Glad they got a real-life former ISB agent in for their commentary. Would equally love your insight into the connection between Fascism and Capitalism, given that you used to work for RAND—care to share your thoughts on the Ewoks defeating the Empire as a direct analogy for the Vietkong and the proteges of your former…

And it’s one of the reasons Rogue One retconning the Death Star to having been sabotaged is so fucking stupid. It’s one of half a dozen times the movie misunderstands the film it’s nominally supposed to be a prequel to: namely that the Death Star is vulnerable because of the arrogance of its lead designer, not because…

I didn’t see it but was it as badly lit as Wakanada Forever?

Nah, you’ve got to thread the needle a little more finely. Words like ‘quotidian’ and ‘parochial’ wouldn’t make the cut - my boss used to yell at me for writing too ‘palatial’ if I tried dropping those. You have to write for CEOs like they’re fourth graders with a very specific vocabulary of large words: if you use…

No, I know exactly who I am, it’s you who is clueless. That’s why you need my product, preferably as part of a SAAS subscription model for repeat engagement.

Put it next to the others please.

Yeah yeah I know it was a dumb thing to say but sometimes very stupid gushing marketing headlines just set me off. An entire article based on the revelation that you can put burratta on a plate. Goddamn.

Utilizing their core competencies in order to better envision a growth-oriented future, Yuga Labs is guaranteeing a solid foundation by which customer and client success will flourish across all verticals and blockchain technology will capitalize on an expansive model of profitability and a deeper understanding of the…

‘The Store-Bought Appetizer Your Guests Will Love More Than Anything Homemade’

I doubt it - I can actually cook.

“They took so many liberties with the materials”

They really didn’t, though. It’s the second age for fuck’s sake, it’s mostly empty space, unifinished scribblings, and Christopher Tolkien guessing - SAME AS THE FIRST AGE.

For the millionth time, JRR Tolkien did not write the Silmarillion. His son and Guy Gavriel Kay did…

... Khan wasn’t in Into Darkness, though. It was just Benedict Cumberbatch. Oh he claimed he was called ‘Khan’ but it was very obviously just Benedict hanging-out. Not playing a character or anything, he just growled some dialogue and earned a paycheque.

Man it’s been a hot minute since I thought about how much I hate…

“How’s your son doing, Indy?”

“Well. He’s really enjoying [location X].”

It’s so easy to do. Indy is an elderly man with a completely adult son it does not beggar belief that his son is not hanging around his dad all the time.

... and the downside of this would be...?

Which is weird because the Muppets solved that one in the early 90s and yet they still keep remaking it.

Curious why you hate Spielberg. I hate E.T., personally, but not the man himself.

AKA the only scene anyone remembers. They certainly don’t remember the opening 40 minutes of non-stop exposition until you’re beaten and bloody by goddamn ‘lore.’

I timed it while watching: I think it was something like 42 minutes before there is a single line of naturalistic dialogue.

Gal Gadot always manages to impress me withhow little screen presence she has.

I am excited to learn that people who were disappointed by WW84 went back to the first Wonder Woman and realized that it was overhyped well past its competency.

(It and Captain Marvel were kind of one two punch of films I really wanted to be good because fuck yeah female leads that are just formulaic nothings that…

That’s just a jellybean he’s saving for later.

Clearly not a Gizmodo article as it seemed to have been edited and I didn’t notice any typos.

It is not like Ferngully or Dances with Wolves, but it exists in the exact same headspace of complete thoughtlessness that does nothing but perpetuate the vile stereotypes about “in touch with nature tribal people” it nominally seeks to avoid. It’s the longest, dullest ‘white colonizer is better at being native than…