The thing that continues to kill me about WW84 discussion was

A couple of weeks, NYT wrote a really interesting and long piece on both Thomas and wife, and their huge impact on the conservative scene. I genuinely recommend reading it as it was both really illuminating and really drove home how disturbing a figure he truly is.

This is a really interesting casting choice that makes me more intrigued by the project itself. By accounts, Carson could be a massive asshole and did wield that power in questionable manners, but he was also responsible for several big cultural moments. By having Levitt here, I can see them being able to lean on both…

While I think overall this is a valid criticism and I do think this certainly applies to Super Pumped where it does juggle more about who Travis is. However, I would argue The Dropout is absolutely brutal towards Holmes from the very first episode. Even to the degree that in their version they present it ultimately…

I think one of the interesting aspects in the trailer is that the co-workers don’t seem over the board cruel towards Jackie. Like there is a sense of impatiance, but they don’t feel like she was picked on or was a victim of some harsh treatment, it was genuinely that she was not good at the task.

Reading this, it almost feels that films are subjective and there is little point about being condescending towards audiences who didn’t like the same thing.

This is such a weird take to read. Not because how one should feel when watching the film, but because I didn’t that is all in line with the general criticism I read about it.

Nice to see one of those under the radar songs getting a chance to shine. It was also an inspired choice for the trailer as it hits the mood nearly perfectly. Yes, I read/knew that part of Nirvana being an inspiration to the film, but this was just such a better choice than almost any of their more known songs.

While reading on the box off remainder more, the Deadline article actually made an interesting point that how much the dropoff is depends on how you define the opening weekend. Which is one of those interesting examples of how even simple things like this I usually take for granted turn out to be more complicated…

This was an interesting read for a couple of reasons. First just as a reminder of that particular show that was entertaining enough, but was both a victim of its timing and, to be honest, never truly managed to find that kind of epic sense of itself. It was fine, which was more than enough, but not in the sense that…

As a sidenote, comparing all these three shows is constantly making me appreciate the choices made by The Dropout, even if the reviews here are critical of it. Although I’ll also be honest the main criticism is really weird for me, but that’s another discussion.

Reading the review, at first I was baffled why the show would decide to go with a time jump approach before realizing that Rebekah became an actively crazy part of the story at a later stage and they probably didn’t want to have Hathaway just sitting around the first half of the show. Also it might have been a big…

Except it really didn’t, like at all. It’s a twist, but it’s not a true examination of the archtype and most of the Boys is just a big love letter to Billy.

I’ve found myself really torn recently on if I should finally give the Boys a chance. The central issue is that I have actually read the comic from start to the end and just kind of hated it with a passion. It is Garth Ennis’s tendencies at his worst, even knowing there is technically worse stuff from him, but that…

I’m going to answer this question in reference to the comics, be warned on that.

It’s kind of funny as that only in retrospect did I realize the language trip part was much stronger here than in the books because of how much it actually informed us of who Holmes was then.

It’s genuinely weird as I don’t understand where the perception is coming from. Yeah, the first episode established that Holmes was academically success, which she was, and did have smart ideas which is why she ended up in that laboratory, which again is something that really happened.

I have to admit I have a very different take on the show as the review as I don’t think it’s trying to make sense of Holmes, at least not in the sense as it is implied here. The core challenge with this story is that you can’t separate Holmes’s story and how she changed from Theranos. To tell one is to tell the other.…

The issue I have with the description is that I don’t that’s at all what the show is claiming. Yeah, the first episode established Holmes as smart, but already in the second episode they were drilling on how she doesn’t actually know that stuff.

This is the first AC Valhalla DLC that is really making me feel conflicted if I want to play it or not.