“Is it a pinup poster?!”

I got in so. Much. Trouble. from so. Many. Lifeguards. the summer of ‘83, because I was constantly trying to jump off the diving board and catch myself and flip back up. I never pulled it off--every single time I could never hold the edge of the board and just fell into the pool; but so many lifeguards yelled at me…

My wife and I have started enjoying The Orville on Hulu, and I’ve been struck by the tonal difference between it and FG/AD. It’s really striking how the guy who makes this loving and faithful tribute to Star Trek with heart and feeling, that deals with some pretty heavy stuff in a lot of episodes (the one where they…

the Catholic Church, which on the whole is a religion and not a cult

purple-faced Luke Skywalker might not go over well with the kids.

Same

millennials who claim to be fearful of Gen Z

Hot take: This Island Earth is not a terrible movie. The first time I saw it was by watching MST3K:TM; and yes, it seems pretty stinking. There are weird plot points that aren’t addressed at all, and it all seems very disjointed, and it comes off as eminently mockable. And Mike & the bots tell some great jokes riffing…

“puffy bread in iconic taco form”

But nothing really beats the originals.

This is an “I-have-no-penis” car, right? That’s what this is? Is that what this is? It kind of seems like that’s what this is.

a male-chauvinist organization with ties to white nationalism

That goes without saying. Also, that should go without saying.

• The term “fan service” does a disservice to what The Mandalorian team is attempting to do in bridging the gap from cartoons to live-action films.

mandatory safety inspections...ultimately degrade car culture.

keep them on a shelf and never wear them at all, because people do that with sneakers now.

Seconded. “I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying!”

Wow. These are gorgeous.

That was fucking delightful. Thank you.

If Disney hadn’t paid Lucas a few billion for the intellectual property in 2012, he’d probably still be messing with it.