...still, the sets, costumes and effects work are great, Nancy Allen is hot and Spielberg can direct the hell out of set piece (the dance/fight sequence kinda rocks) so at least it's mostly nice to look at. But for what purpose?

Why, Steven? Just why?

I have now finished 1941 and have to retract that mild endorsement.

It's horribly overlong and overstuffed, there's so many talented actors and comedians given nothing of interest to do and I wasn't expecting the sheer volume of racial slurs or a ventriloquist puppet to appear...

Sometimes a writer or director with an axe to grind will use horror tropes as an allegory for their sociopolitical views.

Sometimes they just want to craft a spooky story inspired by their subconscious fears or darkest desires which happens to resonate with audiences at large.

Both are political.

Now I can't help but imagine that Stallone is only getting into politics to rekindle his rivalry with Schwarzenegger. But Arnie remaining "the one good Republican" while Sly looks like a simp for Fascists feels like a replay of the Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot incident all over again.

Sad to say it, but it's a huge compliment to the quality of his writing than none of its fans are willing to defend its scumbag creator. He still doesn't deserve to profit any further from it though.

The difference is that social media is a dangerous and addictive drug that makes everyone's worst impulses public while also encouraging the thinnest skinned to always double down whenever questioned creating a radicalising vicious circle.

...And its dealers all badly got high on their own supply.

Weirdly this tweet still makes perfect sense in Europe but they assume it's referring to soccer rather than hand-egg.

(Except that instead of nonsense like 'Doink' they post nonsense like 'Misstiano Penaldo')

I guess it's time to finally fire up ALWAYS!

This is a solid article but your post is the opposite of what the article says.

BLACKADDER, the show, had a famously tragic ending. BLACKADDER: BACK AND FORTH, the one off special that followed it, ended more happily (at least for it's protagonist, if noone else!)

Ah yes, neurodivergent people - famously never seen wearing headphones.

I know I should just accept that this sort of word salad is 100% gibberish and give it no more thought but I can't help but wonder what he thinks 'The Matrix' is, what it represents and, especially, who coined the idea?!

The key to this transition was that there was something at least slightly slimy about him in his best roles during his romcom peak too.

He's just slightly adjusted the dials to go from 'kinda weasely romantic lead' to 'kinda charming monster.

Religions, much like LLMs, are simply tools which can have value but are often horribly misused. The people doing so are, rightly, hated in both cases.

I was totally with this guy until his last tweet punchline.

I'm fairly openly Leftist and love the Alien series for many reasons including those mentioned above. I also own a Weyland Yutani shirt. I see this as a commentary on how we proudly wear the labels of evil conglomerates from real life.

What Johnson et al fail to grasp (or pretend not to when it suits them) is that Not Understanding How Other's Feel =/= Not caring.

To be fair to the ancient Greeks, if you rename the humors as Serotonin, Dopamine, Adrenaline etc then they were probably closer to modern science than whatever regressive quack bullshit these brainworm farmers are peddling.

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