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[shadowkat]

1. Big Bang Theory Finale -- better than expected. Sort of surprising. My biggest take aways from it, was that it was in some respects less sexist than most of the series to date, and instead of Star Wars, Star Trek, Game of Thrones, or various male centric superhero comics -- the shout out was to...Buffy the Vampire Slayer and in particular to Buffy herself as a cult icon.

And Sheldon's Nobel Peace Prize instead of being shared with the fellas, was shared with his wife, brilliant scientist and collaborator, Amy.

Best line?

Sheldon standing up on the podium, getting the Nobel Peace Prize, then looking at his friends, then seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar sitting next to Raj in the crowd. "Wait, is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer?"
Interesting.

2. Discovery of Witches had a mean cliff-hanger ending. Good thing it's being renewed or I'd be pissed.

3. Laying back and not doing all that much this weekend. Went for a couple of walks, and been doing some writing. Nothing worth reporting on.

4. Hmm...here's the list of top box office films of all time.

* Box Office All Time World Takes

Here's another, better link... Box Office Hits of All Time

And.. Worldwide Box Office Records 

Rank	Released	Movie	Worldwide Box Office	Domestic Box Office	International Box Office
1	2009	Avatar	$2,776,345,279	$760,507,625	$2,015,837,654
2	2019	Avengers: Endgame	$2,677,857,736	$798,557,736	$1,879,300,000
3	1997	Titanic	$2,208,208,395	$659,363,944	$1,548,844,451
4	2015	Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens	$2,053,311,220	$936,662,225	$1,116,648,995
5	2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$2,048,134,200	$678,815,482	$1,369,318,718
6	2015	Jurassic World	$1,648,854,864	$652,270,625	$996,584,239
7	2015	Furious 7	$1,518,722,794	$353,007,020	$1,165,715,774
8	2012	The Avengers	$1,517,935,897	$623,279,547	$894,656,350
9	2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$1,403,013,963	$459,005,868	$944,008,095
10	2018	Black Panther	$1,348,258,224	$700,059,566	$648,198,658
11	2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$1,341,693,157	$381,193,157	$960,500,000
12	2017	Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi	$1,316,721,747	$620,181,382	$696,540,365
13	2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$1,305,772,799	$417,719,760	$888,053,039
14	2013	Frozen	$1,272,469,910	$400,738,009	$871,731,901
15	2017	Beauty and the Beast	$1,259,199,706	$504,014,165	$755,185,541
16	2018	Incredibles 2	$1,242,521,342	$608,581,744	$633,939,598
17	2017	The Fate of the Furious	$1,234,846,267	$225,764,765	$1,009,081,502
18	2013	Iron Man 3	$1,215,392,272	$408,992,272	$806,400,000
19	2015	Minions	$1,160,336,173	$336,045,770	$824,290,403
20	2018	Aquaman	$1,146,894,640	$335,061,807	$811,832,833

Comments

[cjlasky7]

My favorite scene in the finale, and one I'd been waiting to see for a long time:

SHELDON: You call those friends? They're leaving us.
AMY: They're leaving because you broke their hearts!
S: I...didn't mean to.
A: You never do! That's the only reason people tolerate you!
S: Even you?
A: Sometimes....yeah.

Sometimes, you can only show how deep the love is if you show how deep the pain is.

In general, I was very happy with the finale. TBH, I wanted Raj to end up with Anu (the hot concierge), but his status as singleton of the group doesn't feel off, either.

Kripke, Stuart and Cinammon got their final bows, and the elevator came back on line in a perfectly timed gag.

I wish we could have had one subplot near the end where Penny rethinks her hard line attitude toward kids, so the announcement here wouldn't have been so jarring--but you can't have everything.

On the biggest stage of his life, Sheldon expresses true humility. That's a great ending.

[shadowkat]

I will admit I cried during Sheldon's speech to his friends. So they earned the moment, for what it's worth.