I think the most interesting part of the movie was having such a passive protagonist.

I agree.

This was an incredibly strong year, and the trend for Best Picture for the last couple years have been films which are more visually arresting in a manner that Scorsese hasn’t really done in awhile (excluding CODA). KOTFM, while beautiful, visually looks like a Scorsese live-action movie, which we’ve seen in…

Did you actually see Flower Moon? It does end on a happy note and there is a “white savior” in that one too.

I’m still retroactively smarting for the fact that Casino only got one Oscar nomination (Sharon Stone for Best Actress). I just looked up the nominations for Best Picture that Oscar season, and you had Braveheart, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, and Sense and Sensibility.

The last 3 listed are out for me, Apollo 13 was…

I was thinking about this last night, and come to a realization: Best Actress winners, by and large, have been for very exhuberant, “showy” roles, especially in the last 20 years. For example:

2022: Michelle Yeoh - Showy
2021: Jessica Chastain - Showy
2020: Frances McDormand - An understated exception
2019: Renee…

I don’t see nor hear anything quacking.

The only reason this guy is notable is because of the current investigation against a private company who is already facing a shitstorm. The likelihood that he’d know any specific revelations pertinent to issues relating to the 737 MAX (an airplane he didn’t work on) seems minor.…

Exactly.

One of the emblematic traits of conspiracy theories (and theorists) is that they presuppose two things that are often incompatible: that whomever is in on the conspiracy is all-powerful and all-knowing (thus able to get done what they wany to get done), but they’re also so incompetent that they’re easy to…

As someone who isn’t operating the vehicle, how would you determine at what point a person can’t board? Do you use BAC? That wouldn’t work universally, because BAC doesn’t effect everybody the same way at the same levels. If it’s just the eye/smell test, you’re now raising the potential of (admittedly warranted)…

Very true.

Considering how busy areas that aren’t the terminals can be (especially during heavy travel periods such as holidays), if someone nefarious was looking to cause major loss-of-life, an attack there where security is purposefully lax would be devastating.

Not to mention the possibility of using that as a…

Exactly.

As I said in another response, Tyson losing is a non-starter. So that leaves a draw, a TKO, or a KO against Paul.

Tyson/Jones Jr. ended in a split draw (although Tyson pretty much dominated that fight, and I’m sure the decision was for Jones Jr to save face). I can see that happening. However, what I think is…

As much as I’d love to see Jake Paul get his facebones rearranged irreparably are we really believing that this shit isn’t fixed? I’d say strong odds that Paul walks away with this on some bullshit.

Even the unhealthiest guy in his 20s is still in better shape physically than a guy pushing 60.

Garage space is CHEAP - especially in a place with no basements, even if you don’t want to park a car out of the sun, the extra storage is useful.

Why are modern “2 car” garages so ridiculously small in an era where every other dumbass wants to drive a pickup truck to work every day. My new house is getting a 30x36 attached garage, and if I wasn’t so cheap it would be *bigger*. Two large cars wide with space enough for a couple feet of storage and/or a…

I feel for them, I do, but there’s absolutely no reason why anyone in that area should be walking near the train tracks, let alone anywhere that doesn’t have a designate crossing point.

You’d be surprised.

Here in Tampa (specifically, Ybor City) there’s a disquieting number of cases where people inadvertently begin driving down the train tracks, having mistaken them for the road.

Granted, Ybor City is a known nightlife hotspot, and many (if not most) of these people shouldn’t be behind the wheel of a…

Perhaps “deaths on American railways” can include derailments, crashes, and people who are either working on or are passengers who die while literally on the train (heart attack, stroke, etc).

Just looking it up, there were 742 reported derailments in 2023, and although figures haven’t been reported for 2023, in 2022,…

Very true, but I think the narrative phenomenon at large, outside of FFVII, can be placed primarily at the feet of the MCU.

This stands out even more when you consider that Flashpoint (or any Flash movie that was utlizing the Flashpoint comic as a narrative foundation) was supposed to be released before Infinity War and…

It makes me think of a term that’s rarely used anymore: slab-sided.

The front is alright (it feels like it’s missing something above the light bar, and that black void with no badging on the hood gives it a sleepy, heavy-lidded look). The rear is good. But the profile view (and the color as well) takes away all of the…

What you said (which I agree with) is one of the reasons why I’m almost certain we’ll never get fully-fledged remakes of the pre-VII titles. I don’t trust SE to rein-in their worst instincts, and lord knows they’d be on full display with a title like VI where the story was very, very lean compared to later titles.

I…