I was only mentioning stuff from before Fire Walk With Me. The Straight Story is definitely Lynch’s most “normal” film, but it came out after Fire Walk With Me and Lost Highway so by that point people were more surprised that he made a straightforward movie than they were when he went back to mindfucks.

The Black Death, despite killing 30% (or maybe even more) of the population of Europe and Asia, led to significant increases in quality of life of the survivors in part because the value of labor went up dramatically.

All That wasn’t a sitcom, but it led directly to the Schneiderverse, spinning off Kenan & Kel, The Amanda Show (also a sketch show, but spun off Drake & Josh, which spun off iCarly, which spun off Victorious, which spun off Sam & Cat), Zoey 101, and Just Jordan.

I like FWWM fair bit, but I think its reputation has over-corrected to a degree. The film takes a while to really get going with a lot of tangents (even for a Lynch film) that make it feel like the film doesn’t quite achieve what it sets out to do. Some of this is expanded on in The Return (i.e. Philip Jefferies,…

Being a bit picky here, but:

So basically you had beef with major and independent video stores, except maybe a local chain?  I admire your dedication to hostility.

Ok. But is it BECAUSE she’s a lesbian?

Then why is this show specificaly set in a Blockbuster instead of a fictitious brand or an independant one?

I doubt it promotes rape culture as much as the 20 fawning articles we get about Kobe “I admitted to raping a woman” Bryant each year.

Most identifiable/nearly universal icon from that era, maybe?

I think its more of the nostalgia for the days of the video store in and of itself than for Blockbuster in particular. It was far more of a social event than clicking through options on Prime Video.

look, process servers go where they can get to someone. The client doesn’t dictate when and where they serve the summons. She’s being really silly. This is nothing at all like the pirate.

That's weird. Do you not understand taking pride in your work --- and art and craft? 

Not if they want the tax credits that they say they cancelled it for.

I think the term maguffin is also used in a similar fashion.  

For those wondering why the US isn’t going up but other territories are, check out the USD value vs those other currencies over time. The USD has gotten stronger, inflation is worse in all of these other territories. The Yen has been hit particularly hard. A PS5 cost roughly $600 when it was released in Japan and is…

Colloquially known as “most people.”

That’s how compromise works, though. Some people are disappointed. Some people are helped out a lot. Nobody gets everything of what they wanted.

There’s a bunch of stuff on this that this article isn’t talking about. For example, in the America Rescue Plan passed last year, student loans will not accumulate interest if you make the minimum payment each month, or alternatively, if your income is low, it won’t ever increase. While 10k is a drop in the bucket,…

Yeah I know this is just par for the course with Jez at this point and I shouldn’t be surprised but still it annoys me to see this BS. Especially when it’s so blatant. Absolutely no mention of anyone who’s in a situation that a large chunk of borrowers are in.