Get a VPN and watch them on Canadian Netflix, if one must.

I have a Google alert for my name because I’m vain and want to know if anyone says anything about my book. No one ever does though, so that worked out fucking great. Anyway, apparently I share a name and spelling with, respectively, a British elected official from many years ago, and (shit you not) not one but at…

You diffuse light. You defuse bombs. #petpeeve

One of the promotional videos/commercials in the leadup to the film’s release was a featurette about how they filmed that sequence. So the cameraman and everyone else involved in the shoot did in fact get credit. It’s pretty cool, you’d probably enjoy watching it.

It’s a source of... wonder? I guess? That sounds too pure. Think like a grungy, bitter, sordid wonder. Maybe I’ll think of the word when I’ve had more coffee. Anyway. Any time that book comes up in discussion, without fail, people will say “What about that scene” and there’s just no questioning which scene is being…

I haven’t read that one but I’ve read enough of his other stuff when I was young and stupid to know that yes, I do not need to google that.

OMFG THE CRINGE FACTOR OF THAT STORY

Yeah, co-signed. I don’t know about boning a vampire, but I would absolutely get down with Beckinsale.

It’s okay. Skepticism in the face of absurdity is a healthy reaction. ;p

Not only can I confirm that it’s true, but the mascot for Evergreen State College is “Speedy the Geoduck.” Yeah. With a costume and everything.

Bright green has the benefit of having been christened as the best color for visibility purposes. So I guess there’s that.

I mean... it’s hard to fault them for picking a demonstrably popular figure in the target demographic. That’s a pretty solid, basic PR move. AND YET.

All right, well. This is still a free country. No one is stopping you from glorying us with your objectively correct opinion. By all means, share.

Yeah. After decades of having to watch advertising, the public has developed a pretty damn good bullshit detector – at least as regards advertising. :p

Yeah, that’s pretty much what I was getting at with their insincerity. Unfortunately, this was created by their in-house marketing team, not an agency. But that could be a good thing, if they’re able to learn and course-correct.

I’m glad you liked it!

I totally did notice that sign and lolwtf. Literally, I imagine someone coming up and asking “What conversation?” and the reply being, “The conversation about how great Pepsi is! Would you like a free sample?”

Part of my day job for the past several years has been “advertising commentator” and this fucking thing, oh man. The ways in which it doesn’t work are myriad.

I thought this was a joke, but I updated my app and HOLY SHIT

I’m going to limit my comments to the pitches: