“And then it’ll be Janice’s third friend-lady that’s not one of the earlier two and then she goes: ‘I’ll tell you about Janice (is that who you’re askin’ me ‘bout? Janice?) Janice was the type of lady... that you could be talking to your best friend in the whole world and then Janice comes in and you go: ‘Fuck you I’m…

Deadlifts are a perfect example of this. You hear reputable fitness experts say everyone from noobs to seasoned gym rats should deadlift. But not so fast - most people deadlift with bad form. Come to think of it, you really shouldn’t be deadlifting until you’ve acquired a decent amount of flexibility in your…

Hey, I thought A Beautiful Mind and Frost/Nixon were pretty good.

Yeah, it’s suspenseful enough showing the guards breaking open the boarding gate and rushing into the control tower just moments after it’s too late for ATC to do anything. The chase on the runway was borderline comedy. I half-expected the lead guard to get out and throw his stetson hat on the tarmac in frustration.

Even in 2021 the image and audio quality of streaming media is inferior to that of a theater. Otherwise projectionists could just pop in a blu-ray and call it a day. If you’re a home theater geek with deep pockets, sure you can get something approaching theater quality. You just need a huge high-end OLED TV, an…

Technically true, but as you can see in the modern day photo, even with the disappointing rainfall we’ve had this winter, the Sonoma hills can turn a rich green (at least for a few weeks).

William Jackson Harper will play Reed Richards and I’m not interested in hearing any alternative viewpoints on this subject. *bangs gavel authoritatively*

I definitely bought into Peak Oil theory in the late 2000s. I didn’t hoard food or guns but people like Matt Simmons had me pretty much convinced that once the markets figured out that oil was only going to be more scarce, there’d be crippling economic shocks as the price per barrel soared. Not Mad Max, but more like…

Nah. It was long ago.

You give way too much credit to the rural American electorate. Anyone with an R next to their name now gets a guaranteed 75 million popular vote tally just by winning the nomination. It doesn’t matter how bigoted their statements are or how badly they crash and burn at a debate. The fallout gets spun as “the left wing…

Yeah the clothing menus use terms like “smart shoes” instead of “dress shoes”. And if you look closely at the products in the convenience stores, you’ll see “litre” on some of the labels.

This is that one nagging issue where the political left needs to grow up, abandon the hippie fearmongering of yesteryear, and act like adults. Nuclear is far and away the best method of meeting society’s power needs and lowering carbon emissions. Wind, hydro, and solar are great and should be subsidized and…

There are a couple of Imperials with American accents in A New Hope. Admiral Motti (the guy whose lack of faith disturbs Vader) and the guy who asks “Where are you taking this... thing?” when Han and Luke arrive arrive at the cell block with Chewie.

I can accept Boba Fett escaping the Sarlacc and, to a lesser extent, Darth Maul recovering from being bisected by Obi-Wan, but bringing someone like Mace Windu back in a “not truly dead” twist runs the risk of

a) adding too many big-deal Jedi to a show that’s supposed to focus on Din and Grogu making their way in a…

The other difference: The Cold War was a problem we could solve at any time with political means. With climate change, we could be in an uncontrollable feedback loop well before the denialists lose their political power. People in the 2080s will be dealing with a slow motion nuke that some long-dead oil industry…

Yeah in the book, Flagg’s plasma ball grows into a distorted energy blob that kinda looks like a hand from Larry and Ralph’s point of view. The miniseries went overboard making it a distinct human hand accompanied by Mother Abigail’s voice, removing all the ambiguity.

I hate to say this, but Biden’s going to hire shareholder-friendly neoliberals which may be a good band-aid for our tense politcal climate in the short term, but in the long term? Let’s just say runaway global warming is pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point. We needed an Al Gore/Bernie administration with a…

Yeah, the landlord fuckery I keep reading about in 2020 has definitely changed my perspective on Mao Zedong’s land reforms.

I thought Antony Starr on The Boys is pretty close to how I imagined Book Flagg. Just change the outfit to denim & cowboy boots, and give him dark wavy hair. He has that shark-like grin with a hint of menace behind it. And he projects a charming all-American swagger that can instantly morph into terrifying rage at any…

Based on what I could see in the trailer and the IMDB page they may have combined The Rat Man and Trashcan Man into one female character called The Rat Woman.