Great comedy is universal and human. Shakespeare is still funny, and those plays were written in the late 16th century. Also, "It Happened One Night" is 1. Still amazingly hilarious. 2. The basis for just about every romantic comedy that came since.

"Superman" and "Supergirl" would have 15% better if Krypto had been a cat.

Harry Kim.

If you're looking for a great audiobook, check out these five sci-fi books with terrific audiobook narrations — some of which are read by the authors.

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THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.

Sam Raimi didn't strap a Super 8 camera to a 2x4 so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

Between the "Guardians of the Galaxy" movies (which I am indifferent to), "Quantumania" (which I hated), "The Mandalorian and Grogu" (which I liked), and now "Supergirl" (which I am also indifferent to), I'm getting mighty tired of their overdesigned, overpopulated sci-fi worlds.

I wrote about the deliberate enshittification of everything, from detention to immigration, climate policy, and healthcare, and how it's about trying to make us believe we have to settle for mere survival and be grateful for it. But we don't.

Star Trek operates in a post-capitalist space, and money is no longer used. Here's how the economics of the Federation work in the franchise.

found out that this is a legitimate company and I'm losing my goddamn mind

It's your book, Phil, you can call it whatever you want. But as your editor and your friend, I just have to point out one more time that humans don't *dream* of sheep, they count them to fall asleep. So androids wouldn't... the metaphor doesn't...

Credit to @williambibbiani.bsky.social for keeping MUPPET DRACULA in my head. Or one of these: www.slashfilm.com/1755294/clas...

Just what the heck is the official chain of command on Star Trek: The Original Series? That's more complicated than you might expect.

Star Trek operates in a post-capitalist space, and money is no longer used. Here's how the economics of the Federation work in the franchise.

"Be beige, not rainbow" is the most fucking depressing slogan of this regime.

baby shoes for sale, worn a lot. i mean that baby wore the fuck outta those shoes. baby has no control over its motor functions except for its powerful legs which it uses to travel great distances,

Happy Father's Day. Pick your dad movie: For a Few Dollars More Greyhound Ford Vs. Ferrari Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World JFK The Great Escape White House Down GoodFellas Dirty Harry

This was a solved problem 25 years ago! Put some goggles on your biggest titted friend and take a black and white photo of her in a construction site for gods sake. When did everybody become helpless

I thought George W. Bush was an awful President in every way, but I have to admit, compared to Trump, I still think he was an awful President in every way.

In the movie "Jaws," the jaws weren't the scariest part. It was more the teeth.

A prequel is a time machine that doesn’t take you anywhere.

If the "takeaway" of a film is widely misunderstood, who is to blame, the filmmakers or the audience? For instance, if Marines watch Apocalypse Now and cheer the destruction and come away thinking Kilgore and Kurtz are awesome, are they media-illiterate, or did the movie fail in some basic way?

I wrote about how the new guard of Hollywood is the same as the old one, actually www.thenewworld.co.uk/scarlett-har... via @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

BOTD Pauline Kael!! From us on @libraryofamerica.bsky.social set, PK bio via Boston Review: www.bostonreview.net/articles/jon... More @nellminow.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/what... Schrader: www.theguardian.com/film/2019/ju... @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Omph

If I wete to make a "Cars" style animated movie about German U-Boats during WWII, and one U-Boat wanted to compliment another, which would be funnier? "U da Boat!" "You da U-Boat!" "You Das Boot!"

Please go read all the great writing at BLACK WRITERS WEEK at @ebertvoices.bsky.social! Here's a handy table of contents for you. I show up twice! www.rogerebert.com/black-writer...

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Gargoyles is legit a “You can’t make em like this anymore” show. A bunch of classically trained actors getting Disney to lusciously animate their horny high fantasy Shakespeare fanfic that they made during their off time from making Star Trek. And it was a huge hit somehow?

I first saw The Silence of the Lambs at 15, a year before my egg cracked. I didn't know what a trans person was. I remember being so bewildered by *that shot*, so confused. Tonight, I saw the film again, a decade later. I had 2 thoughts when the shot arrived: "I recognize this." "You're beautiful."

Sub Rosa is largely considered one of the worst episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but the episode's star has come to embrace it.

You probably weren't even aware this hit video game turned animated sci-fi TV series is streaming on Paramount+, but it's a fun watch.

"The Rule of Jenny Pen" boasts one of John Lithgow's best performances.

I wrote about David Lynch's "Ronnie Rocket" for @slashfilm.bsky.social www.slashfilm.com/2158457/davi...

"The Furious" is as dumb as they come, plot-wise. It's the "Commando" plot again, wherein a kidnapped girl provides the hero impetus for murdering, like, a thousand guys. And that's fine. The action is fun and cartoonish. The prop hammers bounce off bad guys in an amusing way.

-Jenna

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Du, Du hast Du hast mich hast. Re, Du hast mich gefra-haaagt Mi, Du hast mich gefragt und... Fa, gefragt und ich hab nichts grfragt.

Move over, elephant graveyards - this whale necropolis extends 1,200km along the Indian Ocean seafloor at depths from 4,600-7,000m; has accumulated at least 476 fossil whale carcasses over the past 5m years; and has 5 active whale falls. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy 40th birthday to the Olsen Twins. youtu.be/wusGIl3v044?...

I wish I was a little bit shorter. I wish I had a quarter. I wish I had store, it would be brick-and-mortar.

Emo Philips was robbed of an Oscar www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYu...

R.I.P. Gene Shalit.

Steven Spileberg's "Discolsure Day" is one of the best movies of 1996. It seems to feel that conspiracies are easily quelled, and that humanity just needs one big news story to instill empathy and unity. But it also looks like Spielberg hasn't been paying attention to the news for 20 years.