I get that it’s his most recognizable role, but it still disappoints me that Bradley’s reference point these days is Harry Potter.
I’m not even talking with regards to Rowling’s fucked up politics, it’s more just...even in recent years, he’s had roles he’s gotten to do far more with by comparison.
Hell, had GoT not…

With all due respect, I think you may be giving the viewer a bit too much credit these days.

The little bastard shot me in the ass!

I mean, that IS basically how a chunk of the “It wouldn’t get made now” crowd treats it anyway.
They essentially imply all the casual racism is the movie’s real comedic value because shock for shock’s sake, not because Brooks is making the racist characters out to be complete dumbasses.

I didn’t get Harumph out of that guy!

This.
Particularly the ones who inadvertently suggest the film’s primary value is purely just the humorous racism.

Granted, the film can’t be made today, but that’s less a matter of shirt-ripping over PC culture and more the fact Brooks is riffing on an age of film that is nowhere near as prominent and revered as it was…

I (M-???) am the new guy at my job. I’ve been given an assignment by the higher-ups that they said I NEED to make sure gets done, but my co-workers keep going on about quarantine. I went over one of their (F30s) heads and now she distrusts me and may be getting the others suspicious too. Just trying to do my job. AITA?

This.

Snyder definitely didn’t sleep through his adaptation, but the sad, simple fact is, his understanding of Watchmen was only surface level, so he put a lot into recreating the visuals and missed out on several relevant points in the process.

The ending, in particular, is a massive missing of the point - and I’m not…

There’s an extra level of humor when you consider this attitude is coming from the man who adapted one of Alan Moore’s books and then released three different cuts of said adaptation - none of which, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, Moore has acknowledged any beyond saying “Give my cut to Gibbons.”

That kind of stunt isn’t Eric’s style.
His idea of antics is more “I want to hunt a homeless person for sport.”

Reading this, I just imagined Trump a la Monty Burns

“Osama and I are like peas in a pod, we’re both wealthy failsons and we both had drawn out campaigns to destroy America’s standing in the world. But mine worked, dammit!”

This, prettymuch.
The using is going both ways - the Evangelicals boost their support and in return, Trump and his buddies will let them push the boundary closer to their dreams of theocracy.

Compare what each is getting out of it, and Trump’s the cheap date of the two.

An interesting take. Not sure I agree with all of it, but it’s definitely got some merits.

Gotta say though, one scene I was pretty surprised went unmentioned, because damn, it feels horrifically prescient now - the moment when the Colonel is summoned before the Neo-Tokyo Council.

On one level, it’s pretty bog-standard…

One of the most illuminating reveals have seen about the Filoni-Lucas dynamic and the amount of heavy lifting Filoni puts into it was care of an interview with him regarding the decision to resurrect Darth Maul (not sure the original source. I saw it quoted as an insert in Marvel’s Age of Republic - Villains comic…

The fact everyone just sort of forgets about Shmi as soon as they’ve fucked off of Tattooine, to this day, remains one of the biggest annoying sticking points for me of the entire PT - particularly given the role her death has in Anakin’s fall from grace late.

Just did a quick check on Wookieepedia for Shmi and yeah -…

An interesting idea to work with, albeit one with a potential snare (one that, to be fair, was there even before the PTs were filmed)

and hopefully it stays that way, but...
...dude WAS talking about starting his own church for a while. I’m not saying that automatically means sexual abuse will ensue, but it IS a sadly notable trend among those who decide to start their own brand of church/religion.

...I realize you were going a different direction with the reference, but find a way to sneak in Ronny Cox and Michael Ironside as recurring antagonists and you’ve got yourself a sale.

For a bit of a more grounded example - Henry Ford revolutionized industry as we know it.
...and was also FAR too open to any number of really disgusting antisemitic conspiracy theories.

I can’t speak for all the titles on that list (only seen six of them) but of those have seen, the man’s definitely got good taste.
And sure, you could claim he’s going for ‘easy’ answers with things like The Shining and The Exorcist...but by comparison, The Changeling and The Innocents haven’t had quite the same level…