One thing I hate about all the defenses of Platner is the underlying, deeply dumb and destructive belief that it's all about casting. Wanted: Rugged bearded tell-it-like-it-is oysterman to appeal to the great anxious white center, the holy grail of politics. Further details not of immense concern. >
Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo
Holy crap! He brought a gas powered battery charger for his electric truck.
Fun fact: To keep production costs low, many Star Trek scenes were actually filmed on Earth rather than on location in outer space.
...and/or B.) They "kinda feel bad" for the McD guy because it came off like the others were "picking on him."
Like we all still hate CEOs but I guess never underestimate the cardigan sweater 🤣
The weirdest outcome of this "McDonalds guy didn't eat the burger correctly" thing is that it feels like it very much worked out for them BECAUSE the other CEOs tried to jump in but didn't have anything to actually sell. I keep hearing people saying A.) They went to McDs for the first time in ever..
From a commercial perspective, the problem with the "McDonald's CEO eats a hamburger" saga is that CEOs and company founders aren't marketable characters anymore.
Goodbye, douchebag
Is 4:20:00 too long to expect people to sit through the premiere of a video at a theatre
Do a intermission! Book a band or some speakers, maybe get some t-shirt canons 👍
Look, I'm as longtime annoyed by "casting celebrities instead of voiceactors" as everyone else correctly is; but "The handsome intense guy from 'The Bear' as Adult Baby Jabba, who is now a Buff Hutt cagefighter" is obviously purposeful joke casting. C'mon now 🤷♂️
I don't have a timeline, because I'm always wrong and it takes longer than I think BUT, the Doug script is coming along pretty well I think.
A middle eastern energy crisis with stagflation, welcome back Carter
How it was 🤷♂️
How it is 😠
Nintendo suing US government over tariffs
aftermath.site/nintendo-tarif...
Yes, there are two arcades in the US labeled as the world’s largest, and while that may seem a bit paradoxical, a visit to both proves that while only one can be the biggest, both are the greatest.
This would be the Millennial Nostalgia reboot we probly DON'T need, even if I do enjoy getting to say "Told you so to" to stupid people (and this is like 4 different flavors of that 🤣)
I said this before, but the reason I know Platner is just cosplaying as working at his oyster farm is that he's perpetually sunburned and wears appropriate clothing for being on the water in exactly none of his farm's insta photos, while his employees wear sleeves and big hats like normal people.
Like I don't know where it actually shakes out but I think a few people in their orbit think it's an "optics win" if they got into a fight about it and a big enough pack of chuds were spamming the comments for ActiBlizz and Paramount or whoever like "NO THIS IS BASED LET EM COOK!!!!"
9 times out of 10 I'm in the "stupid not clever" camp and I'm not sure this ISN'T that; but I'm suspicious that using the game/movie clips isn't someone on the comms team testing the electric fence re: "Let's see if any companies/studios immediately fold up or say it's okay." 🤔
> @benstiller.redhour.com
Like the reason the evil dudes IRL "end up acting like TV villains" is because they're dumb as hell and they watch TV too and think it's how they're supposed to do it. Look at Elon, he's just a dumb videogame baby. This is that "Malevolent god is less scary than NO god" thing for rational people
I don't mean to be mean about it but y'all realize the popularity of these scifi shows about evil rich people apocalypse bunkers ISN'T actually writers being super-predictive and smart so much as it's HOPE that at least someone - even BAD someones! - has plans and sh-- isn't just random/stupid, yea?
Just to say it - I would never consent to my work being used to promote an illegal, abhorrent war. The fact of it is both nauseating and enraging.
(Please don't link the video in replies/quotes.)
(I don't own the rights to the clip, but I've sent it along to relevant parties.)
tech CEO in 2026: My computer has anxiety.
venture capitalist in 2026: Here, have 200 billion more dollars.
child in 2006: My NeoPet is angry at me.
mom in 2006: No it isn't sweetie, go to bed.
mom to dad in 2006: We have an idiot boy. Our boy is a little idiot person. It's too late to fix him.
“…and just like that, the DoD was back…”
Yea I guess this POS 2012 Prius is gonna have to keep running on my end as well
I'm not okay (laudatory) about the SMB2 villains being in the movie, gang 😂😭 it's been almost 40 years ❤️
I also think there's nuance to parse. Like I'd argue "TRANSFORMERS" doesn't belong in the "80s nostalgia" discussion. "TRANSFORMERS" never stopped being popular, and the Michael Bay movies pointedly rejected being 80s/G1 nostalgia-oriented, that's like calling any Superman movie "30s nostalgia"
I also think there's nuance to parse. Like I'd argue "TRANSFORMERS" doesn't belong in the "80s nostalgia" discussion. "TRANSFORMERS" never stopped being popular, and the Michael Bay movies pointedly rejected being 80s/G1 nostalgia-oriented, that's like calling any Superman movie "30s nostalgia"
