Agreed about Beyond. I think maybe the most frustrating thing to me is that JJs Trek movies would have been a blast if they had been original sci-fi, with the same cast and plot, but every 2 minutes he has to go Glup Shitto mode
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Agreed about Beyond. I think maybe the most frustrating thing to me is that JJs Trek movies would have been a blast if they had been original sci-fi, with the same cast and plot, but every 2 minutes he has to go Glup Shitto mode
Rewatched the Abrams Trek films recently after loving them as a teen - The cast is great, but it feels like the worst of Hollywood/Disney's nostalgia-based legacy media tripe content started with 2009 Trek, and somehow JJ was allowed to make two beloved series into referential wank-fests
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Rewatched the Abrams Trek films recently after loving them as a teen - The cast is great, but it feels like the worst of Hollywood/Disney's nostalgia-based legacy media tripe content started with 2009 Trek, and somehow JJ was allowed to make two beloved series into referential wank-fests
I think all the time about Elon's "bullied so bad he was hospitalized" backstory, and how he actually made fun of a classmate whose mother had just committed suicide, so the classmate threw Elon down a flight of stairs, and his dad effectively just said "well what do you expect"
September 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think all the time about Elon's "bullied so bad he was hospitalized" backstory, and how he actually made fun of a classmate whose mother had just committed suicide, so the classmate threw Elon down a flight of stairs, and his dad effectively just said "well what do you expect"