Finally watched Send Help. Magnificent stuff, all around. If I hear a score better than Elfman's this year, I'm going to feel spoiled. Might be his best work of the last two decades.

We are a profoundly stupid country governed by people even more stupid than us. I hate it here.

27 years since the Columbine High School massacre. 27 years of failing to protect our kids. 27 years without common-sense gun laws. I watched it as a student. Now it’s only gotten worse for our kids. We need an assault weapons ban.

So we’re just building a two-tiered Starship Troopers society where benefits and rights are reserved for those willing to volunteer to commit state violence.

Demon King Piccolo *and* Pikkon as new characters?

You should see how fast my human-driven car can navigate it. I'd shave *at least* another six minutes off of that.

Mekki Leeper is so great on the show. The episode where he has to wear his glasses I think of his stand-up where he talks about looking too much like Logic when they're on.

Current show? Stumble Fun, silly, low stakes mockumentary show. Definitely has that "first season is the worst season" sitcom vibe, as it takes about 7 episodes to get off the ground, but it was *soaring* by the season finale. Really hope it gets a second season. Love these characters.

Peart really went the fuck off on his first album with the band. Song has basically everything I love in Prog music, and the fills are *magical.*

"Those taxes you just paid? The money is going straight into Trump's pocket" would be good messaging

Underrated White Stripes album, tbf

Power Design/Engineering & Construction. The movie referenced the most is Alien, because safety protocols are fucking important, and corporate involvement *always* cause less safe environments.

Criterion are *really* not messing around, this summer.

We are about to see some phenomenal backpedaling in the coming months. Truly glorious maneuvering.

Fuck yeah.

As ever, absolutely fuck Target.

A good day for people who's favorite color is purple (me)

Lauryn Hill not immediately getting in is a joke.

The things I'd do to have John Woo era Chow Yun-Fat and Tony Scott era Denzel Washington make a movie together.

Dear every GOP/MAGA jagoff: WE TOLD YOU WE DIDN'T CARE IF SHIT CAME OUT ABOUT DEMOCRATS. SWEEP EVERY SEXUAL PREDATOR OUT OF PUBLIC LIFE. EVERY‼️ LAST‼️ ONE ‼️ OF ‼️ THEM ‼️

Cosign

I appreciate that Jason Statham is just late-career Charles Bronson, now. Also, this is the first I've seen Annabelle Wallis since Malignant, which is a shame.

It's an indictment of the entire Dem party that Schumer remains Senate minority leader.

Finallllyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

It's not gay if the lightsabers aren't touching

Very cool, but pretty bummed that there won't be an edition with packaging that matches the previous two, with the thicker box covers.

Finally, finally watched the Broadway Recording of Merrily We Roll Along (2025) Between that, One of Them Days, and K-Pop Demon Hunters, Sony very quietly produced my three favorite movies of last year. This. Shit. Was. Magical.

The scientologist thought a sexual assault story (where she was the assailant) was both okay enough to share and funny to joke about. Shocker.

they treat this guy who streams on the internet with more skepticism and hostility than literally any Democrat politician that is actively running for office

This can never be said enough.

Aside from The Last Jedi, the animated Star Wars material is all that I've really fallen in love with (I didn't grow up with it, so I imagine that's why.) I prefer Tartakovsky's take/look of it, but reading that Maul, the very best part of Filoni's iteration, has a good new story, is exciting.

I know I'm fighting against the tides when it comes to engagement of my review, but that's okay; it beats having to deal with the garbage that is X. Still, if you'd spread it around, I would appreciate it. www.vitalthrills.com/star-wars-ma...

plot twist: the Easter Bunny is Filipino and has been saving this up for a century and change

Great new tracks from The Callous Daoboys, HEALTH, and Static Dress this week? I'm being absolutely spoiled, music-wise.

What a fucking week of "for-me" television we have coming up.

True story: James Madison’s final public act was to warn the 1829 Virginia convention that if they allowed white men who didn’t own property to vote, that they’d all vote to tax rich slaveholders until they were forced to free the people they enslaved. Just in case you thought any of this was new.

Trying out some shit. Full video here: youtu.be/gOApFOkxoQg?...

Witching & Bitching A wonderful horror comedy

If you haven't seen Netflix's live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho, Kaji plays Genkai, and it is such an incredible casting choice.

Can a judge require the same of bombing another country?

FINALLY!

This whole scene is seared into my brain.

Forbidden Fruits has been on my highly anticipated list for a minute, but @msmlroberts.bsky.social compared it to Greener Grass, and I'm so serious when I say that nothing will make me want to see a movie more than bringing that beaitifully weird and incredible movie up in your review.

Oh man, oh god, oh man, oh god

I'd love to see you defeat this monster, but please retire the gay panic jokes. he's an atrocious person, period.