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Raf

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  1. Ok, great thinking. Correcting a misconception: the producers did not seriously consider the cameo. Samuel L. Jackson asked for it and got turned down. Joking that the show was part of the MCU was a non-starter. That was NOT a hint about the genre of the show. This is one of the best examples I've ever given you of a subtle but MAJOR hint hiding in plain site. So was that.
  2. That would be hilarious, but no.
  3. Samuel L. Jackson once showed up on the set of this series in character as Nick Fury. He wanted a cameo as a fast food restaurant patron. The scene likely would have been set during the events of Thor, though that's not 100 percent certain. In any event, even joking that this series was a part of the MCU was a non-starter. Jackson/Fury did not get the cameo.
  4. Raf

    New Poll

    Nill. Move along.
  5. Wild guess based on a name in common. Peter Sarsgaard (sp checked) played Charles "Chuck" Lane in "Shattered Glass," arguably my favorite movie. It remains the only movie I can put on any time and don't have to be in the mood for it.
  6. "Did someone say my name?" "Who are you?" "I'm Brian Dennehy." "No, not f'ing Brian Dennehy." "Get the f out of here." "Oh. Bye."
  7. Pretty sure we left the original topic of this thread a few pages ago. While starting a new thread might be a good idea, I wouldn't enforce it. Let the conversation go where it may at this point. [But more people might be attracted to a new thread].
  8. Excellent. Of course, we would have to know that the Quaker who preceded Nixon was Herbert Hoover. Could use a man like him again?
  9. Jack Black Shallow Hal Gwynneth Paltrow
  10. Yes, showing my age there. Yoda was not in Star Wars: A New Hope at tall.
  11. Ah. My turn. Hmm.... "Dear Officer Krupke, we're very upset. We never had the love that every child outta get."
  12. Since DIsney bought Lucasfilm, Darth Vader [in costume] has been on screen for a total of 40 minutes (this does not include his time as Anakin or his time prior to being fitted with the helmet). These 40 minutes include animated appearances (Clone Wars, Rebels), movies (Rogue One) and, of course, the Obi Wan Kenobi series on Disney Plus (which, if you have not seen, is awesome). Prior to that, Lucasfilm featured 36 minutes of Vader as we know him. 34 in the original trilogy, and two at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
  13. You know, it's funny, when you go into something with a preconceived notion about what you WANT to get out of it, you miss what actually WAS said. Thank you, Nathan, for your assistance there. I was waiting for a discussion about doctrine and evidence and I totally missed the message about tolerance and faithfulness [what I would have called, in another time, the "stayed mind"].
  14. Yoda was not in Star Wars at all. And I don't know how much screen time he had, but I suspect it was even less than the one I'm thinking of.
  15. Ok, I double checked. It's 34 minutes. 12 in the second movie. I'm having a hard time believing that, but you know, quality over quantity. We have seen this character since then. In fact, we've seen him more SINCE then than we saw him then.
  16. Nice. No. I tell you, when you realize who it is you are going to say REALLY? In fact, I need to double check it to make sure...
  17. No. Maybe the first movie. Not sure. But certainly not the second or third.
  18. I mean, I could see people saying: "I'm still a Christian because I believe the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is the best explanation for what we know happened in and near Jerusalem nearly 2000 years ago. Historians agree that Jesus of Nazareth was a real person. Even if we were to accept the premise that the gospels were not written by the men to whom they are attributed, I believe they are based on actual accounts of people in a position to know the truth or falsehood of what they were writing. There is no better explanation for the rise of Christianity than the truth of the resurrection. I may not be able to explain everything, but I believe that Jesus rose from the dead. People in a position to know that for a fact went to their deaths rather than recant that belief. No testimony could be more persuasive to me. I could see people dying for a belief that they did not know was a lie, but to die for a belief KNOWING it's a lie? That's just not credible." I could see that. And I would challenge it, but at least I would have to admit it's a sound argument. Again, neither of these women owes me an explanation for anything. But IF they were looking to persuade me, they did not.
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