This is obviously the right verdict, but one instance of justice does not make the system just. It’s great that his fellow officers came out to testify against him, but doing the right thing once doesn’t mean the blue wall of silence has been destroyed. It is great that one sociopathic cop is off the force, but there…

Glad for this verdict, it’s undoubtedly a positive outcome. But, I mean, talk about a low bar that we are RELIEVED at this verdict. You can watch that fucking pig (insulting to pigs, wonderful animals) fascist dig his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nine fucking minutes, cool as a cucumber while George Floyd tells…

This is a significant moment that will only keep its meaning if America chooses to continue accountability as a matter of course. 

Now let’s see how sentencing goes. The jury’s verdict is one thing, but a sentence too favorable to the murderer would cause problems too.

That is a goddamn lie. What the principal means is that they didn’t want to expend even the slight bit of effort needed to fire their ass. I know people say teacher’s have strong unions which prevent etc...etc..., but that ain’t true anymore, if it ever was when it comes to stuff like this, and they could have been…

I think it’s meant to highlight that while she’s not emotionless, she’s also not the innocent girl that Caleb sees her as, either. If I put myself in her shoes, it looks something like this:

Imagine you’re watching Star Trek, and Captain Kirk and his away team have been captured by your typical aliens of the week. They…

I’ve taught this movie in my classes a couple of times, and it is always a real winner. The ending is a big part of that. Much of our discussion centers around the idea that we’ve been watching them testing Ava’s capacity to think and behave like a human does. What does it mean to pass that test? What does it mean to…

To the extent that Ava’s supposed to have the viewers’ sympathy, I thought that was to drive home one of its key themes — about wishful thinking as a cornerstone of social interaction. Caleb wants to be a “white knight”, rescuing a beautiful prisoner, and the audience wants to root for that same underdog, despite the…

Looks a little generic, to be honest. If we didn’t know this was connected to the MCU, what would make it stand out from the other half dozen martial arts stuff on the market right these days?

Just ask co-star Dwayne Johnson... She needs to start going by Nora “Awkwafina” Lum and gradually stop using it altogether.

Joel > Mike

Diarrhea Planet has entered the chatroom.

Place your hands above the rails. They’re magnetized.

All the “but I’m not an alien” lines killed me. 

I remember being really excited for the movie to come out. My college roommate was a big fan of the show and was instrumental in my gaining appreciation for it.

I have not seen the movie in years but the whole “Why, this isn’t paper, it’s some kind of metal.”  “No sir, that’s paper.”  Sticks with me and still makes me laugh.

Some of their best riffs were actually them riffing on their own credits.

“Its the amazing Rando!”
“Puppet handlers? There’s no puppets in this movie.”
“Watch Rando the magician construct sets with his very mind!”
“We’d like to thank the people of St. Paul who are, in order, Anderson A...”
“Eastman! He came out of the east…

Great lines from this that I still remember:

That has to be the worst band name since the Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo Review.

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