My reaction coming off The Closer was to struggle with the question of “is this transphobic” because I didn’t feel it was a clear and obvious “yes, yes it is”. A considerable measure of that ambivalence comes from his age, and a correlation I draw between how he talked generally about trans issues and his use of the…

You say the ocean’s rising—like I give a shit
You say the whole world’s ending—honey, it already did
You’re not gonna slow it, Heaven knows you tried
Got it? Good, now get inside

I’m not surprised at all. I’ve never seen a Marvel trailer that was as boring as Eternals. I don’t know who these people or why I’d care about them.

In Commonwealth style law, the government in right of the queen would be immune from the kinds of civil actions you articulate. So your theory sort of drops dead right there.

It took me a while to accept Messiah. While its people sitting in rooms talking, it was pretty good, and radically reshapes Duncan Idaho from forgtettable to unforgettable. I’m on the fence on trying Children. The first chapters left me cold.

Thirded. All people, everywhere, should fist.

It was delightful and worth the price, in large part because there was no like because most people were sane enough to avoid this ride at all costs.

I thought I had this but then I read the comment about paddle shifters and now I’m not so sure.

The formation of a founding membership of a entity is VASTY different than “staffing decisions”. I mean, unless we know of a woman who was purposefully excluded? That would be a story.

This article is mean spirited. If you had an actual allegation to levy against any of the participants, you might have something. Even then, it would have to be a whopper.

Question: is a white kid dressing up as a character from Raya and the Last Dragon cultural appropriation?

Yeah its pretty good isn’t it?

You are badly incompetent at basic kitchen skills if you have clumps of dried cheese powder in your Kraft Mac and Cheese.

I agree with your desired outcome but do feel that paper route story was also great, and all that detail was important so that anyone under 40 would have a clue what was going on. No need to tear it down.

I think the problems of people who do three car transactions in less than two years come from another planet than actual, real problems.

They can’t just vanish.

Isn’t he a little short for a stormtrooper?

I remember at PAX 07 (Seattle) we ran into Mel Brooks as we were leaving Ruth’s Chris (company was paying, don’t look at me like that). This would have been in the middle of the Young Frankenstein previews.

A key difference is King Kong performed at the box office, those other ones fizzled as they should have.

I believe I picked up from an interview along the way that Messiah is his desired end point.