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  1. Saw it in a full IMAX and will echo Mercury's praise. 10/10, movie of the year. Performances were outstanding. Javier Bardem as Stilgar was incredible, and Chalamet portrayed Paul's descent/ascent into power so terrifyingly. There is no doubt in my mind that Dune Part 3 will be made. Casual people leaving the theatre clearly wanted more, and while the movie wraps up the story, it leaves the next part clearly wide open and waiting. Fuck...the last scene was so powerful. It made (I think) minor deviations from the book, no greater or worse than the LOTR trilogy, and it kept the spirit of the book 100%.
  2. I would suggest that almost all legal frameworks and tax codes for any type of corporate entity are fucked up.
  3. I'll be in town for 4 nights in April - anyone have any suggestions based on having visited there before, or living there? Primary considerations are food since the weather won't be great. We're staying in Old Montreal, so a decent area for touristy stuff, and will be taking transit/uber while there.
  4. Not the first NATO country to say something similar this week (though in this case just to do training). Is there something going on in the background leading towards "non-NATO" forces being deployed in Ukraine (perhaps to interior positions, or along Belarussian border, etc) to free up more Ukrainian units for combat? Unlikely, I would think. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/under-the-right-conditions-canada-open-to-sending-noncombat-troops-to-ukraine-defence-minister-bill/
  5. For the record, the greatest PM in history is likely either Lester B. Pearson or Pierre Trudeau.
  6. Compared to conservatives today he was very moderate (and I'll give him big credit for standing up to apartheid), but was Reagan lite for Canada. A statesman, but not a good prime minister. There's a reason he went from the greatest majority in history to the destruction and elimination of his entire party.
  7. I don't doubt that this could work, but I do doubt they will be able to have the same laughs-per-minute of the original. I honestly don't think modern comedy writers have the chops to do what Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker did over the great 70s/80s films.
  8. The Ukrainians' explanation is that Russia is flying their jets much closer to the front lines right now because of their reliance on new glide bombs. So basically just the Russians being more risky.
  9. And their leadership is blind enough to just say "okay well 3 jets couldn't take it out, but maybe 7 will..." and keep throwing material at the problem. Obviously this has worked for Russia in the past in terms of men/artillery (throw a million men at an emplacement and eventually the defenders run out of bullets), but it's much harder to do with advanced tech that you can't replace.
  10. Also, one possibility as to why this is happening is that the recently donated German patriot system was moved right to the southeast front—a theory is that Russia knows it's there, and is actually trying to take it out (while it takes out the jets hunting it).
  11. Hard to say, but usually the aircraft stuff is pretty accurate. Unfortunately most pilots survive, though I know last week it was confirmed at least one Su-34 pilot did not eject in time. To put these numbers in perspective, 11 x Su-34 jets is roughly 10% of their fleet. In one week. In the entire war they've lost 25% of their estimated Su-34 jets.
  12. We have three cats, and I still cry sometimes when I think about we lost two years ago. There's something so pure about dogs and cats, and something strangely worse about their passing compared to even loved ones. At least with people, we can understand what pain is, that it will end/continue, that we will cease, etc. You can't explain any of that to a pet. Our oldest cat, Little, is 14 (well past her 9-year life expectancy for a Manx cat) and she is starting to limp a bit, and have trouble with jumps. What makes matters worse is that one of the other cats likes to "play" with her (which she takes as being attacked), so she freaks out and tries to run, which makes her leg worse. I know there will come a time soon when it will be more kind to put her to sleep...but even now I am tearing up thinking about it. She sleeps on my chest every night, and she always wants to be held and cuddled. Here's her on my shoulder a few days ago (she loves to jump up): She's my #1 girl...but don't tell my wife.
  13. It should be noted that nothing will come of this, as Russia has almost no troops in the region, and no way of getting more in. Ukraine has troops near that border, and has stated that if Moldova asked, they could "solve the Transnistria problem" in a day. In other words, Ukraine is prepared to invade the breakaway region of Moldova to defeat the Russians there, if asked.
  14. I feel like the Muppets are sitting on a goldmine and they don't realize it. Their best movies are adaptations of classic works, such as A Christmas Carol and Treasure Island. They need to do more of these, where you have a single human actor playing it straight, and then a bunch of muppets for the satirical element.
  15. I wonder who the youngest person on this forum is.
  16. Your memory is either incredible...or you have a spreadsheet containing info on everyone to ever post on IGN/D1P.
  17. There's also a difference between not being able to form thoughts and sentences, and not being able to get through them without messing up. Biden falls into the latter, which can be attributed to age, and also his stutter. Trump falls more into the former, where he sounds okay but his actual thoughts don't make sense.
  18. Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians avoiding war WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK Investigation launched into order asking Russians to leave country amid blacklash over ‘whites only policy’ Thousands of Russians fled Russia to avoid conscription and other parts of Russian life, and moved to Sri Lanka. Once there...they tried to set up an Apartheid state. They are now being deported back to Russia.
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