Glad you mentioned Sheridan’s stint on Sons of Anarchy, because despite his earned praise for some of his screenplays his sentimental machismo, and predominantly white male violence thing is built a lot on the same use of tropes that show did. I find that connection a lot more instructive than TV-Cormac McCarthy or…

Eh, Wenwu is the best acted villain in the entire MCU, and one of the most human and tic/quipless--the latter feature being astounding in the franchise. He’s not particularily important, really, but I certainly remember him more than Ultron.

I’ve been playing AC: Origins and now Valhalla, and between the former’s characters proclamations of “I will reclaim those relics” while the game says “There are three treasures to loot here” and the latter’s, well, raiding mechanic (but no civilians killed?), I appreciate this just the commentary depiction of it. I…

Did you meet the kids who live by themselves on a tree platform in the woods?

I think it holds up, but look up the real Bunk now and it’s so much worse.

I’m more sympathetic, or at least understanding, for all site-specific attractions (theater, concerts, museums or exhibitions) regarding pricing. There really is a physical limit to these things that doesn’t go away with technology. At best, it gets more “efficient.” Really the only demand release other than pricing…

Eh, she’s 32. It can be a transitional period given how Hollywood treats women traditionally, but in the arc of a career in acting, it’s hardly late in the game.

I admit I’m chucking this comment out without doing any of the math...are revenues up because of the current currency exchange rate? Is it sustainable even in this form?

I thought they did well with Viktor Drago, so I expect a sympathetic take on the opponent rather than a villain. I think they’ve been pretty set on making the boxers sympathetic—the first had the family guy going for a payday before jail, the second is all daddy issues, etc. If anything, this series has been playing…

Right, then we agree—cons are known to spread disease even when there isn’t a pandemic. Since you asked why people are sweating masks when so many have moved on, well, cons are average public indoors situations. It’s maybe not a big surprise that they weren’t in evidence at Bravocon, but it’s also not far off to think…

Conventions are mingling with hundreds or thousands of people who have definitely traveled to be there. It’s a special petri-dish of infections even in non-COVID times.

Sudeikis apparently did ask for it not to happen in front of their kids so not at school and the like, but otherwise process servers pick when to serve their papers not their clients, and purely on when they can get to whomever.

I’m a little (but only a little) surprised there are no royalties at all for sales. Pure speculation on my part, this may be the studio was contractually obligated to go to her first and clearly wanted her to say no.

“In light” maybe? Since it’s the reaction and not the antics that would be changing (though I’m sure many of us would be happy if the antics stopped too).

Well, news of a current project will Murray’s antics has (nearly?) tanked is current, so yeah, this story is topical.

He’s got a real adolescent take on love is the best way I describe it. It usually gets glossed over because he mostly makes stories about adolescents, but growing up or any more nuance would interfere with his vision of true love and purity and all that.

I’ve accumulated quite a few things over the years, and as long as I wanted them at the time and they didn’t strain necessities and the like, I consider it fine. In general, maybe we like things too much in America, but on the whole why not? The boundaries of manufacturing and what does to scarcity is kind of…

This is a weird angle to take considering Murray’s record of behavior is decades old—it’s not a new development. He’s sometimes nice, in particular to fans, he’s sometimes a jerk, in particular to coworkers. Admittedly I’m not a fan (which is not a declaration of animus, it just means I’m not a fan), so I’m not one…

All the grandmasters use computer assisted tools to train now though. Carlsen is 31...he’s also grown up basically in this era. And actually, Carlsen’s rep and repertoire was raised from not caring that much about competitive chess and playing a lot—partially because he was so successful competitively. Everyone who…

It’s a forest/trees thing right? You could work for WeWork fully knowing it was a dead end/bad business and also not get out at the right time. Stadia isn’t quite the same as a bubble, but it has the same macro/micro thing.