The weird thing is that the answer isn't "have anything to do with Thunderbolts, the next and final film in Phase 5 of the MCU"

I don't think it was a creative decision (though I don't hate it, it draws a line between two technologists that I don't think I've seen before), I think the motivation is "we have absolutely oppo researched this guy to fuck and back, he's not going to blow up in our face"

"The Mercy" is the Hollywood-upped version: Colin Firth! Rachel Weisz! David Thewlis? Ken Stott? Jonathan Bailey! Mark Gatiss? Simon McBurney? Jóhann Jóhannsson!

The real answer is to not bring him back "RIP James Bond, he died when swapping his blood with the Queen went from monthly to weekly to daily"

Yeah this is what I was going to say: the position here is "no-one minded that we jumped back to before all the other Bond films, but we created such a mythos that people will be distraught about a reboot", which is not I think how the average person relates to the shooty kissy guy.

To be clear this is very much out of love, I'm so glad it's back!

I'm glad you're back! It still seems a little cut-down, like I've hit the mobile URL by accident - will the "best of the years" sidebar be back / will the comments be back, at the moment there's a COMMENTS block but no comments and no way to add them / will the "latest comments" finally be back?

I mean, he is still knocking about...
<turns to PC, Googles "is russ abbot a vampire">

I am pleasantly surprised by the fairness of the GBP in coming to the conclusion that the entirely made-up word Fatherf*cker must by rights be about as offensive as the one that everyone knows.

I just took a photo of the notice, which only says a month or so

Screenshot shared on Sarah Michelle Gellar's facebook page (though not originally from there): So….. you might have heard some news this week, but I realize you haven’t heard from me. Three years ago, I got a call from my dear friend and mentor, Gail Berman. She told me that she wanted me to sit down with Chloé Zhao to hear her take on a potential “Buffy” revival. I was blown away that Chloé even knew who I was, but, as I’ve always done, I told Gail that I just didn’t see a way for the show to exist again. We’d always been aligned on that, but this time I heard something different in her voice. I eventually agreed to go (mainly just to meet Chloé) and our twenty minute coffee quickly turned into a four hour adventure. We laughed, we cried, but mostly we both talked about how much this show means to us. While I didn’t agree to anything at that meeting, I did shock myself by agreeing to continue the conversation. These conversations did, in fact, continue over the next few years and eventually we added the incredible Nora and Lilla Zuckerman to our little tribe until ultimately, one day, we landed on an idea. I have always listened to the fans and heard your desire to revisit “Buffy” and her world, but it was not something I could do unless I was sure we would get it right. This has been a long process, and it’s not over yet. I promise you, we will only make this show if we know we can do it right. And I will tell you that we are on the path there. I feel so lucky to be on this journey with these four unbelievably talented women, all of whom love “Buffy” as much as I do. And as much as you do. Thank you to all the fans who never stopped asking for this. This will be for you.

A little less conflicted today

Man, I miss imperial phase Grant Morrison.

(It's public)

I've changed my mind a lot reading down this thread, honestly a little surprised (and surprised I'm surprised) at how much they're the best-suited to my tastes (and of course vice versa).

Probably the Invisibles - in a way it'd be cheating to pick one where their reach didn't exceed their grasp.

I love it as shorthand. "It's Superman. You know - Superman"

In case you can’t access Instagram, here’s the full text of Robbie Williams’ response to former Take That manager Nigel Martin Smith’s appearance on the BBC’s “Boybands Forever” documentary.

Powerful, revealing and emotional. (1/3)

Wait, posts, or reposts of a given post? 400 sounds like a good number of posts, people should have to delete something old after that.

I see a lot of them in Edinburgh - mind you, I see a lot of them on the converted old railway tracks, where they aren't really necessary - mind you, I'm mostly on those tracks, because I don't actually want to cycle up and down Edinburgh every day.

Yeah, I just didn't like having to wear the dungarees, I could never remember which pocket the ring was in.

(I'm just grumpy today, I don't seethe about it this much mostly, but I caught up on your FT posts, and I thought I'll go dump this in the river of social media where the waters will wash it away rather than a permanent comment)

But its omnipresence (in my cohort) means that a pebble in a shoe is magnified.

"... she brought fellow students Steve Shaw and Roger Huckle, whom Rowland renamed as Steve Brennan and Roger MacDuff, and Rowland named the violin section "The Emerald Express""

I hate it so fucking much.

But come on: "He sent Speare to invite Bevington to join Dexys, which she agreed to do, and Rowland gave her the Irish-sounding stage name of Helen O'Hara. Rowland also asked her to recruit two other violinists; ..."

I considered trying to convince them the only Irish trad (ish) song to hit #1 in the UK being largely cosplay would make it a bad choice to play to a half-Irish room, but it was a bluff anyway, the Irish love it too.

I had something similar but I think they played it when I was out of the room. I definitely fed the DJs.

This is probably a good place to ask you / the Powertasy Fans (sorry) - can anyone see it to pre-order on Amazon / Comixology? I can't, but it might always be a me problem

What's on the slate?

Also I'll get into Bollywood action at some point, and will be a positive pest for you when I do.

I will happily do so! Though I already watched another of his sets in the even-less-appealing medium of 60 minute-long Instagram stories, on Carsmile's recommendation. It was good!

Everything seems fine for Marvel - I can see X-Factor 1 or Avengers 17, can subscribe to both series (I mean, I haven't, but the button is there).
Two more I can see for Image though (Purr Evil 6 and The Deviant 7), though both are a) without cover image and b) Amazon claims they're out in July.