Photographed this weekend.

Deleted post out of respect for the great Robert Pine. Without him, Randy Oakes and an endless supply of Ford sedans with no hubcaps, CHiPs would've been a total waste.

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Deleted post out of respect for the great Robert Pine. Without him, Randy Oakes and an endless supply of Ford sedans with no hubcaps, CHiPs would've been a total waste.

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Chris Pine is back in LA, in strike mode with Papa Robert Pine and friends. pic.twitter.com/IIAPQXjKWa

— TrekkieKindTrekker😷💛 (@tracking_ontrek) September 19, 2023

Chris Pine and Robert Pine at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala. (October 8th, 2022)

📸: Matt Winkelmeyer#ChrisPine pic.twitter.com/4DxUp3wc53

— Chris Pine Daily (@cpinedaily) October 9, 2022

Father & Son! Robert Pine and Chris Pine at the #FiveDaysAtMemorial premiere in LA🥰 (Aug. 8, 2022)#ChrisPine #RobertPine #크리스파인 pic.twitter.com/4IRwZWTMaU

— 팡팡 (@chrispine_love) August 9, 2022

Cal's own Captain Kirk!

01Bear said:

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Cal's own Captain Kirk!

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Plus the original Sulu is a Cal alum:

calumnus said:

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01Bear said:

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Cal's own Captain Kirk!

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Plus the original Sulu is a Cal alum:

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I've seen that written here, but isn't he an UCLA alumnus?

" Upon graduation from high school, Takei enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied architecture.[20] Later, he transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 1960 and a Master of Arts in theater in 1964."

I suppose we both can claim him, but like The Lizard King, he graduated FUCLA.

bearister said:

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" Upon graduation from high school, Takei enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied architecture.[20] Later, he transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 1960 and a Master of Arts in theater in 1964."

I suppose we both can claim him, but like The Lizard King, he graduated FUCLA.

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He is an alum. He was an architecture student at Cal taking drama classes and realized acting was his passion so he transferred to UCLA for their better program. Seems to have worked out for him.

I had two friends at Cal that transferred from UCLA to get their degrees in Architecture because we had a program and they didn't. They still rooted and still root for the Bruins even though their degrees are from Cal.

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" Upon graduation from high school, Takei enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied architecture.[20] Later, he transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 1960 and a Master of Arts in theater in 1964."

I suppose we both can claim him, but like The Lizard King, he graduated FUCLA.

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Thanks! I didn't know that.

Well we undisputedly can claim John Cho the new Sulu:



"Cho attended the University of California, Berkeley. In 1994, he toured nationally for a stage production of Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior by the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature."

Cal Strong really no understand this thread. Nor did he know what face to attach to the name Chris Pine until he saw the follow up posts and saw he was the actor from a very strong movie.

So he looked him up, and Mr Pine's last year at Cal was Tedford's first year. What a time to be alive! Cal Strong had no idea who Chris Pine was, much less that he went to Cal.

But Cal Strong know at least two more things about this:

1. Cal Strong want that sweater. Can a strong bear provide a link of where one might find it?

2. Cal Strong challenge anyone to come up with a better example of a movie with a very simple (and not particularly interesting) plot that was better executed with fantastic acting than Hell or High Water.

Hell or High Water was very, VERY strong. Strong like Cal. But it was 100% the acting. If you put even slightly lesser actors in that film it would be terrible.

Just don't tell me that you never heard of the Lizard King and we good.

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Just don't tell me that you never heard of the Lizard King and we good.

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That Bruin dopehead singer from the 60s?

Or this guy?

Cal Strong! said:

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Cal Strong really no understand this thread. Nor did he know what face to attach to the name Chris Pine until he saw the follow up posts and saw he was the actor from a very strong movie.

So he looked him up, and Mr Pine's last year at Cal was Tedford's first year. What a time to be alive! Cal Strong had no idea who Chris Pine was, much less that he went to Cal.

But Cal Strong know at least two more things about this:

1. Cal Strong want that sweater. Can a strong bear provide a link of where one might find it?

2. Cal Strong challenge anyone to come up with a better example of a movie with a very simple (and not particularly interesting) that was better executed with fantastic acting than Hell or High Water.

Hell or High Water was very, VERY strong. Strong like Cal. But it was 100% the acting. If you put even slightly lesser actors in that film it would be terrible.

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Tedford was hired during Chris Pine's senior year, which means his final season as a student was Holmoe.

okaydo said:

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Cal Strong! said:

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Cal Strong really no understand this thread. Nor did he know what face to attach to the name Chris Pine until he saw the follow up posts and saw he was the actor from a very strong movie.

So he looked him up, and Mr Pine's last year at Cal was Tedford's first year. What a time to be alive! Cal Strong had no idea who Chris Pine was, much less that he went to Cal.

But Cal Strong know at least two more things about this:

1. Cal Strong want that sweater. Can a strong bear provide a link of where one might find it?

2. Cal Strong challenge anyone to come up with a better example of a movie with a very simple (and not particularly interesting) plot that was better executed with fantastic acting than Hell or High Water.

Hell or High Water was very, VERY strong. Strong like Cal. But it was 100% the acting. If you put even slightly lesser actors in that film it would be terrible.

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Tedford was hired during Chris Pine's senior year, which means his final season as a student was Holmoe.

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Oh, that true -- unless he graduated in December.

Cal Strong does not know the Lizard King. When it come to pop culture, he not exactly "with it." He prefer to be strong in other areas.

Seriously, can any strong poster think of a better film in which brilliant acting overcomes a so-so at best story?

Glengarry Glen Ross, The Whale, and the most obvious, Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

Basketball Hall of Famer and "secret nerd" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares a list of 20 things he wish he'd know when he was 30 years old.

18. Watch more TV. Yeah, you heard right, Little Kareem. It's great that you always have your nose in history books. That's made you more knowledgeable about your past and it has put the present in context. But pop culture is history in the making and watching some of the popular shows of each era reveals a lot about the average person, while history books often dwell on the powerful people.

Life Lessons with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Kareem on What He Wished He'd Known


https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a22394/kareem-things-i-wish-i-knew/

Reality tv is Real Murkuh. And sportzball.

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Glengarry Glen Ross, The Whale, and the most obvious, Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

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Cal Strong thinks calwhoyou might be right about Glengarry Glen Ross. He no see the others yet.

But Hell or High Water is in the same ballpark as Glengarry Glen Ross.

It doesn't have the high number of big-time star actors, but with only 1.25 stars and a number of lesser known character actors, the cast of Hell or High Water carries a so-so story much, much further per capita than the star-studded cast of Glengarry Glen Ross carries that movie.

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bearister said:

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Just don't tell me that you never heard of the Lizard King and we good.

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That Bruin dopehead singer from the 60s?

Or this guy?

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That episode probably squeaked its way into my Top Ten Original Star Trek Episodes!

[slow, guttural voice) "Captain... Captain Kirk... This is... the Gorn. Surrender... I will be ... merciful."

Yeah, Hell or High Water is filled with top notch acting. As noted by Cal Strong, Chris Pine gets viewers to care about his character, and without that the movie would not have worked.

Straying further off topic, I'm curious what Cal Strong thought of Christopher Nolan's film "Memento". Unlike Hell or High Water, Memento is a heavily plot-driven movie, almost to the extreme. However, the acting in Memento is also excellent, in my opinion.

Cal Strong is busting out of character with some strong movie review skills.

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Yeah, Hell or High Water is filled with top notch acting. As noted by Cal Strong, Chris Pine gets viewers to care about his character, and without that the movie would not have worked.

Straying further off topic, I'm curious what Cal Strong thought of Christopher Nolan's film "Memento". Unlike Hell or High Water, Memento is a heavily plot-driven movie, almost to the extreme. However, the acting in Memento is also excellent, in my opinion.

Cal Strong is busting out of character with some strong movie review skills.

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Cal Strong appreciate AZ Bear's posts -- this one included.

Jeff Bridges, the brother, the coffee shop waitress, the lawyer, the prostitute, the ex-wife, and the steakhouse waitress were also absolutely brilliant in Hell or High Water. Cal Strong can't think of anyone who was bad in that film.

Cal Strong no see Momento yet. But he was not a fan of Nolan's Batman movie and had no idea how such an unrealistically optimistic film was seen as so "dark" by so many people.

Cal Strong not the most culturally with-it strong bear in the universe of strong bears. He has never heard any music by Justin Bieber, one song by Tailer Swift (Haters Gonna Hate), and he has only heard two songs by Kanye (Drug Dealin' Just to get by, Bound).

He spend most of his time at work, Cal football, consulting, charity and board service, parenting, lifting weights, growing tomatoes, and reading. So he no have too much time for other stuff. He no even watch NFL, except 1-2 games each year. When he do watch movies, it is usually a big treat. He recently really loved "The Hunt."

No one can be strong at all things. So Cal Strong appreciate those who are strong in pop culture, as he is not.

"He has never heard any music by Justin Bieber, one song by Tailer Swift (Haters Gonna Hate), and he has only heard two songs by Kanye (Drug Dealin' Just to get by, Bound)."

1. Music basically died at the end of the 1970's (with very few exceptions). The 10,000 hours for developing skills died with it;

2. Taylor Sheridan is a very inconsistent writer. Hell or High Water was good, but not great. It was no Point Break or The Town. Sicario decent. Yellowstone average to below. 1883 unadulterated garbage ruined by an actress he must have been balling. 1923 above average. Wind River is good. Mayor of Kingstown decent.

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"He has never heard any music by Justin Bieber, one song by Tailer Swift (Haters Gonna Hate), and he has only heard two songs by Kanye (Drug Dealin' Just to get by, Bound)."

1. Music basically died at the end of the 1970's (with very few exceptions). The 10,000 hours for developing skills died with it;

2. Taylor Sheridan is a very inconsistent writer. Hell or High Water was good, but not great. It was no Point Break or The Town. Sicario decent. Yellowstone average to below. 1883 unadulterated garbage ruined by an actress he must have been balling. 1923 above average. Wind River is good. Mayor of Kingstown decent.

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Cal Strong mostly agree with #1 -- with exceptions for Counting Crows, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Sufjan Stevens, Chrissie Hynde and a few others. But as Cal Strong ignorant of recent pop singers, he miss many references in our vernacular lexicon.

Cal Strong might disagree with Hell or High Water -- but he not sure he understand bearister's position. In Cal Strong's view, the story was not at all interesting. But the acting made the film absolutely brilliant.

Cal Strong appreciate neither the acting nor the dialogue of The Town or Point Break -- though the latter had a good story and is great to watch every few years. He no see the other stuff.

I am a huge bank robbery/heist genre fan.
Heat was was very good and only marred by being too long due the screen time given to Bobby D's romance;

I consider Den of Thieves, Ronin, The Score and Baby Driver good films.

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I am a huge bank robbery/heist genre fan.
Heat was was very good and only marred by being too long due the screen time given to Bobby D's romance;

I consider Den of Thieves, Ronin, The Score and Baby Driver good films.

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Cal Strong liked Heat, but he agree with bearister about the romance stuff. Also, Val Kilmer was terrible in it. Cal Strong liked Ronin, but there was a lot of weak acting there (including at times by DeNiro). He no see any of the others.

calumnus said:

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01Bear said:

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Cal's own Captain Kirk!

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Plus the original Sulu is a Cal alum:

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Switched to UCLA, though.

Back to the sweater, how does one do a googles photo search on these new fangled interwebz?

YIKES! $2,400.00 at "the Elder Statesman" . Fine Italian couture