And I keep re-reading as “Polonius.” Not a character I’d listen to, either!

My guess as a Xennial is because some of us were bullied for the music and media we liked, and some people wrongly feel like others should have to...I dunno, suffer? to enjoy the same things like they did. It’s pretty selfish and just perpetuates completely useless but harmful grievance cycles.

LOL, Tori is 100% the musical descendant of Kate Bush. /Tori fan

I haven’t watched this yet so I won’t speak to the performances (I want it to be better than the review because I love her and she works her ass off), but re: production issues, I have to wonder if this could be Covid-related? Despite the silence from the media, there are som indications we’ve started a new surge, and…

And given io9's similar downward trajectory, it’s no surprise that I went from visiting these sites multiple times per day to maybe once or twice a month.

I’ve really been enjoying Pluto. Generally not quite as many ads as today’s broadcast tv (although it depends what channel you’re on...some of them are almost as relentless. Looking at you, ATK), but enough that I forgot all the little chores you can get done during a break.

Particularly a white wealthy one.

Disney is not hurting for money. They could leave that money on the table and still be raking in gargantuan piles of cash.

I mean, Disney is a huge part of US (and to a lesser extent, global) culture, so every decision they make is inherently political. Stories about whom, told by whom? Who gets to do what kinds of work? What do they get paid? Where are the parks? Who is welcomed? What do they merch, how do they promote it, and who do…

It’s turned into a Spotify clone. (No, seriously I signed on for a trial period and the UI is basically Spotify with a different skin.)

Thing is, there are plenty of comedians who can play a smarmy asshole without actually being one.

Don’t forget the racism and sexism, either—they come bundled for free!

I like Futurama a lot, but god, lay it to rest already.

Love Tatum’s passion for the role, but I just can’t seem him in the part. Gambit always struck me as verbally quicker and physically more slight. He’s built for most other male superheroes; shame this is the one he really wants.

Not where I am, sadly (MA). Indies here are two to three times as expensive and maybe even worse taste and quality wise. I have found one good local frozen pizza, though. I wish they were selling more varieties.

No, it is still dangerous because the the willfully unvaxxed are clogging up hospitals which has knock-on effects for the chronically ill and people with non-Covid serious conditions. Plus, breakthrough infections are a thing, as is Long Covid which we still don’t know a ton about. Not to mention the risk to those who…

I read the first four and part of the fifth books a shot and actually prefer the serialized stories. I don’t know if it’s just the translation (a deeply underappreciated literary art) 0r where my head was at the time, but I found them hard to get into. Normally for me, series get easier, not harder to follow, but not…

Edited because just f Netlix true crime. It’s all gross and exploitative.

I’d argue that panel shows (which we don’t really have over here) cover the topical piece, and it lands more frequently because it’s just comedians riffing instead of needing to produce entire scenes. Why the need for adding half-baked sketch comedy?

Although the great unevenness of SNL does make me wonder about the value of the format. Why bother what is clearly a horrible process for largely middling-to-bad comedy the chance of a few highly topical jokes when you could just do a scripted show of actually good sketches?