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Ethan Hawke did this 2 or 3 years ago - unless tjetes a different John Brown?
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Ethan Hawke did this 2 or 3 years ago - unless tjetes a different John Brown?
I think her name's Debra
December 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I think her name's Debra
Maybe the “don’t go no contact” essay writers should try a few “don’t hate people and not wish them well if you want to be friends with them” essays
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Maybe the “don’t go no contact” essay writers should try a few “don’t hate people and not wish them well if you want to be friends with them” essays
Please, if you will, remind me what the green lines mean? It's some kind of "who has the power" thing, right?
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Please, if you will, remind me what the green lines mean? It's some kind of "who has the power" thing, right?
Wow!
Or James Badge Dale in the less A-listy version?
Or James Badge Dale in the less A-listy version?
December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Wow!
Or James Badge Dale in the less A-listy version?
Or James Badge Dale in the less A-listy version?
I remember watching it in college and having a hard time thinking it could be sincere because of how ludicrously parodically over-the-top racist it was
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I remember watching it in college and having a hard time thinking it could be sincere because of how ludicrously parodically over-the-top racist it was
Ooh great I need one of those! what’s their contact info?
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ooh great I need one of those! what’s their contact info?
This is the nature of (especially network) TV. I don’t fault writers who don’t know how long their show will last for vamping. If this continued AFTER the end of the series was scheduled I’d be annoyed
But even then, the nature of TV is it should work week to week. Ending well is a bonus
But even then, the nature of TV is it should work week to week. Ending well is a bonus
December 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This is the nature of (especially network) TV. I don’t fault writers who don’t know how long their show will last for vamping. If this continued AFTER the end of the series was scheduled I’d be annoyed
But even then, the nature of TV is it should work week to week. Ending well is a bonus
But even then, the nature of TV is it should work week to week. Ending well is a bonus
When this shooting happened guys like Matt Walsh were like "disgusting that the left likes this" and his own followers responded "hey we like it too"
So... unless you can "100%" be of the left while also widely liked on the right, no
So... unless you can "100%" be of the left while also widely liked on the right, no
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
When this shooting happened guys like Matt Walsh were like "disgusting that the left likes this" and his own followers responded "hey we like it too"
So... unless you can "100%" be of the left while also widely liked on the right, no
So... unless you can "100%" be of the left while also widely liked on the right, no
“I hate you and I don’t wish you well”
—an opinion free Americans can have
“OK, I’ll hang out with someone else then”
—the end of society
Huh…?
—an opinion free Americans can have
“OK, I’ll hang out with someone else then”
—the end of society
Huh…?
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“I hate you and I don’t wish you well”
—an opinion free Americans can have
“OK, I’ll hang out with someone else then”
—the end of society
Huh…?
—an opinion free Americans can have
“OK, I’ll hang out with someone else then”
—the end of society
Huh…?
Also, maybe the dam's breaking and this being the "thing" is just pure happenstance
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Also, maybe the dam's breaking and this being the "thing" is just pure happenstance
I wonder if the recentness of Charlie Kirk plays a part?
How many of these people *believed* the "the right would never" BS and are now aghast that the right very much is? It seems too self-aware for anyone who voted for Trump (especially three times) but... maybe?
How many of these people *believed* the "the right would never" BS and are now aghast that the right very much is? It seems too self-aware for anyone who voted for Trump (especially three times) but... maybe?
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I wonder if the recentness of Charlie Kirk plays a part?
How many of these people *believed* the "the right would never" BS and are now aghast that the right very much is? It seems too self-aware for anyone who voted for Trump (especially three times) but... maybe?
How many of these people *believed* the "the right would never" BS and are now aghast that the right very much is? It seems too self-aware for anyone who voted for Trump (especially three times) but... maybe?
The plot and characters are very effective cliches. Which is a lot harder to pull off than one might think
I cycled through a whole gamut of opinions on this movie (including yours) over the years but rewatched recently with young nieces and… very effective
Not very original but very effective
I cycled through a whole gamut of opinions on this movie (including yours) over the years but rewatched recently with young nieces and… very effective
Not very original but very effective
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The plot and characters are very effective cliches. Which is a lot harder to pull off than one might think
I cycled through a whole gamut of opinions on this movie (including yours) over the years but rewatched recently with young nieces and… very effective
Not very original but very effective
I cycled through a whole gamut of opinions on this movie (including yours) over the years but rewatched recently with young nieces and… very effective
Not very original but very effective
Can you use it to teach them about Schroeder’s piano?
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Can you use it to teach them about Schroeder’s piano?
Heck yeah - my kinda content!
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Heck yeah - my kinda content!
Agreed. The abstractions and every-half-season-or-so reconstitutions eventually revealed the show to be pretty airless
But the point and main pleasure of the show were the action and adventure (and interpersonal dramas). It wasn’t really about what the box or who the syndicate &etc were
But the point and main pleasure of the show were the action and adventure (and interpersonal dramas). It wasn’t really about what the box or who the syndicate &etc were
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Agreed. The abstractions and every-half-season-or-so reconstitutions eventually revealed the show to be pretty airless
But the point and main pleasure of the show were the action and adventure (and interpersonal dramas). It wasn’t really about what the box or who the syndicate &etc were
But the point and main pleasure of the show were the action and adventure (and interpersonal dramas). It wasn’t really about what the box or who the syndicate &etc were
I disagree that everything needs to be plot driven, but Pluribus and its ilk are structured around plot questions, teases, and reveals
If you’re going to do that while assiduously avoiding payoffs… you’ve created a perpetual disappointment machine
If you’re going to do that while assiduously avoiding payoffs… you’ve created a perpetual disappointment machine
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I disagree that everything needs to be plot driven, but Pluribus and its ilk are structured around plot questions, teases, and reveals
If you’re going to do that while assiduously avoiding payoffs… you’ve created a perpetual disappointment machine
If you’re going to do that while assiduously avoiding payoffs… you’ve created a perpetual disappointment machine
Alias wasn’t really a mystery box show. It was an action/adventure serial with incredibly abstract McGuffins
Lost is the flashpoint you’re looking for, but even that was compelling episode to episode in a way other MB shows fail to be
Lost is the flashpoint you’re looking for, but even that was compelling episode to episode in a way other MB shows fail to be
December 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Alias wasn’t really a mystery box show. It was an action/adventure serial with incredibly abstract McGuffins
Lost is the flashpoint you’re looking for, but even that was compelling episode to episode in a way other MB shows fail to be
Lost is the flashpoint you’re looking for, but even that was compelling episode to episode in a way other MB shows fail to be
This ignores everything about the way the show is constructed but if you're happy good for you
December 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This ignores everything about the way the show is constructed but if you're happy good for you
That’s the curse of the mystery box show: there’s something intriguing there, but its always off on the horizon
December 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
That’s the curse of the mystery box show: there’s something intriguing there, but its always off on the horizon
It’s among the better ”shows that try to stretch 10 minutes of plot into 10 hours”
But fuck stretching 10 minutes of plot into 10 hours
But fuck stretching 10 minutes of plot into 10 hours
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It’s among the better ”shows that try to stretch 10 minutes of plot into 10 hours”
But fuck stretching 10 minutes of plot into 10 hours
But fuck stretching 10 minutes of plot into 10 hours