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WedgeRock said:
Visiting my 44th MLB bark, with only one more current park until I've seen them all (looking at you, Seattle, and Vegas in 2028).

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The list (in no particular order):
  1. Tiger Stadium (closed 1999)
  2. Comerica Park
  3. Yankee Stadium (closed 2008)
  4. Yankee Stadium III
  5. Shea Stadium (closed 2008)
  6. Citifield
  7. Skydome (now Rogers Centre)
  8. County Stadium (closed 2000)
  9. Miller Park (now American Family Field)
  10. Olympic Stadium
  11. Three Rivers Stadium (closed 2000)
  12. PNC Park
  13. Riverfront Stadium (closed 2002)
  14. Great American Ballpark
  15. Veterans Stadium (closed 2003)
  16. Citizens Bank Ballpark
  17. Fenway Park
  18. Oriole Park at Camden Yards
  19. Cleveland Stadium (closed 1994)
  20. Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field)
  21. Turner Field (closed 2016)
  22. SunTrust Park (now Truist Park)
  23. Tropicana Field
  24. Pro Player Stadium (Marlins home until 2011)
  25. Marlins Park (now Loan Depot Park)
  26. The Ballpark in Arlington (closed 2019)
  27. Globe Life Field
  28. Busch Memorial Stadium (closed 2005)
  29. Busch Stadium II
  30. Kauffman Stadium
  31. Comiskey Park II (now Guaranteed Rate Field)
  32. Wrigley Field
  33. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Twins home until 2009)
  34. Target Field
  35. Coors Field
  36. AT&T Park (now Oracle Park)
  37. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
  38. RFK Memorial Stadium (Nationals home until 2007)
  39. Nationals Park
  40. Anaheim Stadium (now Angel Stadium)
  41. Dodger Stadium
  42. Petco Park
  43. Chase Field
  44. Minute Maid Park
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Thanks for bringing up some of my best childhood memories from 7-13. Growing up in Indy we had no MLB team, but I was a huge St. Louis / Bob Gibson fan (and later Big Red Machine). Every summer vacation we would include traveling to a different NL team city to watch them play in St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Philly, New York City, and Los Angeles. Good times.

Later in life, was lucky to be living in both Detroit (1984) and Atlanta (1995) for some great World Series games.
 
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This is my dad today.

He had a medical crisis, just as we headed down to Dallas for some quality degeneracy.
He could no longer keep up with his meds on his own and needed to go to assisted living.
The guys at DiD listened and supported me, and Gear went home alone to hold down the fort while I figured things out in FL.
Yep FL...on a gulf coast SW barrier island...you know what happened next.

The timing was incredible, I said yes to the room and set up a signing date that reserved the room the day the hurricane evacuations came out. A day later and I would not have gotten the space and would have had to waitlist him while he wasted away in the rehab center. (A place of nightmares...he slept all day because "the screamers" kept him up all night)

I was able to save his most valued possessions and bug out to a hotel to ride out the storm.
His trailer was flooded out and is in the process of being gutted to save it from sea water intrusion and mold.
(anyone want to buy a trailer in a 55+ co-op, ready to remodel just the way you want? I am told it's a little slice o' paradise)

I am back in Canada while my step sister manages the contractors for getting the place gutted to save it.
I am managing the insurance claim from up here while catching up on label emails.

I know how lucky we are.
I am so very grateful and think about all those not as lucky as us.

This picture makes me happy.
 
Wifey said:
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This is my dad today.

He had a medical crisis, just as we headed down to Dallas for some quality degeneracy.
He could no longer keep up with his meds on his own and needed to go to assisted living.
The guys at DiD listened and supported me, and Gear went home alone to hold down the fort while I figured things out in FL.
Yep FL...on a gulf coast SW barrier island...you know what happened next.

The timing was incredible, I said yes to the room and set up a signing date that reserved the room the day the hurricane evacuations came out. A day later and I would not have gotten the space and would have had to waitlist him while he wasted away in the rehab center. (A place of nightmares...he slept all day because "the screamers" kept him up all night)

I was able to save his most valued possessions and bug out to a hotel to ride out the storm.
His trailer was flooded out and is in the process of being gutted to save it from sea water intrusion and mold.
(anyone want to buy a trailer in a 55+ co-op, ready to remodel just the way you want? I am told it's a little slice o' paradise)

I am back in Canada while my step sister manages the contractors for getting the place gutted to save it.
I am managing the insurance claim from up here while catching up on label emails.

I know how lucky we are.
I am so very grateful and think about all those not as lucky as us.

This picture makes me happy.
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I met you and @Gear at DiD and was able to sit and enjoy some degeneracy with the both of you. It was an absolute pleasure to meet you both a share a table with you.

I had no idea with you all were dealing with, and I’m truly sorry this is happening to you all. I also find it very admirable when individuals like yourself can find a silver lining. Its a character trait that I’m not sure I possess.

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

P.S. This makes that suck out (especially turning 666) feel even worse. ;)
 
Halloween Month! Used to watch horror movies with my father after everyone else went to bed, still love them, that suspension of disbelief. Amityville Horror was one of our favorites, the original from the 70s, having flashbacks watching it now. Night of the Living Dead, The Thing, Exorcist, Halloween, just some other classics that I vividly remember, I'd pay an embarrassing amount to watch them again for the first time.
 
NotRealNameNoSir said:
Halloween Month! Used to watch horror movies with my father after everyone else went to bed, still love them, that suspension of disbelief. Amityville Horror was one of our favorites, the original from the 70s, having flashbacks watching it now. Night of the Living Dead, The Thing, Exorcist, Halloween, just some other classics that I vividly remember, I'd pay an embarrassing amount to watch them again for the first time.
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One of my favorite college courses was a film study class all about horror films. From Nosferaru, Hitchcock, the classics in the 70s and 80s, through the parodies like Scream, etc. We discussed lighting, music, cuts, blocking, how the “monster” is revealed and other elements. It was a really fun class and made me watch a lot of movies I wouldn’t have watched otherwise.
 
Saoliver said:
One of my favorite college courses was a film study class all about horror films. From Nosferaru, Hitchcock, the classics in the 70s and 80s, through the parodies like Scream, etc. We discussed lighting, music, cuts, blocking, how the “monster” is revealed and other elements. It was a really fun class and made me watch a lot of movies I wouldn’t have watched otherwise.
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Fascinating! I think I'd love that. When an element is missing, you can't always name it but you feel the difference. Lots of Rob Zombie movies feel like horror music videos: a bunch of cool scenes/situations with no build up of dread or story, weakens the punch.

I've always loved the slow build-up of dread, that sick feeling in your stomach. Ever seen Audition? Very very slow burn but hit like a train.
 
NotRealNameNoSir said:
Fascinating! I think I'd love that. When an element is missing, you can't always name it but you feel the difference. Lots of Rob Zombie movies feel like horror music videos: a bunch of cool scenes/situations with no build up of dread or story, weakens the punch.

I've always loved the slow build-up of dread, that sick feeling in your stomach. Ever seen Audition? Very very slow burn but hit like a train.
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I’ve never seen Audition.

Some of the themes were important moments in the context of their time. Like Communism in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Or racism in Night of the Living Dead. Not only was it controversial to cast a Black actor as the hero of a mixed-race cast in 1968, but also the racism implied in the ending. But other themes like teens who are up to no good get killed by the “monster.” Or in Carrie, how an abusive mother and bullying at school can lead to someone having a mental break and snapping. Carrie might have been the first “school shooter.” Sorry to serious up the happy thread, but a lot can be learned from the themes in horror movies: about trusting your instincts, group think, and keeping aware of your surroundings. Even Zombieland gives some good advice. Lol
 
NotRealNameNoSir said:
Fascinating! I think I'd love that. When an element is missing, you can't always name it but you feel the difference. Lots of Rob Zombie movies feel like horror music videos: a bunch of cool scenes/situations with no build up of dread or story, weakens the punch.

I've always loved the slow build-up of dread, that sick feeling in your stomach. Ever seen Audition? Very very slow burn but hit like a train.
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I just did a search. Is it the movie about finding a wife?
 
NotRealNameNoSir said:
Fascinating! I think I'd love that. When an element is missing, you can't always name it but you feel the difference. Lots of Rob Zombie movies feel like horror music videos: a bunch of cool scenes/situations with no build up of dread or story, weakens the punch.

I've always loved the slow build-up of dread, that sick feeling in your stomach. Ever seen Audition? Very very slow burn but hit like a train.
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The Omen scared the bejesus out of me as a kid. Used to love the old Hammer Horror movies with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
 
BonScot said:
What’s the best reveal? I’d say Alien. They reveal it in 3 separate ways and you don’t really see the full alien until the end.
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OOOOOOF Ripley relaxing, then watching the Alien unspool itself in the escape pod. Oh my God, amazing. And The Omen! That nanny at the birthday party scarred me, I can remember the feeling of the couch I was sitting on watching that haha, burned into my memory.

I know Saw may be controversial since its newer and some view it as torture porn, but that reveal, the ending of Saw 1, was jaw-dropping. Amazing.

 
NotRealNameNoSir said:
Halloween Month! Used to watch horror movies with my father after everyone else went to bed, still love them, that suspension of disbelief. Amityville Horror was one of our favorites, the original from the 70s, having flashbacks watching it now. Night of the Living Dead, The Thing, Exorcist, Halloween, just some other classics that I vividly remember, I'd pay an embarrassing amount to watch them again for the first time.
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Watched The Thing just yesterday
 
Saoliver said:
Alien definitely was the greatest.

Jaws is pretty good. The shark is hidden so much of the movie, and only some brief glimpses.

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I think that Jaws was a happy accident. I read that they had so many problems with the shark that they had to come up with other ways to show it. Those ended up being much better than showing the rubber shark flopping around.
 
BonScot said:
I think that Jaws was a happy accident. I read that they had so many problems with the shark that they had to come up with other ways to show it. Those ended up being much better than showing the rubber shark flopping around.
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Even with the big reveal I remember thinking “that’s pretty lame” But it was forgivable, back in those days it was life sized or 1/64 sized, no cgi help.
 
BonScot said:
I think that Jaws was a happy accident. I read that they had so many problems with the shark that they had to come up with other ways to show it. Those ended up being much better than showing the rubber shark flopping around.
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Yup. Discussed in that clip.

My kid was traumatized a few years ago when he watched Jaws on his own. We were staying at an oceanfront beach house on vacation and the Jaws movies were the only movies they had at the rental. He got up early and watched on his own. He now has a healthy respect for the ocean. :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
 
Saoliver said:
Alien definitely was the greatest.

Jaws is pretty good. The shark is hidden so much of the movie, and only some brief glimpses.

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BonScot said:
I think that Jaws was a happy accident. I read that they had so many problems with the shark that they had to come up with other ways to show it. Those ended up being much better than showing the rubber shark flopping around.
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ekricket said:
Even with the big reveal I remember thinking “that’s pretty lame” But it was forgivable, back in those days it was life sized or 1/64 sized, no cgi help.
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Saoliver said:
Yup. Discussed in that clip.

My kid was traumatized a few years ago when he watched Jaws on his own. We were staying at an oceanfront beach house on vacation and the Jaws movies were the only movies they had at the rental. He got up early and watched on his own. He now has a healthy respect for the ocean. :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
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Bruce is on display in the third floor atrium at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles:


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