I don’t get it either—he has spent the last 10-20 years coasting on his reputation and not much else; before that he was a pretty attractive guy who had solid “acteur” bona fides before he decided to sell out (and I’m not judging him for that based on the shitloads of money he has made); but the EXTREME response I…

And the thing is, what about Depp exactly inspires this level of idolatry? Even if you think that he is, or at least was, the best actor of a generation, why does that inspire people to slavishly devote themselves to clearing his good name? I actually liked the Pirates trilogy, and Depp in them, and honestly didn’t…

My instinctive reaction to “Here’s everything you need to know about the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial” was “nothing.” I don’t need to know a single thing about this shitshow.

I kind of gave up on figuring out what’s going on.

Speak for yourself. I’m happy ignoring both of them. You should try it.

If you look up the term “Pyrrhic Victory” in the dictionary, you’ll see Depp and Heard’s mugs.

It’s frustrating how this was clearly a toxic, mutually abusive relationship, but everyone is deciding to make only *one* party out to be history’s greatest monster.

That was SwSh for me. Sorry these are bouncing off you.

I appreciate the context as I was not aware of it and it’s not provided in the article. I gotta ask, though - why are you indifferent to the sentence?

No one is arguing he doesn’t have time to serve. He panicked. He fucked up.

Couch was a minor sentenced by a Judge at a hearing, there was no jury trial. It was a horrible outcome, but it was a shitty judge. 

It really annoys me how many people misinterpreted that. I wasn’t a huge fan of the show, but it was crystal clear to me in the last episode that they were dead in the flash-sideways, and that the whole island experience was real. Not sure how everyone else apparently missed that.

I can’t really agree at all that there’s been a “slow degrade”. You may not like CKIII, but it’s an extremely good game, and extremely well put-together, and the inheritance isn’t “horribly broken” by any standard I’m aware of (“not fun” is a matter of perspective). CKIII has built it a ton of new goodwill, frankly,…

My guess is that they think that a current or former Riot employee leaked them the code, and want to get the proof so they can take that person to court for violating trade secrets.

Bad FX are the ones that rely on CG as a crutch. In my humble opinion, the best FX are the ones best suited for the work. Whether that’s practical, CG, or both. Take for instance the work they’ve done on The Mandalorian using the LED stage. It’s a mix of CG (what’s being projected) with in-camera work as they shoot…

The comment about “Woody Allen the steamroller” (as opposed to the public image of Allen as a neurotic) reminds me of how Orson Welles absolutely pegged him for what he always was decades ago.

Animation still requires the same level of exposure, to the animators, as a live action film would to it’s staff.

I disagree to a certain extent. I’m solidly middle class, but I went to a very expensive college, and at 18 taking out loans with predatory interest rates means I’ve been paying out around $800 a month for nearly 10 years and still have almost a decade to go, whereby I will have paid my college tuition many many times…

Exactly this. “Oh, the 40-49 peak earning years are where you can start cranking it up!” Sweet. Thank goodness our prime working year contributions weren’t chewed up with the S&L crash, the dot-com bust, and the GFC in ‘08.

Fuck, son. Gen X too. Saving is something only Boomers got to do.