Yes but if you had to pick one person to “credit” in an article like this I think it’d be Dante first, Spielberg second, and Columbus third. Just an odd choice is all. Columbus wrote the script, it isn’t flat out “wrong.” Just a weird choice.

It is 1,000% a Joe Dante movie. If you’re going to credit anyone besides Dante, its more a Spielberg film than a Chris Columbus film.

One day I will tell my grandkids how hard you shit your pants in this thread. I fucking come back here and re-read this shit it was so fantastic.

That’s fair. That isn’t how I’d articulate what TLJ was doing, though. I still absolutely love that he wasn’t precious about Star Wars history or rules or canon and wanted to make it just a little bit more something for everyone and not just die-hard fans wanting certain boxes to be checked.

Thank you. Exactly my point.

I imagine believing for a second that a wealthy celebrity is suing you would be a bit scary for a lot of people, to be fair.

I think she was quoting her? The way I heard it was her saying, “I am a... Say it again,” like here, I’ll walk you through what you said, now say it again.

I saw some headlines that this movie had a twist. A few hours later on TV, I saw one of those super-short trailers for the movie, and Emilia Clarke says to Golding, “you’re the only one that seems to see that I *exist*” or something close to that.

I clicked on the link and looked at the picture promising me he’s fine.

Yo Matthew Perry looks like fucking death, wow.

Yeah and I mean, her brand has always been “pugnacious” and standing her ground but to me that’s not “rawr, I have one more thing to say about immigration,” its “I want to alienate everyone around me and I don’t really even know why.”

Almost like she’s angling to get canned so she can join the Industrial Martyr Complex ecosystem and be a heroic presence, but that’s probably giving her too much credit.

The only thing I’d disagree with here is that Biden’s was a dodge—it was just a rhetorically “cleaner” answer, not a better one. Accepting that but not Sanders’ is to admit you’re all in on the theatrical end of the political process mattering more than the substance.

What does the fact that we are white men have to do with our desire to represent the millions of constituents we serve?

This is feeling like that friend in junior high who suddenly got really into like, fuckin’ archery and spent weeks thereafter re-affirming this new identity in gratuitous ways.

The show is on at the gym in the time frame I’m able to get there every day, and this is a fact. You can actually always tell who they’re in the bag for on other stories too, literally everyone that works there is comically dumb even in an otherwise comically dumb time. Holy fuck I hate that show more than fucking…

“It is *not* a cultural issue here with the Houston Astros, I can promise you that.”

Yeah and its like, they’re never as funny as they seem on the first pass. Like the joke opening this post. “Shoots diamonds out of his dick” as the punchline with that set up? I mean, I guess?

Honestly, when one of these idiots starts with the “what kind of country is this, one party is trying to take it down by lying and staging a secret coup!” thing, I actually start showing physical signs of extreme stress. Wtf do you say to that? “No, you are?!” And they are!