Since the variants are following the Greek alphabet naming scheme and there wasn’t a media storm around E through whatever comes before O in Greek, I’d say the media is doing an ok job at not sounding the alarm over each new variant. But I think the big deal regarding omicron is that we don’t know yet if the existing…

I read somewhere a while ago that the trailers are generally not made by the actual production company, they just provide the footage that can be used to a company who makes trailers and also that trailers tend to follow trends (deep bass BWAAAA sound, slowed and stripped versions of old songs, etc.) There seems to…

My personal favorite is Ghost Protocol, but yea it’s truly amazing that they’re able to keep churning these out without a drop in quality.

And sit through 15-20 minutes of commercials during a 60 minute show? No thanks. And be required to sit down for an uninterrupted hour at a specified time each week unless you have some extra box which will record the show for you? Also no thanks.

I wouldn’t even say “close to zero”, it’s zero. I think the only way the US locks down again is if the mortality rate rises exponentially or COVID starts turning people into actual zombies or something. And even then, if we lock down everyone will just go stand in line at Home Depot again.

I’m always of the opinion that we should overreact to new variants and if the variant reporting turns out to be overblown then no harm is done. The problem is that if we continuously overreact eventually people are going to think the reports are crying wolf and that will cause a whole slew of new issues.

Have you ever seen a “tech gifts” list that DIDN’T include a portable power bank? Sure there are some people that could benefit from one, but really how many people are carrying these things around every day? Yet they are constantly being pushed by these lists.

Hey also can I be un-greyed?

“So have you seen any good movies lately?”

Found the dinosaur foot fetishist!

Great show, but I’ll never be able to un-see the “circumcision reverser” from season 1...

Agreed, 3rd best Craig Bond film. It was far too long and had some really bad “jokes” (“it was a mind blowing experience”) but the action and chases were pretty good and I was kind of sad to see this Bond’s story end.

Maybe it’s not really a dummy. Maybe it’s just misunderstood?

I figured I’d get some disagreement here, but Rocket? The CGI rabbit who is obsessed with weapons and stealing? I really don’t think he changed much at all. Going from a space pirate to a space pirate who teams up with others to help save the world from a shared enemy is hardly character growth.

Good comment. I also watched Shang Chi and enjoyed it, but am in no way yearning to see what happens to Shang next. Awkwafina was really the only memorable part for me. This is going to continue to be a problem as Disney rolls out new unknown superheroes, if they don’t build the attachment to the character then what’s…

Ok, if you can’t talk about these movies like they’re “regular” movies then I think you need to treat them more like a TV series. But how many of the episodes are standalone origin stories that played out in very similar ways? So it would kind of be like watching the same episode over and over again (humor me here) wit…

It’s too late, the nerds are out for Scott’s head now.

I loved Endgame (and Infinity War), but truly it’s barely even a film on it’s own. I think it often gets a pass because all the prior films took care of the setup and character introductions but Endgame itself has very little, if any, of these things. If you hadn’t already seen most of the preceding 20 movies you…

To me, The Suicide Squad felt like a collection of ideas jammed together into a movie and then they let a 12 year old write the jokes. No character growth, no stakes that you actually care about, no excitement. I actually think The Suicide Squad is a perfect example for the point Scott is trying to make.

I mean he’s not wrong. As much as I love the Marvel movies they mostly follow the same formula. There are few surprises, the hero is never in any real danger, and they often end with a CGI heavy fight against a similar foe. There are rarely any real stakes to them and little to no character development. I watched…