There isn’t the slightest chance in hell that they will give you the choice between paying for a feature up front or paying for that same feature, at the same price, via subscription. They will discount the sales price only a little, and then charge a lot more in subscription fees over a long, long time. This is…

Not in the market for a truck or for a new vehicle of any sort for a while, but this should be a wake up call to Tesla. The F-150 is a extremely high selling vehicle and Ford has made an EV version that looks like it, does what an F-150 does and would be something that an F-150 purchaser could/should cross shop.

I think he’s 5’8 with the heels. 

Troy Baker cameo! And a pretty big one, too, as James. A bunch of the Last of Us game voice actors got parts, ranging from the small (I can’t prove, but I swear the blond lady who opens the gate at Jackson is a dead-ringer for the voice actress for Maria in the game), to Baker and Pierce getting supporting character…

It’s his big round head.

I know the ending of Ninth Gate is devisive, but I liked it. We’re left to speculate whether making a deal with the devil is such a good idea. Was he welcomed in Hell, or sent to eternal punishment for the sins he had committed?

I was actually pleasantly spooked by the ambiguous ending. Did he, in fact, actually open the ninth gate? At that point, horror films are more or less obligated to end, because what follows is too unbearably weird to show or even imagine: think of the first “Lawnmower Man”. I haven’t read the book yet, though. 

I’m a fan of the Ninth Gate, too. It works a lot better if you consider it to be some sort of supernatural mystery story and not an actual horror film. Maybe it helps to like books, too. Whether or not it’s an “elevated” horror film, I do think it’s at least dimly aware of its own ridiculousness. And Lena Olin gets…

I mean, this is the best attitude right here.  “Fuck it, it’s Star Wars, I’ll give it a go.”

Yeah. That sums it up. The skinny people like the “actress” in The Cut article are who the problem is. And, really, the eating disorder is the point. Basically, she already had one, but “maintaining” it (god that sounds awful) was hard, and the Ozempic makes it easier. Thats all there is too it. She was thin due to…

If you had previously watched the documentary about him, you would’ve joined me in going “Whaaaah?” at the Carell trailer.

I don’t have a problem with synthetic fuels, either.  Even if the early versions aren’t fully carbon neutral but are still better than standard gasoline, it will be a win as long as development continues towards a cleaner version.  Setting aside the need for a gradual transition away from ICE due to infrastructural…

I really like the first half of the Ninth Gate, but I find that the ending just gets a bit too silly for me.

Yeah, I know there was a documentary about the real guy that Steve Carell played in the Zemeckis movie. I just recall the character came off as increasingly creepy to me, when we were clearly supposed to sympathize and root for him. I remember finding it just a really off-putting movie overall, and Zemeckis once again…

Jupiter Ascending is a weird one. I’ve got a soft-spot for anyone willing and able to spend that kind of money to make a movie so ambitiously bonkers. I mean, I hated the movie, but I respected the hell out of the effort and quite liked most of the ideas behind it. 

Trends usually do, it seems (though a lot faster these days) so I wouldn’t be surprised if we soon see a move toward “vintage” conservative looks.

In the video, he’s pedaling with one leg. The other leg is off the pedals, stationary. The pedaling leg is getting assistance from a handle or elastic band held in his hand on the same side.

I just watched the clip. He’s only pedaling with one leg, with manual assistance, while the other rests immobile. Which—I mean, absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence. But this video in itself does not indicate that he has anything like full mobility.

I might be in the minority here but I would probably add the Dark Knight Rises to the list. It suffers the same problems as Godfather III, uninterested director, lazy production values and placing the quality supporting cast in the backseat. 

iirc the 1st joke was an Aunt Jemima joke so that one’s probably a bit outdated