That’s totally fair (Joss Whedon has a lot to answer for on that score), but man, I am hard pressed to think of any show or movie I’ve ever loved that isn’t at least a little bit funny. And few that aren’t at least a little bit colorful (not referring to actual black and white movies, of course, which is a whole…

I am very confused how gaming entered into this. As I understand it, this is a TV series based on a novel. Game of Thrones is also, primarily at least, a TV series.

...even in the scenes set in the fantastical world of the game you can feel the creators holding back their more playful instincts. The visual effects are indeed impressive, but where the images should be lively and colorful, they’re solemn and washed out.

That’s not how this works. When songs are played at live events it’s the responsibility of the venue to handle licensing costs (I would guess some don’t bother, but probably many do). Not the politician or whoever is putting on the event. Licensing is handled in almost all cases through a service—there’s a website and…

But recently she’s stepped up her game and turned capitalism itself into an art form

I feel like this only got greenlit because Liam Neeson and Leslie Nielsen's names are similar.

You may have intended that as a criticism of my fake news, but I take it as welcome confirmation that in fact I know nothing about this show or the people that star in it. The article I pulled up about “Scandoval” described what happened as an “affair” so I just assumed.

“lost in the mix was that Leviss was a victim of the predatory and dishonest behavior of an older man.”

I don’t quite get what they’re doing with it here, but honestly, the original movie is nothing great. Good soundtrack. Lee has a nice look and lots of presence (but isn’t much of an actor). Other than that, it always struck me as the Hot Topic of movies—lots of cool influences, which have been repurposed into…

It’s by far the most fascinating and frightening aspect of generative AI. It has the potential—which it’s already beginning to realize, under our noses—of gutting entire industries and wreaking untold economic havoc. I’m concerned too about the effect it will have on art, and artists. But more broadly, it could create…

As someone who doesn’t know who this guy is and has not seen (or even heard of) the show, your post was about the most baffling and hilarious thing to read. Don't think I'll be seeking it out based on that description, but it brightened my morning.

The whole relationship between the two artists (and their fans) is a giant wasp nest that Ye, if he knew what was good for him at all, would do better to never poke again.

Oh yeah, it’s definitely me that’s big mad here. Thanks for the chuckle.

The only thing I’ve spent “days” (a generous word to use when my first post was barely more than 24 hours ago) doing is arguing with you, and now that your complete intellectual dishonesty is on full display, I’m done with that. I leave you to your character assassination which I’m quite sure doesn’t require my active…

Putting words in my mouth yet again. I already said my objection was not that it was “mentioned” but that it was the entire thrust (and only subject of the two concluding paragraphs) of the piece. Mention it, by all means. Contort the news item to be about it—to the degree that they don’t bother dissecting the actual…

This warrants a special mention, because it’s hilarious:

You are rampantly putting words in my mouth. I never said at any point that his opinions don’t bother me or that I agree with any of them. Also it’s a bit rich falling back on this “people who don’t look like you” playbook when one of the people we are talking about is Dave Chappelle. I guess it’s mighty white of him…

And it’s mighty lazy of you to reply to what I thought was a thoughtful discussion and a position argued in detail & good faith with that. I’m sorry I wasted my time. Enjoy your day and your exceedingly ironic username.

I’m not asking for “whitewashing” of anything. I’m asking for them to write anything other than repetitive, rote takedowns of the same 10 or 15 celebrities for the same sins, forever and ever. Whether one agrees with them—and I happen to lean left, politically and socially, so I usually do—it is not interesting or…

It’s not that they should avoid it, it’s that this is literally the only part of any story involving him that they have an ounce of interest in. Somehow an article purportedly about Python’s financial state of affairs and general dislike between two of its members ends with two full paragraphs about Cleese’s politics.…