Hey thank you! I’ve still got a place in my heart for movies like this. It’s amazing that it is as legible as it is after it has been cut to shreds.
Because you mentioned it I’m thinking how it stacks up to current IP driven film making. I’ll channel Walter Sobchak for this. Say what you will about the film making of Michael Bay. At least it’s a style. I don’t think a lot of comic book movies have style anymore. At least not style that differentiates its self.
The only part of the movie I really didn’t like is that half way through there’s one new crisis after another. The space station, the crashed ship, the loss of communications, premature detonation… by the end I’m exhausted and I don’t care if earth is destroyed.
Yo! I love Kanopy, also Hoopla! I get them from two different library groups in my area. Kanopy’s interface can be slow but I support whatever libraries can do for the people.
Have you also seen Hundreds of Beavers? That was another low budget comedy that rocked.
I’m a big fan of Zojirushi’s mugs. You’ll need a bottle brush to clean, but I think all their gaskets are removable and replaceable. I’ve never had a problem with leaks and they have a solid sliding lock.
This is why in The Simpson you will see David S. Cohen and in Futurama he is David X. Cohen. I think in a Futurama commentary he told about confusion in a guild or royalty payments that made him change how he was credited.
Most local libraries have CDs. The library is about as far as you can get from big tech because they are made to serve you instead of make a profit.
For discovery— do you have a community radio station. There’s one near me that cycles through different genres and DJs. And just talk to people. Make it a conversation starter when ever you meet someone.
I fucking love that they are reminding everyone how weird the Republican Party is. Had to think about it a little to understand, and my take is that it is the uncanny valley of morality.
What I mean by that: Morality is basically defined by what is good for people. Moral things are good for people. Immoral things are bad for people. Some things have multiple good or bad effects and can be gray with mixed morality.
The uncanny valley is usually about our recognition of other human faces and bodies. When something appears only slightly, or completely human we accept it. But if something is close to human but perceivably off it disgusts us.
When the Republican Party—especially Trump, Vance, and the rest of the MAGAites—tell us that immoral things are actually moral it feels WIERD! We believe in democracy and the right to vote, hearing that people without children shouldn’t vote is weird and Vance’s explanation is weird!
Also with republicans’ constant need to create legitimacy pointing out weirdness cuts where it hurts. Things that are this kind of icky weird do not feel legitimate.
And if you’re just a regular conservative or Republican person reading this far I do not want to rub your face in this. Not all of their moral talk has been this weird. I recognize that the groups we associate with can be internalized into a piece of our identity, and when those internalized things are attacked it feels like an attack on you personally. That sucks, but we’ve still got to be honest about what’s going on here. I want you to be ok too.
“Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behavior,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to Bloomberg.
You’ve got to understand the audience he’s talking to and the effect he’s trying to have. It’s not a legal claim being made in a legal setting and he knows it. Instead, he’s talking to people who are motivated by outrage. It’s incredibly disingenuous and I think you stop behavior like this just by talking away the benefit he has by acting this way. So let him be irrelevant and drown him out! If no one hears they aren’t going to get outraged.
Requesting dismissal with prejudice is just a great detail. If granted, and the plaintiff tries to bring another suit for the same events, they’ll basically be told to GTFO.
That reminds me that my local library has WiFi hot spots you can check out for a week at a time. Sounds really helpful for someone who needs the internet for work, and can’t easily get to the library every day.
Basically this line from MST3k:
“We’ve found a new area of the human body to be ashamed of. Shame fuels the economy.”
Hey thank you! I’ve still got a place in my heart for movies like this. It’s amazing that it is as legible as it is after it has been cut to shreds.
Because you mentioned it I’m thinking how it stacks up to current IP driven film making. I’ll channel Walter Sobchak for this. Say what you will about the film making of Michael Bay. At least it’s a style. I don’t think a lot of comic book movies have style anymore. At least not style that differentiates its self.
The only part of the movie I really didn’t like is that half way through there’s one new crisis after another. The space station, the crashed ship, the loss of communications, premature detonation… by the end I’m exhausted and I don’t care if earth is destroyed.
Morton Sapper saw a miracle through those bitty specs.
Seriously, Bautista is great. That movie is amazing too.
Netflix: Our movies aren’t worth paying for.
Yo! I love Kanopy, also Hoopla! I get them from two different library groups in my area. Kanopy’s interface can be slow but I support whatever libraries can do for the people.
Have you also seen Hundreds of Beavers? That was another low budget comedy that rocked.
He was the subject of the wholly accurate and serious biopic, The Twentieth Century. I highly recommend.
I’m a big fan of Zojirushi’s mugs. You’ll need a bottle brush to clean, but I think all their gaskets are removable and replaceable. I’ve never had a problem with leaks and they have a solid sliding lock.
This is why in The Simpson you will see David S. Cohen and in Futurama he is David X. Cohen. I think in a Futurama commentary he told about confusion in a guild or royalty payments that made him change how he was credited.
Most local libraries have CDs. The library is about as far as you can get from big tech because they are made to serve you instead of make a profit.
For discovery— do you have a community radio station. There’s one near me that cycles through different genres and DJs. And just talk to people. Make it a conversation starter when ever you meet someone.
All this attention on Kennedy, the song stuck in your head… you’ve got to move on!
Weird Al’s body guard is even worse at his job. Even worse as in Weird Al’s Even Worse.
I fucking love that they are reminding everyone how weird the Republican Party is. Had to think about it a little to understand, and my take is that it is the uncanny valley of morality.
What I mean by that: Morality is basically defined by what is good for people. Moral things are good for people. Immoral things are bad for people. Some things have multiple good or bad effects and can be gray with mixed morality.
The uncanny valley is usually about our recognition of other human faces and bodies. When something appears only slightly, or completely human we accept it. But if something is close to human but perceivably off it disgusts us.
When the Republican Party—especially Trump, Vance, and the rest of the MAGAites—tell us that immoral things are actually moral it feels WIERD! We believe in democracy and the right to vote, hearing that people without children shouldn’t vote is weird and Vance’s explanation is weird!
Also with republicans’ constant need to create legitimacy pointing out weirdness cuts where it hurts. Things that are this kind of icky weird do not feel legitimate.
And if you’re just a regular conservative or Republican person reading this far I do not want to rub your face in this. Not all of their moral talk has been this weird. I recognize that the groups we associate with can be internalized into a piece of our identity, and when those internalized things are attacked it feels like an attack on you personally. That sucks, but we’ve still got to be honest about what’s going on here. I want you to be ok too.
Is this a new policy?
You’ve got to understand the audience he’s talking to and the effect he’s trying to have. It’s not a legal claim being made in a legal setting and he knows it. Instead, he’s talking to people who are motivated by outrage. It’s incredibly disingenuous and I think you stop behavior like this just by talking away the benefit he has by acting this way. So let him be irrelevant and drown him out! If no one hears they aren’t going to get outraged.
“Sorry, you dialed Department Of. What you need is Department If. Happens all the time.”
“I followed the script” says enough. This guy doesn’t know shit and was probably following the advice of a bigger crank.
Dividing each thought and connecting the end of one to the beginning of the next helped me with the illusion of time running backwards.
Requesting dismissal with prejudice is just a great detail. If granted, and the plaintiff tries to bring another suit for the same events, they’ll basically be told to GTFO.
That reminds me that my local library has WiFi hot spots you can check out for a week at a time. Sounds really helpful for someone who needs the internet for work, and can’t easily get to the library every day.
Congratulations! That’s awesome it’s being so beneficial to you.
To be upfront, I’m a straight cis-man, but you reminded me of a clip of a college professor talking about a difference in the amygdala in men and women that’s consistent whether the person is trans or cis. I’d appreciate the thoughts of someone actually experiencing the lifting of this cloud.