Holy crap, somehow I’d forgotten that Dr. Strange had gotten dusted too. So it’s the original team (incl/Hawkeye), Rhodey, Nebula, Rocket, presumably Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Captain Marvel? Dassit?

Yeah, I got a sense last night that this going to build to an eventual Maeve-Delores showdown, though I don’t know if that’s the ultimate conflict or just one of the checkpoints along the way.

The final Infinity Stone is going to be in the banana stand.

The best argument against rigging in the NBA is that the Knicks haven’t won a title since ‘73, and have only been sporadically relevant. Like if you were running a fixed league, you’d at least throw your biggest market a bone every now and then, right?

Yup. I LOVE their relationship. I don’t know if we’re supposed to interpret it as romantic or brother/sister or if it’s just simply, ‘This is the first person I’ve ever cared about and the first person that’s ever cared about me.’ It’s so genuine and pure, and Ridley and Boyega do a great job of selling it.

This is a little unfair to Amara and Shao’s characters, I think. This honestly feels like, ‘I liked Mako and I was angry that they killed her.’ I personally Amara’s arc was every bit as meaningful as Mako’s. I particularly liked the bit of tension between her and Victoria. And Shao’s evolution over the course of the…

I mean, is he texting you his thoughts directly? I’m always confounded by people who get upset by things they can ignore.

Pooh sounding exactly like Pooh kind of ruined me.

“Mike. Hat.”

“THR says it’s meant to focus on a white man, a woman of color, and an older man...”

Call off the investigation. I think we found the guy.

Yeah, it didn’t think it was confusing. I don’t have answers to every specific question, but I get the broad strokes.

I thought it was fine. My biggest problem with it was it was the first movie in the series that didn’t feel like a standalone. When you’re watching 10 Cloverfield Lane, you’re trying to figure out what connects it to the first movie, and all ‘Paradox’ is is connective tissue. Hearing the premise for the fourth movie,…

No, they just give medals to 2nd and 3rd place. Shut up, dummy.

I watched it and thought it was fine. Though I think I still grade Netflix movie on a curve. Even still, had I seen it in the theatres, I don’t think I would have thought it was awful.

I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re just making fun of people who think like this.

I understand your wariness. I think at this point though when Ds talk about bipartisanship, it’s a euphemism for sanity. They need to get back to environment where deals are allowed. If both sides start demanding ideological purity, then we’re going over a cliff. And it sucks that the Ds have to be the adults in the…

So what’s the alternative for the minority party? And what are the prospects for government in general if everyone decides that the capacity to compromise is a weakness?

You seem to suggest that a story about race/gender/sexual orientation by definition cannot be good. This attitude might be the problem.

Wait, pouring wine = date rape? Was he pouring it directly down her throat? Again, it was a gross move on his part. But she was still in a position to refuse it.