The only thing new that I watched this week was The Midnight Sky, and about the best that can be said for it was the little girl (the adorable 7 year old Caoilinn Springall, who Clooney apparently discovered) did an incredible job as a mute kid in her first performance - but was also fortunate to not to have any lines.

“And the sweet mirth wept at the human flesh for sacrifice.”*

I’ll have to think a bit about the all-on-screen-at-once point; you may be on to something.

I watched The Mandalorian season finale. I don’t think Season 2 was nearly as good as Season 1 for a few reasons - the required lore went way up, the writing went down a bit - but overall I enjoyed it. Despite a few flaws, the end cameo was what many of us have waited for since 1983 and even made a lot of sense in…

Myke Cole’s latest, Sixteenth Watch, apparently already has more or less merged the Space Force into the Coast Guard.

The tweet thread is concluded with the Space Force’s apparent twist on the U.S. Marines’ motto—semper fi—which is short for semper fidelis, a Latin phrase that means “always faithful” or “always loyal”.

They’re called Coasties, although some administrative units will include the phrase ‘Guardians’ in their motto (like ‘Guardians of the Great Lakes.’)

The Stand’s pilot is most interested in its male characters the character arcs it portrays in the episode.

Also, worth mentioning is the new policy allowing veterans free admission. All you need is some indication that you’ve been in - I used my old ID card since my DD-214s are buried someplace in a box - and you’ll get a military pass, which allows free access (either one vehicle or the cardholder plus up to three…

I reread a few of the early chapters of the Stand last night after that post and it’s even more post-Vietnam distrust of government and the military than I remember.

I didn’t realize this was what Siobhan Thompson was doing nowadays, so regardless of the material and Whedon, I’m bummed she didn’t get the chance - she’s a brilliant writer and performer.

I’m not sure if I should be amused or disturbed that while the Andy Griffith version requires a Youtube signin to confirm your age before watching, the Muppets version doesn’t.

At one of the cons the kids more or less admitted they had no idea how D&D is actually played - IIRC the question was about character classes and they were utterly clueless - despite acting out one of the more memorable performances of it in recent memory, so this is great on a few levels.

I’m not much of a Chapelle fan, but to me what’s more interesting is why HBO and Netflix agreed to pull his shows.

I’m actually glad to hear about the choice to skip the introduction of Captain Trips.

Of course, as a woman, even if you look good, you want to nitpick every little flaw you think you have. But there was something free about just going, “Okay, I’m just going to do it.”

I do hope this means that this season, AV Club might consider actually doing more than a token pre-air review based on only 8 episodes rather than the full ten. Better yet, given the commitment by Apple, perhaps you could decide this is a show that deserves to have someone write up each episode. When it was released I…

You’re missing out on the very top, though, since you’re not including what’s been described as ‘The Only Good April Fools Celebration’ of 2020, when /r/AskHistorians decided to clear up a few centuries of AITA questions.

Yep, I basically felt the same way - and within 30 minutes of plugging it in and having Kodi, Plex, Youtube, Prime, and casting all run flawlessly, I realized the 10+ hours of my life that I’d unsuccessfully spent trying to get everything else to work (with plenty more time sink on the horizon) was worth quite a bit…

I spent 18 months dealing with a Roku, a hacked Fire, and a Chromecast before I finally bit the bullet and bought the Shield during one of its rare sales, and I wish I’d just saved myself the headaches and gotten it initially. Night and day compared to everything else when you’re running apps, and when you want to…