I actually think CITADEL was initially a cool idea: a multinational shared universe action franchise that made a point of hiring local talent in every country to make their own spinoffs. It's just you really, really, really need your ducks in a row for something that ambitious.
Has anyone thought Dershowitz was a Democrat in any meaningful sense in at least a decade?
Wall Street Journal headline: "Alan Dershowitz: Why I'm Becoming a Republican"
Higher acceptance of sex crimes, same reason as everyone else who announces this
I think I read something along those lines, that it's contractual somehow. And also that they're also gonna to attempt to wrap up the plot lines of the Italian and the (actually sorta good) Indian spinoffs within this season as well. So the original plan for a multinational franchise is kaput.
They're also adding Lina El Arabi, who is enormous fun on the French Netflix action series FURIES, which is not per se *good* but if you're winding down from a day at 11pm it's just good enough.
I know the first season was a huge mess but I'm genetically incapable of not watching
1. Priyanka Chopra kick ass in various countries wearing beautiful gowns
2. Matt Berry
Scene-stealing supporting characters become more more prominent on TV shows all the time, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one explicitly promoted above the previous season's leads the way Tucci seemingly is here.
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As of 2023, Sherlock Holmes is finally in the public domain in the United States -- which means that Arthur Conan Doyle's heirs and random other rights-holders can no longer insist that the character be free of any trace of homoeroticism.
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I was about to say, whoever's in charge of monitoring that has def been asleep on the job.
My sense is early on in Trump 2 the GOP would've been on board with further breaking the country to try to run Trump a third time, but that energy is largely gone now. Which leaves them in the position of trying to mint a new star while the old star almost certainly undermines them at every turn.
It’s just a hellscape inside his head, isn’t it? “Congrats and best wishes to Tim” would’ve taken two seconds, but it would’ve eaten him alive.
I cannot conceive of him being willing to be the guy who speaks on Wednesday night of the convention. Trump doesn’t know much, but he knows the difference between a headliner and an undercard, and he sure knows which one he wants to be.
This is why I’m fascinated to see how the 2028 Republican primary and convention will play out, because Trump can’t even get through a pro-forma congratulatory social post without repeatedly insisting on being the center of attention.
The same guy who thinks *everyone else’s* kids should be on the assembly line 12 hours a day.
They should make a Peter Pan movie
*Boyle & Garland’s world, Garland is clearly a key auteur of this series.
Nia DaCosta’s the real deal: this is Boyle’s world but through her eyes.
Make the third one, y’all! How much could these cost? There’s like two locations!
They really should’ve marketed this more heavily on Jack O’Connell, SINNERS fans are weirdly and intensely hate-horny for him.
Wild the degree to which these particular legacy sequels have overachieved.
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE - oh come ON, guys, you GOTTA make the next one!
I know karma isn't real and life doesn't follow these imaginary arcs, but sometimes I feel like the tough run I've had over the last two years is like the payback for having such an easy ride through Covid.
A big factor is that I'm a theater guy at heart. I was okay not working on a play for two years (I wrote and recorded multiple audio dramas over those two years) but I would've been in bad shape if theater had been impossible for significantly longer.
I see there's some discourse about how some people kinda miss lockdown (if not the cause of it) because it made them feel okay about staying home all the time. I'll admit to feeling a *smidge* of that, but ultimately I was glad to have the option to go places again.
This was slightly complicated by the fact that my wife and I spent part of lockdown at her sister's home and helped with her kids a bit, but overall I got damn lucky in my isolating (also didn't, y'know, lose anyone to the pandemic).
I belong to the demo that was least affected by Covid isolating: middle-aged, works from home, has no kids, married. Too old to miss my senior year, too young to be mortally terrified (tho I was still frightened). Didn't have to do it alone, but didn't have to corral children or oversee Zoom school.
The funnest guy in the webinar
My random thought for 2028: Campaigning directly to parents on the issue of closely regulating AI friend programs used by minors could be a big winning issue for a Democrat among a lot of key constituencies.
Sure, I guess I’d say I’m beguiling, I’d agree that’s an accurate assessment.
God, #9 is so fucking disingenuous. “The last thing we want is leaders who’ve never made any mistakes” - you think there’s any danger of that, pal? Does it seem like we’re in imminent peril of pristine well-behaved people in positions of power any time soon?