I demand someone make a film with all four just so we can get the Spiderman Pointing meme and other nonsense.  I genuinely on a good day can barely tell Samara Weaving isn't Margot Robbie.  For years I kept thinking, it was weird that Margot Robbie was on Ash V Evil Dead.

They had her in the running for years to play the ride character Redd, who is blatantly based on Anne Bonny.

The book is highly influential. The guy who made the Monkey Island games has said, Stranger Tides was the biggest inspiration.  Shame it was adapted into a fairly lame film.

Which is a shame, because it’s a great book.

On Stranger Ties is a movie about pirate apparel, while the one you’re thinking of is On Stranger Tides (Disney bought the rights from Tim Powers and neglected to use the contents of the book, which may account for the forgettable nature of the film.)

And Morgan Freeman is the Great Wizard of the Magicals. 

The textbook example is John Coffy in The Green Mile.

They should have just adapted this Key and Peele sketch.

Tom Sawyer?!?! #notmyleague

“Morpheus was undoubtedly a self-sacrificing guide to Neo. but it was Morpheus’ confidence, the weight of respect his character’s presence inspired throughout the film’s world.”

I believe the trope, for the most part, is supposed to refer to any black person who kind of mentors or subtly pushes a white person to learning a life lesson to better their own lives. So in the loosest sense, one could assign that role to Morpheus, since he is the one who guides Neo into his ultimate role as The…

Is it weird that this movie seems to misunderstand the concept of Magical Negroes that it is supposedly sending up? Black people having to expend a lot of effort to make white people feel secure in their presence is surely a real thing, but it doesn’t really have anything to do with the term.

Was Morpheus really a “magical negro” though? He seemed to have too much agency for that. I thought the trope referred to people like the caddy Bagger Vance.

Introducing the Tuesday night keynote speaker at this Summer’s Republican National Convention.

Kind of like how creationists tend to look unevolved, I’ve noticed anti-maskers tend to be the ugliest people who really should wear masks so no one has to look at that shit.

Giving smart phones to boomers was a mistake.

What a snowflake.

We might not want to admit it but Radiohead is “classic rock” now. OK Computer is older now than Dark Side of the Moon was when OK Computer came out. 

Jim Spanfeller is a herb

Oh man, I would absolutely love to have a place like this around. Their vegetarian menu looks fantastic - tacos, chili cheese fries, tostadas... I don’t know why you bothered with that sad veggie burger when they have some actual awesome-looking options.