Baseball statheads have yet to figure out how to measure a player’s contribution to overall Team Vibes. If they could, Jose Iglesias would still be a Met and they’d have won the World Series last year
Dylan Roth
@dylanroth.bsky.social
Storyteller and erstwhile freelance film & TV commentator. Bass, vocals, and songs in No Jersey. Co-host of The Pod Universe. Avatar by Joe Hunter. He/him
"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social from her zero star review of ONE NIGHT ONLY:
One Night Only review: Pull out from this sex-negative rom-com
If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die.
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It’s me. Good ole Babs Broccoli came to me and said “It’s time for a change. We’re looking for a non-Brit, a non-actor, and most importantly, like a Hollywood 4”
The Independent@the-independent.com · 12h agoJames Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’
"the protections of the first amendment" is a phrase used to refer to the special No Yelling at Me force field that mother says i DESERVE :(
Update! The free streaming situation isn’t quite as dire as it seemed. Still not great but curious folks have a few opportunities to watch the new women’s baseball league in the US without subscribing to ESPN. #wpbl⚾️
Dylan Roth@dylanroth.bsky.social · 2d agoWomen’s baseball! It’s happening. My first impressions from opening weekend ⚾️ #wpbl
If you're part of the BioWare or Sims community and want to talk about how those studios' queer characters and themes have impacted you and your fears for those series moving forward after this sale, I'd love to chat with you for a Kotaku story. Can be reached here or email kshepard@kotaku.com
Kotaku@kotaku.com · yesterdayWell, I guess Electronic Arts belongs to Saudi Arabia, private equity, and Jared Kushner now. https://kotaku.com/electronic-arts-officially-belongs-saudi-arabia-jared-kushner-now-2000721666
A “yard” of beer but it’s a three-foot-long sleeve of Ritz crackers
I have no plans for tonight and I find that very exciting
I do a lot of stressing and complaining on here about The Way Things Are but I also want to make time to express my gratitude that I get to spend my days entertaining people. I’m an extraordinarily lucky person but that isn’t all pure chance, it’s also the result of people being really nice to me.
#EventsDearBoy 5. DC ONE MILLION (1998, DC) This is the Grant Morrison event where they play nicely with others, crafting a fantastical future for the DC Universe and opening its gates for other creators to have fun with. And they do - no other event has such an excellent tie-in hit-rate
Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 3d ago#EventsDearBoy 6. MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS (1984, Marvel) The notorious focus group of small boys that decreed the most exciting words were "secret" and "wars" is the most consequential bit of comics market research ever done (runners-up "phalanx" and "covenant" got their due eventually)
Writing a sequel is cool because you know exactly what soundtrack to listen to while you work
Some of the women in the WPBL have been playing in men’s leagues, or in Banana Ball, which is co-ed. There is also no rule in the books right now that says a woman can’t play in MLB, and there are female players in the record books. There’s a decent chance of a woman making the majors again someday.
@eelneerg.bsky.social · 2d agoIs there any reason there couldn't be women and men playing baseball together? Baseball seems like a sport that'd work, like flag football.
Women’s baseball! It’s happening. My first impressions from opening weekend ⚾️ #wpbl
If you signed with or encouraged a trade to the Dodgers this season and they win the World Series again you shouldn’t get a ring for it. Sorry but there’s pretty concrete evidence that they didn’t need you to win and you just wanted to go where the heat is. No championship for you
just typoed his name as Hideo Jokima and created the greatest batman villain of all time
(sugar ray’s “every morning”) every morning there’s a halo sitting in the disk tray of my boyfriend’s xbox one It isn’t Halo 2 or Reach or ODST, it’s the RTS that wasn’t fun
Breathe easy, InfoWarriors! Sen. Mitch McConnell just called in with a reassuring update from the space between life and death!
This season, I’m writing a satirical murder mystery in space, a transdimensional political thriller, a post-apocalyptic football movie, and a superhero musical. And that’s just my half of the slate. Enter the Pod Universe, an imaginary movie studio telling real original stories.
The Pod Universe@thepoduniverse.com · 2d agoThe phase 2 slate has been unveiled and it’s looking VERY different than phase 1! Which fake movie are you most excited for? Listen to the full reveal on YT or wherever you get podcasts!
The phase 2 slate has been unveiled and it’s looking VERY different than phase 1! Which fake movie are you most excited for? Listen to the full reveal on YT or wherever you get podcasts!
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
By the way I don’t know if this is common knowledge but here in New York? We love the webhead. He’s like our neighborhood guy, and if you mess with him you mess with all of us
Dylan Roth@dylanroth.bsky.social · 3d agoIt may not be the capital c “Cinema” that I most crave to see recognized but man it is great to see my local theater absolutely jam packed for the new Spidey. They’ve got showings starting about every 40 minutes all day and they’re all 90% full.
It may not be the capital c “Cinema” that I most crave to see recognized but man it is great to see my local theater absolutely jam packed for the new Spidey. They’ve got showings starting about every 40 minutes all day and they’re all 90% full.
Everybody start getting invested in the new Women’s Professional Baseball League that launches this weekend because A) it’s cool and B) next year it’s probably gonna be the only baseball we get
Easily one of the best podcasts I’ve ever listened to, love this world Dylan and Dalton are building and I’m excited to see more. “War of the Worlds” blew me away
The Pod Universe@thepoduniverse.com · 5d agoPHASE 2 BEGINS! This month on the Pod Universe!
The Strokes don’t get nearly enough shit for being the vanguard of the “born on third rich kid” to “face of rock n roll” pipeline. They’re not responsible for most sustainable touring bands being made of entertainment nepo babies and heirs to chemical fortunes but they are patient zero