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It’s a generally well-made movie in most aspects (writing, acting, direction, all the technical stuff, etc) that is absolutely unnecessary because it does almost nothing different than the Nolan films. Not that Nolan’s films were perfect, but this new flick is so similar in style, themes, plot, and characterization…

Good.

Apropos of nothing: if you haven’t already, I highly recommend watching “Succession.”

Brent Simon had a job to do, and that’s to review this movie on its own terms. In that respect, he’s done his job well enough. But beyond that, there’s also a responsibility to address a film outside the vacuum of its opening and closing credits. Who made it? What kind of people were in front of and behind the camera?…

At the ‘96 games, some asshole at NBC decided they should focus on "stories" rather than broadcasting the events themselves, which was especially frustrating because the Games were in Atlanta that year, providing plenty of time to show events live. Instead we got 15-minute puff pieces on individual athletes followed…

See also: the Texas privatized power grid

Hooray for someone someday teaching you what that word means! 

That’s a fair point, one that Oprah brought up when she talked about interviewing white supremacists. Giving shitheels any kind of platform is a bad idea, but there’s also the question of remaining silent in the face of hate (or hypocrisy, or con artists, etc.)

They don't even exist in my head until I click on a story that I might want to read, only to be immediately turned off by shitty writing. 

That column is appointment reading three times a week. 

I need an app or something on my phone to help keep me from clicking on an article only to find out Barsanti or Lussier wrote it. 

That’s the cornerstone of why his show sucks. At best, he’s a guy who will listen to a celebrity duscuss their new movie or brand of vodka, letting them give the sales pitch and nodding along like a late night talk show host. Problem is, he does the same thing for literally every guest, and he tries to pass this off…

They all wanna be Batman saving Gotham from Bane, but in reality most of them would be the cops trapped underground for two months. 

Why force creative types to be creative, right?

I’m just happy it wasn't Lussier writing this news. 

The problem with the “Snyder Cut” is that it became a sort of reverse-strawman even before it was released. It was kind of destined to be better received just by nature of not being the theatrical version. And that’s valid for the most part, if only because a film that’s consistent in tone is going to be better than…

OK, now I’m pretty sure this is some impressive evolution of those old “repurposed Daily Mail comments” accounts.

I can't tell if this guy is some dumb teenager who recently watched a bunch of YouTube explainer videos about the rise of streaming services, or if it's someone doing a very good satire of a dumb teenager who recently watched a bunch of YouTube explainer videos about the rise of streaming services. 

https://www.theonion.com/netflix-algorithm-suggests-viewer-who-enjoyed-ozark-w-1842866987