You can act dismissive, and bringing Bernie into it is a neat trick, but you’re still advocating for a system that failed once and is determined to do the same thing again.

Determined by an algorithm =/= Personalized

How great is it going to work for the Democratic party when an uninspiring establishment centrist fails to resonate with the base voters who are directly saying “This person is uninspiring and I do not want to vote for them” while the center says “You will if you know what’s good for you?”

The individual teams may never have claimed to be non-profit, but with all the tax breaks and sweatheart deals from local governments they get pretty damn close to tax-exempt

When was the last time ESPN had Diamond & Silk on? Check and mate

I think this is what they’re going to do, they can slot Ant-man and/or Wasp into the main conflict for IW2 without any setup (Hawkeye too, but with his wife and kids). The Snapture was written to cause the most grief possible for the surviving heroes, makes sense that would carry over off-screen

Most corporations could be described the exact same way, it’s just a matter of how closely the owners choose to be involved. Tencent doesn’t have a reputation for heavy-handedness towards their acquisitions so far, but they own what they’ve purchased and owners ultimately call the shots

Cartoon Network (and others) used to see value in catering to older fans as well as younger ones, and now it doesn’t. As a fan of American animation that skews more mature, that bums me out. Nothing is being taken I’m just no longer being served. Fortunately, I’m an adult who owns a blu-ray player and, as you said:

The Sith lightsaber that overwhelms its user was introduced in Lando and it was about the only plot point I thought seemed out of place (otherwise, it’s still the best of the Marvel series). I’m glad they’re making it a thing instead of a weird one-off plot device

Damn, I hope to see you elsewhere on the internet. You’re a damn good writer and I’ve always enjoyed your stuff. Good luck!

This is the same BS as it was when kids in the 50s were swiping coins for baseball cards or comic books, and every era since and before has done something similar. It’s bad and it’s wrong but it’s bog standard.

Finally, a way to foil KAOS without the hefty installation fees

The one that collapsed 9 months ago and irradiated all those villagers and their farmland?

This is true, but then leave it out entirely instead of gesturing at it lazily or only acknowledging the most exaggerated and noncontroversial aspects. God of War told a very nuanced story about fatherhood and regret that resonated with audiences, and it didn’t feel the need to drag in larger issues that deserve more…

I have my doubts engaging anyone who uses the phrase “Social Justice Warrior” in good faith, but here we go. These aren’t waiters at a restaurant and the NFL isn’t just a business. The NFL has positioned itself as an aspect of American life, and it brutalizes its players while depending on them to humanize the brand…

They were at least a popular fantasy book series and a two movie (and short-lived TV series) franchise with ties to the Jurassic Park IP. That might not seem like much, but the pre-existing stuff benefited the shows before they premiered, and the shows benefited the pre-existing stuff once they became popular

That is so Fetch

The economics of modern TV pretty much demand an established property be used, even with stuff that years ago would have been “inspired by” or wholly original

If the “talking dog farting in a bathtub” movie can’t maintain it’s narrative integrity without including a scene that inadvertently endorses the methods of child sex predators, as a society I think we’ve probably hit a wall in terms of visual storytelling

It’s not the predicable twist that makes it a bad movie, it’s the boring and ultimately pointless narrative leading up to the predictable twist. Signs had a twist that tied into the themes of the film, even if it was executed questionably, where The Village didn’t really have a thematic through line to begin with but…