Hard to imagine an obvious homage ending like that would earn critical and audience approval like this seems to have.  

I once interviewed at a teaching job that I desperately wanted and made every effort to be as energetic and enthusiastic as possible, in spite of my shy tendencies. And I got the job. Four months later I was fired abruptly because it turns out that they wanted an extroverted cheerleader type (their words) and I was…

Also releasing all at once doesn’t give creators/writers the ability to see how a character or plot is being received and do some course correction. I didn’t see the recent season, but 13 Reasons Why had a new narrator character who fans hated, but perhaps the character could have been salvaged in time.

Seems like the solution is for Mariah to record a Halloween song.  I’m sure she can make a new classic to sit alongside The Monster Mash.

Thanks to IVF, Jennifer A. can be rumored to be pregnant into her 60s. What a wonderful world we live in!

According to this piece that admittedly uses an anonymous source: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/09/03/meet-your-new-batman-luke-fox-death-bruce-wayne/, Luke Fox is the rumored favorite with . Sorry! The character is also appearing in the new Batwoman show, so this might be DC’s way of boosting his profile. While…

Medvedev can be a jerk but the US Open crowd can come off pretty bad sometimes in how they treat players they don’t like. Booing Djokovic for retiring yesterday was pretty shameful. Tennis can use a bad boy who actually wins matches, so give them hell, Medvedev!

They are planning a large number of these books next year and into 2021. They are just going to new labels for the kids’ books and the more teen-oriented ones.

Most recent versions of Harley, including the upcoming Birds of Prey movie, are heavily focusing on her as someone who has thoroughly broken with the Joker, recognized he is no good for her, and is forging her own path. Granted, also a concern for her as a role model is that she generally is still does bad stuff, but…

I hope this finally propels Townsend to start living up to the potential she showed as a teen.  I’ve been following her career for years now and she has had some moments but also slipped enough in rankings to have to fight her way out of the Challenger tournaments.  

The large list of BBC programs on the Fourble makes me wonder why some podcast service hasn’t partnered with the BBC to make at least some of their shows available legally.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Sony, assuming they don’t iron things out with Disney, gives the Spider-Man movies to Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who made Into the Spider-Verse.  

As much as I would love to see Serena win another Slam, I am glad she is doing things that she finds meaningful and this is certainly an important message.  I do think she can win at least one more Slam - hopefully this year’s US Open!

The new MST3K people did a live episode riffing the second Deathstalker last year that I had the good fortune to go to. The film is rather fun and the riffs were great. A shame they never did it on the show or released it as a download.

Yeah, the breathtaking sexism and incredible amount of nudity in the film make it surprising to me that the first Deathstalker doesn’t have more of a cult reputation.  Plus, it has one of the only screen appearances of Friday the 13th’s Jason, Richard Brooker, and a truly remarkable performance by Phil Spector victim…

It looks to be a fascinating film.  The budget is at least $200 million and Scorsese is making heavy use of digital de-aging effects for the actors.  None of the main actors have had meaty roles for awhile and I had assumed Pesci was retired but I hope they can rise to the occasion! Even Scorsese’s flops are…

As someone who has lived in the Tampa Bay area for decades, there aren’t even that many poisonous snakes. I go to other states and see signs about venomous snakes spotted in gardens or restroom areas. The only poisonous snakes I’ve seen were some water moccasins that minded their own business in rivers far from humans.

Along with a pretty decent title, the synopsis is encouraging in that rumors were that it would be a revenge tale with Bond’s lady friend from the past film being murdered.  It could still happen but I hope that Waller-Bridge’s influence at least steered them away from returning to that tired old theme. 

The trilogy won the Hugo Best Novel award for each book in the series. What more can they give her?

I think his slips actually make him more appealing to people for much the same reason Trump’s lack of a filter does for some. Candidates who speak perfectly all the time can seem too slick and unapproachable.