We didn’t need to know where the Alien came from, the mystery was a major part of the appeal

Mostly agreed. Like I wouldn’t be surprised to see Barbie snag noms in the major categories, but I also wouldn’t be surprised to see it relegated to mostly just the technical stuff.

If the ceremony doesn’t have a live performance of “I’m Just Ken,” the Academy deserves every piece of criticism it’s had lately for not knowing how to attract an audience. Hell, while watching Barbie on opening day, my companion leaned over to me and whispered, “They need to do THIS at the Oscars!”

And Muskie’s new “free speech” passion project, Xitter, is barely hanging on.

You beat me to this.

Normally, almost any news of “yet another movie being turned into a Broadway musical” makes me roll my eyes, but I am weirdly excited about this. Probably mostly because the source material is just so weird and culty. It doesn’t feel like the usual nostalgic cash grab. (The movie has a cult following, but I don’t…

Conspiracy theorists who think that these conspiracies exist on such huge scales (a multi-state wide effort to change votes, through multiple means) have clearly never had to project manage.

I had at least two people (one who saw it and one who didn’t) criticize the movie for not focusing more on the consequences of the choice to drop the bombs on Japan. I had to point out that the focus of the movie is on Oppenheimer himself, yes, heavily centered around the Manhattan Project, but it’s not ABOUT the…

Another sign he obviously considered it was the alleged conversation he had with former VP Dan Quayle asking for advice about it.

Important to note that a lot of these class options will not be cheap. Look elsewhere if you want options that won’t cost you a lot.

Gods, I miss GLOW.

I have a friend who was a local prosecutor up until recently, and he made the point that the DOJ doesn’t choose to charge people unless they are super confident they have the receipts. Like even more cautious than state and municipal prosecutors. So the fact that the DOJ is doing this means they are very confident in…

Of course, I also just screamed out loud in dismay when I saw what song is sitting at #1.

I literally just cheered out loud when I saw this. I know there’s only the slimmest of chances it would make it all the way to the top, but damn do I want it to.

My friend who attended the screening with me leaned over during the big dance number portion and said, “This needs to be on the Oscars!”

Honestly, I really want to make sure he’s convicted of some of the state level charges. Because no future POTUS can pardon state crimes. I don’t have hope that the Dems will hold the WH for too many more terms, and I want that motherfucker to die in prison.

Agreed. Don’t underestimate people’s motivation to vote against someone else.

I think that if the major right-wing media outlets (Faux News, Newsmax, OAN, Breitbart, Daily Wire, etc.) were to all turn against him en masse, they would too. They’d probably need to prop up a new demagogue to make it really work, but I do think that he’d be toast without these outlets continuing to support him.

I can only slightly blame the people who fell for his grift in 2016 but came to realize he was a lying piece of shit after he took office. They were dazzled by his celebrity. They saw him as potentially “shaking things up.” He’d sold himself as a successful businessman, and they believed him, thinking he’d be good at…

I wouldn’t assume that to be the case. Some of the more fringe GQPers keep trying to make it happen, but the rest of the House doesn’t exactly seem to be excited about running with it. They just don’t have any real smoking guns to use like the previous House did against tRump (twice).