Full disclosure, all I know about this law is Matt Schimkowitz’s description of it here, which I concede is probably *eh-hem* not the most reliable way to learn about a topic for discussion, but a law that prevents movies from going to streamers for fifteen months after its theatrical release sounds more like the…

I am a big fan of movie theaters, but that law sucks. If I happen to miss a movie in the theater because there were competing releases that I wanted to see a bit more or it didn’t ever release in my area, I have to wait over a year before I can watch it unless I want to buy the movie sight unseen? That’s extremely…

Sit down, kid! I’ve got plenty of clouds to yell at without putting you on the list!

And he’s all like “Your point?!”

France also has a great law that requires streaming services to wait 15 months after a theatrical release before a movie can end up on streamers, which is probably great for theaters and physical media sales.

Spoken like someone who doesn’t want to see Jon Voight’s erection.

It’s funny that you even bring up Dracula, as it’s 32 years old and the last somewhat “good” film Coppola made. It’s all been awful since (I was never a fan to begin with) and I don’t get this idea that just because he made another middling to bad movie it should just be automatically picked up and distributed,…

You looked stupid in skinny jeans.

Is it me or is the ‘90s weirdly underrepresented as far as nostalgic pop culture compared to the ‘80s?

I grew up in Wisconsin which has a large Hmong minority (they are an ethnic minority of Vietnam who were persecuted and so thought it was a good idea to side with the US during the war, which obviously didn’t work out for them so those that could emigrated to the US). I remember how in grade school Halloween…

You must be one of those people who are rather more sensitive than Cleese thinks they are.

“In all seriousness I think there’s at least a 50% chance Musk swoops in to turn this into ‘Original Programming for X’ or some other such fate.”

I need more context about the Hitler impersonator. Was it someone lampooning Hitler, or doing a loving tribute to Hitler?

One would think the institutional investors would insist on having metrics. Jim Bob Investor might not care, but the retirement funds are required due diligence.

But was it called "Lords of the Rings"?

I love that this article is all pearl clutching over the idea of this lawsuit but it seems pretty legitimate:

“Amazon’s biggest new show since Lords Of The Rings”

usually released as part of the various entertainment giants’ quarterly reports to their shareholders.

It’s on brand for Calfornia though. That’s a state that has a town named Ontario meaning it is referred to as Ontario, CA despite the fact that this could equally be interpreted as Ontario, Canada.

Through Episode 2, I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the suspicion this may very well end up working out better as an adaptation than TLOU did.