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1997thebracket · 6 months

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Round 2B

Note: this is our threeway matchup to even the numbers going forward! The two highest-voted films will both proceed, and the third will be eliminated.

Space Jam: Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam! What happens when one of the biggest athletes in the world tries his hand at acting-- alongside the Looney Tunes, no less? A confusing but lovable cinematic treasure. In the half-animated comedy Space Jam, basketball legend (oft-cited as the Greatest of All Time) Michael Jordan and the Tune Squad face off against the dastardly Monstars for their intergalactic freedom. Space Jam was the first film produced by Warner Bros Feature Animation, and although it was first released theatrically in the US in November of 1996 it would go on to gross over $250 million during its global run into 1997, making it the highest-grossing basketball movie of all time until 2022. From the slapping soundtrack to the classic jersey designs now coming back into retro-rotation, Bugs and his crew could not feel more firmly planted in the sensibility of the decade. Space Jam also features Wayne Knight of Seinfeld fame flattened in a truly haunting use of crude CGI. Look up 'flat Newman' if you've forgotten.

Austin Powers: Let’s keep this bracket groovy, baby! Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a spy spoof film released in 1997, written by and starring Mike Myers and featuring Elizabeth Hurley, as well as known names in the spy movie business Michael York and Robert Wagner. It was the first introduction of the titular icon-to-be Austin Powers, a free-loving secret agent who was cryogenically frozen in the 1960s, returned to us in all his velvet-suited snaggle-toothed glory in the ‘90s to face his nemesis once more. Parodying James Bond and copycat spy films as well as '60s pop culture, the movie would spawn two sequels and novelizations all sharing a similar sense for fashion, gags, and Austin’s recognizable catchphrases. As completely goofy as the film and its legacy is, critics were mostly favorable, with the New York Times writing "The film's greatest asset is its gentle tone: rejecting the smug cynicism of Naked Gun-style parodies, it never loses the earnest naiveté of the psychedelic era." (This is presumably an embarrassing typo: it’s shagadelic, Yorkie baby!)

Men In Black: Fifteen hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. Men in Black is a sci-fi comedy, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, which would go on to spawn a franchise after the success of the 1997 film. It centers around a secret government agency known as the Men in Black, tasked with monitoring and regulating extraterrestrial activity on Earth; these agents, notably our protagonists Agent J and Agent K, protect humanity from aliens living among us and ensure the world remains oblivious to their existence. The franchise was praised by critics and audiences alike for its unique screenplay, action sequences, and the humor and chemistry of the lead actors. Over the years, Men in Black has expanded to include multiple sequels, an animated series and spin-offs, all contributing to its enduring popularity as a cheekier take on the sci-fi genre.

#austin powers #mike myers #men in black #will smith #tommy lee jones #space jam #michael jordan #the looney tunes

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Space Jam: LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan

#Space Jam #Michael Jordan #LeBron James #Lebron #Space #Photo Composite #Tune Squad #Jersey Swap

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Finally for our Fictional Fridays, I get to recreate The Tune Squad’s and Monstars’ jerseys from the 1996 movie, Space Jam!

In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan. - IMDB

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Previous Fictional Fridays:

9/22/17 - Flint Tropics

9/29/17 - Shohoku High

10/6/17 - Los Angeles Knights

10/13/17 - Seirin High

10/20/17 - Western University Dolphins

#fictionalfridays #tune squad #looney tunes #90's #monstars #space jam #michael jordan #jordan #basketball #jersey #film

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breadclubrising · 3 years

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If i may don the trutherism cap for a moment! (Also #legalinoregon!) Kenneth wore a number 23 jersey in his match tonight. I thought 23 was maybe the age he started wrestling in Japan (like the fanboy he is) but according to my research he started in DDT in 2008, making him 25, not 23

HOWEVER, kenny said he saw a video of ibushi in 2006 and became fascinated with him. Making him 23. Again kenneth leaves us breadcrumbs! Just making sure we know he's definitely NOT thinking about ibushi

Oh hey Anon, I'm sorry it took me a couple of days to reanimate my corpse and push aside the granite veil of my tomb in order to answer this ask! That's some very impressive decoding on your part, and I'm sure most people watching thought the same thing. But let me tell you my crackpot theory.

Anon, I don't know if you've heard of the movie Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring LeBron James and several of the Looney Tunes (in theaters now!). It's a movie about cartoons playing basketball with one actual man who is a basketball player in real life. Coincidentally, the Looney Tunes brand is owned by TNT, which also owns AEW. I'm told The Elite's entrance that day was a plug for this film. Brand synergy really gets my recently-revived heart pumping, I tell ya what.

But did you wonder what "A New Legacy" in the title refers to? Not many people know this, but all the way back in 1996, there was a film ("talkie") titled simply Space Jam. Yes, "A New Legacy" is subtitled as such because it is in fact a modern retelling of an ancient legend: the timeless hero's journey wherein a man whom plays basket-ball in real life also plays basketball in cartoon outer space with the Looney Tunes.

But wait, you say, LeBron James, considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, was only about 11 when Space Jam was first released into the world. He wasn't yet the greatest basketball player of all time. So who could possibly pre-fill King James's Air Jordans and hold court with the legendary (ageless!) Bugs Bunny?

The answer has been lost to antiquity, and we may never know for sure. But I have arisen this day, and used all the strength in these frail bones to set the record straight—I remember, for I was there.

The Elite's shirts the other day were a reference to the jerseys of the Space Jam heroes—not the ones in theaters now, but the Tune Squad of ur-Space Jam. A team led by one Michael Jordan. In those days, people said this Michael Jordan was the best basketball player of all time. They even named shoes after him, though the name of them escapes me as my spirit is pulled back to Oblivion.

No one remembers who he was or what he looked like, but one young boy was inspired by him all those years ago, and that boy vowed to one day become the Michael Jordan of basketball. He vowed he would make it to the NBA someday, and if he did, he would wear the same number jersey that his hero so famously wore for most of his career.

That boy was LeBron James, and that number was 23.

Yes, the charismatic frontmen of both Space Jam titles wore the number 23. (LeBron has since switched to 6, because he believes 23 is so iconic that it should only be associated with the shoe guy I mentioned before, whatshisname.) So that's my theory.

I know! It's a stretch! Your theory is the obvious Occam's Razor explanation, but you know how the failing twilight mind of the aged likes to spin its tales as it spirals into the void.

I must get back to my crypt before the reanimation runes deplete, but thank you for letting an old, old lady share a fanciful tale, Anon. 💗

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1997thebracket · 8 months

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Round 1

New Labour/Tony Blair Wants You to Know About His Band: Tony Blair was in a band back at school, you see, and you need to know this if things are ever going to change on Downing Street. Politics are not chiefly known for being hip, but it has been argued (to varying success) that an appeal to youth may be the only way to oust the Old Boss. The decades-long chokehold of Conservative rule was less popular than ever among disaffected Brits, while the term "Cool Britannia" was gracing the cover of fewer magazines and more Labour ads. Some of the leading faces in popular music were being photographed having tea and hobnobs with the future Prime Minister, because voters needed to know he read NME. The political platform of New Labour placed emphasis on the modernization and progressivism that the more traditionalist Tories lacked, traits that had formed a foundation for the incredibly "cool" pop culture moment Britain found itself in earlier in the decade. New Labour, New Life for Britain says the slogan. 1997 sees a landslide victory for Blair and for Labour, but sadly no Ugly Rumours reunion.

Space Jam: Come on and slam, and welcome to the jam! What happens when one of the biggest athletes in the world tries his hand at acting-- alongside the Looney Tunes, no less? A confusing but lovable cinematic treasure. In the half-animated comedy Space Jam, basketball legend (oft-cited as the true Greatest of All Time) Michael Jordan and the Tune Squad face off against the dastardly Monstars for their intergalactic freedom. From the slapping soundtrack to the classic jersey designs now coming back into retro-rotation, Bugs and his crew could not feel more firmly planted in the sensibility of the decade. Space Jam also features Wayne Knight of Seinfeld fame flattened in a truly haunting use of crude CGI. Look up 'flat Newman' if you've forgotten.

#new labour #tony blair #cool britannia #space jam #michael jordan #looney tunes #1997

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allthebrazilianpolitics · 3 years

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In Brazil, where football reigns, NBA makes steady inroads

[Image description: the Fulaninha amateur basketball team practice in Sao Paulo.]

For much of Brazil, football remains almost a religion. But the spectacle, glamour and quality of play in the NBA is making basketball the sport of choice for a steadily increasing number of fans -- both men and women.

Emiliana Ramos first fell in love with the NBA in the 1990s during the heyday of Chicago Bulls legends Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, who played exhibition games in Brazil.

Now, at age 42, Ramos -- a product manager for a tech company in Sao Paulo -- decides each season which team she is going to cheer for, and which player will be her favorite.

"Basketball is treated like a show: it's an overall product, so it gets attention because it's about more than the game -- there is the whole marketing side of it, the jerseys. It's a bit like soccer in Brazil," Ramos told AFP at a sports club in the northern part of the mega-city, where she plays basketball herself.

Some of her teammates on Fulaninha, an amateur squad, are wearing Lakers jerseys or generic NBA gear. Ramos wears the number one used by Zion Williamson, the star power forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Like Ramos, thousands of new fans in Brazil -- typically more associated with Pele than LeBron James -- are tuning in to NBA games each season.

In the first quarter of 2021, the NBA had 45 million fans in Brazil, a 31 percent increase over the figure reported at the start of 2019, according to data compiled by IBOPE Repucom.

#brazil #brazilian politics #politics #sports #basketball #mod nise da silveira

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People, September 9th 1991

High School Confidential

By Tom Gliatto and Michael Alexander.

Photos by Mark Sennett.

Beverly Hills, 90210 Gets Its Heat from a Dangerously Cute Cast of TV's Hottest New Stars CONFIDENTIAL MEMO: FROM: The Vice Principal TO: The Faculty, High School U.S.A. I'm sure I don't need to remind you what happened when we didn't prepare for Bart Simpson last fall. The school was flooded with rude, antieducational T-shirts. Some cows were had. Well, as a new school year gets under way, I believe we face another daunting challenge: Brace yourselves for Beverly Hills, 90210. That's the Fox drama about unworldly twin teens Brandon and Brenda Walsh (played by Jason Priestley and Shannen Doherty), recent transferees from Minneapolis to the Hills of Beverly. There they struggle to assimilate into the fast-lane lifestyle of West Beverly Hills High School, where the kids come equipped with BMWs, call waiting and designer surfboards. In the process, the teens examine their emerging identities and the problems that adolescents everywhere face.

The show languished in the Nielsen ratings against Thursday powerhouse Cheers last year. But Fox had no replacement, so it stayed. While we were on summer vacation, new 90210 episodes began airing, and the show landed in the Top 20, becoming the most popular show among teenagers. To some extent, I take responsibility for having ignored 90210. I made the mistake of reading newspaper critics instead of my daughter's diary, and so I believed, as Howard Rosenberg sniffed in the Los Angeles Times, that the show was merely a "ZIP code for stereotypes and stock characters." Little did I know that this show would mesmerize teens by doing emotionally realistic shows that involved adolescent rebellion, alcoholic; parents, a breast-cancer scare and plenty of worrisome teen sex. "Most shows for adolescents," says 90210 creator Darren Star, "seem like they are written by 50-year-olds who think teenagers behave like 7-year-olds."

It also doesn't hurt that the show's male stars, Priestley and Luke Perry (who plays brooding loner Dylan McKay), are "to die for," as my daughter puts it. These two have each been receiving about 1,500 fan letters a week. So be vigilant: Surely some of these will be written by our students...during class! And I'm afraid that 90210 is only going to get bigger with our kids, if producer Aaron Spelling is to be believed. "I thought The Mod Squad and Charlie's Angels got a lot of publicity in their heyday," says Spelling, whose company produced those shows, "but it doesn't compare to this. It's crazy. We have merchandising coming out of our ears"—a complete line of T-shirts, beach towels, notebooks, etc. "And now these actors can't walk down the street!"

Or even streak through malls. You probably saw those alarming news reports about a frenzied mob of 10,000 fans that stampeded Perry when he appeared at a south Florida mall last month. "It's a little scary," says Perry. Scarier is the amount of time students will waste this fall discussing Luke. And Jason. And who is sexier. I provide some information on the two. Jason Priestley, 22, plays Brandon Walsh, a model of thoughtful level-headedness. In real life, however, the brown-haired, blue-eyed star, who started acting in commercials at age 4 and played an orphan on that very nice NBC sitcom Sister Kate, is no Oliver Twist. He likes dirt bikes, bungee jumping and is a chain-smoker (just about the whole cast puffs it up—but not on-camera). Vancouver-born Priestley likes to hang out in Las Vegas. As for his real romantic life, he was reportedly dating actress Robin (Doogie Howser, M.D.) Lively last spring, but it seems likely that now he is too busy for such dalliance;. He must be on the set 14 hours a day, five days a week. To avoid ever-present fans, Priestley says, "I look different from my character when I'm just walking around. I don't shave, I don't dress like Brandon."

On the show, 26-year-old Luke Perry (Brenda Walsh's boyfriend, Dylan) sports a leather jacket, dagger sideburns and a squint that spells t-r-o-u-b-l-e. Although he grew up and graduated from high school in Fredericktown, Ohio, he seems to have attended James Dean wise-guy classes. Perry, who played country-boy Ned Bates on the ABC soap Loving, entertains the 90210 cast by strutting around bare-chested making jokes. Does he have a girlfriend? "No. You know how I can get in touch with Linda Hamilton?" What kind of music does he listen to? "Tom Jones is awesome." Are he and Priestley ever mistaken for each other? "He's mistaken for me on his good days." And 90210, he says, is "the best show on television, except for Jeopardy!" We should act quickly, faculty, when we see any signs that Beverly Hills, 90210 is disrupting normal student activity.

How abnormal might things get? Consider: "It's almost like there are cults," says Brian Austin Green, 18, the North Hollywood High grad who plays the cutely dweeby David Silver. "Girls go to school the day after the show, and they actually become these characters. They say, 'Okay, today I want to be Dylan, you can be Brenda, you can be Brandon.' " Needless to say, students caught pretending to be TV characters should be brought directly to my office for detention. But you know, it might not be a bad thing if our students could show some of the good sense that the 90210ers display in coping with the pressures of fame and fortune. Jennie Garth, 19, who plays the very sexy, very blond, very snotty Kelly Taylor, is particularly admirable. The youngest of seven children, she grew up on a farm near Champaign, Ill., until her schoolteacher parents moved to Phoenix when she was 13. "Living in a small town and coming from a very tight and close family instilled a lot of standards that I need to live up to," says Garth, who just bought a home in Sherman Oaks. She also recently supplied her parents with the down payment for their new home, setting a splendid example for today's youth.

According to a tabloid that someone left in the faculty lounge, Memphis-raised Shannen Doherty, 20, a veteran of such wonderful shows as Little House: A New Beginning, is the only cast member to be accused of behaving like "a spoiled brat" on the set. But she maintains she is no such thing. "I think everybody gets in a bad mood," Shannen says. "You do not work 16-hour days and not start feeling it. But I have never thrown a tantrum. I've gotten upset on the set, but it's never been just to be a bitch. You have to stand up for yourself in this business. That was something I was told when I was 12 years old and working with Michael Landon."

As with about half the cast members, Doherty is in a relationship—in her case, a real-estate developer with whom she's exchanged commitment rings. "You really have to date a while before you decide if this is the person you want to marry," she says with Brenda-like candor. Almost sounds like the relationship could be a future 90210 plot. "The problems of young people have accelerated," says Aaron Spelling, "and so have their feelings and thoughts." The show, he says, has kept pace: Even with their Clearasil-perfect complexions and plump allowances, the students at Beverly Hills have encountered their share of problems. "We had the guts to make Luke Perry be a member of AA," says Spelling. "We had Jason, our star, drinking and driving. That's reality."

And, apparently, the adulatory fan mail often includes a sad dose of that reality. "I got a letter the other day from a girl who mentioned the show we did on parental drug abuse," says Perry in a rare moment of seriousness. "She wrote about catching her father freebasing in the basement. I get letters like that all the time, from people all over the country." Gabrielle Carteris (at age 30, she's 90210's oldest cast-kid), who plays Andrea Zuckerman, the bright student who comes from the wrong side of Rodeo Drive, remembers an encouraging close encounter in a grocery store. "One girl came up to me after we'd done the breast-cancer show," says Carteris. "She said, 'I went home with all my friends and we checked our breasts for lumps.' "

In conclusion: Maybe I didn't need to write this memo. Maybe things won't be that bad, even if every locker in every corridor has a picture of Jason, Luke, Shannen or Jennie in it. Perhaps our dear little school is more like West Beverly Hills High—at least the TV version—than I thought. That's what Ian Ziering, 27, thinks too. "The reality on the show pretty much mirrors the way life is all over, in terms of teenagers," says New Jersey—bred Ziering, who once did Fruit of the Loom underwear ads and now plays 90210's curly-headed jock, Steve Sanders. "There's a mystique about Beverly Hills. But that's not what keeps people tuning in. The show could have been Montana E-I-E-I-O." By the way, should any student pronounce his name "eee-an," correct him or her, please. It's "eye-an."

-- WHEN BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 PREMIERED last October, Highlights, the student newspaper at Beverly Hills High, ran articles mocking the school's TV counterpart, West Beverly Hills High. "They said that the show was a joke," says Jenny Brandt, 14, a sophomore at the 1,900-student school. But as the story lines improved and Jason Priestley and Luke Perry became stars, the jokes stopped, and Brandt found herself, like many of her pals, glued to the set on Thursday nights from 9 to 10 P.M. "No phone calls allowed," says Brandt. "Except during commercials." Hope Levy, a 17-year-old senior, has taken fandom a step further with her friends. "We have little handmade cards," she says, speaking from her mom's car phone. "They say you're a member of Club 90210." While some kids think the show treats them as snobby stereotypes, most agree with sophomore Jordan Rynes when he says, "It's like a soap opera for teens. The shows dealing with drinking and drugs are the most real—adults don't realize how accurate it is."

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