june 7 in idea barrages

Are there really people feeling nostalgic for Top Gun? Top Gun. Really. It’s one thing to watch it & say “that was dumb fun, I don’t feel I wasted my time”, sure. But “this is a cultural touchstone that needs to have a sequel where everyone is basically elderly”? Who thinks that?

The only thing that can truly protect us from “the bad guy with the gun” is not allowing the bad guy a gun in the first place. Yes, even if that means it’s a little harder for a dentist to pretend he’s Rambo on the weekends. Saving lives is worth it.

This new Star Wars whatever about the character you don’t remember from the movie you barely remember is gonna be like the worst vaudeville sketch about an improv sketch ever. “Andor?” “Yes, and / or.” “Andor what?” “Yes and!” “Or?” “Andor!”

To be honest, there was no way they were going to get me to pay money to see Harry Potter and the Crimes of Rumblepak to begin with.

Imagine the horrifying imagery of an average David Matthew Band song being delivered not by a scruffy guitar millionaire with a vineyard but by a 4Chan Pick-Up Artist incel. Imagine “hike up your skirt a little more & show your world to me” heavily-breathed from beneath a fedora.

Imagine trying to explain to your younger self that there’s a teevee show about Obi-Wan Kenobi in 2022, on a service you’ve already paid for, that you could watch any time, but you haven’t and probably won’t because Star Wars is so overexposed that the idea makes you feel nothing. Just empty.

They call the show “WALKER TEXAS RANGER” but I didn’t see the lead cast Goodberry or Entangle ONCE let ALONE declare a favoured enemy for bonus damage so, like, I don’t know, I think it’s false advertising.

A hipster who refuses to use neosporin, they must use vintage sporin.