Earlier today, I stumbled on a video from one of the best naval historians out there, Craig Symonds, on his consulting work for the outstanding Greyhound.

Saw it. It’s terrific. Nails what it’s like to actually work on a warship under intense stress and what good command looks like, and while it’s slightly iffy on the history it’s a great watch.

Greyhound was outstanding. Best naval movie since Master and Commander, and it nails so much of what it’s actually like to be on a warship.

The story LMM tells about when he was about 10, sitting in the balcony for a Weird Al concert, and shouting ‘PLAY YODA!’ at the top of his lungs is cute too - along with another video where he finally got to sing the chorus of it on stage at a much more recent show.

Kinja won’t let me set the time on this to 2:15 as I wanted, but it does look like the dancing hasn’t improved at all in fifteen years.

Well, Glenn also did spend a week aboard the USS Salt Lake, where the CO ordered the crew to treat him as if he were the captain as well and allowed Glenn to mirror him for a week. Glenn was so impressed with how the former interacted with the crew that he’s stated he didn’t really act for that performance as much as…

Nice to know the snark aimed at this in the AVClub’s July 2020 movie preview - “Father’s Day may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to enjoy an old-fashioned World War II movie aimed squarely at the proverbial dad demographic” - may indeed be wrong.

Best of all, everyone’s favorite Jaqen has gone very dark.

Well, hopefully Ethan Hawke’s fourth visit to France will be as interesting as the first three.

40 mbps - as in 50% faster than my old AT&T DSL, but for kids who are used to 1 GB connections they might whine a bit.

One useful workaround: ISP hotspots generally don’t count against your plan’s data.

Understandable that Jeffrey Jones wasn’t invited, even if his role was iconic.

bacteria love sugar!

I too actually enjoy The Patriot despite it simply mutilating history, where normally when a movie does that (like, oh, Selma, The Imitation Game, Churchill, Darkest Hour, or the Midway remake) I’m so uncomfortable with the filmmaker’s choices that instead of getting into the narrative I’m ticking off what else they…

Unfortunately, as long as review scores promote sales, both sellers and buyers will figure out a way to try to astroturf them. The underlying issue has always been that we as consumers give them far more weight than we should, and until there’s a better system, stupidity like this will keep happening.

I always did wonder why Emma Watson was left behind.

S3 is ok, but not up to the level of S1.

If you’re just starting The Expanse, one of the things that was brought up a lot by people during Season 1 was that the TV versions of the characters initially felt really miscast especially versus their book counterparts. Even if you’ve not read the books, they often felt generic, flat, and out of their depth. 

it received mixed reviews at the time

I would disagree with your assertion that ‘many’ Federalists opposed a monarchy, although that sentiment was more often expressed in favoring some sort of hereditary form of government not just for the executive but also the legislative. (‘If only Washington had SONS!’ was a famous quote by a Federalist Senator.)