beanfigger

In regards to the conversation about The Flash and Arrow, these are two of the shows I have binged since I started doing that a couple months ago. I am now through two seasons of Arrow and one season of The Flash (I actually watched this one first). The Flash is a far superior show. A lot has to do with the fact that they actually cast actors instead of athleticism/pretty faces for the most part, unlike Arrow. The actor who plays Detective Joe is outstanding, and I really like the rest of the supporting cast, aside from Joe's daughter. Even Felicity is better in her cameos in this show compared to her role in Arrow. That's a credit to the writers as well as the cast. Many times in Arrow, a character has an emotional outburst followed by much, much pouting that seems to come out of nowhere. The motivations for the actions and emotions of the characters is really under thought and underplayed. It is held together by stunts and a complicated soap opera of backstory and connections that seems to somehow work. It is getting old quickly, though.

Just finished it today. Excellent.

Certainly not my "favorite", but I will never forget when someone started a Shiancoe thread during his 15 minutes with us, and the first sentence he posted was, "Does this guy eat with a fork?!?!" It's burned in my brain because I still can't figure out what that meant.

If we have the draft McShay just mocked (Buckner 1st, Spence 2nd), then I'd expect a real title run because it'll prove anything's possible and going our way.

Don't know about our record. Looking at the opponents, it seems many we think will be tough end up weak, and many that are supposed to be easy wins turn into surprise contenders. One thing I will say, I LOVE the travel (or lack there of) this season compared to last. Those early west coast double dips killed us last year. This year, only one trip outside the Eastern time zone. That's much better. Because of that, I predict that we at least find our stride and consistency earlier this year.

There is actual anxiety about this at the studio level. Sure, it seems safe to say that it will be a hit, and I have absolutely no doubt it goes big on opening weekend, but there is a gigantic, ten-movie DC comic universe schedule over the next half decade or so that really needs this movie to do well. People are talking about RT scores, but the Cinemascore from opening weekend will likely be a bigger key in how much of a drop off the following weekends have and how long of a run the film makes in theaters. I think it will be fine, and overseas markets will be great, but it's understandably leaving execs with high anxiety because of the stakes. Heads will roll if this bombs even a little.

Just because the conversation recently got me thinking, here's how I rank superhero movies I've seen: The Top Shelf: Dark Knight, Winter Soldier Excellent: Spider-Man 1&2, Iron Man, Batman & Batman Returns, X-Men First Class & Days of Future Past & X2, Avengers, Guardians of Galaxy Great: Superman 1&2, Batman Begins, X-Men, Deadpool, Iron Man 3 Good: Captain America, Hulk & Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, Batman Forever, Thor, Wolverine, Avengers 2, Ant-Man Average: Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spiderman, Iron Man 2 Below Average: Thor 2, Man of Steel, Spiderman 3, Fantastic Four Silver Surfer Trash: Amazing Spiderman 2, Superman Returns, X-Men Origins & Last Stand, Batman and Robin, Elecktra, Catwoman, Fantastic Four Those are all the ones I can remember well enough to rank.

I don't know anything about people "trashing DC". I know many, including me, have been pretty down on recent Superman movies, but most Batman films get a ton of love. The same could be said about their TV series. When you list the Marvel movies that you like, are you saying you don't like any Spider-Man or X-men movies?

I have friends who join me in attempting to guess these things from trailers. My guess was 61, so just barely "fresh".

The early RT reviews have it at 29% fresh.

I don't disagree with what you said, just the conclusion you draw from it. If Joe Thomas gets shopped around for real, there is no way the best offer they get is one or two late-round picks. I'm saying if we want him, we'd have to offer more. And if in some oddity we were the only team offering and all we offered was a 4th and a 6th, I don't think that provides enough incentive for them to make the move. They don't need the cap space. In fact, if they dump all their remaining big contracts like that, they might have a tough time reaching the minimum. His contract is a complete non-issue from their side of things.

This is my thinking on the matter, as well.

Sounds like we're on the same page. We're pretending to be Ozzie in this thread, so obviously we're talking about what the Ravens should offer. Also, the Richardson thing isn't so much setting the standard for what we should offer as it does for what they would accept. There is little to no reason for the Browns to just give away their best player. If we are really playing the game of pretending to be a GM who wants to actually make this trade, then we need to consider it from their side. He's not a locker room cancer, and he isn't chewing up so much cap that they can't do anything else to improve. The only reason they'd give him up is if they really feel like the return improves them significantly. Late round picks do not accomplish that, in my opinion.

When I mentioned it initially, I was less comparing the players than I was stating what the Browns took in a recent trade. They were able to get a first for a guy most likely cut in the not-so-distant future. I doubt that was the first offer they got for him. I saw you said you would offer a second, and that doesn't seem too unreasonable. I'm just saying the people claiming all they should be looking for is two third-day picks for him, if they were Ozzie, would probably get their pay docked for wasting time while on the clock. The Browns wouldn't even wait for the sentence to end before hanging up the phone.

Are you trying to say Trent Richardson was worth the first rounder and Joe Thomas isn't?

Trent Richardson went for a first round pick, and people are saying a late 3rd for Thomas? A 4th and a 6th? A 4th and a bunch of our next players? Is Madden this easy? Maybe I should try and play that game. Fantasy life is fun.

If we were willing to go to $8M for KO, and the offer came to exchange our first rounder for Thomas and maybe a 3rd or 4th from them (why not just try to own every single 4th rounder this year?), then it would be hard for me to see the downside. That's the type of deal I think works.

If we just pretend that the Midwest section doesn't exist, I only have one game wrong this far.

Only one in my pool to pick Yale! Hopefully, they win Saturday, as well.

He cut himself. He's the only one to blame.

I'm not the biggest Hill fan. I stayed a few times last year that he was getting overrated here a lot, and this move is something that doesn't surprise me at all. However, I still think this move alone affects us negatively at the moment. Do we have some big move coming? Who know, but I'm less comfortable with our DB situation than I was yesterday. Just look at how injuries there killed us two years ago when we could have been legit championship contenders. Hill was better than just depth, but I guess we aren't as uncomfortable in the FO after this move than I am.

Growing up in DE, there really is no true "home" teams to root for. Typically, we just default to the Philly teams, and that's what I did for every sport not football. For some reason, I could never become an Eagles fan (guess there's only so much punishment a guy can take), so I became a fan of football as a whole. I was, however, a huge Jerry Rice fan. Baltimore is sort of the second home team city for DE (both the Phillies and Orioles were listed in bold in the local paper), so when the Ravens came I immediately began following them. I'd say I became a full-on "fan" when Rice retired. That's when the Ravens moved up to first priority on my football list.

We've almost picked up as many "W's" this offseason as we did last season (Watson, Weddle, Wallace).

If we stuck to the 80/20 rule, I wonder if re-signing Givens would have worked out. I said before it looked like he was developing a connection with our QB before the injury. I'm gonna just hope Wallace has a real career resurgence with us, and he shows the past couple years were symptoms of the systems and QBs he was playing with. I'll say again, though, I like the effort and what we're trying to accomplish.

Couldn't resist, could you? Under throws "every" deep ball with "average" time, though? Don't even think Flacco was mentioned to draw that comment.