TBF no one would even notice or care that Nicole (or Gaga) was using the same line unless stans or the entertainment media pointed it out. IDK, get asked the same question over and over I kind of can’t blame people for having the same answer. Like the MCU actors do the same damn thing.

I feel terrible agreeing with this, but yup. it’s incredibly distracting to the point that one of the stills the publicity is using literally made go ‘wtf’. people went on and on about renee zellweger’s work when Judy came out, but she could still move her face and it wasn’t hard to look past the work.

yeah, one can’t blame Kidman for repeating the line. plus they get asked the same damn questions over and over again.

The scrapped script had some major issues (there was some Harry Potter moment where Rey could choose to come back or not) but having the big bad be Palpatine’s master (who was somehow still alive) orchestrating it all and Rey not being a Palpatine would have been a far better choice than “Palpatine returns.”

this. sw has more lore than Marvel-it was insane to not have an solid, detailed outline from the get go.

This...sums it up really well (and i say this as someone who liked the first two sequels a lot...I still think both films, flaws and all, are solid movies...TFA for the nostalgia and TLJ for some of the narrative risks).

Didn’t he do that before the general, though, when he was in Georgia? Like...if he did that after I’d be more upset but at the time it seemed like realpolitik. I think even some of the more left journos like Dave Weigel were like “no biggie” because of the context.

Agree that those folks need an alternative if they’re going to argue against using the word defund, but again...winning over people worried that the semantics might distract from the actual goal is something that’s gotta be done and that’s not going to happen by going “ha, I bet you love killer cops and would defend…

Yeah, people need to fight...the problem is moderates & center left do make up the majority of the base and then there are more “soft” progressives who still disagree with the squad on some issues. So telling them to shut up and take it...isn’t exactly going to endear them to the 10% who are squad level progressive.…

I actually agree with most of what he says, although he could have worded the Obama thing better because it does come off as him trying to dunk on him (he’s basically just saying Obama is one part of the Democratic party and it’s a big tent and he thinks other parts will grow the party more).

I blame twitter & online media (obvs, we had both in ‘08 but twitter was a baby barely anyone used & online media was nowhere near the dominant force it is today) for this turning into a long running clusterfuck.

I like Warren, but I feel like the obvious choice is Sec. of Treasury. It’s a powerful position in her wheel house where she can create real change & it won’t scare off the moderates in PA, FL, and AZ (Bass is just as progressive, but Warren’s been demonized in the press enough that the media will run with “communist…

Yep. Look...I’ve got some issues with Harris over her record. But her record was wildly distorted by her detractors and even some flat out lies were published....the over the top demonization was insane.

I’m hardly a fan of Biden, but the white, non Black POC, and young (under 30) Black Left really fucked up by characterizing him as a segregationist (he was not a segregationist). That was somewhat offensive to many older Black voters who experienced actual segregation. So of my uncles were deeply, deeply annoyed by…

I don’t even like Joe, but I doubt he gave a shit about the debate or her ambition. It’s politics. As you said, there are plenty of examples and he has several similarities with Harris himself in terms of ambition.

I think huge stars have basically given up on twitter and/or controlling their stans. It’s why, imo, most are barely active or non-existent on social media nowadays. Standom (not normal fans) is super toxic & I think people channel their emotions over other issues into these untouchable figures. Twitter also attracts…

Yep. I read another review and they said it was truly infuriating because the bones of a good story was there—the bits about Seberg, Hakim Jamal, some of her movie colleagues, etc. —but then they’d “switch” to the FBI scenes and it’d be like wtf. It’s batshit insane that the FBI would be portrayed in even the…

This. Also, I will say the while press at times has been unnecessarily harsh on her—music criticism often unfairly brings in the personal lives of women & music journalism can have a misogynistic bent—it’s beyond delusional she believes she’s had it worse than Black & Latina artists or hell, even some other white…

It would be a major fucking scandal if it came out they sat on a credible rape accusation even if they aren’t journalists. How would it not? They are leading political figures, who can influence the law, and they ignore a crime? Not only that, but a sex crime when both women have argued for women’s rights & one…

Dude, she tweeted that out after people called her out for regularly signal boosting & interviewing Assadists. I also agree with her tweet ( I remember seeing it back in the day ), but it is some gaslighting shit because it basically contradicts some of her previous commentary & the people she boosts as “experts”.…