The Castle

[ClayDeath]

morning sports fans. just waking up here on the coast.


looks like an another scorcher out there. it has been hotter than hell here lately.

 

[ClayDeath]

whaz shaking general slasher, baron britbox, and all the others.



amercian tennis is in bad shape. at this rate they will never recapture the glory years of the past.

 

[britbox]

Agreed on American tennis. After Isner's loss, there won't be an American in the Top 20. Somebody on Twitter said that will be the first time EVER.

 

[ClayDeath]

ryan harrison is just not getting it done but he is still young. maybe he going to be a bit of a late bloomer.

jack sock and dennis kudla may have some potential.




the game is different today.

there is a maturation process involved now. the days of true tennis prodigies are gone.


now the average age of a touring pro in the top 100 is nearing 27 or so. that means you need a lot of experience on the tour before you can be somebody.

 

[ClayDeath]

 

[ClayDeath]

andy will get the show on the road. he faces marcel.


here is the order of play:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=421

 

[djmm]

que pasa baron macgiver.


that was an old action adventure series on the tele. I don't watch tele but he was the man who evidently did it all in that series. he could fix anything.


my business with the tele is strictly sports or western movies if and when I have the time.

LOL @ Baron MacGiver

That show still aires all day Monday on Cloo, lol. Thanks for the fix, Baron!!

 

[EnriqueIG8]

Hey guys, can't promise I will post here a lot but I promised a long time pal of mine to check this out.

Are you excited for the upcoming Masters 1000 and US Open?

 

[britbox]

Hey guys, can't promise I will post here a lot but I promised a long time pal of mine to check this out.

Are you excited for the upcoming Masters 1000 and US Open?

Hi Enrique - welcome to the Tennis Frontier. Remember to bookmark the site and hope you'll drop by now and again.

I guess CD is the long time friend?

Looking forward to seeing how the Rogers pans out (my pick is Murray to take the title here), Cincinatti could be wide open. USO is probably more open than it's been for a while.

 

[EnriqueIG8]

Hey guys, can't promise I will post here a lot but I promised a long time pal of mine to check this out.

Are you excited for the upcoming Masters 1000 and US Open?

Hi Enrique - welcome to the Tennis Frontier. Remember to bookmark the site and hope you'll drop by now and again.

I guess CD is the long time friend?

Looking forward to seeing how the Rogers pans out (my pick is Murray to take the title here), Cincinatti could be wide open. USO is probably more open than it's been for a while.

Hi Britbox, I think I have seen you around at T4U Castle a couple of times.

Yeah, we both are kind of responsible for the rebirth of the Castle concept at MTF/TF/T4U . My name is Javier, or Javi by the way.

Murray has said that #1 is not his priority because he is not aiming to be consistent all year but he wants to peak at the big events. What do you expect from Rafa these tournaments?

 

[britbox]

Hey guys, can't promise I will post here a lot but I promised a long time pal of mine to check this out.

Are you excited for the upcoming Masters 1000 and US Open?

Hi Enrique - welcome to the Tennis Frontier. Remember to bookmark the site and hope you'll drop by now and again.

I guess CD is the long time friend?

Looking forward to seeing how the Rogers pans out (my pick is Murray to take the title here), Cincinatti could be wide open. USO is probably more open than it's been for a while.

Hi Britbox, I think I have seen you around at T4U Castle a couple of times.

Yeah, we both are kind of responsible for the rebirth of the Castle concept at MTF/TF/T4U . My name is Javier, or Javi by the way.

Murray has said that #1 is not his priority because he is not aiming to be consistent all year but he wants to peak at the big events. What do you expect from Rafa these tournaments?

Yeah, I used to drop in there now and again, and also on MTF. Good to see you here Javi.

I'm not a Nadal fan, but write him off at your peril at any of these tournaments. I don't expect a lot from him at Cincinatti, but he could fly under the radar at both the Rogers and the USO. He's being overlooked for the USO, but my view is he's very much in the mix.

 

[ClayDeath]

Javier and I go way back. We are two of kind. We are warriors of the highest order.

General I am out on the road at the moment.

damn good to see you mate.

Baron will show you around.

I will try to catch up with you later this evening if you happen to be around.

 

[Emma]

Working straight since 7:45am this morning and now finally getting a break. Got a lot done since I didn't have any meetings. Andy's match to start in half an hour or so. I'll have to just follow the scoreboard as I am at work.

Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to Enrique (Javier, Javi etc. ).

 

[ClayDeath]

que pasa Emma.


General Javier is spot on. He and I are largely responsible for making the castle at mtf what it is today.

We alone believed when nobody else would.

 

[Emma]

You are cherry picking reviews. The critical reception is overall very good 88% fresh on rotten tomatoes. I also didn't by any means say you should enjoy a horror movie for the heck of it. I said that the things you bring up aren't the point of the film. They are litigious. The "plot holes" are minor in the context of what the film is about (which is people!).

You also have an extremely strong opinion about a movie you can't even remember very well, thus having to resort to other people's opinions.

Sorry but I wasn't cherry picking. The reason why I brought this up initially was because I was mainly rehashing a memory where another forum owner who also happens to be a Brit and liked this film just as much (perhaps the fact that it's a British production makes it swing that way) and I thought it was uncanny to see it in Britbox's list too.

Second, the reason why I posted those reviews is because britbox had asked for the flaws I'd mentioned and since I couldn't remember the details as I saw the movie a long time ago, I had gone and posted some others' reviews and no other particular reason (though those did bring back memories). And the reason why I didn't remember the details is because, frankly, it was a very forgettable movie. I just remembered the essentials.

I know what kind of rating this movie has both on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, doesn't mean it's an excellent movie when everyone, at the end of the day, is giving their personal opinion as did I. Those reviews and my own opinion are in the minority no doubt but why should they not be taking into account? More importantly, IMDB has the tendency to rate some of the bad films quite high and some of the really good movies really low, so that rating itself isn't perfect. At Rotten Tomatoes, they have 30 movies sitting with 100% rating and that's just absurd.

Also, at IMDB a movie like Inception, which I thought was another bad/flawed film, is sitting with 8.8 rating while a movie like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Stalker is siting with a lower rating than the former. So while ratings look all dandy and positive for these movies, they don't always tell the true as most of it are based on personal opinions. Most people watch for entertainment purpose anyway so I doubt they'll be very thorough.

In any case, 28 Days Later is not even listed in the top 250 movies at IMDB as good as people think it is.

 

[Emma]

que pasa Emma.


General Javier is spot on. He and I are largely responsible for making the castle at mtf what it is today.

We alone believed when nobody else would.

Does this mean the Castle at MTF still exists? How many Castles do you have? lolol

I see Alex is still going blah, blah, blah...at T4U. He thinks you were able to delete the Castle threads because you're given the Mod right, but in reality, anyone who opens a thread is in power to delete it as well. And Alex knows it too since he was very quick to delete his own cancer thread on the main tennis discussion forum. I've deleted a couple of threads as well - one that was called Emma's Cafe in the General section which had more than a thousand posts. At MW, however, you can't delete your thread even if it's you who opened it initially. You will have to email the forum owner in order to remove it and even so, it is not guaranteed. Mark's a control freak!! lol but I say it with love. :heart:

 

[Emma]

Andy Murray has started and is already up a break. It's unfortunate that I can't watch it.

 

[Emma]

I also rather agree about "Inception." Lots of flash and dash and confusion, but not really a good tale. I loved the first "Matrix" film, and couldn't be bothered after that.

Matrix is a masterpiece. The sequels are terrible. Some movies should never have sequels. I loved Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl which was excellent but the sequels were another matter.

Alien, Predator, Terminator are all great sci-fi action/horror films with very tight stories. I think the opposite when it comes to 28 Days Later.

 

[Emma]

I have finally found my song.
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Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me Queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6TGjIZxek[/video]

 

[Emma]

One thing I like about this Castle herc is the fact that there are no naked pictures of women unlike the one at T4U. It makes it much easier for me to browse and post while I am at work. Will appropriate it a great deal going forward if people keep it clean and if they must post half naked pictures then they can do it on a separate thread that I am happy to avoid altogether.

Both Andy and Gulbis takes the 1st set. Popsical is a set and break up against Stepanek.