The results of the vote were so incredibly encouraging. IATSE’s voting turnout is usually abysmal. But this time, something like 92% of that membership voted, and 98% of that 92 voted to authorize the strike. I really hope it brings AMPTP back to the table, though I’m not super optimistic.

“oldly going where no man has gone before”

This is extremely low-hanging fruit, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good to read.

There’s….something!…..on the wing!…..of the giant space penis!!!

For some reason, I keep picturing the “Review” episode where Forrest MacNeil’s father-in-law dies during a space flight, his dead body floating around in weightlessness...

It’s always the ones you most suspect. 

What did Bill do to the space toilet?

So do economists!

Writers: So, can we insult Disney repeatedly in a sketch?

And baby, we got a stew goin’!

Clearly the answer is a Third Rock from the Sun revival where he is now playing the Lithgow role. 

“Each guest receives two breakfast”

I particularly like its “How to Increase Your Word Power” section. It’s really, really, really good.

I distinctly remember disliking the first half of Tomorrow Never Dies, but thinking it really picked up in the second half and won me over. The turning point was literally the death of Teri Hatcher’s character. Once she was gone, the movie improved dramatically.

“X is silly, but it isn’t as silly as Y, so no one should ever say X is silly” is silly.

“That said, I have enjoyed otherwise ridiculous Bond entries like “Tomorrow Never Dies””

Knocking on NFTs still seems silly.

I dunno, isn’t an “average” grade appropriate if something fits the template?

The Bond I was first introduced to was Pierce Brosnan’s, which might be why I didn’t become a Bond fan and still haven’t seen any of Craig’s. I liked De Palma’s Mission: Impossible for being so unlike Bond, but then that series shifted to having similarly stupid plots about villains who want to blow up the world.

Jesus, Spectre. Don’t remind me.