I can’t even bring myself to watch this trailer. So annoyed with the book—it steals the major twists from two major movies (one of which was based on a different bestseller). Not to completely spoil the latter twist, which has to do with the grieving process, but it features in yet another bestselling book this year,…

I have observed that people sometimes regress in middle age—especially if they feel sidelined/bereft of their original purpose. So I buy it.

I know, I just thought that was the one aspect of the original series they *wouldn’t* pay tribute to.

I heard they’ll have all of Miyazaki ... that makes it *almost* worth it, I just resent the way Disney owns pretty much everything at this point and they’re packaging it like “we have a new streaming service YOU WILL SIGN UP kthanksbye.”

I am a non-critic regular person who was around when the original trilogy was in theaters and who enjoyed TLJ. I remember young Luke Skywalker being extremely whiny, and it makes complete sense that he’d turn into a disgruntled old hermit. It confuses me that more people don’t see it that way.

My husband is tempted to get Disney Plus just for the Mandalorian (which I understand was the intention). But I convinced him that all we really need is to watch clips of Baby Yoda for free on the internet.

And Moffat will give interviews about how he knows you want to fuck Drac but tough luck, the feeling is not mutual.

Agreed about Eastwood, but this is one of those “I didn’t say what I said” moments. She originally said there was an “inferred moment”—which is a very vague phrase but, in context, can only mean it can be inferred that the character was offering to exchange sex for information. Now she is walking that back.

Any chance of you guys digging into some Burt Reynolds movies?  

Can you imagine a movie like this selling out theaters now? Long, long scenes of dialogue, long, long, slow buildup of tension? Character development? A sense of place? Watching a movie from the ‘70s feels like time travel.

At the time they were astonishing and imho they hold up pretty well.

For the life of me I can’t grow hearty crops on my windowsill.  The produce is pale and runty and stunted.  Not to mention very scanty.  

It didn’t work for me, but I love how much Stephen King loves his wife.

what’s happening at her hairline?  It looks like makeup under her hair.  

I think the real problem is there have been “enough, enough” parodies of that scene already.

I was thinking it looked too pristine.  A few years of wear and it’ll be right on.

Well, she *did* grow up on a Christmas tree farm, although her dad was also in finance, or something. This seems to be along the lines of Drake going back to Degrassi for “I’m Upset.”

Jasmine!

I got one as a present and I was thrilled. It is soooooo good and if it gets clogged it’s easy to fix on your own and there are no stupid bags. Listen people who never vacuum wouldn’t understand.

Took the kids to see Frozen 2. It’s fucking weird. Not sure when John Lasseter left relative to when they worked out the plot for this movie, and no doubt his firing was warranted, but he’s really got the knack for stories that cohere, and this movie could have used more narrative coherence.