Beyond was pretty good, but they misstepped big time by burying Idris Elba under 50 pounds of prosthetics. Dumb Khan reveal or not, Into Darkness made a ton of money because Cumberbatch did a great “villain Sherlock” performance that the trailers could utilize.

With the way Michelle Yeoh is blowing up lately, I’m surprised there’s been no talk of turning her long-promised Discovery spinoff into a feature film. It seems incredibly unlikely that they’ll ever make the Section 31 show--she’s got to be beyond their budget at this point--and the way they left her character means…

Alex Kurtzman is in charge of the TV side and came from the JJ movies, for what it’s worth. I know Discovery and Picard have their detractors, but they were the first shows of the new batch and have gotten better over time, and Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, and Prodigy have received a ton of praise. He’d be a…

Truth is, BoBF’s premiere had more viewers than Mando S2's finale did. BoBF’s finale had the exact same viewers as its premiere.

Well color me excited. TNG was the seminal show from my childhood, and seeing these characters—all of them—come back in what sounds like a much better sendoff is going to be fun.

One of the better theories I’ve seen is that Patrick Stewart wouldn’t have come back at all if it was just “TNG 2.0" from the start, which is probably at least partially true. He seemed pretty done with Picard for a long time.

I was pretty OK with it. Q was always overly confident in his supposed omnipotence—it makes sense that he wouldn’t see that his own existence had an end.

He did, but for some reason Disney brought him back for a Santa Clause TV series on Disney+, which was recently renewed for a second season.

Agreed. I never really liked the concept of the Borg having a specific Queen, but Wersching’s amazing performance changed my mind.

Tim Allen says he’s been cancelled—a lot—but I’ve yet to see any evidence of it. 

Was this known before? I can’t find any reference to charges, allegations, or mention of an arrest before today’s articles.

Unless you’re very, very outspoken, it’s hard to gauge how much other people know/assume about your sexuality and what their reaction will be, even from supposedly “progressive” people.

As another gay person, maybe we can care about all those issues and find it newsworthy that a prominent 18-year old actor is comfortable enough with his sexuality to come out publicly.

I used to think that Pence was the biggest empty suit in U.S. politics, but even he had a little pizazz compared to McCarthy.

I wonder if that’s related to the super-fringe alt-right theory that the Republicans could install Trump as speaker and then impeach/remove Biden and Harris to make him president again. There were a few Q wackos who wanted to do that back when it looked like the Republicans might win the House and Senate.

I go almost daily because I can’t stand Keurig coffee. The app is useful for preordering so I can run out on a work break, and the rewards are a nice bonus. The only other nearby coffee options are gas stations, which are, surprisingly, just as expensive nowadays.

Figured this would happen eventually. Like everyone else, Starbucks raised their prices by 30-40% in the last couple of years, but until now the points required for free beverages remained the same.

Afeelalikeitsgonnasuck

One possible concession is a more moderate Republican as speaker with bipartisan support, but that’s probably asking for too much.

After 2022, I’m much more optimistic about the Dems than I was a few years ago. They’re not evolving as quickly as I’d like, but they are evolving.