You are not going to be saved by the midterms. You are not going to be saved by the midterms. You are not going to be saved by the midterms. You are not going to be saved by the midterms.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Everyone from the trust-the-process center to the far right has been lying to us all our lives about what they purport to value and we never need to take a single thing they say seriously ever again

This is gonna date me so hard...introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen with WOMEN lead singers: Genitorturers Medicine L7 Sweet 75 Woodpussy

That's not @vanessamckee.bsky.social ?

Y'all are slipping. I haven't seen any jokes yet about how Jared Leto insisted on literally melting his face off with acid to properly play Skeletor.

Ever try telling a school bully they're "insulting and appalling" and "certainly should apologize"? I'm just curious if that ever worked out in the history of humanity.

#WonderMan really isn't a superhero show per se, nor comic faithful, but working actors will relate. My review: lytrules.substack.com/p/marvels-wo...

Wonder Man reviews are dropping at 8:30 p.m., just in case it's the job of anyone reading this to aggregate them. Also, sorry!

"What's goin' on?"

Part of the reason that as an editor, I'm a hardass on grammar can be summed up by all the online posts going "He-Man has pronouns now!"

My thoughts on what we see of Eternia in the new masters of the Universe movie teaser trailer: lytrules.substack.com/p/masters-of...

Are audiences finally tired of trailer posts on blogs? have they figured out it's best just to go to youtube? They don't seem to do great for me on substack.

I like the approach of the #MOTU #MastersOfTheUniverse teaser-for-trailer: lytrules.substack.com/p/masters-of...

I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.

I feel right now like I used to after a first date. Fantasizing about what more could happen, while being almost certain they'll never want to see me again.

Not exactly a review of My Undesirable Friends, but a semi-explanation of why it's going over like catnip with critics. lytrules.substack.com/p/why-critic...

This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.

It's become abundantly clear that Trump could threaten nuclear war, and every republican would go on TV talk shows to explain why nuclear war is good, actually.

Always fun to talk with @philleirness.bsky.social and Dean Haglund, two old pals whose podcast just feels like a fun hangout. Hope you enjoy! deanandphil.substack.com/cp/185077384

haircut. www.tiktok.com/@lytrules/vi...

Weekend 'Round the Web! (Except I'm not calling it that any more, because column names in the headline are bad SEO. Sucks, but true. Not that tortured puns and Hank Williams references are better, but they make me smile.) lytrules.substack.com/p/chappelle-...

For a limited time, my previously paywalled review of IDIOCRACY is available to all. Subscribem and I'll do one like this for you. Read it while it's still free -- I will bring back the paywall eventually. lytrules.substack.com/p/idiocracy-...

For a limited time, my previously paywalled review of IDIOCRACY is available to all. Subscribem and I'll do one like this for you. Read it while it's still free -- I will bring back the paywall eventually. lytrules.substack.com/p/idiocracy-...

1. Shatner has never been estranged from the franchise. BUT if you give him control, you get STV. 2. I can't decide if Miller is Brunt or Weyoun, but either way, Jeffrey Combs is more likeable.

Bill Maher is the Jeffrey Wells of comedians, and ironically both of them would think that's a compliment.

The board...

And now for something rather different -- a guest poem on my site. lytrules.substack.com/p/god-makes-...

ICE shot out a young trans man's eyes for the crime of caring about his neighbors.

This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan. A citizen. Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. "We're from the United States bro!' he screamed. Agents took and sold his phone And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

The guy who replaced him in the Maverick movie was pretty good. Is he available?

Happy Birthday, Boba!

Uh huh huh, they said bone. Bones are cool. And 28 years Later: The Bone Temple is totally metal (aside from the Duran Duran, though that's fun too). My review: lytrules.substack.com/p/28-days-la...

Folks who get so mad about pronouns in bios forget the days when NOT having them was so awkward, there was a whole recurring SNL skit about it.

I realize it's my getting-old problem and not theirs, but good golly am I annoyed by the trend of movie co-directors who are billed under a collective nickname. Ampersands exist!

The anniversary of the Eaton Fire has come and gone, but the struggle for survivors will go on for years. ICYMI, I wrote about my battle with my mortgage company, and how all of us are at the mercy of corporate monoliths who politely screw us over. www.patreon.com/posts/eaton-...

What I find telling here is that the possibility of him being turned on BY MEN was still judged to be threatening. This is a group of cishet women arguing that the presence of gay male sexuality was threatening to them as they gathered to watch a show about gay men. This is unabashed homophobia.

That is the most damning part of our society. Instead of slow progress we chose regression. Instead of people we could work with, we chose a cult of sadists. And it’s just a cycle that people refuse to see. Every 4 years we see progress, only to get knocked back a decade because (2/3)

Starfleet Academy tries to right the ship that is Discovery continuity. It could use more time to do so, but not too bad a start. My review of eps 1-6: lytrules.substack.com/p/star-trek-...

In my day, merely beating a suspect excessively caused a citywide riot (eventually).

Some new features by me for TV Line! lytrules.substack.com/p/lyt-linkag...

"Silence" and "James Gunn" never belong in the same sentence.

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

CRAP. Nightmare on Elm Street 4K box set does NOt include the promised 3D glasses. Any solutions that don't involve me buying something else?

They've been trained to believe that if they see contradictions in Holy Scripture, it's their fault, not the Scripture's. Boss' orders are treated as same.

I couldn't vote in the CCAs this year due to a lower audience reach than last -- help me out on that by subscribing! -- and it shows. None of these winners would have been my picks.

Is it blasphemy to say All Dogs Go to Heaven? If so, I think we are a country of blasphemers. A mildly frivolous exploration: lytrules.substack.com/p/the-one-is...