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I moved back to Toronto for marriage-related reasons, but I can't, technically speaking, move in with the fiancee just yet. So I'll be staying at my parents, who don't get Spike. Thus, it'll be all about the BitTorrent for a while, I think...

Actually, you're right. I forgot about the St. Petersburg-Cairo leg from season 5. Although Colin and Christie did pick up a huge chunk of time that they didn't entirely have to give back at the start of the next leg. The other FF that season was also on a non-elimination leg. Brandon and Nicole went for it, but didn't want to shave their heads. Last season, Lori and Bolo took the FF during the uber-leg, and Don/Mary Jean were eliminated. The other one was on a non-elimination, the ep before the final one.

Yet he still does them.

Predictions: - BoloDouche and VicDeana come in last, but it's non-elimination and Phil robs them. - Meredith and Gretchen get the boot, meaning Gretchen juicing hardway will be for naught. - Fast Forward will make it's presence known, and it'll get used by either Bros or Team MostBoringCoupleInAmerica. The non-elimination leg will occur with the FF.

Probably. The upshot of all this is that Sony will pay Immersion either a flat fee or royalties and everything will be back to normal again.

I've never been sure what to make of Shyamalan as a filmmaker. I didn't mind Unbreakable, but I thought that Sixth Sense was some really boring shit that no twist could save. I didn't watch the other two because the premise seemed to be based on twists. I think he's got the goods to make a really good movie, but like Crazy Dan, I think he needs to branch out more. No major twists for the sake of having a twist, just a standard drama with some minor ones here and there. The problem though is that I don't think that people will be willing to accept him directing anything other than "thriller" movies with a major twist. Whether that's Shyamalan's fault or the fault of the marketing depts or both, I dunno.

No bikini shots (since they came in with only the clothes on their backs), but look on the last page of this thread. You're welcome.

So I gather that the French WILLINGLY put their heads onto a fake guillotine on Bastille Day? I'm not sure who's crazier/dumber - the French or Koschek. And also - gawdammit. Looks like I picked the wrong week to move back to Toronto...

Well, the Housemartins have nothing to worry about - they've still done the best cover of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother...

Someone explain this term to me. I know it means re-doing what was already done, but it looks like it's short for something (I think I've seen it spelled ret-con). Where does the word come from? from wikopdia.org Hope that helps

Ah, I see. So they're, um, whatever the class is between MW and LHW then?

Wait, aren't these guys in different weight classes? Anyways, based on those 2 matches we'll get Koschek/Diego vs kickboxer guy, Alex Schonauer vs Mike/Stephan and some combination of Forrest/Bobby/Sam...

Seeing as I double posted, I'm sorry to tell you that there were no decent pics on the CBS website this week, so here's some from some other reality shows... Juggsica Sierra from American Idol Ashlee from Survivor

TVGuide Interview with Debbie and Bianca Well, they avoided the question about being gay better than McGwire did the steroids question, I'll give them that. Still, suckas gotta know. Especially if Debbie swings both ways.

Based on that, I'd say that JasonX is right about DC hating the Superbuddies. Speaking of the Superbuddies, I Can't Believe It's Not The Justice League #2 was even better than the first.

To elaborate further, anything you see on the big screen is canon. The Clone Wars cartoon, apparently, is canon. Everything else, including the movie novelizations, are considered secondary sources, or the Expanded Universe. Now, Lucasfilm has people whose job is to be "continuity gurus", making sure that nothing steps over what has been established in the movies, and also, that all of the EU stuff ties in together (which they didn't do as well when the novels were at Bantam). If Lucas decides to go an entirely different direction with things, it's their job to come up with explanations/retcons to make the EU mesh with the new canon. Splinter of the Mind's Eye must really give them a headache. I think that quote was from Matthew Stover, btw. I'm fairly certain that that was in the novelization for Star Wars, meaning that Lucas had it in an earlier script.

You can't tease Harry as Goblin two films in a row. It's not like wrestling where you tease a turn for months like Batista. There would be 4-6 years between Spider-Man II and Spider-Man IV, it would kill the interest. I think you can spread it out over a few films as long as Harry is the guy pulling the strings of the Scorpion, Sandman or whoever. But it is a fine line between pissing the audience off, and leaving them wanting more.

The clone idea was indeed used in the Thrawn books - one of those deus ex machina things I think - but yeah, it was used in the Dark Horse miniseries first.

Based on what we saw with Bobby Jon and Steph, I'd say that she voted exactly how she planned to. Why exactly she did that, I dunno, but they've been on the island for 15 days or so and I guess the mind starts going or something.

Just for reference, the previous record for a tribe losing immunities was Maraamu on Survivor Marquesas, who lost 4 in a row. Udon tribe has lost 6 in a row. Pathetic. I feel sorry for Stephanie.

Holy shit, Koror won AGAIN.

Yeah, the Callista "Trilogy". Children of the Jedi, Darksaber and Planet of Twilight. Some real weak shit, with Barbara Hambly's meh stories bookending Kevin J. Anderson and some Death Star-type stuff. You won't hear me defending it. ...actually that was established in the comic series "Dark Empire", where Luke goes to the Dark Side to understand it more.

Nice to see that they're showing Ibreheim praying. I was kinda wondering whether they'd acknowledge that he's Muslim. And... Pringle ends with an "o"? I never knew that...

Not a front runner in my book, but if she wants to run around... I ain't gonna complain...

In Patrick's case, it has to be worse than the last two Trek films, so I'd say he'll be back...