PLEASE. STOP. SCREAMING. Your 2025 Academy Awards Open Thread

makeitsnowondem - March 2, 2025March 2, 2025

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Good evening, and welcome to the 97th Academy Awards. Conan O'Brien couldn't make it because he's actually hosting the Oscars, so you get me instead, and it's good to be back! I'll tell you up front that I didn't get anywhere near watching every nominee this year, but I've seen

Oscars 2019 Preview and Open Thread: We Got to Move These Acclaimed Motion Pictures. We Got to Move These Short Nominees.

makeitsnowondem - February 24, 2019February 24, 2019

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Welcome to Oscars Evening, Commentists! I'm back, and I've got some more capital-T Takes on these awards, specifically the prestige categories, the short films, and the feature films that well-adjusted people probably care even less about than they do the short films. But first, I want to yell about something

Commentist Beer Barrel: The Golden Goblets

makeitsnowondem - January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

I'll be honest about this: I love awards, and awards shows, and basically anything where various things are declared "the best." A big part of this is that I also love to declare things "the best," and to argue when other people declare the wrong things "the best." I'm excited

Commentist Beer Barrel and Open Thread: Draught House Anniversary Party In Review

makeitsnowondem - November 5, 2016November 5, 2016

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Come on in, folks. Have a seat at the bar. We're talking beer again today, but we're also talking anything else you want to talk about. We've got a couple of top-25 matchups tonight, with #10 Nebraska at #6 Ohio State and #1 Alabama probably steamrolling the absolute shit out

DFO So Cal get Together Reminder and Coordination Zone.

laserguru - November 14, 2015

Greetings boppers! This is a quick reminder that the DFO SoCal Chapter (KSK Originals) will be meeting tomorrow at Karl Strauss Brewery in Costa Mesa. 901 S. Coast Dr. Costa Mesa, CA tomorrow at 1:00. The official start time is scheduled for 1:00 but Rikki Tikki Deadly and myself will be getting

Wednesday Night Hockee & Based Balls Shenanigans

WCS - October 28, 2015

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Since it's the middle of the week, we should probably be responsible and turn it at a normal hour, since there isn't much going on, right? Or, on the other hand, we can continue ranting and being irresponsible while there is a nice assortment of other SPROTS to watch while drinking

Thursday Night Preseason “Action”

WCS - August 20, 2015August 20, 2015

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In a pair of match-ups truly worthy of what we've come to expect from Thursday Night Football, tonight we're "treated" to Washington and Detroit at 7:30, and the "marquee" game of The Factory of Sadness against everyone's favorite pussytubing coach and his collection of quarterbacks who somehow are still on