He “hears stories” but has never actually worked with the man?

I’ve heard even worse stories about:

“Basically, until society accepts that journalism isn’t much of a moneymaker and stops trying to milk it for cheap clicks”

Still the least enticing major streaming service out there. I’m sure it’s a great deal for people who only watch Star Trek and Survivor re-runs, but outside of that? Meh.

Woke up this morning, lost myself a head. 

Doctor Who is back... to being the same mix of occasional brilliance surrounded by utter cringe that it was under Russell T. Davies the first time around. Just replace fart monsters with bogey monsters, Peter Kay with Jinkx Monsoon, and the weeping angel with standing on a land mine.

The ratio of gold to crap seems to…

The writing is simply awful - nonsensical, illogical, random and cartoonish. Nothing about this iteration of Doctor Who is in any way science fiction - it is pure fantasy, and poor fantasy at that. Gatwa is charming, but the constant, hyperkinetic and utterly unearned exuberance he shows, especially with regard to his…

Everything about his speech was suspect. He’s used the “black men are martyrs” as a shield despite the fact that he is clearly an abuser, and then he makes sure to name check all of his celebrity support, and then made sure to hold up his fatherhood as a shield. None of it felt genuine.

“Republican, but I want to smoke pot." 

Honestly, I’m glad he’s out of the MCU. I don’t get what the appeal of the dude is - as an actor. He’s obviously an awful person but I can’t see why he was getting raves for his performances. Fussy, pretentious, indulgent, with zero charisma. But I seem to be in the minority. What am I missing?

To be fair, the Acolyte is an absolutely abysmal show. Being racist or a bigot is awful, but people are certainly allowed to not like a show, which many, including myself, don’t. And the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes don’t say anything about race or sexual orientation. Most of them just say the show is boring as hell…

“Were you mad about Emma Stone winning the Oscar over Lily Gladstone last year? Well, I’ve got good news and bad news. Let’s start with the good news first — that’s not going to happen anymore.”

Like fights about sports, I think it’s a mistake for transgender/gender nonconforming people to be choosing this fight. It means that, when many people are still very uncertain where they stand on gender issues, public battles are being fought on ground that is not especially favorable.

Just make the presenter start with, “Gender is a social construct, but that said, the award goes to...”

People should be able to choose their gender identity and pronouns and be respected for that, but the vast majority of humans, and not just cishet people, are completely comfortable with identifying as entirely one gender, so the insistence that “gender is a spectrum,” while not outright false, sure seems like an…

When you’re so progressive you go backwards to men mostly winning everything.

CHOO-CHOO! AVC’S GOT THE JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE HATE TRAIN REPAIRED AND RAISIN’ STEAM AND PULLING INTO THE STATION AGAIN! ALL ABOARD, MOTHERFUCKERS. THE DINING CAR IS SERVING A METRIC SHITTON OF TAYLOR SWIFT PRESS RELEASES WITH A SIDE OF SHITTY REALITY TV NO ONE WATCHES.

Does anybody honestly believe nipplegate wasn’t planned out beforehand?

I’m amazed at how much this series has felt like the 2005-09 era, just with its worse excesses brought to the fore. I know I shouldn’t be surprised, given it’s still RTD, but having it feel like the last 15 years never happened to the show hardly seems like the direction to go in. I suspect your prediction for the…

I have nothing against Lenny Rush, but between the high pitch of his voice, accent, minor speech impediment, the BBC’s habit of mixing dialogue like it is in a submarine 20,000 leagues under the sea, and my history of listening to music too loudly, I canna unnerstand a fokkin’ word he’s saying.