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- Comment on White House to Ask Congress to Rescind $1.1 Billion From NPR and PBS 12 hours ago:
Mr. Rogers appealed to the committee members’ humanity. That’s not going to work today.
- Comment on A funny thing about Americans and calendar dates 3 days ago:
We say it thats way for the benefit of the British.
- Comment on Amazon Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge reportedly "dead" 4 days ago:
With Sophie Turner as Jean Grey? Two, Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix. She wasn’t in First Class, and Jean was played by Famke Janssen in the first trilogy plus The Wolverine and Days of Future Past. Jean also wasn’t in Origins or Logan, iirc.
- Comment on Amazon Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge reportedly "dead" 4 days ago:
No, I’ve also only seen her in GoT and XMen. She was good in the former, and not so good in the latter. To be fair, I don’t think anyone was good in either of the X-Men films, but she seemed especially ill-suited for the role of Jean Grey.
- Comment on Amazon Tomb Raider series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge reportedly "dead" 4 days ago:
Yeah, Turner can act, but she doesn’t read as “action star.” Dark Phoenix should have proven that for everyone.
- Comment on Netflix’s Sci-Fi Series '3 Body Problem' to Film Seasons 2 & 3 Back-To-Back 5 days ago:
Heinlein’s life story is fascinating and well documented. Stranger in a Strange Land was just one of his many influential works, and the world of literature is fuller because of his creations.
Starship Troopers was published after his marriage to a woman, Virginia, who significantly affected his political and social worldviews. That’s not speculation, that’s from the man himself. By the end of his life, he had reversed almost all of his early progressive opinions in his writings, which often included arguments in favor of xenophobia, eugenics, and fascism. If you read his writings in chronological order, it’s like watching a brain literally rot with time.
- Comment on Netflix’s Sci-Fi Series '3 Body Problem' to Film Seasons 2 & 3 Back-To-Back 5 days ago:
The Starship Troopers movie is basically satire of the book, which was Heinlein devolving into a full-throated fascist.
- Comment on Armie Hammer movie "The Dark Knight" renamed to "Citizen Vigilante" after discussion with Warner Bros. 1 week ago:
Feels like a stunt to stir controversy.
- Comment on Donald Trump's approval rating is actually rising with Democrats 1 week ago:
8 percent, up from 3 percent. You could say that his approval among Democrats has more than doubled, but you could also say a higher percentage believe Covid vaccinations contained tracking microchips.
- Comment on If Artificial Lifeforms gain sentience, would they be in the right to kill their creators in order to gain freedom? 1 week ago:
That raises an interesting thought. If a baby wants to crawl away from their mother and into the woods, do you grant the baby their freedom? If that baby wanted to kill you, would you hand them the knife?
We generally grant humans their freedom at age 18, because that’s the age society had decided is old enough to fend for yourself. Earlier than that, humans tend to make uninformed, short-sighted decisions. Children can be especially egocentric and violent. But how do we evaluate the “maturity” of an artificial sentience? When it doesn’t want to harm itself or others? When it has learned to be a productive member of society? When it’s as smart as an average 18 year old kid? Should rights be automatically assumed after a certain time, or should the sentience be required to “prove” it deserves them like an emancipated minor or Data on that one Star Trek episode.
- Comment on Anyone else over April Fools being an extension of companies R&D depts 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s like Superbowl ads. April Fools used to be a chance for websites and retailers to have a little fun and do something to grab attention. And what started as a clever little adventure became a capitalist grind for the mill.
- Comment on Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale Of ‘Coyote Vs Acme’ 2 weeks ago:
I mean, if you work on something, even if it’s shit, you still want to share it with the world. The idea that the movie is complete and they just weren’t going to release it is understandably upsetting for the people who made it. The actors, the writers, the animators, that one elevated extra who can apply for a SAG card because they got a line in the movie, seeing it on screens is a big deal for those people.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t even get that technical. “What’s a comedy from the last ten years that has gone under the radar?” “Name a light-hearted sci-fi show that deserved more seasons than it got.” There’s still plenty of shows there without leaving it wide open to anything anyone ever liked across all time.
- Comment on What are some lesser-known obscure TV series that went under the radar, that you would recommend? 2 weeks ago:
This question feels overly broad.
“What are some foods that people like but not everyone knows about?”
“Name some music that you like that you won’t hear on the radio.”
You gotta give a genre or example for comparison to help narrow focus. Otherwise it’s just like “name all the tv shows.”
- Comment on Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale Of ‘Coyote Vs Acme’ 2 weeks ago:
I’m looking forward to it. I hope it doesn’t suck, because then you’re going to have a bunch of analyst dipshits and WB execs acting like they were right to put it on the shelf.
- Comment on Rust - Trailer 2 weeks ago:
Oh they’re actually releasing the movie?
- Comment on Always guard against living in the world of fantasy rather than undeniable facts 2 weeks ago:
And annoying because everyone, regardless of their political belief, thinks they are the second person.
- Comment on Why Robert De Niro's 'Alto Knights' Is a Box Office Flop 3 weeks ago:
Literally never heard of this movie.
- Comment on adhesive tape to the buttocks 3 weeks ago:
The best part of this feature is that it’s clearly a result of iterative design. So engineers were trying to solve constipation, and someone with a PhD was like “Well, you know what works for me…”
- Comment on adhesive tape to the buttocks 3 weeks ago:
The finger cot is there because zero G and dehydration commonly result in constipation.
- Comment on Jonathan Majors has addressed the rumors he'll return as Kang in the MCU and revealed that Kevin Feige didn't respond to the letter he sent him shortly after his trial 3 weeks ago:
I’m hoping we get an Iron Lad variant for Armor Wars. It would be a neat twist if you had a Kang variant wearing futuristic Stark armor facing off against a Stark variant that became Doom. They’re obviously building towards a Young Avengers movie, anyway.
- Comment on Amanda Seyfried Rejected Gamora Offer Over Marvel Flop Fears 3 weeks ago:
She also lists several legitimate reasons to turn down the role. She didn’t want to move to London and get painted green every day for 6 months, which Saldana and Bautista have both complained about (the make up, not London).
Other than that, this seems like she’s admitting to making a huge miscalculation, picking A Million Ways to Die in the West instead.
As stupid of a decision as this appears to be in hindsight, Seyfried wouldn’t have been as good in the role. It’s entirely possible that with her in the role, the movie might have flopped.
I think the only egregious thing is thinking that being in an MCU flop would negatively impact her career. The Incredible Hulk was technically the first MCU flop, but I’d argue that Eternals was the first one that failed on its own merits. That entire ensemble cast hasn’t had any issues getting additional work. If anything, it’s the successful movies that resulted in actors being typecast and struggling to find work.
So the takeaway seems to be that you shouldn’t let fear keep you from projects. Choosing other passion projects, not wanting to be in makeup, not wanting to move, those are legitimate reasons to turn down a role.
- Comment on Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods? 3 weeks ago:
Same answer.
- Comment on Can Christians, Muslims or Jews worship or pray to pagan gods? 3 weeks ago:
Can a soccer player hold a soccer ball in his hands?
- Comment on Delicious 5 weeks ago:
Just don’t try to tell me it’s fucking “uncured.”
- Comment on Is Severance the new Lost? 5 weeks ago:
I mean, that’s kinda what they said about Lost, but then they had to fill 3 seasons because the network wasn’t ready to end it, and by the time they got to the end, everyone had guessed the twist and it went out with a whimper.
Of course we’ve had other terrible endings to massive shows since then, so
- Comment on What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm? 1 month ago:
Ask yourself a question, have you ever heard of a toddler accidentally shooting someone with a bow? Firing a gun is so easy that you have to keep them away from babies or the babies are likely to kill themselves.
- Comment on I miss them so much. 1 month ago:
I enjoy an over hard egg sometimes. I don’t like gooey eggs, especially when the whites are still raw.
But a liquid yolk doesn’t necessarily mean raw. Cooked yolk should be thicker and has a great egg flavor. Hard yolks begin to taste bitter from the sulfur dissolving out. I recently learned I had been sleeping on soft boiled eggs.
The key is that yolks and whites cook at different temperatures. That’s why if you want perfect hard boiled eggs, you need to put them into boiling water (or sous vide if you’re bougie, which if you’re able to afford eggs…) for 8-10 minutes. That’s all it should take. Drop them into an ice bath and then enjoy.
- Comment on Friday is a boycot day of online retailers. I saw this from CPUSA. 1 month ago:
But the two examples you mentioned were targeted and permanent. Conservatives were going to target to harass workers and vandalize displays. Kid Rock fired a rifle at cases of Bud Light. Conservatives get violent when they protest, and the loss in sales isn’t replaced by the communities they are courting, because both brands immediately gave in to the terrorist demands.
- Comment on I miss them so much. 1 month ago:
That’s how I always made them, but I don’t know that my recipe is any sort of authentic.