You live a sweet and eternally blessed life.

You know what I’d like to do?

Hi. Buzz Killington here. Can I be “That Guy” for a minute and point out that this highlights how cheap and exploitative reality TV is? Taking real people, putting them in fake situations, and sculpting a narrative around them that may or may not be representative of who they really are is kind of creepy. Also, these…

Thus the ultimate problem with capitalism (or, exceptionally generously, how we do capitalism): there is no inclination toward sustained success. It’s never, ever enough to just do well. There must always be massive, rapid gains. Tomorrow be damned. 

What’s truly sad is anyone over 25 not knowing this.

It’s always a trap, because the goal posts will move, the subject will change, and you’ll never change their mind. Unless it’s some person you really love, and would like to nudge towards being less of an asshole (because you love them and kicking them out of your life is not an option), it’s a colossal waste of time.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

100%. At this point it’s getting sad, and more than a little bizarre. This kind of massive investment in doing things that have already been done, and doing it this aggressively is just... I don’t understand it.*

Me: “Well that seems a little much...”

Stay mad, Homie, and vote for the senile guy your beloved party was dead set on.

I love the optimism in these comments. I almost hate to offer my assumption that all of these adaptations will be cold moist garbage.

If we ate real lembas, none of us would have to be in quarantine.

There is nothing worse than wasting a great joke on boring people.

“Picard” was a pretty bad thing to inflict on the world though.

Sorry you feel like that.  You aren’t alone.  Be safe.

I never asked for this.

S-suuuure... That’s why buying successful businesses and then backrupting them and ditching them is so popular. Because of the desire to keep making money. Nobody EVER does stuff that guarantees a business will fail just to make a quick buck.

Never. Never is when there will be a reckoning. We’re at the mercy of the masses, and they are completely oblivious. For many reasons, but oblivious nonetheless.

G****mnit. Does this shit ever end?

Watching it again recently, there’s a lot of blame to go around. The script was really good at stealing agency from Han Solo and making him the most boring character onscreen. They really went in the wrong direction tonally from conception to screen, and left the actors floundering in the lurch.