The union probably should have, at minimum, attempted to boost the league minimum salary. If the minimum salary goes up, even for players locked in to long deals, the veterans look relatively better at the same price points.

They did this to themselves, though. I guess they can strike, but I’m not crying for them…

When I try to erase the alien confrontation in my mind, I see her driving up to the fork in the road and thinking “Fight back or run away? Fuck it I don’t know shit about aliens” and running. The alien confrontation shows that she has ability and knowledge to fight back and the constitution to do so. Without the…

She got the Netflix deal before her next film. Her special sucked, her next movie sucked, and she’s not worth 13m now, but you’re being willfully obtuse or dumb with these arguments.

Amy was in Trainwreck before her 13mil deal. Snatched came after. No one is arguing that Amy would get 13mil now.

Big tonal shifts upset even smart or well-meaning criticisms because a lot of people see jarring moments as inherently bad. The strong ending of the movie doesn’t work without the previous 10 minutes, and the ending is required to finish the character’s arc.

Yes, and the last movie Shumer did before she got her deal was Trainwreck. No one’s giving her that paycheck right now. They gave it to her when she was at her peak.

I think this is a really interesting side-effect of the front-loaded Netflix specials. Chappelle’s deal included two recorded, unreleased specials, a worked-through special from DC, and then an “intimate” special of really un-worked material because he very clearly ran out of time to deliver his deal.

Of Sandler’s last dozen theatrical films, only one of them didn’t make huge profits (That’s My Boy). Even Jack and Jill made a ton of money. That, plus the Grown Ups movies, Hotel Transylvania movies means he has a pretty large base, as long as he keeps his movie budgets in the 60-80 mil range, which is pretty easy…

Except the Revenant was horribly produced, and the award is for production. No one writing checks wants more Revenants.

Using your exact words isn’t a strawman; and what is it telling of, exactly?

No, because you weren’t alive in the 1600s.

No one is suggesting doing nothing. Everyone is saying that there’s problems with corner solution strategies like “always call” and “never call” and “Think hard and read about this stuff” is complex and harder to do.

If only CPS was a decent agency, sure. But they frequently take children from homes over neighbor’s different views on child rearing (which is usually nosey old white folks mad at minorities doing things differently than they did).

I didn’t find that little Bibimbap chain that’s spreading around to be that expensive (but I think it’s only on the Maryland side of DCA?) as a fast casual place, but can’t speak for the restaurants.

Also he literally called himself “Sports Guy” because the website he wrote for already had “Movie Guy.” He wasn’t even the first to blog on the website he blogged on.

I probably played through KoTOR 5-6 times. It was a go-to when nothing was out. The audio dropping out isn’t anything I remember, but fights not triggering, characters stuck in actions, etc. were frequent. Hell, the game is permanently bugged in that the hit penalty for dual-blade sabers is never applied so there’s…

To be fair, it was buggy on the OG XBox too.

I mean sure, but Fincher was just fucking with him when he made him wear the hat (which I applaud).

“The sauce that comes with it, Signature Sauce, is a tamer version of Big Mac sauce, like Thousand Island dressing for beginners.”