It’s always worth reminding people that when they say “ballot harvesting” they mean “voting.”  They just plain hate the idea that people get to vote.

Fucking WOW.

RIGHT WING GRIFTERS: What does our base like now?

Oh no they have Jon Voight, whatever shall we dooooooo

That’s why I had an idea to play on the title with a new story. It’s about a group of students who have won a prestigious, yet controversial (because it is named for a notorious colonizer) scholarship to Oxford and decide to get a place together to live. The title of course is Rhodes House.

Just to give you a funny idea how aging kinda is different these days. Gyllenhaal is only two years younger then Sam Elliot was when he was in Road House.

So, no old mentor/buddy character? Better be a polar bear in there somewhere.

The real snub here

Why have we all lost our avatars?

The problem is that whenever there were too many good directors in a given year, and it was just a roll of the dice who gets in, and the margins between who gets the nom or not is minuscule, it’s usually the woman who gets left out.

It’s fine to not like something. Everything’s subjective. But the whole “try hard” insult people picked up somewhere along the way is just strange. “Eeeew, look how hard they’re trying. Gross. Their effort is so evident. Yuck.” Of all the things to ding a show about, hard work is a curious one. 

It’s realistic though. Anecdotally, it seems pretty common among nerdy scientists living in relative isolation. I’ve heard of it being tradition on a research station on a remote island, and from googling I found an article that mentions watching The Thing as a winter tradition for the crew at the Amundsen-Scott South…

I’m cool with the supernatural angle. Another rote cop thriller doesn’t appeal. Get weird. 

Well, this commenter didn’t say much, but this other dude sure qualifies. I’m not going to try to imitate his “dumb person’s idea of how a smart person writes” style, but his argument largely came down to “It is OBJECTIVELY bad that this season of a crime series that has always included supernatural elements that was…

Why did Angie steal Qavvik’s toothbrush? If she was leaving, why would she use his toothbrush?

I’m enjoying the small town vibes, which is somewhere between Fargo and Mayberry. That’s a new dimension that, paired with the gothic horror, is helping keep this show fresh. Also, I would totally live in the TSALAL station. Gym, library, big ass kitchen? Sign me up. 

I viewed the sandwich stream as being broadcast to a family member, which would be on point for people stuck in a remote location. It would also fit with the Spanish speaker call to the police station that the secretary completely garbled.

There’s one in every crowd. Since when does HBO have cheap production values for their prestige dramas?

Alright, I’m in. First episode was a bit of a slow, dry burn. It seems more like its own thing than True Detective. There’s no noir narration and the two leads seem more detached to the viewer compared to their predecessors. We’re introduced to them in a more naturalistic way instead of the scenery chewing exposition…

I liked that Foster got to say ‘star-shaped’ in reference to a wound again, all these many years later.