um... See above.
To that end, Skyfall, while less high in art as a movie - but still very good to my eye - closes up the Ian Fleming character story. In the movies, they have to burn thru a lot of content that just can't be squeezed into 1 hour 47 minutes. But there were always hints in the books, dark things from his childhood including the death of his parents and events from his career as a naval officer, that made Bond Bond. The Skyfall script writers knew this and, I think, wrote some of that stuff in for the real Bond geeks like me.
I saw IowaHawk's pitch to be CEO of Twitter and I give it my hearty endorsement. I like Elon the most out of the current Captains of Industry in our nation, but there are some things he does that are head scratchers. CEOs seem to come in 3 types: big picture guys, nuts and bolts guys, and visionaries that can combine the two. Those last kind are a rare breed and mercurial at best.
I'd say I'm more than half convinced that this was just an F U to The Man. I don't think he expected to make money.
He had some loose principles, some spare change, and they poked him just one too many times.
As said earlier, he shouldn't have run the poll before the Hollywood and Journalistic Lefties had fled to Canada. (Well, they keep promising!)
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It is. It's just that it's a _pretty big_ number in some cases.
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HAHAHAHAHA!
I'm glad he pulled it off...
Enjoy the whole holiday season. Kicking back a little is not wrong.
I have no idea what Musk is up to, and don't really. I would imagine he has a goal in mind, but that doesn't, to me, in any way imply he has a specific plan for getting there. He has always been weird that way (Boring Company, anyone?), and it has frequently worked for him. And those slope-browed journalismists' collective IQs would probably not equal his. Why would anyone worry about whatever those morons think? Assuming the do any actual thinking, as opposed to spewing daily talking points given them by their handlers.
As for Cruise and stunts and stuff. I pretty much quit watching "stunt" movies somewhere in the middle of the James Bond movies where it became obvious that the lame plots were just a frame to hang stunts on.
"The destruction and gnashing of teeth are glorious to behold."
Yaaaas! 🤭
So probably around Diamonds are Forever, which was terrible.
Jill St. John was hot, though.
"I'm sorry. Our cellar is poorly stocked with clarets."
*mumble bumble* Christina Hendricks *mmrrrph*
Speaking of smokin', I think Jim Carrey was married to Lauren Holly.
I did kind of enjoy turning the Mustang on to two wheels and driving through the alley though. But the stunts just kept getting more and more too much for mr.
Yes to Jill St. John. There. Now we're both dated. (1971)
I agree with much of what you wrote. But my God, what stunts! If it were me, one take would be sufficient!
Hey, Tom broke his leg on a building jump in the last M;I movie. At least his movies are entertaining and not pandering to China or either side of the aisle. That's why Top Gun Maverick was so good.
"At least his movies are entertaining"
Whatever else, the Thetans have seen fit to bestow the gift of figuring out what people really want to see on the Big Screen upon Cruise.
For a minute, I thought "Thespians," but that would seem unmerited.
I think Bonchie at Redstate has the latest Musk/Twitter thing correct: he doesn't really want to run Twitter, and this gives him cover on all sides of the spectrum to hand things over to someone else. The real question is who could be universally trusted enough to actually do that, where rules could be made (or clarified) and evenly applied and the expectation from all users would be to walk in feeling like everyone is treated fairly. Maybe nobody fits that model, but I'm sure there is one amongst 8 billion people on this earth that might be able to do that.
I think there might be some question as to whether, in the absence of government support (covert and explicit), social media can actually make money just with ads and user fees.
Facebook seems to be able to... somehow...
The Twitter Files make me think that they're not the only social media outfit with
officles for the Feebs in their HQ.
Pro tip: if you are planning to commit blackmail, don't do it on national television.
Though, if you *were* going to do it on television, choosing the least-watched network is actually the smart way to go.
Yeah, that could be his FAFO Moment.
Funny.
I once heard a great comment about the credit sequences of the old Jackie Chan movies: the demonstrate how much one man will suffer for you entertainment. With Tom Cruise these videos show how much one man will dare to make a blockbuster. 300 skydives in a week? Thousands of BMX jumps?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NK_DTQUU5Kk
Hats off to the Tomster, but how soon will the odds catch up with him? A sad day for Hollywood.
The Safety Guy is there to protect the Film Company from liability. If he actually prevents harm to people? BONUS!
Kinda like Human Resources.
OK. May I first say, Freaking A! THANK YOU for the Tom Cruise videos! Wow!!! I am so going to the theater when that comes out!
Second, I think that, while you're gone on Holiday, you should/could post a line and let everyone who wishes comment.
Third, I don't mind Elon creating havoc. I do wish he wouldn't step on the Big News of The Twitter Files, but at $44 Billion, I guess he can do as he pleases. I would NOT have reversed the journo suspensions (or done a poll when the Lefties are still on Twitter), but then, I'm vindictive.
I read Taibbi's "Supplemental" release of the Twitter Files and the FITF interference. This is indeed big news. I hope Elon continues to fight.
Tom Cruise's 60 is my...well, never.
Merry Christmas Treach! May the New Year be good to you!
My good Man! I do like the MI movies, and Maverick WAS entertaining to say the least. Zero wokeness goes a long way with me nowadays. Also, Daniel Craig's Bond was neutered at the end: schlepping his kid around? Sheesh. Back to the Cruise vids: Damn, what a stunt! 6X on the Base Jump?!
(P.S. I still haven't read your Fusion article, but will.)
You call that hijacking? Hold my beer!
I saw Live and Let Die at the Westview Drive-In when I was about 10. I see that it came out in '73 so it wasn't probably first run by then ('75). I was was hooked (and that's not even one of my top 5 in retrospect).
Sometime soon after that I found a worn paperback copy of Casino Royale at a church yard (?) sale, convinced my parents to buy it, prlly 10¢ or something. Within a few years I'm pretty sure Id read all of Fleming's originals, maybe a movie or two more over that interval.
Undisputed Conclusion: Daniel Craig is the best movie Bond because he's the closest by far to Ian Fleming's character.
Dovetailing with Michael's comment, Casino Royale was the movie that was most close to its book and thus, um... See above.
To that end, Skyfall, while less high in art as a movie - but still very good to my eye - closes up the Ian Fleming character story. In the movies, they have to burn thru a lot of content that just can't be squeezed into 1 hour 47 minutes. But there were always hints in the books, dark things from his childhood including the death of his parents and events from his career as a naval officer, that made Bond Bond. The Skyfall script writers knew this and, I think, wrote some of that stuff in for the real Bond geeks like me.
I saw IowaHawk's pitch to be CEO of Twitter and I give it my hearty endorsement. I like Elon the most out of the current Captains of Industry in our nation, but there are some things he does that are head scratchers. CEOs seem to come in 3 types: big picture guys, nuts and bolts guys, and visionaries that can combine the two. Those last kind are a rare breed and mercurial at best.
Merry Christmas! Enjoy your sugar plums.
Maybe the old movie stars are doing all the wild stunts because the young ones don't have the testosterone needed to take chances.