I honestly have no idea why JW was both so critically lauded and made so much money.

The CGI was bad. The acting was bad. The plot was poor. They had to handwave the advances in paleontology to explain why the dinosaurs still look they way they do (which is both lazy and rather patronizing to both the in-universe…

Yeah. Dark Fate was bad.

Also, the new Terminator should be much more dangerous than it is. It basically has the liquid metal factor of the T-1000 from T2, the functional utility of the TX from T3, the overall tankiness of the T-800 from The Terminator, and it can split itself in two, yet it loses to old Arnie, old…

Religious Syncretism (which is what you’re describing) is an incredibly limiting factor, especially when you consider that the three pagan religions most audiences know the most about (Egyptian, Greek, and Roman) were all within the same region of the world, shared many beliefs, ideals, and Gods, and assimilated…

The simple counter-argument would be that when you’re talking about entirely mythological figures (meaning, they have no actual historical existence in the real world), the idea of race and ethnicity goes completely out the window. Athena and Kratos are just as ahistorical and mythological as Hermione and James Bond.…

I think people (and I preface with saying I’m a 90s/early-2000s lapsed fan who doesn’t find either promotion particularly interesting) are often misunderstanding the reality that WWE and AEW have two very different goals.

It’s pretty clear that WWE is/has morphed into a “content” company. This is aided by the reality…

I don’t think Sarah is gonna win.

With how Nine Perfect Strangers is shaping up, I could see her losing to either Nicole Kidman or Melissa McCarthy, assuming they’re nominated for leading actress

Unfortunately, they tried to do that.

It turned out to be Beverly Hills Cop 3.

There’s not a living person where a dinner with them is worth $500k, unless you’re already a multi-millionaire or billionaire and $500k is a rounding error to your net worth.

Those expensive fundraisers people bring up? $20-$50k a plate? The people paying for those already have millions (or billions), and there’s…

I think it’s even simpler than that.

Vicious and Julia used to date. Julia and Spike fell for one another. Spike and Julia wanted to leave the syndicate. Vicious and the rest of the syndicate wouldn’t allow this, so they gave Julia an ultimatum: kill Spike or be killed yourself. She refused, went into hiding, and Spike…

From what I remember (and I watch the series fully at least once a year), Spike and Vicious were all part of the same syndicate. Julia knew both of them, Spike left the syndicate to be with Julia, which pissed off Vicious (since he and Julia used to be together) and resulted in the syndicate seemingly “killing” Julia…

Ahh, gotcha. That makes more sense.

It would be interesting to see a Wilt vs. Hakeem duel. I suppose the question then becomes, at PF, who do you have against Rodman? A strong rebounder like Barkley? A more offensive-oriented PF like Duncan, Malone or Nowitzki? A beast on both ends like KG?

There’s so many options in…

Rodman is one of the greatest rebounders in the history of the sport, but Wilt was a physical specimen at center that we’ve probably only seen approached by prime Shaq. Wilt would absolutely destroy Rodman physically, and it wouldn’t be pretty (remember, Wilt dislocated Gus Johnson’s shoulder by blocking a shot, and…

Can’t be any worse than Bobby Womack wearing Sam Cooke’s suit, and driving Sam Cooke’s car, to Sam Cooke’s funeral after he had begun sleeping with Sam Cooke’s wife, then married her, and years down the road, cheated on her with his step-daughter...Sam Cooke’s daughter, who later married Bobby Womack’s brother.

It’s funny that WW84 and Suicide Squad (the original) are both DCEU movies that were both at their best when you saw their trailers (WW84 with the “Blue Monday” trailer, and Suicide Squad with the “Ballroom Blitz” trailer).

Oh, I completely agree with you. I don’t think that Rich Paul necessarily did anything unethical (let alone illegal), just that Nerlens made a classic mistake of assuming that his long-term upside value was almost guaranteed (i.e. he was gonna have a great season and get paid more), when in reality, team owners and…

Honestly, enough time has passed where there’s literally an entire generation of college-aged kids who weren’t even born when The Matrix was released, and thus don’t realize how big of a shift it ushered in when it came to filmmaking as a whole. They probably look back at all three of the originals as something…

To a lesser (shorter) degree, Kevin Smith with Clerks 2 (12 years after the first) and now Clerks 3 (16 years after the second, 28 years after the first).

If we aren’t talking about strictly franchises, but instead films with clear thematic similarities, these three directors come to mind.

Martin Scorsese with The…

At least Carl Lewis, being an asshole, still won golds, set world records, and is a certifiable legend in the sport. Michael Jordan is an asshole, but if I were a basketball player and solely wanted to focus on being a great basketball player, I’m looking at Michael Jordan for being a mentor (even though he’d probably…

You’re right. My mistake. I had him confused with Maverick Carter.

The point about Nerlens is clear. It’s one thing betting on yourself. It’s another thing turning down nearly $20m/yr when, at the time, you haven’t really produced to the level that warrants more money than that. Nerlens was part of a Sixers squad that…

Exactly.

The issue with marijuana is that THC (along with other components) have pharmacological effects that you might not want high-level athletes having in-competition. Not only that, but it’s incredibly difficult to measure, in detail, the amount that a person needs of any of these components to cause the…