The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[bjmdds]

If you love bread, think twice: If you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient listed there as L-cysteine. This is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order to speed industrial processing. It’s usually not added directly to flour intended for home use, but you’ll find it throughout commercial breads such as pizza dough, bread rolls and pastries.
While some L-cysteine is directly synthesized in laboratories, most of it is extracted from a cheap and abundant natural protein source: human hair. The hair is dissolved in acid and L-cysteine is isolated through a chemical process, then packaged and shipped off to commercial bread producers. Besides human hair, other sources of L-cysteine include chicken feathers, duck feathers, cow horns and petroleum byproducts.
Most of the hair used to make L-cysteine is gathered from the floors of barbershops and hair salons in China, by the way.

[Kristatos]

If you love bread, think twice: If you read the ingredients label on a loaf of bread, you will usually find an ingredient listed there as L-cysteine. This is a non-essential amino acid added to many baked goods as a dough conditioner in order to speed industrial processing. It’s usually not added directly to flour intended for home use, but you’ll find it throughout commercial breads such as pizza dough, bread rolls and pastries.
While some L-cysteine is directly synthesized in laboratories, most of it is extracted from a cheap and abundant natural protein source: human hair. The hair is dissolved in acid and L-cysteine is isolated through a chemical process, then packaged and shipped off to commercial bread producers. Besides human hair, other sources of L-cysteine include chicken feathers, duck feathers, cow horns and petroleum byproducts.
Most of the hair used to make L-cysteine is gathered from the floors of barbershops and hair salons in China, by the way.

Looked at my loaf of bread and it's mercifully free of L-cysteine (also known as E920 in the EU).

[Omega]

I was looking forward to Dark Shadows until I saw the trailer. The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit look good.

Is it supposed to be a comedy?

[Omega]

Congratulations to Omega, Bond77,& English Agent! Promoted to 00 in recognition of their many contributions to the forum!

Awesome!


I'm really looking forwards to seeing the Hunger Games-apparently it's pretty faithful to the book-I have to say, having seen the ads.... they certainly got the Haymitch and Effie characters right!

Cool! Thanks for the promotion!

I just got back from hunger games. This movie is going to be huge, I mean it huge. I took a date to the movie today, we were supposed to go Friday but it didn't work out. Sunday first showing of the day maybe 8 seats vacant in the theater, most Sunday first showings there to be a little breathing room in the seating not today. Leaving there was a line of people going out the door for next showing.
Not a big city (like NY, Atlanta, Denver,), this is a big showing of support.

This movie grabbed people from the beginning, the auditorium was silent for most of the film, you know how there usually is the small noises of people talking to each other making small comments, nope. IMO people really dug the story and they were not looking around or felt the need to hey thats Lenny Kravitz

I don't want to build it up too much but it was a little different form a lot of the movies I've been to because I felt the audience was totally in to it. When anyone else sees it let me know your impression of the audience

Really good movie, I enjoyed the story I don't think there was much to complain about or want to change about the movie. usually I can find something. Not the greatest movie ever made but a good one and that makes it stand out after seeing 10 kind of crappy movies one that doesn't suck out right seems like gem.

I even like Haymitch although I hate Woody Harrelson. But i think I might have cast Dr House as Haymitch.

[bjmdds]

I was looking forward to Dark Shadows until I saw the trailer. The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit look good.

Is it supposed to be a comedy?

It seems so with Burton. It is a drama, but he camped it up with Depp.

[bjmdds]

If anyone is online now and is interested, a LIVE Sunday night video streaming is on now for the Beatles fest. At 8:15pm eastern time, the concert will start featuring the Beatles cover band Liverpool, 2 Wings members, then Micky Dolenz: http://www.thefest.com/live/

[katied]

Dr. House as Haymitch?Well, Hugh is good at American accents.


This should probably be on the House thread but OMG..the previews for the episode that is airing Apil 2nd!

[Omega]

$152 million actual total for The Hunger Games.

Wow it did probably what Spyfall will do in one weekend.

[FormerBondFan]

$152 million actual total for The Hunger Games.

Wow it did probably what Spyfall will do in one weekend.

If Bond 23 does this much in one weekend, I'm giving up on the traditional Bond.

[Omega]

$152 million actual total for The Hunger Games.

Wow it did probably what Spyfall will do in one weekend.

If Bond 23 does this much in one weekend, I'm giving up on the traditional Bond.

That what i'm saying. The Spyfall total will be less than the one weekend of The Hunger Games

[FormerBondFan]

$152 million actual total for The Hunger Games.

Wow it did probably what Spyfall will do in one weekend.

If Bond 23 does this much in one weekend, I'm giving up on the traditional Bond.

That what i'm saying. The Spyfall total will be less than the one weekend of The Hunger Games

I hope you're right 200%. What it needs is to lose not only attendance but also money, and I'm sure BJ will agree.

[bjmdds]

I want this film to 'crash and burn', Maverick style

[Alessandra]

The Hunger Games is breaking records in terms of attendance and I'm quite sure it will in terms of Box Office gross, too. There's a MANIA for it and it's apparently very well made (I have read very positive reviews from fans everywhere, people who have read the books first obviously). The girl playing the protagonist went from relative anonymity to like MASSIVE star in a month. I'm glad, they made a good movie without remaking anything else or copying, so kudos to them and the actors.

In other news, here are clips for Henry Cavill's film "The Cold Light of Day". It sure as hell looks action-packed. It will be released on schedule worldwide, but in the US they decided instead of releasing it in April to release it in September, limited release. Guess they thought "well since Bond is in November, let's show them Bond first, so that they won't forget close to date "

http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/the ... twitter%3a

[katied]

The Hunger Games books are really good-I have to find a time to go see the movie.

[FormerBondFan]

The Hunger Games books are really good-I have to find a time to go see the movie.

Then don't sit there and go watch it already.

[FormerBondFan]

I want this film to 'crash and burn', Maverick style

Fire Nation style is more like it.

[katied]

if it were only so easy-the earliest I would be able to see it would be Friday-or Sunday. If I go on Sunday I can go to the nice movie theater near my parents' house that has Lazy Boy seats!

[Blowfeld]

Mendes wants to add much more humour to Bond ....among other things
http://www.danielcraigisnotbond.com/for ... 978#p60978

Did anyone notice in the Skyfall is burning photos Bardem was still in that bloody wig. It has to be a temporary disguise right?

[bjmdds]

NBC's "Smash" was down a bit again this week with 6.35 million viewers -- after announcing its renewal for a second season -- and a 2.2 for the 18-49 demographic. (For NBC or Fox, this is a winner. For CBS or ABC it would be subpar. NBC is done as a network. The Voice is their ONLY show that generates over 10 million viewers.)

[bjmdds]

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/defaul ... 363774.jpg Bond's family estate gets burned up. http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/defaul ... dab682.jpg