No one’s rich like Gaston That’s the pitch for “Gaston” No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston He’s a circle that begs to be squared It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit Yes his backstory’s moving and layered And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt

I've been thinking about the best piece of advice I've ever gotten lately; "before you assume something is broken, rule out the possibility that you're doing something wrong." Sometimes you just forget to plug it in or turn it on. That's easier to overlook than it feels like it should be.

I'mma boop you on the nose with a new Goblins comic! BOOP! Anyone who reposts this, owns a piece of my soul forever. Comic link: www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-2... This scene starts here: www.goblinscomic.com/comic/page-1...

If you’re a Democratic voter who believes we are facing the threat of fascism, understand that right now it is vital to “purity test” candidates. The implications of letting just anyone hold power in a moment that dire are vast.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

I just read an article about the evidence Luigi's lawyer is trying to suppress, which said it included a to-do list the police say is tied to the murder, and whatever else happens I want to see this thing.

I like watching movies on my phone, but only an idiot would say there's no difference. Also, every streaming service insists there's no way for them to measure the metrics we get from theater ticket sales, or to turn a profit from movies released exclusive to streaming unless the platform has ads.

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it? BOY: i don't know, i'm like six SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone

Uhm no. Your coworker is wrong, doesn’t understand the history of Black America, and is kinda racist? Black America is one of the biggest contributors to WORLD culture that exists cause America also exports a huge amount of our culture. You’re welcome Norway. (Whose entire culture is pickled fish.)

Look, I know corporations aren't my friends, but I still hate to see Warner Brothers treated the way it is. It was a legendary studio and it *should* still be. Can someone just buy it and operate it as its own thing without all the fucking parent companies?

Usually people ask this intending an unspoken "pertinent," but is there any question that isn't pertinent to physics?

Quentin Tarantino is the first person to mention Lost In Translation (2003) as anything other than a footnote in someone's career since 2004.

So they want to make Meowmeowbeenz as a sports betting app.

You know what? The Miracle on 34th Street is a good movie. 1947 and 1994 both.

Excuse me, but what makes you think it's appropriate to be so familiar? Please address me as Mr. (Last_Name).

So it seems I have opinions about 11 year old kids' movies. They're all good.

All my moots are total rizzcakes, for realsies

This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.

Trump is not a complicated phenomenon, he is a guy who saw Charlie Sheen and thought I will do this but to become hitler

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies. I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/

Thanksgiving is the sole Food Oriented Holiday for which I have no interest in culinary creativity or novelty. I want turkey and stuffing and potatoes and green bean casserole and I want gravy on all of it. “Liven up your stuffing with persimmons” no, fuck that, I will liven it up with gravy.

Twin Cities MN folks, question: Do you know a pain management specialist who is not a dick to people in pain? I need a specialist who 1) believes in chronic pain of unknown etiology, 2) is willing to provide pain relief for conditions that never improve, and 3) IS NOT A JERK. #twincities #mn

Bluesky seems to be having a good day; my feed was all silly little yuk-em-ups for a good bit before I found anything resembling bad news.

Yes, the raw, magnetic chemistry of... Alan Dershowitz.

🎶 It had to be youuuuuuu It had to be youuuuuu I wandered around and finally found Somebody whoooooooo

A mother of 8 was sexually abused by an ICE officer. She went public with the abuse, and was deported the very next day. Her lawyer says she had a stay on her deportation order They disappeared her so she couldn’t speak out. Silvia Reyna Mendoza deserves justice. ICE should be abolished.

Not all of it came to pass, but a shocking amount of this is just reality now.

The Black Friday release of my sweet children's picture book about a shy little oink-oink who learns to love himself, QUIET PIGGY, is now totally fucked.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

This is the main problem Democrats have. They are afraid to lead, and when one of them tries, the rest do everything in their power to distance themselves from that leadership until well after the public has embraced it.

Especially helpful when trying to locate your missing rum.

Make a movie #StarTrek They Live Long and Prosper!

Fingers crossed there will be a tie-in game where you're just playing an existing Zelda game but the characters are all re-skinned with their live-action counterparts, a la Streef Fighter: The Movie: The Game.

I'm grateful that more people who hear someone talk like this recognize that it's both stupid and evil, but I wish we hadn't taken so long to get here.

Sometimes the @nytimes.com gets a headline right. More of this, please.

I played Warhammer 40K once at a convention over 30 years ago, the sum total involvement I've had with the game. And yet, the lore I've seen is bonkers. The Emperor of All Mankind's backstory is a better story than anything attached to a major religion.

Frankenstein was the Victorian Era Torment Nexus. Yes, I looked it up to be sure and technically it was published 19 years before Victoria took the throne, but "the Georgian Era" was extremely unsatisfying to write, and I would rather be funny than right.

One thing I didn't miss about the '90s was Bill Clinton's penis being inescapable.

the thrill of living is gone

Someone told Hal Linden that Lynda Carter was naturally going to be the hottest one in the group pic and he took it as a personal challenge.

This is a sick burn even coming from Popehat, whose burns are frequently sick.

i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”

"Any chance it's not too late for me to go to prison for fraud and we just forget about the pedophilia?"

Yes there's a lot of denial, but I've seen it: when it snaps, it snaps hard. "Powerful men covered up child sex abuse" isn't outlandish when you've seen that happen in church, boy scouts, school athletics, and every other social pillar of your conservative middle-class life in the past few decades.