reddig33
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- Comment on Suicide Squad Cost Warner Bros. $200 Million In Revenue 1 day ago:
WBD brought in David Zaslav to get rid of their massive debt. I’m guessing Suicide Squad wasn’t a loss they could easily shrug off. But it’s ok, Zaslav will make up for it with more horrible cheap reality programming across all of their TV channels.
- Comment on Astounding absurdity 3 days ago:
This isn’t just true of capitalism. Greed and laziness exists in most economic systems.
- Comment on Astounding absurdity 4 days ago:
What’s really insane is to think that it’s cheaper to manufacture something like this halfway across the world and then put it on a boat spewing god knows what into the atmosphere just to get it here. Something is broken when rinky dink items like this aren’t manufactured on your own continent.
- Comment on [Serious] Any high-quality right-wing media, books, explainers? 1 week ago:
Gingrich’s “Contract With America” book was such word salad. Every other page contradicted the others.
- Comment on Eric (2024, creator Abi Morgan) 1 week ago:
Cumberbatch is way overexposed. He was in six properties released last year alone. He should take a break and go do some stage work or something.
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking 1 week ago:
They’ve made a lot of good peripherals like keyboards, mice, joysticks. Xbox one used to support Kinect and TV timers which was nice.
The surface line has been interesting, and I’d be tempted to buy one if they didn’t come with Windows 11 (I need to look up if you can install Win 10 on the newer ones).
They came out with some wild stuff during the Sidekick phone days like Microsoft Kin and Zune. But honestly current management doesn’t seem to be interested in anything but boring but profitable software services (like Xbox game pass) that they can charge a subscription for.
- Comment on Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking 1 week ago:
Someone at Microsoft thinks they can sell the expensive razor blades without selling razors. Probably why they purchased Activision.
It’s a shame because Microsoft made some interesting hardware for a while.
- Comment on What’s one miscast role that irks you in an otherwise perfect film? 2 weeks ago:
Benedict Cumberbatch in “Star Trek into Darkness”. Perfect movie? Not really, but the casting pretty much ruined the movie IMHO. It was supposed to be Benicio Del Toro. I have no idea why they couldn’t secure him for the role, but the backup plan was like a wet noodle.
- Comment on Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat. 2 weeks ago:
NYT saying it like it’s a bad thing. This is a vast improvement over subscribing to a cable channel and then having to hurdle through seven levels of customer retention just to cancel.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I really enjoyed the live action cameos the two cast members did on SNW. Hopefully there will be more Trek work for them.
- Comment on Why do Americans measure everything in cups? 4 weeks ago:
Watch some cooking shows on YouTube where they cook from two hundred year old cookbooks. Weighing stuff is a modern thing. All the “ye olde recipes” from Europe and the colonies were done in cups, spoons, and other volume measurements we don’t use anymore like “jills”.
- Comment on You have to type www. to access the Texas DMV website. 4 weeks ago:
It’s almost as if ICANN doesn’t know what the fuck they’re doing anymore!
- Comment on You have to type www. to access the Texas DMV website. 4 weeks ago:
Is the DMV a .com or a .gov? Because it should be a dot gov — but Texas has stupidly put some of their government websites on dot coms.
- Comment on Pros and cons of getting a job at a very small software company? (14 employees) 4 weeks ago:
Pros — probably more influence over the quality of the product. You won’t be answering as much to marketing.
- Comment on Those About to Die (2024, showrunner Robert Rodat) 4 weeks ago:
I remember when this show was called Spartacus.
- Comment on First Image of Christian Bale as Frankenstein in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘THE BRIDE’ - October 2025 5 weeks ago:
It amazes me how many times this movie has been remade.
- Comment on Ridley Scott's 4-hour Napoleon cut shelved indefinitely 5 weeks ago:
They could have cut it into four one-hour chunks and labeled it a mini series. I’m guessing viewership for the existing movie has been low, so it feels like “sunk cost” to put any more effort into it.
- Comment on Why don't passanger airplanes come with parachutes for people? 5 weeks ago:
Or parachutes for the plane itself?
- Comment on Why is there no true Progressive party in America right now? 5 weeks ago:
Because conservatives vote, and progressives stay home in droves. Might as well appeal to middle of the road to try to capture some of the people who actually show up.
- Comment on How do you keep your homes clean? 1 month ago:
Clean as you go. When you’re done with food, wash the plate or put it in the dishwasher. When you’re done with your shower, take yesterdays dirty clothes downstairs and put them in the washing machine. After you are done dressing in the morning, wipe down the bathroom sink etc with the hand towel. Buy a roomba and set it loose before you leave for work.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Sounds like something that should be illegal, if it isn’t already.
- Comment on Someone should release Discovery with all the speeches removed 1 month ago:
I’d be fine with that. The SNW episode where Una went on trial was one of my least favorites.
- Comment on A Man in Full (2024, creator David E. Kelley) 1 month ago:
Sounds like a Succession wannabe.
- Comment on Alien: Romulus | Teaser Trailer | In Cinemas Aug 16 1 month ago:
It’s also a mythological character. Like Prometheus.
- Comment on Alien: Romulus | Teaser Trailer | In Cinemas Aug 16 1 month ago:
Was there ever a Star Trek vs Alien comic book?
- Comment on Alien: Romulus | Teaser Trailer | In Cinemas Aug 16 1 month ago:
Trailer looks derivative. Hopefully there’s a plot other than “ship gets infected, woman kicks alien ass.” Otherwise this franchise will become just another Friday the 13th.
Looking forward to seeing how the planned TV show turns out. Hopefully there’s more universe building there.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Anything at season one of Discovery or before. Not really interested in the “super future” era.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I’d be interested if it wasn’t set in the Discovery timeline.
- Comment on ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Cast Pitch Musical Episode And Another ‘Strange New Worlds’ Crossover 1 month ago:
Please god no more musical episodes.
- Comment on Interview: Sonequa Martin-Green On The “Big Thing” In ‘Discovery’ Season 5 And Her Potential Star Trek Future 1 month ago:
I hope this actress gets some good roles again after Discovery is over. Sort of a palate cleanser for her career.