Probable Caws
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Jewish. Father to two children and one dog. Husband to one wife. Attorney maligning officers for sport. Gamer/geek. One time martial artist. Dad jokes. He/him. Magneto made some valid points.
I don’t see why not.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don’t see why not.
See?! It practically writes itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
See?! It practically writes itself.
Except that it depicts the public defender as a bumbling fool who can’t put together a halfway decent cross.
I love My Cousin Vinny, but that plot point pisses me off every time.
I love My Cousin Vinny, but that plot point pisses me off every time.
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Except that it depicts the public defender as a bumbling fool who can’t put together a halfway decent cross.
I love My Cousin Vinny, but that plot point pisses me off every time.
I love My Cousin Vinny, but that plot point pisses me off every time.
I’m kinda surprised we haven’t gotten at least an ironic meme about Bond being a horror movie villain, as I think about it. I guess he’s too suave, but he is also a murder machine that never stops no matter how you try to kill him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’m kinda surprised we haven’t gotten at least an ironic meme about Bond being a horror movie villain, as I think about it. I guess he’s too suave, but he is also a murder machine that never stops no matter how you try to kill him.
Close contenders include: the Star Wars universe; the Star Trek future; Athas; Earthsea; Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Close contenders include: the Star Wars universe; the Star Trek future; Athas; Earthsea; Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age.
Well, the challenge is that "no biting" really means "under most circumstances, biting is not an acceptable way of resolving disputes. Under MOST circumstances."
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Well, the challenge is that "no biting" really means "under most circumstances, biting is not an acceptable way of resolving disputes. Under MOST circumstances."
Speaking of Highlander, Nile's confrontation with Discord in a church was a deliberate nod, right? That has to be.
Anyway, it's not awful, but it feels a little undercooked, and ends anticipating a sequel that I'm not sure will ever come.
Anyway, it's not awful, but it feels a little undercooked, and ends anticipating a sequel that I'm not sure will ever come.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Speaking of Highlander, Nile's confrontation with Discord in a church was a deliberate nod, right? That has to be.
Anyway, it's not awful, but it feels a little undercooked, and ends anticipating a sequel that I'm not sure will ever come.
Anyway, it's not awful, but it feels a little undercooked, and ends anticipating a sequel that I'm not sure will ever come.
which is not only not explained, but has no clear mechanism. Booker just says he did it.
The weird prophecy around Nile; Who is writing this? The first movie presents immortals as largely unknown, but someone is making prophecies about them?
Nile gets really sidelined in this, more than most.
The weird prophecy around Nile; Who is writing this? The first movie presents immortals as largely unknown, but someone is making prophecies about them?
Nile gets really sidelined in this, more than most.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
which is not only not explained, but has no clear mechanism. Booker just says he did it.
The weird prophecy around Nile; Who is writing this? The first movie presents immortals as largely unknown, but someone is making prophecies about them?
Nile gets really sidelined in this, more than most.
The weird prophecy around Nile; Who is writing this? The first movie presents immortals as largely unknown, but someone is making prophecies about them?
Nile gets really sidelined in this, more than most.
It is a tight film, at less than two hours, which I really appreciate (especially these days), but I feel like there were a couple of parts that really need fleshing out. Most notably, the whole "you can willingly give your immortality to someone else if wounded by Nile" thing
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It is a tight film, at less than two hours, which I really appreciate (especially these days), but I feel like there were a couple of parts that really need fleshing out. Most notably, the whole "you can willingly give your immortality to someone else if wounded by Nile" thing
It's as good an explanation as any, in so far as one is needed (one isn't).
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's as good an explanation as any, in so far as one is needed (one isn't).
This comment popped up in my feed out of context, and I was DEEPLY confused.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This comment popped up in my feed out of context, and I was DEEPLY confused.
It seems to come from some Bond novel writer saying "how could they possibly do this when Bond was so clearly killed in the last movie," to which I say I do not understand how you can write multiple Bond novels and be mystified about how to explain Bond surviving a seemingly inescapable death trap.
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It seems to come from some Bond novel writer saying "how could they possibly do this when Bond was so clearly killed in the last movie," to which I say I do not understand how you can write multiple Bond novels and be mystified about how to explain Bond surviving a seemingly inescapable death trap.
I once pulled 385 in a deadlift, and that was agonizing. I cannot imagine taking that weight, adding an extra 115 pounds, and throwing it on my back. Even at my strongest (which I am not, these days)
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I once pulled 385 in a deadlift, and that was agonizing. I cannot imagine taking that weight, adding an extra 115 pounds, and throwing it on my back. Even at my strongest (which I am not, these days)
I'm sure you are none of those things. Hang in there.
(Churros and chips are pretty good though.)
(Churros and chips are pretty good though.)
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm sure you are none of those things. Hang in there.
(Churros and chips are pretty good though.)
(Churros and chips are pretty good though.)
“How did Bond survive this apparently inescapable death trap?”
How the fuck did you write three Bond novels and find this a difficult question?
How the fuck did you write three Bond novels and find this a difficult question?
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“How did Bond survive this apparently inescapable death trap?”
How the fuck did you write three Bond novels and find this a difficult question?
How the fuck did you write three Bond novels and find this a difficult question?
As the framers intended
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As the framers intended
Do not taunt Carnivorous Death-Ball*.
*”Death-ball” was the original name of the Death Star, until Palpatine insisted on changing it.
*”Death-ball” was the original name of the Death Star, until Palpatine insisted on changing it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Do not taunt Carnivorous Death-Ball*.
*”Death-ball” was the original name of the Death Star, until Palpatine insisted on changing it.
*”Death-ball” was the original name of the Death Star, until Palpatine insisted on changing it.
Also, while I am not the biggest Bond fan, I have to say that if your major sticking point in writing a Bond script is “but how did he survive this inescapable death trap?” you are not qualified for this job.
Getting out of death traps is half of Bond’s schtick!
Getting out of death traps is half of Bond’s schtick!
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Also, while I am not the biggest Bond fan, I have to say that if your major sticking point in writing a Bond script is “but how did he survive this inescapable death trap?” you are not qualified for this job.
Getting out of death traps is half of Bond’s schtick!
Getting out of death traps is half of Bond’s schtick!
(I have no evidence that the Star Wars prequels are responsible for this, btw. It’s just an intuition.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
(I have no evidence that the Star Wars prequels are responsible for this, btw. It’s just an intuition.)
Sometimes a story can just be about a character and we don’t need every goddamn moment of their life explored in order to enjoy it.
See also, Wolverine: Origin.
(This is part of my general belief that continuity/canon need to all die in a fire.)
See also, Wolverine: Origin.
(This is part of my general belief that continuity/canon need to all die in a fire.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sometimes a story can just be about a character and we don’t need every goddamn moment of their life explored in order to enjoy it.
See also, Wolverine: Origin.
(This is part of my general belief that continuity/canon need to all die in a fire.)
See also, Wolverine: Origin.
(This is part of my general belief that continuity/canon need to all die in a fire.)