I like this season of MQ quite a bit.

I feel like more of them trying to work on an MQ expansion would have gotten stale and we’d still be complaining about it. Having Ian and Poppy be forced to intensely look at themselves and their relationship is a good way to keep things moving forward.

At the end of this season, both characters are going to have to make some dramatic internal changes, which allows this story to fold them back in to MQ as evolved characters. I don’t think this is story that could have happened while they were at MQ.

I will say, I think the B plot of MQ and the movie feels like it’s been really slow, and the C plot of the HR lady and monetization team seems to exist solely to keep these two characters around. I would have left Ashly Burch in school and had her remain a tester to pay her tuition. I would have left Pudi in prison, with a work release program at a department store. Then, when Grimpop finally works through their issues and secures finding, be told they need to figure out monetization and arrange to have Pudi work with them.

The painting sits exposed most of the time by default. When a threat is detected, the glass slams shut. This includes heat and anything that makes a loud noise, as a loud noise could hit a gunshot or explosion or something.

Miles arrogantly installs an override so he can drop the glass if he wants to. This way he can do things like play loud music or throw a party and not have glass between him and the painting.

As for avoiding glass on the ground, I see that they have shoes or are just walking around it. The glass isn’t everywhere, it’s just where the statues were smashed.

Cage loses the power towards the end of the movie, soooo…

I think they should franchise out and tell more stories besides Neo’s. Would love to see Trinity’s story from the time she starts pursuing Morpheus.

We were a Fox Kids household.

Depending on how early you got up, you could catch Carmen Sandiego (the underrated, kind of dark cartoon), Fantastic Four, The Tick, BTAS, and a bunch that I’m forgetting, and it all wrapped up with X-Men, then lunch, then the Saturday begins as the parents wake up.

Eventually, KidsWB complicated things with Men In Black, Batman Superman Adventures, Static Shock, and a few others.

The Batman surprised me.

It’s the same simple melody over and over, but the way it changes throughout the story to have different moods is great. From the simple, brooding single piano key, to the big explosive full orchestral sound.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to say. How are ratings “vanity plates”? How are they ineffective?

They’re ratings. They tell the viewer what type of content to expect so they can judge if it’s appropriate. That’s what ratings are for. They’re as functional as any other label.

In the 90s, the FCC absolutely wanted to get involved, off the heels of Tipper Gore’s (she was the Vice First Lady, which held more of a cultural tone-setter role here in the US up until the mid-00s) efforts to “protect the children”. The US has long history of government agencies and law enforcement enforcing “decency” laws and ordinances over film, TV, radio, and music. In almost every medium (except arguably radio), an advocacy group was formed, pooled their influence, pushed back, and ended up forming a voluntary ratings board (ESRB, MPAA, parental advisory labels, etc etc).

> TV ratings don’t really exist. They aren’t “real”. Don’t ever care what a tv show is or is not rated.

We have TV ratings in the US.

It’s just a way to tell parents (or your TV’s V-chip), if the upcoming program is appropriate. It started in the 90s and was a direct response to the rise of cable, and television programs becoming less and less appropriate for younger viewers.

> The network just slaps on whatever rating they want

The networks are more careful with the ratings than that. The consequence of getting it wrong is FCC declaring the rating system ineffective and taking it over.

You have to remember, the voluntary ratings were a welcome alternative to having a strict censorship board from the FCC oversee all broadcast programming in the US. The ratings and their subsequently added granularity has been unanimously supported by networks and advocacy groups.

Us is pretty polarizing.

In my opinion, it’s social commentary is too subtle and is mostly told through details in the background than the characters and story itself. The tethering system also opens up more questions that frustratingly feel important but never answered.

I saw a free screening of The Dark Tower.

When the movie ended, I heard a young woman tell her date “I hated this. I really hated this. I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can see you anymore.”, get up and leave.

Guy looked mortified.

My other one was a midnight screening (remember those?) of John Wick 2. The teenagers behind us were cracking jokes the whole time and pissing everyone off. As the credits rolled, the woman next to them stood up and said sternly: “I rarely get out to the movies. I was really enjoying this but you clowns ruined it. I hope you boys grow up. I hope you stop disappointing everyone around you. And you <points to the main jokester> when you find yourself old, miserable, and alone, that you have the decency to kill yourself and not make your sadness everyone else’s problem like you did tonight.”

Response was mixed claps and a lot of “😬”

Jake 1000% is taking the money in as evidence against Alonzo and his team.

Alonzo’s car has a ton of evidence against him, and Alonzo’s made enough enemies that day that would be happy to corroborate Jake’s report.

Alonzo stole money from Macy Gray’s house with a fake warrant. He robbed those kids buying weed. He hurt Snoop Dogg. And the Mexican gang didn’t seem to like Alonzo much either. Eva Mendes probably wouldn’t mind getting her and their son in to witness protection, either.

An investigation would find Roger’s arrest warrant was hastily made by one of 3 Wise Men with no evidence to support it, that Roger’s murder scene was staged, and that Alonzo’s crew each had a million dollars cash in their possession that could be tied to Roger.

I really liked him in Central Intelligence and am bummed that that franchise sort of stalled out in development hell on the sequel. I think Rock really shines when his character subverts his appearance. Jumanji as well, for the same reasons.

However, my favorite Dwayne Johnson role is Elliot in Be Cool.

It’s one of his earlier roles, but he plays a gay man who came to Hollywood to be an actor and ended up being a strong arm for Vince Vaughn’s character. The character has a ton of personality and I think Rock rarely gets roles that shine like that anymore.

I have a friend that likes this show. She explained to me that it’s reality TV that’s not built around drama, and the costumes and performances are entertaining, and that every once in a a while, the celebrity is someone she likes and it’s fun to see them doing something different.

I don’t think the show is amazing, but I get why people that like it like it.

I remember this movie. If memory serves, it’s technically a dark comedy. And while it’s subject matter is pretty dark, it’s presented in a comedic manner.

“The New Justin Long Movie” trailer was released after the movie came out. It’s mostly a joke, but it does make it clear that it’s the horror movie people kept forgetting the name of.

I saw the actual theatrical trailer for this before NOPE and it was clearly a horror film titled “Barbarian”.

I remember that show. Season 1 has 10 episodes and season to has 90 according to IMDB. That has to be a mistake.

However many you can convince the network to buy.

That’s it! Google the scene and this is the movie. Wow. Reddit is 2 for 2 today on solving my 30+ year movie mysteries.

The answer is because Batman has existed for 80 years and there’s no narrative value in retreading Batman’s origins, especially when you’re not telling a Batman origin story.

This is Batman in his second year as a vigilante.

Also, the movie does enough explaining in the world building it does. When we see the Batcave and listen to the dialog, it’s clear that Bruce Wayne is highly devoted to his mission, trains relentlessly, and has been out fighting for well over 18 months. If you do anything every single night for nearly 2 years, you’ll get good at it.

BTAS also never gave an origin story and it’s the best Batman series of all time. The Arkham Asylum games, too. Even Origins kicks off at his second or third year.

Oh my goodness, that’s it!

I just watched the clip on YouTube and instantly recognized the opening frame. Debbie Harry was one of my first ever celebrity crushes, which is why I think this stuck in my brain in such a vague and fuzzy way.

https://youtu.be/-QePRqbRu4A

Seriously, thank you!

I’ve got two distinct memories of scenes from when I was maybe 8 or 9 (so late 80s early 90s).

One is a horror movie where a bunch of street punk teenagers are killed on a roller coaster. The person operating the coaster seemed to want to kill rowdy teenagers.

The other was a movie where a woman is keeping a man in a cage in her house for a king period of time. Her intent is to kill him and eat him later in the movie.

Bugged me for years and then I decided I was maybe misremembering these scenes and that these movies don’t exist.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?

Correct. But I’m talking about this dramatization and how the this person is portrayed, in context to the larger narrative.

This is true. However I’m talking about this dramatization and how the people are portrayed.

James Bond technically hasn’t done this at all. They change actors, but they’re all playing the same character.

That is, unless you subscribe to the fan theory that “James Bond” is an alias shared by multiple 00 agents.