I like that this whole deal coincides with the Avengers video game which puts Kamala center stage. I don’t know if it’s coordinated, but it would be pretty sharp business if it was.

I’ve always been interested in him because—unlike Joker, Riddler, etc., etc.—there’s nothing particularly funny or complex about the comics version of him. At his core, he’s just a completely nihilistic, destructive killer who is determined to do the worst thing possible at any given moment—Patrick Bateman without the…

Probably—BUT remember that the shitter the film, the more studios tend to show you beforehand through previews, clips, 50 commercials, and the whole “see the first 10 minutes of Shadow People Eater Witches right here, right now!” Think of New Mutants. For me, this is a 50/50 on shittiness. 

“Bro, bro, what if we have her get stabbed in the belly?”

“Bro, you mean where the baby is, bro?”

“Totally, bro!”

“Totally fucking rad, bro!”

“Totally fucking rad!”

“We’re crushin’ it.”

What I’m looking at her sum total of D+D’s tendency to amplify the already high level of violence against women in ASoIaF. Yes, it makes sense to get rid of Jinglebell — a distracting, problematic character—but there are a lot of ways this scene could have gone, a lot of people Catelyn could have grabbed and held…

This photo reminds me—always thought it was notable that DBW + DB had Catelyn kill one of Walder’s wives instead of Jinglebell as she did in SoS.

First I thought it was because they didn’t want to go through the trouble of casting and writing an admittedly distracting, pointless, and potentially problematic character…

There must be a switch on a fusebox somewhere that turns off the Greek system. 

I don’t know about that being a spoiler. Hawley is an interesting guy who speaks about his projects in odd ways. Add that to the fact that talking about projects that have contractural barriers around them winds up being an exercise in stunted speech, and — yeah — something very close to gibberish comes out.

Basically,…

Sorry you went through something so shitty and scary. The Romantic Gesture is such a toxic trap outside of a healthy situation. We men are trained to think that Heroic Works are Good. They, of course, can be, but only when we’re acting like decent human beings to begin with. Lotta people forget the first step.

Let’s not forget his race baiting!

I unapologetically love Rogue One. To me, it’s the best SW film since Jedi. Still, it would have been very interesting and very possible to play it out over — say — five hours of simple, direct scripting. A little more espionage. A little more character development on Jyn so that her switch from cynic to impassioned…

Yes — Frankly I don’t WANT 5-6 seasons over 7-9 years of producers finding a way for Kenobi to do awesome action/thriller stuff while still not raising enough of a ruckus to have the Empire find him. 

Now that Cobra Kai is a certified hit for Netflix, I’m demanding a prequel based on Daniel’s mom fighting City Hall over housing conditions on the mean streets of Newark.

Looks good, though I don’t know if it’s enticing for non-Dune fans.

Either way, I can’t think of Dune—in any format, by any writer or director—without thinking of this.

Always hard to judge a period piece (or any drama really) by its trailer. Obviously, this one is selling “sexy ghost story” pretty hard, but we’ll have to see what it delivers. Also, I dig Ben Wheatly (A Field in England, Free Fire, High Rise) and his approaches to things, so I’m willing to give him the benefit of the…

Dr. Girlfriend:
Sweetie, isn’t that the guy from Depeche Mode?

I’d say there are two major factors:

1. The ongoing corporate restructuring from the AT&T/TW merger, something that will keep rolling for years.

2. The massive downturn in ad revenues caused by the COVID-associated market changes.

When both those kinds of belt-tightening events happen, execs look at divisions and…

As I said elsewhere last night, while I love the show, it’s hard to be truly sad about this.

Venture Bros. managed to get eight seasons strung out over 17 years. Unequivocally, that’s a massive achievement for a show that was willfully odd and niche and offered an unending series of references and in-jokes for the…

Nice additions, but I would trade all the new actors for more Gina Carano.

Who or what is the interesting/delightful person/thing Garrett and Emma are looking at with their clear, crisp eyes and memorable noses? A photo assistant jangling keys? A friend doing jumping jacks? A puppy drinking water from the tap on a countertop? I want facts.