Really, that last one could just say “insert name of actor/actress from a minority group in a headlining role here.”

I know this post is a few days old and therefore ancient history, but it’s the same with my dog. She’ll be 18 in June, she’s blind in one eye, mostly blind in the other, and deaf. I hope she’s chasing rabbits in her dreams, even if she never really did when she was awake.

I mean, it looked like The Just-Us League (Snyder’s working title for the movie) would have featured time travel and. . .that’s about it. How the fuck these guys know so much about the plot of a movie that was being rewritten even as Snyder filmed it is beyond me. I’d like a DC movie-verse, but Snyder was not going to…

As with most balks, it is not that clear. He’s just shifting his weight around. Is that a natural part of his wind-up? Is he trying to loosen up his legs? Is he just digging into the rubber? It’s impossible to say.

Godley was clearly following the advice of Pitching Coach Mystikal, but he failed to pay attention when he said, “But watch yourself.”

You sure it’s not the jet fuel? Oh. Wait. But it can’t. . . yeah. . .

Unleash the Archers is pretty good if you like power metal. The singer has pretty awesome range and a powerful voice.

I’m sure it was to some degree. After Prohibition ended, America went pretty nuts on booze. In The Thin Man, which came out a year after the Volstead Act was repealed, the main characters are pretty much drinking in every scene. I think the three martini lunch was what business executives did to close a deal and that…

You’re killing my buzz here, man

That and having clean water. I remember hearing that, until humans figured out how to filter water, life was lived in a boozy haze. Which also explains why so many liquers and liquors translate as “water of life.”

Sure. In the 19th Century.

So it’s Die Hard...but in a city!

Yeah, we take what we can get here. I’d love to hang a banner saying “World Series Champions Runner-Up.”

There’s also this tendency for Americans to assume that if players or athletes aren’t getting max value of their contracts, or if they lose alot of money, that they screwed up somehow. It’s pretty infantalizing and smacks of, “I know how to run your life better than you.”

Marchessault does have a point, too often penalties are called due to the results, not the actual infraction. It’s human nature to do so but it’s not ideal.

I was never much a fan of Wheedon’s work, but the culture change has been pretty shocking. Two years ago, if I said Wheedon was kind of a one trick pony, I’d be shouted down as a hater. Now if I say that, I’m not going far enough. And AV Club flipping on the issue is a pretty good representation of that change.

Yeah, I kinda checked out on him when the only defense he gave to Ellen Page for the conversion-camps his church does was, “Nuh-uh!” If he’d said something along the lines of, “I don’t agree with this and if my church is doing this, then I am no longer a member,” I’d be more forgiving. Just talking about his…

I see Ang Lee has entered the, “Sure, I’ll do sci-fi, why not?” phase of his career that some Chinese directors enter when they come to Hollywood (see also John woo circa late 90s, early 00s).

You, sir, saved me from googling whatever song they’re talking about in the thread above. You are a hero and a saint and I shimmy in my parachute pants in your honor.