All those people selfishly getting murdered!

A lot of haunting images in this ep, but the one that will stay with me is the woman hanging the decoration, stuck in a loop, with a single tear running down her cheek.

The film at least gave him a chance to stand with the rest of them at the Black Gate. As I say in my long post above, the sight of him and Pippin charging forwards before Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli or any of the soldiers is an incredible moment of how brave and loyal these guys are. At that point in the story Merry had…

Eowyn’s “I am no man” takes it for me. It’s smaller than some of the other ones, but man, what a delivery. I think the films are better than the books in a few ways, and this is absolutely one of them.

I think the kids locked in cages and the people who lost family to Covid found it pretty fucking meaningful. He also undermined our elections and attempted to overthrow the government, which to quote Joe Biden is “A Big Fucking Deal”. I could go on but I’m sick of the fucker. Do not minimize the fucker, shit was not…

Killmonger’s death scene was important & poignant. I’d rather seek Nakia take the herb than resurrect Killmonger.

My niece picked which character avatars we would have on Disney+, I was so honored the first time I logged in and saw she made me Pascal!

Her manic-depressive swings when she finally leaves the tower & has to deal with the psychological repercussions are right up there with Fat Thor for equal parts hilarity and awesome, fully-realized character development in a Disney movie.

Nah, it’s a great idea. There’s a pandemic, he’s not touring, and the two have worked well together in the past. It’s not rocket problems.

The original short is excellent, I’m really impressed they used it as the starting point for a feature and apparently kept its energy going in different ways.

Your loss, pal, it’s great.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen the Tom Holland video. Not coincidentally, it is also the first time in years I’ve felt truly alive.

I know Oscar openings are inherently uncomfortable and not-good, but “The Reader / I did not see / The Reader” has stuck with me for more than a decade.

Bill Paxton’s Frailty. A well done flick and it woke me up to the realization that nuts out there are acting on what they think is God’s will. Unnerving. More so now.

For me the scariest part of Midsommer was just the first two minutes. So, so, eerie.

“I put the diamond in the coat.”
(henchman nods, not quite getting it yet)
“I PUT THE COAT ON HER!”

Yet here he is, a moderate liberal, doing something genuinely positive with his time and resources, and here you are, progressive bona fides and all, being internet mad about a TV show.

Re-litigating Bernie Sanders is not a holistic approach. It centers around the presidential election. It comes across as sour grapes. A real holistic change starts from the local level, but people would rather talk about the DNC because that is an easy target.

The problem with that argument is that it ignores that that the non-Enlightenment people of the time were *also* racist. You have to look at the past like visiting a foreign country. The people there won’t necessarily agree with you on all points of what’s right and true. What you have to look at is what these…