Kevin Spacey's Career?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:34 am

My buddy's sister is Charisma Carpenter. I kinda feel like reaching out to see how they're doing, but I don't think it's my business, honestly.

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:40 am

I'd say if you talk with any regularity it's probably not being nosy to just reach out via text or whatever and just say shit is awful and you're thinking of them.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:54 pm

rass wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:40 am I'd say if you talk with any regularity it's probably not being nosy to just reach out via text or whatever and just say shit is awful and you're thinking of them.

I agree. One thing I've been learning from all of these stories is how insecure many of these actresses are, even when we see them as successful. I don't think well-wishes would be rejected as long as you're not prying for information.

This whole thing is so terrible. Buffy has been my wife and I's favorite show from the beginning.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:32 pm

It's one of those things where I'm sure I can (he lives in Tucson) but we only kept in touch via Facebook which I swore off after 2016, but recently made a couple posts because I came to Korea to let everyone know I'm headed back to Tucson. He commented. I think I'll at least say hello because I'll definitely hang out with him again when I get there.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:17 am

Gerard Depar... don't!

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:47 am

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:17 am Gerard Depar... don't!

I always think of Green Day when I hear his name. You know the one.

"I just saw a movie starring Gerard Depardieu
And I feel like he's a scumbag tool without a use
Scream at me until my ears bleed"

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:25 pm

Aged like milk.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:26 pm

Amazing combo with the signature line.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:31 pm

Especially if you read it in a French accent.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:51 pm

I thought he was accused of rape a couple of decades ago.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:58 pm

My Father The Zero.

Ammiright!?!?

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0110612/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_47

What a description this is in light of this:

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:50 am

Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:58 pm My Father The Zero.

Ammiright!?!?

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0110612/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_47

What a description this is in light of this:

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

A fine example of what Roger Ebert called "The Idiot Plot."

For the story to move forward, all of the main characters have to be idiots.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:03 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:50 am
Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:58 pm My Father The Zero.

Ammiright!?!?

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0110612/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_47

What a description this is in light of this:

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

A fine example of what Roger Ebert called "The Idiot Plot."

For the story to move forward, all of the main characters have to be idiots.

Totally forgot about that movie. It was horrible, but I watched the whole thing because I was smitten with Katherine Heigl. I was still in high school, so not creepy. The movie OTOH, completely creepy and gross, and just terrible all around.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:41 pm

Had vague memories of "Blame It On Rio" with Michael Caine being almost as awful as that Depardieu film.

It was worse...

Matthew Hollis is married to Karen, and father to teenaged daughter, Nikki. Victor, Matthew's colleague and best friend, who is going through a divorce, is father to 17-year-old Jennifer. Matthew's marriage is not going well for reasons not explained. Just before they are to embark for a trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Karen says she is going on vacation by herself to "think about everything." Matthew and Victor decide to go to Rio with their daughters. Jennifer and Nikki share a room, where she says to Nikki, "Your father is so sweet... I used to have a crush on him", to which Nikki replies, "Me, too". At the beach, Victor and Matthew pass numerous women walking around topless. The fathers spot their daughters in the distance, and the girls turn around to reveal that they are topless, also.

After dropping the girls off at a wedding, the men visit a pub. After Victor pairs off with a local divorcée, Matthew winds up at the wedding, where he runs into Jennifer. They eventually share a passionate kiss, which Nikki witnesses. Matthew and Jennifer have sex on the beach. Matthew stresses it can never happen again. Jennifer begins coming onto Matthew in various, inappropriate situations. At one point, she takes a naked Polaroid of herself and gives it to Matthew in public.

Jennifer tearfully tells her father that she had an affair with an "older man". Victor becomes furious and sets out to hunt down the mystery man, expecting Matthew to help. Matthew tries to talk Jennifer into ending their relationship, but she is determined to never give him up. Matthew ultimately discloses to his friend that Jennifer had the affair with him. Victor is not as irritated as Matthew expects, because Victor is revealed to have been having an affair with Karen.

Jennifer tries to commit suicide with an overdose of birth control pills, but survives and the incident brings all of the friends closer together, although the men constantly object about each other's sexual misconduct. Karen and Matthew decide to work on their marital problems, Jennifer begins dating a young male nurse she met while recuperating in the hospital, and Matthew thanks daughter Nikki for being the only one who has not misbehaved. As closing credits roll, Matthew, in voice-over narration, says, "You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice".

Jesus!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:48 pm

In defense of “Blame it on Rio”, that girl was pretty hot, and... that’s all i got.

Trivia: the hot girl/bad actress was named Michelle Johnson. She later married former Giants/Diamondbacks third baseman Matt Williams.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:26 pm

Yeah, she was super hot, as I recall. It seemed much less creepy when I was young and just cared about seeing all those hot, naked actresses.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:22 pm

that was an HBO classic for a teenage kid in the 80s - I definitely watched scenes many times but never the entire movie. Who has? :D

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:31 pm

I'm gonna fire that up for a matinee after europa league

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:33 pm

P.D.X. wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:31 pm I'm gonna fire that up for a matinee after europa league

We're also watching The Running Man if you'd rather do that...

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:39 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:33 pm
P.D.X. wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:31 pm I'm gonna fire that up for a matinee after europa league
We're also watching The Running Man if you'd rather do that...

I can do both!

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:54 pm

True, The Running Man isn't a thinker.

Post by **brian** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:55 pm

(Though I have a long-held belief about the political opinions of the filmmaker(s) that I'll share when we get started tonight.)

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:43 pm

So that's where Drake stole the term YOLO.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:28 pm

This isn't how I remember Rio at all.

Post by **brian** » Fri Mar 26, 2021 6:50 pm

This one hits close to home. I know all three people involved and went to school with two of them.

ETA: Arguably clearer story here. (No offense to the student reporters who wrote the original.)

Post by **brian** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:10 am

I'm not going to get into it because no one probably cares about the details, but the above has turned into the predictable shitshow that happens on universities these days. Was forced to send a letter to the university president along with about 50 other alums threatening to cut off donations if there's not a quick resolution to this sham investigation.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:55 pm

The beach patrol at the shore town we vacation at is about to have a reckoning. Maybe...

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed May 12, 2021 12:52 pm

Ellen is shuttering the daytime show.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-ent ... ow-ending/

Hard to reconcile her public persona with the behind-the-scenes stories.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:31 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:23 am

That sucks, he "seemed like a good dude".

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:33 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:23 am That sucks, he "seemed like a good dude".

Originally from St. Pete, so he's gotten a little bit of run around here in the past decade or so.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:02 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:31 pm

Yeah....really disappointed by this. His is the one place we've gotten takeaway from during the pandemic (it's in our neighborhood) and it was really good. And he was going a lot for the african-american community here.

There's was a story in this morning's Seattle Times that just about all of his staff resigned yesterday.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:25 am

How are Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac still employed by the Chicago hockey team?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:29 pm

Bill Cosby is back!

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:31 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:29 pmBill Cosby is back!

Is it just in PA he can continue to rape women or everywhere?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:47 pm

Now lets just hope he can live a nice, quiet life free of harassment or being bludgeoned by a victim or victim's loved one.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:57 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:47 pm Now lets just hope he can live a nice, quiet life free of harassment or being bludgeoned by a victim or victim's loved one.

Theoretically, if it was done right, both of those things can happen.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:16 pm

There are deals for lesser charges, but a deal for no charges? Does that make sense?
If there is a promise for testimony for no charges, then what is the testimony for?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:23 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:16 pm There are deals for lesser charges, but a deal for no charges? Does that make sense?
If there is a promise for testimony for no charges, then what is the testimony for?

It was in a different (civil?) case and the prosecutor (Who was also the guy that was a blithering idiot in the 2nd impeachment trial) basically really fucked up.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:46 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:23 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 1:16 pm There are deals for lesser charges, but a deal for no charges? Does that make sense?
If there is a promise for testimony for no charges, then what is the testimony for?
It was in a different (civil?) case and the prosecutor (Who was also the guy that was a blithering idiot in the 2nd impeachment trial) basically really fucked up.

Wow. I'm having trouble envisioning a scenario where it would make sense for a DA to give a person accused of sexual assault immunity as part of a civil trial. What would the point of that be? Would it be to remove 5th Amendment protection? Or is he just an idiot?