“So in March 2017, Armstrong enrolled herself in a clinical trial at the University of Utah’s Neuropsychiatric Institute, where she was put in a chemically induced coma for 15 minutes at a time for 10 sessions. The treatment, which approximated brain death, was being tested to see if it could cure depression.”

So what…

Who is that guy behind Cersci?

Honest question. Haven’t watched the show in ages and I’m wondering how the costume designer ended up in this promotional photo.

I saw Captain Marvel a few weeks ago. it was very dark and very moody and completely fucking unwatchable because it was too dark to see and there was absolutely no reason most of the people in the movie would be sitting around in near darkness having touching family reunions. There was no craft on display it was just p…

What street of heaven is your movie theatre on that has (a) matinees that are (b) cheap?

Now now, no need to be cynical. I’m sure there will also be some great new SaaS innovations to help you and your family never again own software.

Who is the blonde woman in the old-fashioned dress at the front and centre of the group in the top photo?

Well Family Guy did get popular as a show on Fox.

I worked in a SaaS industry for a bit and think it makes good sense for B2B relationships for medium companies and up.

But from small companies to individuals its nothing but a toxic, malicious way of stripping out consumer rights. I pay for software, I should keep the software, abstractions of “updates” and bullshit…

As a visually impaired person, I must say its always refreshing to be reminded that my struggles to see things that are badly lit are entirely my fault and if Iwas only a better person who tried harder I could appreciate a cinematographer’s creativity.

Given that everyone that matters in Tolkien’s world has denounced this movie I’d love it if io9 stopped giving this shitty little cash grab any attention.

After into the Spider-Verse and Fury Road (or even the Friday Night Lights TV show, on smaller scale) I don’t know why properly filming insanely crazy action sequences without losing a grip on shot-to-shot comprehension is so difficult.

I watched Captain Marvel finally last Tuesday.

It is possibly the worst-edited and worst-lit Marvel film in the entire MCU. I can’t recall the last time I saw a movie that seemed so hostile to me being able to actually see it - outside of the big triumph ‘smash ship’ scene and the ‘fly the jet’ scene with actually had…

Quiet? They make the most obnoxious noise in video games! Many a first-day player has know hell on earth when sheltering a Minecraft village for the night and enduring endless hours of hrnn hrnn hrnnn hrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

The thing is it wasn’t even just ‘this time.’

It’s been that way since the Regan years. Every time. Every single time. It’s a matter of public record: the GOP will not implement policies that put lower-income people ahead of high-income people. They have not and will not.

Me: There’s no possible way this show could get any worse, right? Right? It would be impossible?

And Roland Barthes’ idiot musings strike again.

The movie theatre going experience has been a fucking nightmare for decades - massive, freezing-cold theatres that scream advertisements at you non-stop until the second the movie starts, popcorn for $13 dollars a bag*, tickets that far outstrip the rate of inflation, and a belief that nobody in the world has…

I was going to say “Unless this film is about Swamp Thing going on an adventure with Leech, Artie Maddicks, Franklin Richards, Tana Nile, and Howard the Duck I’m not interested.”

But then I realized I was thinking of Man-Thing.

Bit like the way phone companies keep improving battery life and then decided to over-crank app performance to immediately erase any gains from improving battery life.

But great, the calculator app nows runs 5 picoseconds faster. Thanks, Android.

That sounds so much better than existing Harry Potter.