Even if he thoroughly roasts him, there are still going to be plenty of supporters that will lament his terrible treatment at the hands of “one of them Hollywood liberal elite”, this further bolstering his profile. Better just not to give him any attention.

Sorry, I probably did lose the thread somewhere there.  I’m probably just pissed about all the “Stop the Steal” banners I’ve seen in my town (some have been quietly replaced with less-offensive twaddle like “Trust in God”), so I was on a bit of a tear.  To be clear, I am certainly not a “both sides”-ist.   The…

I feel like the problem of Karli’s character could have easily been solved with a flashback or two. Yeah, I can kinda grasp the idea behind her character, but some specificity—show us this Momma Donya (sp?) in action, show us how bad things got, etc.—would really help build some empathy. I’m normally on the side of…

Even if a recount ultimately wouldn’t have made a difference, I think the *perception* that it could’ve is the bigger problem, one that has dogged the Democrats (and politics as a whole) ever since. The lesson learned is that playing fair/being civil doesn’t pay off, so you might as well lean into every dirty trick…

I’ve seen it far more recently and I don’t have any nostalgia attached to it. It’s not by any sense a lost masterpiece or a sleeper hit, but to call it “one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen” seems a bit hyperbolic (or the author truly has not seen as many bad movies as they seem to purport). This is dumb fun B-movie…

Not in my experience, but you seem to have your own axe to grind...

Yeah, that was my thought, too. This special might just drive the hesitant ones further away.

It’s been more than a decade since a wholly original film was the biggest hit of its year. All our reigning blockbusters since 2009's Avatar have been sequels or adaptations or sequels to adaptations.

Yep, even the fancy-ants new-style 3D glasses (in contrast to the cheapo paper ones) are aggravating to wear for too long.  It’s lenses over lenses; your eyes have no idea what they’re supposed to be doing!

You’re talking about the Maygypsies, right? (Or possibly the “tripping on ‘shrooms” bit in Chapter 7?!?) I have given some thought to them, as I played. On one level, it feels like a heightened version of the “eternal magical race” fantasy trope (see also: elves, fairies, pixies, etc.). As a portrayal of queer-coded…

I remember playing SaGa Frontier back when it came out, enticed by the premise and of the belief that SquareSoft could do no wrong. I can’t quite remember why, but I soured on it fairly quickly; it still lies unfinished.

I actually found his second form generally easier. Overall, I found the “beast” bosses easier (relatively) since the bigger size means a bigger windup/telegraph to their moves (all the better to gun-parry). Conversely, the Hunter bosses tend to be quicker and harder to predict/parry (for me, at least).  And Papa G is…

Spread butter on lefse (or I just a tortilla might work, too), sprinkle with brown sugar and cinammon, roll up and eat.  Repeat as necessary.

Stupid question from someone with no medical expertise:  if they prescribed blood thinners for patients who received the J&J vaccine, would that be enough to counteract this risk?  Would the risk of something going wrong with the blood thinners themselves be too big a risk to be a practical solution?

When I worked overnights (and then super-early shift when they got rid of that shift) at Target, we would come in the back door. It wasn’t open, though; someone had to buzz you in. We didn’t have a side lot, though, so we had to park super far-away at the far end of the front lot.

Park on the side of the store

They tend to make me think of King of Kong, and consequently that asshole Billy Mitchell which is enough to put me off of points for life.

Points seems like such an antiquated notion these days. Granted, there are still metrics for measuring how good at a game you are: completion percentages, badges, acheivements, unlockable characters/items/cosmetics, and the like. There’s probably some psychological reason that games have shifted away from points as a…

That description of Birdgirl reads a bit like a pre-air capsule review.

Honestly, that feels less like the fault of the film and more the fault of the studio exec cowardice/cluelessness. “Oh that film was our biggest success in quite a while! It looks like the people have spoken! Only deadly-serious superhero films from now on! No way that can fail!”