They’ve been going way too big with the movies since at least the third one, when every cast member turned out to be members of the Justice League of Pirates.

And I think all of the sequels had good ideas buried under varying degrees of nonsense. Disney actually bought the rights to the superlative Tim Powers pirate…

There are at least two major manufacturers. Samoas and Caramel deLites taste wildly different, for instance, even though they’re the “same” cookies according to the Scouts. (Samoas are darker chocolate, so they’re obviously the right ones.)

Other than WoW and Hearthstone, I find myself mostly interested in indie games now, and articles like this make me feel that’s the right call.

Great reporting as always. Depressing as hell news, though.

I saw it in theaters. It was not a great movie, although I appreciate it mainstreaming the cool Calico Jack version of the Jolly Roger, which is by far the best pirate flag.

What was the movie that recast her role?

My guess is that part of the reason Disney made a big deal about Redd, the female pirate who replaces the weirdly-into-it prisoner being sold off in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, is that they intend to have the next movie in the series (because you know there will be one) introduce a new female lead and phase out…

LinkedIn really wants me to work for TMZ.

Is it possible that LinkedIn hates all of us as much as we all hate LinkedIn?

I have to assume vaping is a great form of contraception, though, because I can’t imagine even the horniest teen wants to fuck another after they’ve seen them vaping.

An “enchilada burrito.” Jesus wept.

Christopher Nolan.

Every time I think “you know, she might actually secretly be pretty great,” she turns around and strikes a pose like this — or does the behavioral equivalent of it.

She’s probably going to be pretty great in her 30s, assuming she makes it past 27.

You watched two mediocre ones.

Everyone agreeing that “Star Wars” is now actually “Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope” is what got us to this place.

That is a weirdly high number of vampire movies leaving in January.

Buffy coming to Netflix confirmed?

If they put that money into shows they completely own, though, they can put them out all over the world and not have to jump through these hoops again in a few years.

Netflix is working on a lot of stuff, including new superhero stuff with Mark Millar. They’ll be fine and we will get more choices of shows and places to…

Yeah, Daredevil was definitely the most-watched of these. Disney is obviously charging an arm and a leg for new seasons, with the intention of just this scenario playing out.

We’re going to see new versions of these shows, although hopefully no one will ever have this version of Danny Rand have to carry a show solo…

Also, every extra was actually Haley Joel Osment.

The opening credits also suggested this was a show that had gotten lost behind a filing cabinet in the late 1980s and they just decided to put on Netflix because, eh, why not?

Yep, it’s exactly that kind of show. It basically was pleasant enough noise to have on when I was doing something else, periodically punctuated by noticing the probation officer they inexplicably turned into a detective after the first episode. (Aren’t those different agencies and career tracks?)