Lying autocorrect Generative AI is still pretty weak on the whole human-name vs. product-name distinction. Probably for the best, I think.

Let me fix that headline for you:

To be fair, Spider-Man was always going to be a fan favorite. He’s been a fan favorite for half a century (ditto Black Panther). But I mention this in another thread - the Russos were a great example of a journeyman directing team. They had some panache, they clearly worked well with the studio brass, and their…

Except for Goldblum?  He is fantastic as Grandmaster.  His smile and little eye movements when he talks about how old he is are perfect.

I get the complaints, but I felt like L&T had a more solid story underneath (even if it often had tonal clashes) while Ragnarok’s felt very thin as it made way for the humor.

I think the issue with HBO Max hurting the HBO brand was less that adding “Max” tainted the brand, and more that nobody knew the fucking difference between HBO Go and HBO Max and HBO was really vague about what the distinctions were. Originally if you had an HBO subscription, you ALSO had a streaming on-demand…

Just MCU films. So not Spider-verse, which was amazing.

Hot take: Thor: Love and Thunder was fine.

Xenk refusing to step aside to avoid a rock in his path is still one of the best jokes I’ve seen in a movie for years.

I mean, if someone wrote a play about how I was an asshole, and then they were like “bUt It’S fIcTiOnAl” I would be super irritated. People who watch this play aren’t going to walk away saying “that was funny, but of course it’s not a documentary and I shouldn’t let any of this content color my opinion of Richard…

“[T]hat’s about as meaningful as saying that you’re going to develop a new jigsaw puzzle strategy before you’ve even considered going to the puzzle store to look at their puzzle selection.”

That’s what the Craig era was supposed to be: back to basics Bond. Honestly, I don’t think I’d mind if they went in the opposite direction and leaned into the campiness of it all. The world’s a flaming shitshow right now--give us pocket hang gliders, secret underwater bases, and plots to nuke Mount Everest. Drown us…

I wish I had any idea what your take on this is. It feels snarky but I have no clue in which direction. Nor, I think, do you.

“I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’.” - Bob Newhart

Having seen the piece in Slate before the backlash to it began and having warm feelings towards Martin Short, myself, I remember thinking that the headline (“Why We Keep Putting Up with Martin Short”) seemed odd. It seemed even more so after I read the piece.

I don’t think the Martin Short article is a hit piece at all, because it makes no objectionable claims about him. Since when is it offensive to say that a certain comedian isn’t funny?

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