Disagree that the janitor/Jesse Plemons’ character is an “incel” so much as just as a lonely old man.

As someone who has lived through a psychotic break and suicide attempt I can confirm that this film is perfect

I’m surprised you said you were not invested in the Janitor character when the whole movie is a portrait of the guy, his hopes and dreams, his disappointments, his relationship with his parents, his sense of loss and loneliness... I thought the movie was really heartbreaking and compelling. Weirdly enough, I think…

To dismiss such a character as an ‘incel’ because of modern culture war bollix is so reductive. He’s a sad, socially awkward lonely man who has never been able to form meaningful relationships. More of a tragic figure. He’s had never harmed anyone, seemed relatively caring to his ageing parents and who uses his…

I had the exact same feeling about the twist in the book that Dowd did, and I found the ending to this film to be much more affecting, essentially because Kaufman has so much more empathy for the janitor. The novel turns the janitor into a slasher film villain, when his story of isolation and loneliness is much sadder…

i’m not sure you quite understand the meaning of “wife guy”

No not really.

Thanks, it was already brought up in the piece.

This is the show where the ad reads are so good, so consistently, that the premium service that removes advertisements from Earwolf shows had to add a separate feed for “The Ads Version” due to listener demand.

Just gonna leave this here:

James Gunn:

Such an amazing body of work. Not Available is one of my favorite pieces of music; one of the only albums I can remember listening to from start to finish the first time, then immediately replaying the entire thing.

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The implication that the Beatles succeeded in spite of Ringo, or that he was just the guy behind the drums and anybody could have been sat back there, is one of those stupid, tired memes that I can’t believe people keep holding on to.

But he would, I’d argue, be the last to get a real shot at using the medium of a Marvel movie to tell a strange and personal story. In the years since, that’s just not something filmmakers have gotten to do.

Pretty sure it failed because it was a bad idea with a lot of very public production issues that didn’t even get a trailer until 3 months before release but maybe it’s the other thing, sure.

Eh, considering the second one and how a lot of what really worked about the first one was Reed’s input - Hope’s larger role, Luis’ stories -, I’m not sure that’s really true.

Both were very good, actually. The entire casino sequence is one of the best things in all of Star Wars. Nothing else in the core parts of the franchise really touches on the things it talks about.

i know you’re trying very hard to do an own, but dril is very funny, and you suck.

I hope anyone who reads your description still gives at least one ten minute episode a chance. It’s a pleasant little show that elevates the plain visuals to make something low-key and generally upbeat about the little things, the hipster element really isn’t an aspect of the show.