I won’t deny that 2001 is a stark and beautiful movie that engages in big ideas about the future of mankind, but I just cannot watch it without falling asleep at some point.  It just drags so much, especially in the early scenes of David Bowman plodding about the space station.

If he wouldn’t have gone home this episode, he probably would’ve gone home soon after. Tom’s response to his feeble excuse—”pasta’s not really my thing”—about how he might have to do a lot of things that are not his “thing” on Top Chef said it best(never mind the fact that pasta was really Michelle’s “thing”, either,…

That pic up top looks *nothing* like Edward Carnby:

I’ve read reviews for this film and they seem to support his assertion. However, he also can’t pretend that this film exists in a vacuum. Perhaps this script has been in development for a really long time (far beyond this particular political moment) or his Britishness insulates him about the awfulness of the current…

Twitter might be the worst thing happen to celebrities since McCarthyism.

I’d be more upset if I gave a damn about red carpet coverage.  I suppose I just didn’t notice that they’d been doing this for a long time.

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After finishing up Resident Evil 4 Remake and the Seperate Ways DLC, I’ve decided to scale back and do some retro emulation: Discworld Noir for the PS1.

I have finished the main campaign of RE4 Remake...and I’m nearly finished with the Seperate Way DLC. I would’ve been totally finished, but after selling a lot of my stuff to EZ Mode (Rocket Launcher!) the Sanctuary Room Saddler fight*, I found myself with not enough stuff to get through the final skirmish at the…

Edible gold leaf is pointless conspicuous consumption.  Sure, “you eat with your eyes first”, but there’s a limit.  It tastes like nothing and bumps up the price; it’s inane.

The most important question: how did They Might Be Giants anticipate this plot?

One of the things I admire about The Binding of Isaac’s approach to roguelikes is how willing they are to let the player just break the game with a particularly lucky run; conversely, you can have a particularly cursed run.   

For a series that is veering wildly into supernatural/occult territory, the thing I find the most credulity-straining is just how fucking dumb Hank is. I mean, I get that the lovelorn and desperate can do pretty stupid things, but it’s a pretty transparent scam at about the level of those Nigerian prince emails.

I’m finally getting around to a playthrough of Resident Evil 4 Remake. I was a bit apprehensive after trying the Chainsaw Demo last year and getting my ass kicked over and over again, but I made it through the Village just fine (OK, after a few tries) in the full release, so either they ramped down the difficulty a…

I will not stand for this Daryl Hannah erasure.

If the captions are to be trusted, he’s humming “Twist & Shout”, which could explain why Danvers is so down on that tune.

Agreed on Southland Tales.  If you get on its wavelength, it’s a hell of a ride.  If you wanted something self-serious and pretentious, you probably won’t like it.

Is Poor Things really primed to be a spoiler?  I guess I shouldn’t underestimate Emma Stone’s star power, but it really seems like the kind of weirdo movie that Oscar movie voters normally bounce off of.  I mean, I liked it (as I have liked all of Lanthimos’ films), but I *am* weird.

did some corporate lawyer asshat start scanning random sites avatars and decide there was too much copyrighted material?

For all the talk in expansive open-world games about how “you can play it your own way”, it usually just rounds up to how extra-murdery you are (murdering beyond what is sanctioned by the game’s quests), what factions you join, or how flip you are in your answers to NPCs, but it never really amounts to substantial…