tmyakal

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The Beach was just too weird for the Titanic fans. It was right in the wheelhouse for Danny Boyle fans at the time.

Of course the book was better, but I really enjoyed the movie for what it was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I collect spores, mold, and fungus.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

Isn't that exactly what happened, like, three weeks ago?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Your parents can disqualify you from student aid at any age. My brother went to community college in his 30s and still had to complete a FAFSA (including parental income data) to apply for assistance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I read it as one person who really hates "pronouns" trying very hard to academically justify their bigotry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

He's just Mister Oogie-Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas at this point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same. I haven't been to Germany in 20 years, and I complain to my wife about craving döner at least once a week.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

And progressive tax rates collected at the state level distributed based on student density and district need are better than both options.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

My Catholic in-laws voted for Trump in 2020 because Biden, a Catholic, was going to outlaw catholicism.

There's no hope for these people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It hasn't been decades. Maybe 15 years, though. It's coincided with the ubiquity of streaming.

Before Netflix was everywhere, a movie could bomb in theaters and still make up the difference on the back end. Kevin Smith's Clerks and Mallrats are great examples of movies that absolutely cleaned up on DVD sales. Comedy Central using advertising money and licensing Office Space for 20 hours per week is part of why the producers trusted Mike Judge enough to make Idiocracy.

But steamers don't pay nearly as well as direct-to-consumer home video or as well as advertising-supported licenses. So producers are disincenrivized to do mid-budget movies or take chances on new IPs, because if it doesn't do well in theaters then they're not making the money back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This was posted right after the Chiefs won the Superbowl in 2024. There was a MAGA theory going around that Biden was going to rig the game for the Chiefs, Taylor Swift was going to endorse him, and then everyone who watched the game would be brainwashed into voting for him.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Imagine if stunt coordinators were considered optional.

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