“Make up something completely original” is a phrase that seems to be lost on a vast majority of film and television creators.

Of the many, many services I subscribe to, Max is the only one that has frequent crashes in the final 5-10 minutes of a program.

I wish all mediocre shows would get axed this quickly.

I feel certain there are third options.

So, is this just a Blockbuster Machine issue? Do indie directors give a damn about geo-political issues affecting box office? I’m trying to imagine if John Sayles or John Waters ever gave much thought to anything more than getting their films seen by a handful of American audiences.

I feel like I’ve been using “insufferable” a lot this week.

Really wanted to like it. Found it aggressively insufferable.

Game: count how many times in each film characters should have rightfully died in any scene where non-super-powered humans were flung about, punched through walls, or dropped several stories.

When is there ever just one actor available?

As the owner of an Xbox I can only hope it ports one day.

I find something about the M.O.D.O.K. animation style really off-putting. But I want to like the show. I doubt the MCU will ever do a proper version of the character...and sadly, I had always hoped Arcade* might show up somewhere...I guess this is fine.

You sound like you’re fun at monster parties.

Wheatley is the one contemporary filmmaker who I have followed with the most excitement from day 1 and always - always - ended up most disappointed by on repeat viewings...and in a couple of cases, the first time.

And Sushi Girl.

Oh, so he’s a genial, forthcoming creep. Well, then.

So, 50yo dude with very few kudos in his back pocket decided moral compass was less important than a paycheck (or simply didn’t grasp what he was doing which looks even worse), and assumed since no one has paid much attention to him up to now, why worry?...and then this happens.

Maybe this will surprise me, but from the descriptions above it sounds like an eyeroll-inducing chore.

I guess I missed that it was intended to be specifically Cthulhu and not just -ish. But I can appreciate that it was.

The recent UNDERWATER has a great Cthulhu-ish surprise at its core that also bears the imposing scale you would want for such a thing. It’s an oppressively claustrophobic film (for me anyway), but it works really well...which is sad considering it seemed to be cast off and forgotten.

Don’t know if anyone has a - ahem - dead pool going, but my money is on Pete Davidson being the first Slipknot.