Raf

Before I get invested in this thread, is this a "Christians only" perspective you're seeking, or can I feel free to explore from my non-Christian perspective? If the latter, would you prefer the thread stay here or move to Questioning Faith? I promise not to interfere if uninvited. :) [I finished reading the opening post AFTER I posted this comment. I'll consider placement and decide tomorrow. Clearly there's no rush].

12 Angry Men = 24 examples of juror misconduct. The Untouchables: Not even in 1930s Chicago can a judge remove a jury from one trial and replace it with a jury from another trial. Not even in 1930s Chicago can a defense lawyer decide, without consulting his client, to withdraw a not guilty plea and enter a plea of guilty. Holy crap! My Cousin Vinny: Ok, I got nothing on My Cousin Vinny. Law schools use it to teach, for f-s sake, who am I to critique it?

Don't even get me started on courtroom movies. :)

I don't typically watch journalism movies because they get so much wrong. But Shattered Glass is an exception because it's focused and doesn't pretend to be more than it is. It's not The Fate of The World or lives at stake or anything. It's about what journalism IS, what it's supposed to be, and how vulnerable it is to corruption. It's also over before you know it.

A movie I can watch over and over again without feeling like any time has passed: Shattered Glass. It's about a journalist who makes up his stories, and how he gets busted. It's a true story.

Gifted will have to go on my "one show too many" list, I'm afraid.

Game of Thrones and Inhumans appears to have a villain in common. Maximus is Ramsay Bolton. Also, how is there no Game of Thrones thread?

I'm caught up on everything but Gotham (loved Season 3) and Inhumans. How is Inhumans? I haven't even begun to begin.

He was hinted at once before, but it was MUCH more subtle.

Oh, and in case it's not obvious, I'm bowing out of all game threads until further notice. If anything by any chance is still waiting for me, by all means kickstart the thing if you wish.

Still catching up on Gotham Season 3 Caught up on Flash and Supergirl. Nice starts on both. Catching up on Arrow and Legends. Nice start on Arrow. Have not even begun to Inhuman.

I've read some and have plenty of thoughts. Where would you like to discuss them? I recommend Doctrinal or Questioning Faith, depending on the nature of the discussion you would like to have.

It's very poetic.

As long as I had cell service, I could post. I also had a backup battery and could charge my phone in my car. Once I lost cell service, I got reeeeal quiet. And once everything came back on, GSC was not a priority. So I'm fine. My mango tree isn't. My kids' trampoline isn't. But I'm fine.

Thanks.

I have to ask... Emphasis mine... Why? What was so terrible about it?

Good for us apparently means hurricane force gusts and power loss. Yippee! Our local area gets its worst for the next 12 hours. Getting power back is our top desire. Not need. Desire.

Latest projections are increasingly good for us, increasingly bad for Tampa and the rest of the west coast of Florida.

I'm on the southeast coast, far enough inland that I'm not under an evacuation order and not expecting floods.

And now it looks even more like a West coast Florida threat, though the east coast will get battered as well. Just not as bad. Then again, a little jog to the east and WHAM!

It's shifting to our west. Not good, unless it pushes FAR west. Matthew (last year) was supposed to be a direct hit and shifted east as it got closer, sparing us the brunt of the storm. A lunge to the left would be great for us in South Florida but potentially catastrophic for the panhandle, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. So no wishing that on anyone. We shall see we shall see we shall see.

I'd buy that for a dollar... Robocop

I am not evacuating. Just hunkering down and bracing for impact. I was hoping the storm track would do what they always seem to do, which is shift significantly east or west as each day passes. But with every passing day it is becoming clearer and clearer that South Florida is going to be bitch slapped like we haven't been since Andrew. Considering 2005, when we endured round 1 of Katrina and the full force of Wilma, that's a powerful statement. I want to be wrong. But the forecast models are getting better and more accurate.

For whatever it's worth I do not miss weatherman Raf. Oh HI, Irma!

Defenders was okay. Not as bad as Iron Fists, not as good as the other shows. But a lot of good work on the Chemistry Between the four actors.