News Article: Sharks start Christmas Break Early

[jMoneyBrah]

Somehow, I’ve walked away from this discussion on Bond film theme songs, having previously never paid all that much attention to them, feeling like I’ve been living my life wrong all this time. Am I supposed to have an opinion on things like this? Have I just been skating through life oblivious to the important things? I want to be a fully rounded person; maybe I need to set aside some time to watch all the Bond films so I too can have a weighty opinion

 

[LadyStanley]

Non-Broccoli production Casino Royale (starring David Niven and Woody Allen) theme song is one of my favorite Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass songs.

Now the Sharks’ schedule will become even more condensed. There should have been a back up plan in place for when this inevitably occurred, but guess they’ll just make one up as they go.

Sharks have only two games to make up. Some teams have nearly 10.

Well that's disappointing, and I'm curious to how the NHL decides to move forward in regards to testing.
I've heard the NFL might only test those who are asymptomatic, as long as they are fully vaccinated. I also know many friends in health care who have been told around 85% of the population is estimated to end up with this new variant at some point.

If the league does shut down for a little to get more control of the situation, I'm happy I just got into first place in my fantasy league before it happened

Back to daily testing as of last week.

 

[LadyStanley]

Given the verbiage in yesterday's announcement, I think it's only a matter of time that the Olympic participation is cut.

Most pundits seem to think that the NHL will use the majority of the "break" to schedule make up games.

 

[NWSharkie]

Somehow, I’ve walked away from this discussion on Bond film theme songs, having previously never paid all that much attention to them, feeling like I’ve been living my life wrong all this time. Am I supposed to have an opinion on things like this? Have I just been skating through life oblivious to the important things? I want to be a fully rounded person; maybe I need to set aside some time to watch all the Bond films so I too can have a weighty opinion

Nah, don't bother. The eye test is meaningless if you can't back it up with advanced stats

(had to get it back to GDT relevant, no? )

 

[tealzamboni]

Somehow, I’ve walked away from this discussion on Bond film theme songs, having previously never paid all that much attention to them, feeling like I’ve been living my life wrong all this time. Am I supposed to have an opinion on things like this? Have I just been skating through life oblivious to the important things? I want to be a fully rounded person; maybe I need to set aside some time to watch all the Bond films so I too can have a weighty opinion

Nah, don't bother. The eye test is meaningless if you can't back it up with advanced stats

(had to get it back to GDT relevant, no? )

Both the hero and villain have been known to tan, wear a suit, and use advanced numbers in their scheming. Neither can be trusted to win Stanley's Cup.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Non-Broccoli production Casino Royale (starring David Niven and Woody Allen) theme song is one of my favorite Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass songs.




Sharks have only two games to make up. Some teams have nearly 10.



Back to daily testing as of last week.

Sucks orthem. Makes you wonder why the brilliant schedule makers thought playing 1 game in the first 11 days was such a brilliant idea.

 

[jMoneyBrah]

Nah, don't bother. The eye test is meaningless if you can't back it up with advanced stats

(had to get it back to GDT relevant, no? )

As a case study Bond is certainly confounding. Definitely a case where the eye-test and underlying metrics are often at tension.

His unorthodox and aggressive style often leads to him making mistakes in the routine situations, especially early on. Though he does show great competitive aggressiveness and tenacity, often performing better and better over time. When you stand back and look at the big picture, he may drive you crazy with his inconsistency, cavalier approach, and outright refusal to buy in to a team-first system; looking at his all-situation percentages you might come to believe there are safer options available.

But it’s in the high-stakes moments his reputation has been built. And while he’s, at times throughout his career, had a high quality supporting cast, he’s always shown up big in the high-leverage critical moments. There’s no one you’d want more when it matters most.

 

[NWSharkie]

As a case study Bond is certainly confounding. Definitely a case where the eye-test and underlying metrics are often at tension.

His unorthodox and aggressive style often leads to him making mistakes in the routine situations, especially early on. Though he does show great competitive aggressiveness and tenacity, often performing better and better over time. When you stand back and look at the big picture, he may drive you crazy with his inconsistency, cavalier approach, and outright refusal to buy in to a team-first system; looking at his all-situation percentages you might come to believe there are safer options available.

But it’s in the high-stakes moments his reputation has been built. And while he’s, at times throughout his career, had a high quality supporting cast, he’s always shown up big in the high-leverage critical moments. There’s no one you’d want more when it matters most.

True, but if you look closely at his second half performance, the on-screen results always seem to outperform the underlying expected numbers. It makes you wonder if he's been propped up by that same supporting cast. Do we have a WOWY analysis of Bond vs. say, Felix Leiter?

 

[tealzamboni]

But it’s in the high-stakes moments his reputation has been built. And while he’s, at times throughout his career, had a high quality supporting cast, he’s always shown up big in the high-leverage critical moments. There’s no one you’d want more when it matters most.

This is the official suit narrative about Marleau and Thornton, right?

 

[SJSharksfan39]

also yes, I'm aware this thread has gone massively off track. It's basically the non-GDT for the non-games now and GDTs going off track when there's nothing else to talk about is a proud Sharks tradition.

We need something to occupy our time because once again it feels like the Sharks are basically irrelavant to the rest of the NHL. I'm going to miss watching games this week, but considering how they played against Seattle and Vancouver, maybe a long break will do them good.

As for Bond themes, I've only been a casual fan of Bond, and yes I have a soft spot for Brosnan as he was the Bond I grew up with. That means that yeah I did like Tomorrow Never Dies (And Sheryl Crow did that theme proud) and I also liked Goldeneye. The other two I can take or leave, but the first half hour of Die Another Day actually wasn't bad. I think it just got off the rails in the second half of the film.

In terms of favorite themes, Cornell is probably my favorite, followed by Live and Let Die (Even though I've never seen the movie), Goldfinger, Goldeneye, and Skyfall

 

[LadyStanley]

True, but if you look closely at his second half performance, the on-screen results always seem to outperform the underlying expected numbers. It makes you wonder if he's been propped up by that same supporting cast. Do we have a WOWY analysis of Bond vs. say, Felix Leiter?

My main issue with Felix is he gets killed off in the book (Live and Let Die), yet, the movie franchise got him long term and he made a number of appearances. (Jack Lord brought some 1960s Hawaiian charm/popularity to the L&LD role. Movie came out five years after he originaled the Steve McGarrett role.)

 

[Pavelski2112]

My main issue with Felix is he gets killed off in the book (Live and Let Die), yet, the movie franchise got him long term and he made a number of appearances. (Jack Lord brought some 1960s Hawaiian charm/popularity to the L&LD role. Movie came out five years after he originaled the Steve McGarrett role.)

I just love that Joe Don Baker both plays Felix and the main bad guy from The Living Daylights. That's some Road Warrior/Beyond Thunderdome levels of not caring about casting the same folks.

 

[landshark]

I just love that Joe Don Baker both plays Felix and the main bad guy from The Living Daylights. That's some Road Warrior/Beyond Thunderdome levels of not caring about casting the same folks.

 

[OrrNumber4]

I'm sure DW is happy he has another excuse in his back pocket...

 

[The Nemesis]

Just in case I want to do this on Tuesday I fired up my N64 with NHL 99 in it.

The game has not aged as well as I remember.

but the in-arena announcer guy is hilarious

"fans, just a reminder that after the game you will be herded out like cattle. Live with it."

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

You know what would be nice for a situation like this? A 1 game in 11 day stretch…

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Just in case I want to do this on Tuesday I fired up my N64 with NHL 99 in it.

The game has not aged as well as I remember.

but the in-arena announcer guy is hilarious

"fans, just a reminder that after the game you will be herded out like cattle. Live with it."

I miss renting that game for the weekend.

 

[one2gamble]

Just in case I want to do this on Tuesday I fired up my N64 with NHL 99 in it.

The game has not aged as well as I remember.

but the in-arena announcer guy is hilarious

"fans, just a reminder that after the game you will be herded out like cattle. Live with it."

not much form the 90s has aged well

 

[Pavelski2112]

not much form the 90s has aged well

Says you

 

[The Nemesis]

not much form the 90s has aged well

Even just in terms of video games lots of stuff from the 90s has aged just fine.

Most Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis stuff is still as good (or as bad) as it was in its heyday as 8/16-bit pixel graphics are a little more time-proof than early 3d models and chunky polygons. And most of the first party N64 library is still good. Mario 64, both Zeldas, Mario Kart, Star Fox... Even some of the sports games are still solid like All-Star Baseball or NBA Hangtime. The N64 quartet of THQ/AKI wrestling games (WCW World Tour & Revenge, and WWF Wrestelmania 2000 & No Mercy) are half good on nostalgia and half good on actual quality/care.

The early N64 and PS1 era of stuff does have limitations because of how harsh the transition to the new technology was, but NHL 99's flaws aren't from a crafting/technical standpoint, mostly from a control and play point of view. The game is stiff, sluggish, and suffers for the lack of puck control and adaptable shooting/skating. It's difficult to complete passes and play fluidly and in the game I played (which ended up as a 10-8 final) most of my offence and goals were off of breakaways and odd-man rushes where a puck squirted loose from the crowd and I just turboed up the ice to snatch it and get in clean because the opposing d-men played up too aggressively. And on the other end most goals I gave up were because the puck would be turned over and by the time I switched to a defender he was in no place to find an angle to take out the shooter.

After that game as much as I think I'd enjoy the silliness of the retro rosters, awkward graphics, and laughable plays, I don't think I could sit through 60+ minutes of it just to watch or craft an interesting post/thread about.

 

[LadyStanley]

I've seen all the Bond movies except NTTD.

Roger Moore had a lot of campy movies, as did some of the other JBs. L&LD wasn't nearly as bad as TMWTGG where we have the southern sheriff on vacation run into Bond again. Moonraker was up there with crazy, but the entire p***y Galore and her Flying Circus as part of Goldfinger, yep. Octopussy was on the campy side. TSWLM with the landing on the boat via parachute.

With the rise of the hard boiled action movies (e.g., Die Hard, Letha Weapon), more of an edge was added to the movies


Pre-title sequences. Loved the mini jet sequence (the best part of Octopussy). The whole shooting while on skis thing at the start of TSWLM (remake a bit of OHMSS) was ripped off in many ways by True Lies.

 

[Pavelski2112]

I've seen all the Bond movies except NTTD.

Roger Moore had a lot of campy movies, as did some of the other JBs. L&LD wasn't nearly as bad as TMWTGG where we have the southern sheriff on vacation run into Bond again. Moonraker was up there with crazy, but the entire p***y Galore and her Flying Circus as part of Goldfinger, yep. Octopussy was on the campy side. TSWLM with the landing on the boat via parachute.

With the rise of the hard boiled action movies (e.g., Die Hard, Letha Weapon), more of an edge was added to the movies


Pre-title sequences. Loved the mini jet sequence (the best part of Octopussy). The whole shooting while on skis thing at the start of TSWLM (remake a bit of OHMSS) was ripped off in many ways by True Lies.

NTTD is very good; see it when you can. Strap in though, because it's almost three hours long.

I loved Roger Moore growing up, but he was in a lot of pretty meh to awful movies. For Your Eyes Only and A View to a Kill are pretty unmemorable/boring, Octopussy has a great opening sequence but is pretty bad besides that, Golden Gun is possibly the second worst Bond film (after World is Not Enough). Theoretically Moonraker is awful too, but it's so over the top and dumb that I just adore it.

Yea the late 80s action influence is especially apparent in License to Kill, which is somewhat underrated imo. A lot of people consider it one of the worst but I think there's enough going for it to keep it afloat. Dalton in general is a fantastic Bond, and it's unfortunate we didn't get to see him more.

 

[PacificOceanPotion]

Anyone know when they'll be back?

 

[The Nemesis]

Anyone know when they'll be back?

Their next scheduled game is the 27th in Anaheim. With the league announcing that the pause is only through Christmas, having not played in almost a week and a half between their last game (last Thursday vs Vancouver) and that Ducks tilt, and the fact that the whole league is now on pause until this time next week it seems not unreasonable to assume they'll be good to go for that one unless half the roster tests positive between now and then. Unless they decide that the sharks have to play with a half-Shark/half-Cuda roster again because they're not Toronto and don't get the easy out of a PPD when 1 or 2 of their important players go down.

 

[one2gamble]

Even just in terms of video games lots of stuff from the 90s has aged just fine.

Most Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis stuff is still as good (or as bad) as it was in its heyday as 8/16-bit pixel graphics are a little more time-proof than early 3d models and chunky polygons. And most of the first party N64 library is still good. Mario 64, both Zeldas, Mario Kart, Star Fox... Even some of the sports games are still solid like All-Star Baseball or NBA Hangtime. The N64 quartet of THQ/AKI wrestling games (WCW World Tour & Revenge, and WWF Wrestelmania 2000 & No Mercy) are half good on nostalgia and half good on actual quality/care.

I feel like this is mostly a nostalgic view. I find that most people whom did not grow up with these games, dont seem to "get them". Some of those games are just classics and will be essentially timeless to some extent.