His brand of stand up is one of those styles though where if the premise isn’t true it’s kind of shit. I don’t want to disparage the style, it can be great when it hits, but it’s that kind of comedy where you’re supposed to discover deeper truths about yourself and/or the world. I’ve heard it referred to as TED Talk…

I think The Daily Show’s political value was probably les about swaying the already political and more about making the apolitical more politically aware. That’s basically what happened to me; I started watching as a teenager looking for laughs.

All these years later most of those “eviscerees” are still ensconced in their positions of power

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Headline: Doug Liman Boycotts “Road House” Premiere Because of Streaming

The only thing I care about is avatar. No. Not the movie. Give me back my effin’ avatar!

“Rarely has a blockbuster managed to score so many Oscar nominations, especially in the 21st century.”

Running the risk of being pilloried by my own people (ie, the woke scolds and cancel culture spoilsports of the Internet at large): Barbie wasn’t actually all that great, and it doesn’t really deserve most of the acclaim that it’s received. It was relatively progressive for a children’s movie/toy commercial/nostalgia…

usually the 10 year cycle of repeating trends isn’t quite this on the nose.

I like Stewart. I’m happy to have him back, especially with this being an election year.

A good video game can provide 100 hours of entertainment (or more; with mods I seem to have spent over 200 in Fallout 4 — I know that because Steam tells me, which I know doesn’t fit into the “used” category, but Steam sales often mean you can get an older game for a couple of bucks). I dropped Netflix recently, even…

FWIW Toy Story was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Score and Original Song, so it’s not like that one exactly swept the ‘big’ awards either. TBH your overall point — that Barbie, for all it’s virtues, is not exactly the kind of movie that the Academy tends to shower with love — is a pretty valid one.

Acting Oscars should not be given out for past performances. That’s what the Lifetime Achievement Oscar is for. People should win for the performance they’re nominated for.

Well, I guess I’ll be relying on my VPN even more.

Thinks awards are arbitrary jokes and also thinks that only movies about certain subjects deserve them

I can’t believe people keep rewarding anti-consumer practices like this. Why would anyone pay for a service that shows them ads? That’s just cable with less content. If the piracy scene ever disappears, I’d rather not watch at all than pay for a terrible experience.

Who fucking cares? Awards are arbitrary jokes anyways. Plus any movie about Barbie really doesn’t deserve an Oscar.

Jeez, it’s a movie about Barbie.

In my experience, there’s an alarming lack of financial literacy and basic understanding of macroeconomics here in the States. FWIW unlike other giant corporations, Apple actually IS sitting on a mountain of cash that they can technically spend on anything (or at least they were when we studied them in school ~7 years…

Before people start some guessing game, a reminder that if Eccleston had wanted to name the co-star, he would have named the co-star.