Nick Tierce

What is "Wooly Bullpen"?

Strangers sometimes send me weird things in the mail, but I'm not complaining.

Happy 4th, Starcruiser.

The Vista Theater marquee.

Please take the wheel with your hands at ten and two, exercise your human free will, and go see "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" in a theater while you still can.

I would consider it a personal favor.

Disney Axed ‘Star Wars’ Sequel ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ Without Ever Asking About the Budget or Other Details, Says Soderbergh: ‘It’s Insane’ and ‘We Were All Frustrated’ Steven Soderbergh spent two-and-a-half years developing the 'Star Wars' sequel movie 'The Hunt for Ben Solo' only for Disney to kill it.

The saddest part of this story is not that Bob Iger's imagination hasn't expanded since his days as a weatherman, but that a WGA writer was not being paid to write drafts for a studio for two and a half years.

That's not how development is supposed to work.

I wish they had notated which destination sub-variations they got. (There's not a lot of open questions about how Star Tours randomization works, but that would have been somewhat illuminating in terms of odds.)

The idea of a Gene Roddenberry & Lucille Ball action figure two-pack is equal parts hilarious and beautiful. I'm stunned.

Here's hoping this launches a sub-line of behind-the-scenes Star Trek figures. I'm pulling for DC Fontana and Wah Chang in the next wave.

Oh, thank goodness.

please don't spoil the plot of the next superman movie

Well said. It's painfully obvious when someone using that as a derogatory talking point hasn't written anything.

Tangentially related, the belief that sequels are easier to write than first installments. The work is the work. What the job actually is doesn't change, "figures" or no.

This is heartbreaking.

"Guests should be able to commit real crimes. Story comes first, so we should offer relationship-ending opportunities to provide authentic villain origin stories. Cats should be in peril everywhere, so guests can refuse to save them."

Rondò Veneziano - La Serenissima (Harty, 22.11.1983) YouTube video by RondoVenezianoVEVO

I'm going to need someone to take away my Discogs account before I fall too far down this rabbithole.

20 years from now, nobody will care to remember regurgitated TV spots, but they'll fondly look back on the time we got a cute original short.

(I suspect their bile stems from a desire to feed the addiction loop of traditional trailer -> assumptive expectations -> smug superiority upon release.)

I want you to know I laughed so hard at this I woke my dog up.

Trailers (and TV spots) that are original shorts taking place within the universe of the thing they are advertising — rather than regurgitated snippets — is my platonic ideal of movie marketing.

As himself, and also as his cousin Poe Dameron.

My question: Did Maya in "Wake Up, Ron Burgundy" plant the seed for "One Battle After Another" in his mind?

I've had a pass pretty consistently since I was in high school, and I also let mine lapse last month. The spell has been broken.

Ten years ago, they made me believe theme parks could be high art. Now, they've got less narrative ambition than the back of a cereal box.

I think if you know the name of the manufacturer of the sippy cups, you don't need to defend your per-guest spend.

You know the situation is dire when they lose the guys who just want to walk around and take pictures of signage.

FROM DIRECTOR GORE VERBINSKI AND WRITER MATTHEW ROBINSON DON T DIE LIMITED EDITION MENU AVAILABLE 2/2-2/28/26 SNOBALL HOTCAKES Sliced Strawberries, Cheesecake batter. Hostess® Snoball® & Chocolate Sauce. $9.99 OR TOP IT OFF $4.99 SNOBALL MILKSHAKE Hand scooped Vanilla Ice Cream shake with Chocolate & Marshmallow. Topped with a Hostess Snoball® & Whipped Cream. $6.29 ONLY IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 13TH FEATURING NORMS DINE IN ONLY. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

Extreme close-up of half a snowball on top of a milkshake. It works.

A stack of pancakes slathered in cheesecake batter with a snoball on top and a steak knife stabbed through, standing proudly.

Celebrated my beloved Gore Verbinski's grand return to cinemas by sampling both items on the "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" movie tie-in menu at NORMS.

Wait -- what is this book?!

Rocketeer lapel pin

Every story beat played like gangbusters to a sold-out crowd. From the cheering children behind me to the adults whooping for a bygone patriotic stand against fascists, The Rocketeer is needed more in 2026 than he was in 1991.

(The New Bev screened an immaculate original release print.)

Logging off for a bit.

Nothing Underneath (1985) — Wendy's YouTube video by Nick Tierce

So they can recreate this scene:

Thank you! It turned out to be a smaller club than I had hoped, but those who picked one up seem to appreciate it. I'm glad I could mark the occasion, considering there was no official observance. Even if the project never broke even, it was worth it.

I couldn't resist.

I sense the runaway jesters will not leave their Orlando royal court to starve when the tour comes around.

I think you're going to have a lot of chances this year, with the album dropping in March!