The term “Lynchian” is embarrassingly overused, but more than halfway through this, the surrealism often reminds me of the experience of watching Inland Empire - the narrative collapsing on itself just when you think it’s going to take hold. Written in 1980.

It’s about what I expected. Watchable airport junk. I mostly was more entertained by the audience; the husbands who suddenly perked up whenever Sydney whipped her tits out and the teenage girls who filmed every sex scene and excitedly tiktoked in the parking lot to the end credits song.

Let’s see how this Housemaid movie is…

This was never gonna work because you can make a comics movie with anyone, but Blade is a Wesley Snipes movie.

In the “no shit Sherlock” side of things, I imagine she didn’t even see that guy standing in front of her car…probably looking at the dumbfuck at her window as she tried to pull away. Obviously we have a duty of care when we drive, but who couldn’t understand her panic?

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The People’s Joker is going to be on The People’s Streaming Service (Tubi) on 1/21. I haven’t seen it yet!

It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.

Because Michael Moorcock was right (I love The Lord of the Rings to the point where I’d get sworn in on it maybe, but Tolkien was the kind of conservative catholic that got pissed that the sermons weren’t in Latin anymore)

Book #2: Page 1 rewrite starts tomorrow morning. For the best!

Sebastian Stan is a fine actor and I’m sure he’ll be great in the part if that’s what he’s playing. But still…

Next Gen

She’s right and she should say it.

Because Michael Moorcock was right (I love The Lord of the Rings to the point where I’d get sworn in on it maybe, but Tolkien was the kind of conservative catholic that got pissed that the sermons weren’t in Latin anymore)

The X-Men are back! And looking old as shit!

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I’m sure it’ll zag in a worthwhile way, but I hate that the rumor mill seems to be pointing to The Batman Part 2 doing The Long Halloween in some form. Beyond that I think that comic sucks balls, Nolan already covered the only worthwhile part that ground.

David Robert Mitchell, despite having the most forgettable name on earth (three first names what the fuck?), put out two bangers in a row and is just now finally releasing a new one this year. Can’t wait.

Christ, the Harris/Walz ticket was awful in retrospect

This year’s Oscar race is starting to feel increasingly like the Oppenheimer year, where an intensely overdue director is getting their flowers. Maybe moreso because people keep looking for a competitor to keep the race interesting…”uhh Hamnet, no wait Sinners, no no wait Marty Supreme”

Cerebus, Spider-Man, Dragon Con, Misfits, Rosemary’s Baby, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, I’m probably forgetting something…

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Concluded the first season of Dark in our rewatch, and while I think it remains a fun twisty watch, there’s a part of me now that asks: “you can’t expect me to believe all these folks still live in this city, do you?” and “Wouldn’t some kind of bigger authority get involved in these murders?”

The second Viriconium book, A Storm of Wings, basically uses “what if the ghost guys from Return of the King actually came back to life and just lived among the rest of Middle Earth?” and plays with how that would fuck everyone up.

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I’m sure there’s a better answer, but if you asked me this when I was a pre-teen I would have said “Kindred: The Embraced” My mom fuckin loved the main guy.

This Mad Men rewatch reminds me: I used to work with an awesome lady whose daughter was on the writing staff. I never pressed for goss or anything, but she did tell me that apparently the nicest people on set were Christina Hendricks and John Slattery. Not a shocker but I like remembering it.

The year I discovered John Sayles

I had to see this for myself. Tubi is such a miracle.

Anyhoot

There’s a new Sam Raimi movie coming out in a few weeks and I feel like this important fact is barely being talked about.

First shot this morning. We’ll see how this goes!

The Hudsucker Proxy, sure glad I watched that last night.

Not a Stranger Things spoiler, but that plaque LMAOOOO

I wonder if in 30 years, people will be discovering films of the 2000’s-2020’s the way we uncover little 80’s-90’s gems…what movies would those be? Like what’s the Streets of Fire of the 2010’s?

When I ruined Alan Moore’s birthday. Not proud of it.

This was what I feared when I first heard about the book pre-release.

Now reading, what a duo.

I forgot what a colossal disappointment this movie was.

• The best book I read this year • The best book I read FROM this year • The best comic book I read this year • The best audiobook I heard this year

I’m a cameraman whose girlfriend is being stalked/stuck in a toxic relationship with an invisible man.

Hannah and I saw Lance Reddick buying Iron Fist comics at Meltdown in LA. RIP Lance, RIP Meltdown.

If I had known the Sun Eater books were gonna go full Christian and they were inspired by Jordan Peterson, I might have given a second thought to buying a bunch of those.

Said this off and on all year but it’s remarkable given how long we’ve lived in an era of “synergy” just how much DC’s year has been a rare display of a company making almost nothing but right moves to maximize the success of a big multimedia push.

That, and a lot of “you see this slinky? Let’s say that’s Will. And this Debbie Gibson record? That’s Max. And this toaster? That’s the Upside Down. Now if we…” They do it twice in one episode to explain the same thing!!

Must admit, seeing DC eat Marvel’s lunch this year…sales, box office, critically…brought out the DC homer in me for a few minutes. Just a few though.

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