Poor choice of phrase.

The reconciliation with his wife and new pregnancy is what really clinched it for me. There’s nothing in their previous interaction to suggest that these people are ready to reunite, it’s all trauma and grief and anger. And then the narration, literally his “inner monologue” while in the halo sleep. 

The only ending in his filmography remotely similar - a happy ending for the protagonist that isn’t real - is David’s day with his mom at the end of AI. Which immediately preceded Minority Report. Maybe he was briefly enamoured of it. 

In the Spielberg canon, I place this a solid #5, right after the five-star classics (Jaws, Raiders, Schindler, and ET) but first among the four/four and a half tier (Jurassic, Ryan, CEOT3K, AI, and so on).

I would like to know: the status of Holland’s Spidey going forward; if Cap 4 with Sam/Bucky will be a thing; info on Shang-Chi 2. 

Assberg

Damned Damned Damned is a better record than Bollocks. And I’d be willing to hold up Machine Gun Etiquette and / or The Black Album against London Calling. 

Any discussion of the “Big Three” of 70s punk that fails to name The Damned is intrinsically flawed. 

400+ million domestic, 1bn+ worldwide doesn’t seem outside the realm of possibility. This is a character that has steadily grown in popularity since his 2016 introduction, figures prominently in Infinity War and No Way Home, and cameos in Endgame. Plus Cumberbatch himself has a not-insignificant fandom and is having a…

Nope, not what I wrote.

Yes, I can recognize Asian people are Asian without the aid of “traditionally Asian clothing” or Asian accents. Still, nothing about Russell reads as Asian to me. It’s the face? Is it the eyes I’m supposed to base it on? If I had to go with an ethnicity based on the eyes alone I’d probably go with Innu or Inuit.

This would be a fair critique of what somebody actually typed if somebody had actually typed it. 

Bit of an overreaction. I said that nothing about the character’s appearance or voice indicated Asian to me; not that in order to do so, he would have to display exaggerated racist stereotypes.

I actually forgot there was a scene with the mom. 

I mean, honestly no. Nothing about his clothing points to anything other than “Boy Scout”. His voice is “generic kid voice”, no trace of accent. His facial design looks like most other kid animation faces. 

I was today years old when I found out Russell from Up was supposed to be Asian-American.

I enjoyed it enough in that it hit the nostalgia buttons well enough (Tommy! Lindsey!) and was uncompromising in its violence (that firefighter massacre is something) while also being quite aware of its flaws: sidelined Jamie Lee Curtis for too long, the mob is nonsensical, the general lack of suspense or frightening…

One of the best sci-fi shows ever, for my money. Four seasons worth. Australian production, early 2000s. Ensemble cast space opera, incredibly imaginative, great series-long story arcs, an all-time HOF villain, and two main characters that are elaborate Jim Henson creations.

Absolutely this. Farscape is ultimately a brilliant romance wrapped in a space opera shell.

I’m more than a little surprised to learn that Can You Feel The Love Tonight wasn’t a number one for Elton John. I worked at a Sam The Record Man at the time, and we certainly sold a metric buttload of it.