Contentious C

What in the literal fuck.

Not really. I just mean, "successfully hide". A balloon of heroin isn't exactly going to seem inconspicuous in a Cobb salad, now is it?

I think a really simple rule of life is, "Never order food that could hide an entire balloon full of heroin".

I'd like it if game companies stopped playing video games long enough to make the video games they said they would. I'm still waiting on the System Shock reboot/remake/re-findmoreexcusestofleecepeopleoncrowdfundedplatforms to actually be a real thing, instead of a waste of $30.

Jesus, isn't Matt Smith about 87 feet too tall to be portraying Charlie Manson?

Goddamnit Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, why did you have to close Captain Marvel's big action sequence with a Hole song? I hate Courtney Love!

Saw his doughy, camo-hat-sporting ass in the thumbnail for the video on ESPN and thought, "...Yep."

But...Goodman was in 10 Cloverfield. In acid.

If Goodman's in it, wouldn't it have to be a prequel?

I've watched half of After Life so far and don't really know what to think of it. It's definitely Ricky Gervais' least funny show, but given the material, that isn't any kind of surprise. There is a part of me that feels like this is what Andy Millman's "great, groundbreaking, challenging TV show" would have been, other than it not actually doing any of those things. Hopefully there's more Ashley Jensen in the second half, and that the side characters feel like less of a waste.

I don't think that really has anything to do with Carol or anyone's familiarity, or lack thereof. I think plenty of people who simply consume media are going to pick up on "the leader takes the biggest risks and often is a PITA to his bureaucratic superiors, who are usually lying liars who lie to us" being a fairly standard TV/movie trope at this stage. And rightfully so. The expectations of "we're going to the movies" and "movies are written by screenwriters" will always override what would happen in reality.

While I understand where this is coming from, that cat is out of the bag by, ohhhhhh....50 years. Thanks, Captain Kirk. And just because the movie has a "cat" isn't a reason to put the metaphorical one back. Also, I now want a Blake Bortles Facts-style feed called "Nicholas J. Fury, Responsible Government Employee".

Well, re: the Macguffin,

Well, funnily enough, I suppose it wouldn't have appeared on the tape, but would have appeared on the CD. Maybe streaming versions have jettisoned it, but it's a nice time capsule moment. "Hello, CD listeners. We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or records, will have to stand up - or sit down - and turn over the record, or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin Side 2. Thank you. Here's Side 2."

I was referring to actual recycling, not reselling.

Please recycle.

I don't know if it got much applause, because I was too busy asking myself why the theater was so dusty?!?!?

I'm totally figuring DEAN to get a nurse named Omar. And still offer him the cat bath. Morphine FTW!

Former owner, it seems. The Herald article is careful to mention that the places in question were bought out a while ago, but you can also pick up a distinct whiff of, "These places were always doing this; she just sold a bunch of them, and the new owners probably cut corners and made them sketchier than ever."

This quadrant no longer has enough Jan Michael Vincents...shit. Had no idea he was that old. He seemed like just another standard dude when I was a kid, not someone already 40.

Bought. I was looking for a Carol shirt, and that kills two birds with one stone. And fuck allllllllll the haters. Carol's movie is AWESOME~!~!~! A lot of things spring to mind (half of which I've probably already forgotten on the ride home), so spoilers ahoy:

Welcome to "Thoughts I Have on a Daily Basis", Curt.

I'd had a bad feeling about this for a couple of months now, can't quite put my finger on why, other than just knowing how old he was. But every time that unbidden thought leapt into my brain, it was always paired with, "Just let him go easy". Sounds like he did, so maybe the world is infinitesimally less shitty than I thought it was. (Also, it seems like I've been misspelling 'infinitesimal' my whole life. Sigh.)

And Paul beats me to it. Booo. ALL THE BOOOOOS. (Not you Paul, you know what I mean.)

That's probably more like "don't come back ever under suspicion that your doctor is an idiot".