Wild role for Swinton, and she managed to take a thoroughly ridiculous idea for a character, imbue it with all sorts of convincingly tragic pathos, and then have such a goddamn funny finish.

I like the last couple of seasons of Veep a lot, but it did become a different show... More like a live action cartoon in the vein of 30 Rock.

I agree on the reveal. That made it less insulting, unlike Dexter 

I thought flashing back to Butcher pouring the “drink for Kessler” onto the table was one of those things that’s best not made explicit.  Because it’s silly.

I still haven’t watched the final season of Veep, despite loving that show. And I’m not sure I ever will. Real life completely ruined it for me.

Dead right about Veep, it was what Ianucci said about The Thick Of It. The fourth and final season of that show wasn’t bad, but it ended on a very depressing note as art imitated life a bit too much (plus it doesn't help that the very people it was satirizing saw it as a guideline for how they conduct politics). Fittin…

I hate to admit it, bc I’m actually enjoying this season, but yeah this seems like Durden Town.

And he’s already hallucinating his wife.

And there’s already precedent for him hallucinating people. So yeah, I think that’s the worst kept secret. When they reveal it hopefully it’s not done in such a way that we’re supposed to be shocked by it.

Lasseter was apparently a credit hog, and was able for years to remain at his place because he was supposedly irreplaceable.

Have you seen Luck, which he produced for Skydance Animation/Apple TV+? It’s awful, as it definitely lacks the “critical eye” he was supposedly famed for. It’s especially cruel to compare it to Monsters Inc., the closest equivalent at Pixar. Everything you need to know about how Monstropolis works is shown in the…

Yeah. It’s a real shame he turned out to be so sleazy and created such a hostile work environment. If he’d been a decent human being instead, Pixar would be in a better place, and so would the people he hurt.

We need a zombie dog with a talking voice collar. “Oh don’t worry, I’m here to help you fight- SQUIRREL BRAAAIIINNSSS! human zombies!”

Luca rules fight me.

That means 55% of critics agreed with you.

I highly recommend The Devil’s Candy, about the making of Bonfire. An endlessly fascinating look at a film production ballooning out of everyone’s control thanks to a multitude of unchecked egos (the film opens with what’s still the most expensive single shot in film history, in which the Concorde had to land at a…

I think it’s generally seen as “crawling back” by a lot of people because just like his return to the Fast & the Furious franchise (another move that will assuredly make him millions), it’s him coming back to a property that he has in the past tried to move away from.

Because the crew on the project then has to consistently work long days and skip lunch to accommodate him, which is not great for safety. 

I mean it is possible that it’s also...bad.

I love big swings, and I love FFC, but this is a vanity project for him and his most die-hard, unquestioning fans. And seemingly no one else.