tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post7388044349011592362..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Gregg Easterbrook Continues to Complain about the Most Pointless Things He Sees Take Place in MoviesBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-5775284049724184092013-10-18T17:04:10.501-04:002013-10-18T17:04:10.501-04:00Frank, yep and I don't know if I remember them...Frank, yep and I don't know if I remember them getting overly excited and prancing around in celebration. I looked for video and really couldn't find anything that confirmed it. Perhaps I will look harder. Gregg tends to make things up. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-53872725837028669192013-10-18T16:07:16.970-04:002013-10-18T16:07:16.970-04:00Loved the idiotic point about the '93 finals. ...Loved the idiotic point about the '93 finals. Gregg kinda leaves out that that was game 6, the Suns were looking to force a Game 7 (not win the series)...kinda different but because he made a reference to something 20 years ago that many reading his column don't remember, he thinks it's okay to leave out important details like that.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477280386233433416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-69772997896393549072013-10-18T14:30:54.636-04:002013-10-18T14:30:54.636-04:00Eric, I don't even know why he worries about t...Eric, I don't even know why he worries about this stuff. Who cares if a movie shows an alien's eyes glowing? It's a movie. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-28293255459054386952013-10-18T14:22:27.214-04:002013-10-18T14:22:27.214-04:00I was coming to mention that glowing eyes thing to...I was coming to mention that glowing eyes thing too. It isn't that the eyes glow exactly, it is that the light is reflected by some sort of membrane in the eye, which as othereric mentioned, leads to better night vision. Dear Gregg, it must be exhausting spending your life getting pissed off at everything.<br />Eric Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-14349531511841949722013-10-18T08:46:52.786-04:002013-10-18T08:46:52.786-04:00Anon, it was a end of game play, but it's not ...Anon, it was a end of game play, but it's not like the Patriots were down a lot of points. Gregg usually isn't that hyperbolic, but man, that was bad. <br /><br />See, that's very true. That's what I say Gregg only looks at things as black and white. If X changes then Y will certainly still happen and nothing has changed. He clearly doesn't believe in the Butterfly Effect. <br /><br />Well, that is true, Munchak did do that. I'm not sure why he did that because it won't save his job. <br /><br />HA! Nice tie-in, Peter slips out of bed quietly in the morning to the amazement of Gregg when he hears about this. <br /><br />Ogletree was a safety before he was a linebacker, he's pretty fast. <br /><br />Eric, that's a good point. As the owner of a cat who has glowing eyes at night I should have caught that one. Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-91918254147480834072013-10-18T08:19:59.345-04:002013-10-18T08:19:59.345-04:00"A common improbable special effect in Hollyw..."A common improbable special effect in Hollywood is the space alien or demon with glowing eyes. If the eyes emitted light, wouldn't that stop them from working as eyes?"<br /><br />So Greg has managed to get to middle age without encountering a pet dog or cat (or seen a lolcat on the internet) whose eyes glow when the light is at a certain angle? And for the record they don't go blind at those moments in fact the effect is caused by reflective tissues in their eyes that helps them see in the dark.Ericbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-40736959114977785212013-10-18T00:35:45.448-04:002013-10-18T00:35:45.448-04:00"There have been fantastic comebacks before, ..."There have been fantastic comebacks before, but never one on which the comeback team looked so totally dead."<br /><br />Never. It's NEVER happened before. For the first time in human history, a team scored the winning TD in the waning seconds. NEVER happened before. The '03 Cardinals ending the Vikings' season with a TD on the final play of the game/season? Never happened. NEVER. Good lord Gregg, ease up on the hyperbole, huh. The Buffalo Bills overcame a 35-3 deficit in the playoffs once, let's not get carried away.<br /><br />"Considering the Patriots' winning touchdown came with five seconds showing, if on this snap the Saints had simply run up the middle for no gain, they almost certainly would have won."<br /><br />Considering you're a f*cking (edited in honor of Gr*gg and his *ed*s*ins) idiot, you of course don't mention that the Patriots would have attacked their final posession in a different manner, and may have scored in some other fashion. Gregg seems to think that if you change one thing, that's the only thing that changes. Anyone with a functioning brain knows that if you change one thing, you change everything. <br /><br />Ben, I would argue that Munchack does attempt to hold down margin of defeat. A couple of weeks ago, he sent Bironas out to kick a field goal with 2 seconds remaining against the Chiefs, trailing by 9. What good did that do? Bironas missed it, thankfully. <br /><br />Also Ben, Gregg knows nothing about Alec Ogletree. You know he's really fast. I know he's really fast. But the one man here who gets paid to know it, of course doesn't. PK only knows it because he was getting, ahem, intimate with Kevin Demoff when the pick was made. No worries though, he didn't wake him when he left in the morning. Just like the movies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com