Until and unless you have data to back up your shit talk, don’t shit talk. I won’t tell you millions of people didn’t just swallow what the media and the White House have been feeding them because I, unlike you, don’t make grandiose statements of armchair psychic powers. You want to make pronouncements about the…

I think there was probably a sad cause-effect there. I had heard stories about Spacey from industry folks when I was in L.A. (and about Bryan Singer). So it was a well known issue. I think once his career was on a downturn more victims felt comfortable coming forward because he had less ability to influence their…

If the people asking “How long is long enough?” were not 9 times out of 10 bad faith white knighting for their problematic favorites I might be inclined to agree. It’s just very rare that the question comes from a source that appears at all neutral or genuinely interested in fairness.

When I worked at a grocery store during summers I had a manager who would constantly put his hand on your shoulder when he was talking to you. Already annoying, right? But motherfucker would do that IN THE GODDAM MEN’S ROOM! Buddy, I am pissing. Keep your hands off me.

You guys remember that movie about the parents trying to stop a night of teenage debauchery starring John Cena? What was it called?

“They’ll only let you dock there if you can find the little man in the boat.”

“Democratic voters have been swallowing”

I just think that you could have made the same point without wargaming a scenario that doesn’t exist. “IF he wasn’t old, THEN” Well yeah, but he fucking is. So what’s the point of going on for another dozen fucking sentences?

Right. But I didn’t suggest otherwise. I was responding to the sarcastic suggestions of a snark.

Okay, so what you meant was “Good lord, what a disaster” but you wrote a pamphlet of sarcastic suggestions. Cool!

Show your data or stfu.

Big agree. I was on board for a good chunk of Gretel and Hansel but mood/tone can only take me so far. At a certain point shit has to happen. A plot has to come together. This is narrative fucking film, ya know? Leave the tone poems to art galleries.

What I tend to find very frustrating about this sort of artistic sensibility is that the same look and tone could be achieved while ALSO TELLING A FORWARD MOVING STORY. Apologies for the Caps, it’s just a real bugaboo for me. And it’s so fucking prevalent in hyphenate shit. “Do you have a great eye for composition and…

I’m sorry, I read “Her screaming hurts my ears.” in present tense. If you meant the past tense you should have used past tense language. And “hurts” implies multiple viewings so I’m confused. Have you time traveled and watched it more than once? Did you see it in the theater more than once? If you mean the present…

Additionally, I never had the feeling in 2016 that if Trump lost his supporters would try a fucking armed coup.

I don’t disagree. THAT SAID, I think that IF Biden’s line on his debate performance is that he wasn’t as well-rested as he should have been, and IF we buy that, then I don’t really see how “Hey, do *more* appearances, and do them after 8pm” works.

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Bitching about comments on representative casting decisions is not sexy.

Most remote controls have a Volume toggle. Many have a Mute button too!

That’s mostly fair. I don’t know that I agree with “much more fantastic content”, that seems particularly subjective, but I take your points and mostly agree.