GOOD BOY. GOODEST BOY.

Good dog.

Ditto for “Fortunate Son” being some hooray-I’m-American like their misinterpretation of Born in the USA. “Some folks are born made to wave the flag / Ooh, they’re red, white and blue” ... why, this is a good heartwarming song!

Counterpoint: “When a man loves a woman” is absolutely a love song.

Sting has said similar things about “Every Breath You Take.”

I’m mildly unnerved by those generous but-tocks but it’s no creepier than 94% of the rest of the internet.

I like that little weird fucker. I mean, he’s seems sweet and calm and serious, and well, kinda weird/creepy. But I can’t help it! I like him. He loves me and tells me not to be too hard on myself. Awwww.......

I guess I’ve watched enough claymation in my life that this falls into the “so weird it’s cute and funny” category for me. The little thing wouldn’t be so weird if it weren’t totally proportional on the lower half but then skinny and anatomically wrong up top.

I find him soothing and magical.

Are you someone who enjoys ASMR? Because it was incredibly comforting to me too, and was heavy on the ASMR tip.

I thought it was really relaxing? Am I weird for that? My heart swelled when they cut to the sunset, thought that was neat.

Said pretty much this, above. This film wouldn’t have been greenlit without a name. Getting movies funded with female leads - especially action or sci-fi movies with female leads - is HARD in this town. There’s no alternative reality in which this big-budget genre flick was getting made with a lesser-known actress of…

I agree in the abstract, but the reality of how movies get made in Hollywood runs against this, and it’s not in Johannson’s power to change. It’s likely that this movie wouldn’t get made at all without a ‘name’ actress (consider the fact that Marvel likely won’t make a Black Widow movie, even *with* her name.) The…

Or you know, why not both? Your argument is based on the premise that Black Widow and Captain Marvel need to be pitted against each other because there can only be one. Marvel introduces us to a new male hero at least once a year. Surely we can aim at least a third as high as that and hope for advocating for every…

5-10 years ago I might have agreed with you, but given that the rising boogie-man in the US (at least among the left) is former KGB agent Vladimir Putin, I’d say the time is pretty ripe for a retro Cold War style spy story. And it’s not as if electronic spying is the only tool in Putin’s arsenal. He has (allegedly!)…

Sure, but it isn’t fucking news that the rules are different for white men. I’m not defending the producers’ logic here. Hollywood’s insistence on making men of color and women of all races prove themselves many times over before letting them lead a big budget movie, when it seems they’ll give any handsome white…

I absolutely agree, which is why I said that the fact that this was a consequence of so few Asian actors getting cast in American films in general. It’s not just that Japanese actresses are never cast in lead roles, it’s that so few of them are cast in major films at all, so there’s not a lot of them that are waiting…

I see the angle you’re coming from, but that shit NEVER would’ve happened... Hollywood is fuuuuuucking racist. Actresses can keep saying no to parts that are for WOC and it still wouldn’t make a difference. It’s the same thing with Emma stone playing the Asian character in the Cameron Crowe movie. Ideally, yes, it…

What would you have done? If you were staring down the barrel of a very lucrative deal and the opportunity to be the lead of a potential franchise?

She knows she’s never getting a Black Widow solo film (sorry, but like Hawkeye, she’s just a boring human character and wouldn’t make for an interesting film)