True, but some are better than others. Apple TV’s overall batting average is a fair bit higher than Amazon, particularly with SF/F shows. Even the ones that aren’t great like Monarch are still pretty watchable. It helps, I guess, that they seem to be heavy on original series and that they don’t put out as many shows,…

I really like BR2049, and Michelle Yeoh is exciting. Amazon’s output is pretty hit and miss, though. And the showrunner being from Halo (I’m not familiar with Shining Girls) is not promising.

That Glamour article is something I read. And it’s not caping, it’s reading and forming my own conclusions. When both sides of an argument are saying things that are understandable (Yes, I can in fact understand why people would push to change language to specifically include trans identities, but at the same time I…

I haven’t seen the latter two either, but I’d guess that part of the budget differences between them and GB2016 had to do with cheaper filming locations and more efficient use of VFX.  Paul Feig, up to that point, had mostly done much smaller-scale movies with relatively little CGI, and I’d suspect that someone who…

The poster I replied to wasn’t making an argument one way or another, they were simply grappling with a piece of current trans ideology that they couldn’t quite make work. (It’s clearly not a universal viewpoint among trans activists and allies, as you yourself don’t seem against acknowledging physical reality when…

It’s probably a regional thing.  Where I live you just accept the teenage karate gangs all over the place.  It’s not common, but not uncommon, to find a several groups of colorfully dressed kids squaring off over some martial arts dispute or another.  You just turn around and leave the mall or the arcade and hope you…

Race, like every other biology-based category or metric, is not really subject to self-identification. Well, sort of. Rachel Dolezal, for most intents and purposes, was a black woman for a time (at least in the sense of race being a social construct). It’s just that when it was definitively shown that she was white,…

The episode where Bluey goes on a rant about aborigines and the Chinese never actually made it to production.

It’s still a fun show, even if it’s quality has slid downward and its worldbuilding has become rather silly.  It seems hard to believe that the first season was a grounded exploration of a middle aged slacker learning to take control of his life, and how responsibilities and human connections make people stronger and…

This is kind of exactly what I’m talking about. You can understand a particular position without adopting it. Riley (and the AVC) aren’t criticising Fincher because he’s supporting the AMPTP, they’re chastising him because he’s saying he understands them.

Anticapitalism can be a profitable resource.

For anyone out there wondering if they’re biased, here you go. If you can read a statement that says “I can understand the positions of both parties in a conflict” and take it to mean “I am siding with the party that you are against” then the test is positive and you are indeed biased.

It’s probably a combination of factors. One, tailoring characters so that they less likely to be the sort of person who would us it (would say, an abolitionist be someone who would say it? Probably no). Two, tailoring the narrative so that it doesn’t get a chance (or as many chances) to come up. Three, cop out and…

If you’ve already booked the sheep prostitutes you might as well just proceed as planned unless you can get your deposit back.

“I would not rape her on a yacht, I would not rape her with a knot! I would not rape her on a bus! That would just cause too much fuss!  I would not do all of the rapes, all she has are sour grapes!”

Maybe she thought he’d get cold feet if she came across too much like a gold digger.

Surprised I’m the first commenter to point out the links in the article to shows that the AVC covered back in better days, that are no longer accessible through the site.  Even the search function.  I bet the author had to use Google to find them to link to.

Into the Angelverse

While she’s not wrong in what she’s saying (I’m sure we haven’t forgotten about Dianne Feinstein already, and neither she nor Mitch are alone in their parties’ ranks), I did think it a bit rich for Marjorie Taylor Greene, professional crazy person to specifically call out ‘mental health incompetence’.

While I can understand thinking that calling it ‘overt racism’ sounds a little over-the-top, in a way it’s pretty good on a societal level for that to be the level of racism that people experience when they experience racism. Even if you click on something like this and are hoping for something juicier like having him…