Recent content by Captain Fantastic

Introducing this series to my kids now. Going with II-III-IV in order. Original is amazing but too slow for kids to hang (you know how these modern kids are with their YouTube and fentanyl). I remember not paying attention to boxing in my youth until I watched a few Rocky movies. Afterwards...

Art as measured of itself versus art as measured by entertainment value. Countless examples of singers, actors, writers, etc. whose popularity far exceeds the talent. And yet, for whatever reason, people love the movies by the guy who basically plays himself in every film, or the singer who...

Totally agree but that's the basis of the question. We all know how well these guys performed the first two weeks of the season. The stats are in the books. The question relates to who you believe will have the ultimate value rest-of-season. Last season, Amon-Ra represented very little value...

Rookie WRs in order of NFL draft selection: Drake London Garrett Wilson Chris Olave Jameson Williams Jahan Dotson Treylon Burks Christian Watson Wan'Dale Robinson George Pickens Skyy Moore Romeo Doubs (Note that there were other WRs drafted after Wan'Dale Robinson and before...

Entry: Kramerica Clocking in at 27 players. Fielding the contrarian'ish roster. QB Kirk Cousins - $14 QB Davis Mills - $7 QB Marcus Mariota - $5 RB Javonte Williams - $25 RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire - $17 RB Chase Edmonds - $14 RB Kenneth Gainwell - $11 RB Eno Benjamin - $6...

Question for the universe: I could swear at some point this summer I saw a league management site offering a league (public or build-your-own private) with the following special rules: Set a new line-up every week. Lowest scoring team eliminated each week. You can only choose an NFL player...

1. The Texans have a winning record but do not make the playoffs. 2. Davis Mills finishes as a Top 12 QB. 3. Green Bay finishes 3rd in the NFC North. 4. Both Austin Ekeler and Derrick Henry finish outside the Top 15 RB. 5. Both CEH and Miles Sanders* finish inside the Top 15 RB (* or switch this...

Random MCU thoughts: MoM: Enjoyed it. Felt very Sam Raimi and that's a good thing for those of us who enjoy his work. In the absence of Stan Lee, I'd like to see Bruce Campbell be given a random cameo in every MCU movie going forward. No logic to that notion. I just think it'd be fun. Final...

I remember reading those upon release and thinking "wow, this is WAY better than most Star Wars novels out there." Would definitely be interesting to read again today and see if it holds true (not comparing to other SW novels, but just how well it reads in general). Would love to hear what you...

Concurring w @TampaMike19. This guy fits lotto ticket definition perfectly.  Probably nothing special, but he has shown enough to be kept on practice squads. Opportunity is everything. If Sermon isn't ready, I don't think it would be far out of the realm of reasonable to see Patrick emerge over...

Yep. This was Ford's greatest failing with the feature. You can turn it off, but you have no option to make "off" your baseline. You have to push the button every single time you start the vehicle. Annoying isn't a strong enough word. Why? As mentioned before, Ford wouldn't get credit for it as...

Just finished A Gentleman in Moscow. Due to my schedule the past few weeks, I had to grab it in snippets where I could -- which is NOT how this type of book should be read -- so it took me a while to finish it, but thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. Be advised that this is not a page turner...

Aaaawwww....thanks for making my day, @facook. :thumbup: Very glad Hostile Takeover was worth your time. Hope you feel the same way about Second Son.  :popcorn:

Finished Billion Dollar Loser a couple weeks ago. The story of the spectacular rise/fall of WeWork and its founder Adam Neumann. Certainly interesting in terms of looking at the uber-crazy (pun intended) era of over-funded pre-profit "unicorns" of Wall Street. The book itself was...

Thanks, @Joe Mammy!  If it helps the reading experience, my voice is like a cross between Patrick Stewart and James Earl Jones. Or perhaps my voice sounds absolutely nothing like them but that would be a cool voice to hear in your head while you read the book so knock yourself out.  :D