Also I feel like a lot of those people are not giving the TV their undivided attention. They’re also on their phones or making dinner or something, so it’s not a great comparison.

I’m not the one on a soapbox—notice how long your comment was, projecting all this weird speculative stuff onto her and her comments, while my response was three sentences.

Agreed on those two. They did shake it up every now and then, but nothing got me as good as that Hill House one! Which I acknowledge is a high bar to clear.

What the fuck? How about Option C: as an Indigenous actor, she wanted go see this prestigious movie that features other Indigenous folks and then gave her genuine opinion on it. You misogynist psycho.

I think as a prominent Indigenous person in the entertainment industry, there’s a level of expectation for her to see it and provide her opinion on it. Even for people who don’t feel pressure as public figures, there’s often an expectation from others in your cultural group that you’re gonna watch that buzzy movie…

I think I’d had some inkling that Spiderverse was a two part movie, but I still didn’t expect it to end how it did and was kind of annoyed. In contrast, it did make me love that the TMNT movie had a satisfying ending, while still leaving enough to tease a sequel.

I felt like the jump scares were overused in Usher. Some of them got me, but Roderick’s visions happened so often and in the same way that it stopped being surprising after a few episodes.

Agreed on the Hill House jump scare. I screamed WHAT THE FUCK because it was so unexpected. And it works perfectly for the story like you’re saying—it’s a great prompt for Theo’s monologue and being emotionally honest to Shirley after several episodes of her keeping everyone at a distance. I give Flanagan shit for…

Neither of your comments makes any sense—you’re making some real big leaps here. It’s not like this is the first time SNL has had sketches or episodes that weren’t aimed solely at (or were poking fun at) mainstream white American culture. It is not some sacred institution and you are definitely overreacting. Is it…

I liked Don’t Breathe and I want this to be good as Alien is one of my favorite films, but yeah, I’m taking this with a grain of salt since Prometheus was pretty disappointing (and the track record for Alien sequels has not been great besides Aliens). I think the stuff you mentioned could’ve worked if they leaned a…

Wikipedia says Torque was directed by Joseph Kahn (would be bonkers if that was a Mary Harron movie). I looked at her filmography and have no idea what you could’ve gotten it mixed up with.

I thought the ending was alright. Pretty much what you’d expect from the story and Flanagan. Maybe after Hill House’s ending, putting a nice bow on it doesn’t feel as weird. [SPOILERS of course] I thought the Carla Gugino’s speech to Lenore was sweet and well done. I’m not sure if Madeline popping out of the basement…

Interesting, so you’d put Midnight Club second? I still haven’t gotten around to watching it because I wasn’t drawn by the premise and heard mixed things.

Yeah, I’m not necessarily opposed to the story ending on a happy/hopeful note, but it just felt so over the top, “and then they got over ALL their issues and their lives are perfect now!” While Bly Manor’s ending was also a bit too cute, it didn’t give me whiplash like Hill House’s did.

If I were ranking by my level of enjoyment I’d switch Bly Manor and Midnight Mass, but I do acknowledge that Midnight Mass was more ambitious and memorable (while also more irritating at times imo). Bly Manor had the great episode about the housekeeper and some touching tragic romances and not much else that was…

Wow, I wonder what She-Hulk could’ve been if Gao had had the reins the whole time. As a casual Marvel watcher (I was mostly just tuning in out of loyalty to Tatiana Maslany), I thought the show wasn’t great but improved towards the end. The episode that took place in the retreat was my favorite.

Here I thought A24 was being pretty smart in going for lower budget stuff that generally gets them good returns on their investment, in contrast to big studios spending $200 million on a dud of movie that barely breaks even. It makes sense they want to scale up, which they’ve done gradually, but I don’t know if going…

Yeah, I don’t understand the take in this piece. Everything Everywhere All At Once was wildly successful, but that success was so unexpected that calling it “the studio’s side-step into mainstream filmmaking” only makes sense in retrospect. Even then, it’s only “mainstream” in that it pulled big numbers and that it…

It’s also funny because I’m sure the studios similarly take advantage of people who desperately want to break into show business, whether it’s swiping ideas or giving them a crappy deal. Swift didn’t get the advice for free, she paid them in exposure! :p

The writer here frames it as an accusation, but reading the quote by itself, it seems ambiguous as to whether she’s implying it was something he’s doing to mess with her or if it’s just a similarity she noticed that’s making her uncomfortable (through no fault of Momoa’s).