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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

    Finally seeing it tonight! Waukee Palms IMAX at 10:00 PM! Seat J12 if anybody wants to say hello!
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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

    I don't know this thought for a fact but it wouldn't surprise me if Nolan casting her as Helen was a troll job. She's obviously gorgeous and a brilliant actress qualified for a part like that one. But if it pisses a certain population off... I think Nolan might have seen that as a feature not a...
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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

    There is an interpretation of The Illiad consistent with this reading – Achilles is certainly not the hero and probably not even the protagonist even if the opening line is on his rage. It's Hector. Hector is the one fighting a losing battle against a demigod like Achilles to defense his...
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    2026-2027 MBB computer projections thread

    I know we associated Fredball with elite offenses and mediocre defenses. Which was true during his era in Ames. Offense data/ranking and defensive data/ranking are on the far right. Fredball at Nebraska is actually somehow... defense-first not offense-first lately. #53 offense and #8...
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    Ouch. Penn State 2027 Recruiting Decline?

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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

    I did fine finding one for a 10:00 PM showing. But I live ~5 minutes away. Scholars have long interpreted the Homeric tradition as a legendary version of the Bronze Age Collapse. The Achaeans in fact being the barbarians sacking the civilized/urbanized Trojans after coming across the Aegean...
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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

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    ***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

    Oh ****. I'm near the West Mixmaster.
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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

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    Ouch. Penn State 2027 Recruiting Decline?

    Never a head coach. Obviously some of them have been worse people (starting with Paterno on down). But in terms of their *coaching* ability. Calling you "the new Mike Riley" is calling you "Fredo Corleone."
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    Worst Steven Spielberg movie

    I thought Leo's character in that film was at least partially a self-parody. Middle-aged frumpy loser dad who used to be cool and do awesome things. Now look at him. Similar dynamic in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood really.
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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

    It has been a cinematic trope for decades "ancient English" sounded British or at least not American. It's not like the Greeks and Romans actually sounded like Richard Burton and Laurence d'Olivier. It's been done for so many decades we've come to expect it even if not consciously. Richard...
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    The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)

    Even just his name... Menelaus "Pappy" O'Daniel ...cracks me up.
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    Ouch. Penn State 2027 Recruiting Decline?

    I was at that game in Austin. Up in the nosebleeds but looking right down from midfield. Goodness me I wanted to send them out of the conference with a Cyclone win on their field. Have to say Austin is great and Texas fans were super nice... just wish their admin wasn't sociopahtic.
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    Ouch. Penn State 2027 Recruiting Decline?

    I don't know if I can think of a more insulting thing to call a Big Ten coach.
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