Yet another reason why people who oppose the current regime need to turn out in November. If Democrats reclaim the House, Pelosi can have a select committee on Russian collusion up and running before the State of the Union address, and they can subpoena whomever they want.

Dune is one of those stories that’s sort of moved beyond discussion of how good it actually is, as it’s such a significant work in the genre. It’s somewhat akin to Lord of the Rings in that way; if I’m plodding through Tom Bombadil singing about his boots, it can be hard to remember why the series is ‘good’, but in no…

Poon and Poon II: It’s Not Just The Spice That’s Flowing

If he can keep Ridley Scott at bay long enough to make a film, Brian Hebert shouldn’t present much trouble.

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a world called Arrakis...Dune...desert planet.

I like serialized cinema, but I’m not a fan of splitting a story in two and trying to rework the first half to make it resemble a complete narrative arc. I guess Part 1 ends with the fall of House Atreides and Paul’s fleeing into the desert?

The Harry Potter series mostly matched one film per book, but the final novel (The Deathly Hallows) was split across two movies. Dividing the last volume of the series was a huge windfall for Harry Potter, so we’ve had a handful of imitators since then; Twilight did it, Hunger Games did it, Divergent was going to do…

A list of the 50 greatest effects movies that doesn’t mention The Last Starfighter? Gunstar-1 taking on the Kodan armada in fully rendered 3D? Centauri would be so disappointed.

This comment is like flames on Optimus Prime.

Apparently Smith is a really good recruiter, contributing to all that top WR talent the teams have had. Doing something with that talent, though...

Of course Meyer was aware of that initial incident - did anyone think a head coach wouldn’t know when one of his staff gets arrested?

I enjoy Filoni’s work a lot, but I was disappointed when we found out the next show is Resistance and not a Sabine/Ashoka followup. 

The Star Wars galaxy is an OHSA nightmare! Doors and hatches that slam shut in an instant, chasm spanning walkways with no railings, trash compactors with laser-reflective walls... Palpatine must have had whole battalions of lawyers on staff.

Huh. I’ve lived in Ohio most of my life and I can think of a half-dozen places off the top of my head that serve them.

Great, then all those New Hampshire colleges can start charging these kids in-state tuition since they’ll officially be state residents. At UNH, a student from outside New Hampshire who gets billed at the in-state rate would save $14,500 for this academic year. A massive education discount as a bonus for registering…

Well of course not, neither side could risk an American translator leaking details of the blackmail material they have on Trump. The Soviets keep that shit in house.

Best cans in baseball!

He prepared a bottle of formula, gave it to his wife and left for work sometime after 6am.

It is the progressives that call the cops. The conservatives are the ones with all the guns, and they’d rather do the shooting themselves.

Chunks > chips.