I mean, there's also the books

So sorry. Sending lots of hugs and hopes for better days.

I didn't find it super scary, but ymmv? It's kind of wild. I will say that the final confrontation actually turns out pretty hilarious, which is rare in horror movies.

something that's very hard for today's kids to understand:
* there were only a few major brands of chewing gum
* everyone knew all of them
* each had its own banging anthem, whose words we still know
* every one of these brands of gum fucks, to this day

Okay, but what if WE'RE the AI, cosplaying our favorite historical period (the final years of humanity) in our flesh suits, totally oblivious to reality in our little virtual matrix, stumbling around like time travelers who always wanted to experience the last days of Pompeii.

(Yes, I know there's a Goldenface Jim, but that DOESN'T COUNT.) I am, however, delighted to discover that there are now What We Do in the Shadows action figures, although they're on backorder. I feel like we need figures for Sinners and Weapons as well.

Not to mention the incredible miss that there's never been a Schitt's Creek line of action figures. I want Moira Rose in every single outfit she wore. I want Yellowjackets. Gaius Baltar. Dale Cooper. Josh Lyman. Brian Kinney. Tim Riggins. Eric Northman. Daniel Faraday. Peggy Olsen. Jim Halpert.

At least I can find a 4-inch Steve Harrington, but not a proper 6-inch figure, even though there's an Eddie (which I have) and a Vecna and a freaking Mike. Also, it's kind of a hate crime that there's a Sidney Crosby and an Alex Ovechkin but not a Shane Hollander or Ilya Rozanov.

The action figure search is sending me on my quarterly rage spiral about the randomness of what is and isn't available in toyland. Back in the day, I could buy like five variants of every Buffy character every season, yet there has never been a Stiles Stilenski or Damon Salvatore or Pacey Whitter?

Brb, tracking down those Brady Bunch action figures post haste

Troop 6000

It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

Very sad news. For years preventive standard for colorectal cancer has been first screenings starting at age 50. We’re seeing it more and more in people in their 40s, 30s, and even 20s. The American Cancer Society recently dropped their recommendation to 45. Be aware of potential signs and symptoms:

Sending hugs and strength, friend. Please take care of yourself. Sorry for your loss, and may his memory be a blessing.

A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."

More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"

A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights

YES. I've always wished I could make playlists from different services for favorite Thanksgiving eps or Christmas eps of different shows, etc. Or just, all-time favorite eps from all series. There needs to be an app for that.

Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Final Scene - DTV Dance-Off YouTube video by everselena

And then, for some reason, to the final Dance-Off from Girls Just Want to Have Fun: youtu.be/TASGl0_jnjU

Xanadu (1980) - Dancin' Scene (4/10) | Movieclips YouTube video by Movieclips

If you'd like a journey through Julie's ADHD brain, the above clip then led me to this old-vs.-new faceoff from Xanadu: youtu.be/kCm0_93WCCA

Guitar Battle Scene from "Crossroads" (1986) | Steve Vai YouTube video by Traxx Gallery

For no reason at all today, I was like, hey, was there a Ralph Macchio blues movie in the 80s where he played an epic guitar battle to release his friend from a soul contract he signed with the devil, or am I just imagining that? But nope, it exists! And here it is. youtu.be/tXfZtlAPUNc?...

Twin Peaks is so short, and honestly you can bail out after the killer reveal if you want (since it's all downhill from there), so it's a pretty easy watch.

Also, have you watched Yellowjackets? Would definitely rec that over OUAT.

Yep! Ilya is very Eastern European, so he masks most of his feelings with swagger and snark. In the books, you see his internal monologue, how infatuated he is with Shane very early on, how much his family dynamics have trained him to bury his feelings deep and to believe he doesn't deserve love.

I mean, if Connor Storrie can deliver a four page monologue in perfect Russian, I think Charlie Heaton could learn how to pronounce Louisville.

Haha, glad I'm not the only one bothered by this www.instagram.com/reel/DS-5jI5...

Exactly! I don't understand how the writers could be so tone-deaf about this. I was sort of prepared for something like this, given Millie Bobby Brown's cryptic Emilia-Clarke-like comments about the finale, but it still sucked.

Yikes, sorry, I hope there were adequate spoiler warnings there! And I hope you like it more than I did. I was truly not going in to try to be a grumpypants about it, but it just didn't work for me, at all. I think the whole season would have been better if they'd had a much smaller budget.

In conclusion: I think the only things I liked AT ALL were 1) baseball coach Steve, and 2) Mike's little flash forward to the futures of Lucas and Max, Dustin, and Will. But even those were ruined when they were immediately followed by the Eleven cop-out. So, yeah. Really bad finale. Half a star.

6) I mean, you've really shit the bed when I don't even care anymore if my previous baby angel Steve Harrington lives. I was like, omg, throw him off a cliff already if it will make this terrible, terrible epilogue come to an end. That's true failure, folks. Terrible writing kills all joy.

5) I was already checked out by the time we got to the epilogue, so I'm not sure if anything could have revived me at that point, but omg, did most of those scenes feel weird & forced & flat. Like we'd veered into a very bad 90s teen rom-com that bombed at the box office & had a very cringe ending.

4) I'm really annoyed about the Eleven stuff, and was even more annoyed when they couldn't even commit to what actually happened (in a bad imitation of The Leftovers). And the implication that El would even want to live a life without a single person that she loves and cares about is bizarre. What?

3) The physical Mindflayer battle felt very Starship Troopers to me, except without any of the fun or sense of humor that movie had about itself. It was cut-and-paste from any bad action movie, which is not what I want from Stranger Things. No creativity, no surprises, just boring action tropes.

2) There was so much boring filler in the ep, resulting in truly terrible pacing--just tons of people slowly walking around and delivering really bad dialogue that was aiming for emotional depth but coming across forced and flat and cringey. It was painful to watch them swing and miss so many times.