It’s no longer a movie set in the future.
When I was a kid, I thought we’d be a lot further along, technologically, by now. Though maybe we’re getting close to flying cars. And while the world of 2001: A Space Odyssey is decades late, it looks like it’s finally approaching as well.
Why is it acceptable, when black face is not?
Most of all, why is it acceptable to show to middle schoolers?
I love this: A cat watching and reacting to Psycho.
Thoughts from Sarah Hoyt on the Cold Civil War.
It is a clash of values, and ours may not win out.
Will the Democrats blow it again?
All signs point to “yes,” and that’s a good thing.
A friend of mine, who saw it a couple weeks ago with the class she was teaching at SpaceX, roundly panned it to me. Jeff Foust says don’t bother seeing it, either.
Hollywood seems to have a hard time getting space movies right.
But I’m dubious about this: “The thing is, LeBron, we’ve come to expect more of you. You’re obviously an intelligent person, a compassionate person and a socially conscious person. At this point in your life and career, it’s part of your brand.”
I don’t have much experience with Mr. James, hating the sport that he plays as I do, but it is not at all obvious to me that he’s an intelligent person. I don’t think he’s getting the big bucks for his brain.
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Yes, Mr. James, all you had to say was that “America is a free country.” But you’re a dumb ass.
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Treacher: Why should I care what he thinks about China, or anything?
How they saved Hollywood.
I don’t know how you can talk about this topic without discussing The Outlaw Josie Wales. Also, the term goes all they back to England, resulting from the red collars that Presbyterians wore.
Jonah is back, with thoughts on lots of things, but most bitingly on fascist Beta O’Dourke.