Mike Redmond
@mikeredmond.bsky.social
Digital Media Guy • You might remember me from such blogs as The Superficial, @pajiba.com, and well, probably just those.
ok now that I've gotten public buy-in on the Taco Bell Principle, let's find out if we can apply it in real time
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · yesterdayI would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I actually hate the push to make Marvel movies not have cameos or crossovers. I -like- that they exist within the same universe, and Spider-man can actually turn to characters like Bruce Banner when he has a scientific question. That's exactly like the comics I read growing up. 👍
But Why Tho?@butwhytho.net · 4d agoThe MCU Will Never Let Spider-Man Shine on His Own
These guys can get mad at actually existing camps any time now
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterdayThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
“We’re not going to vote our way out of this.” Yes, we are. You’re about to watch it happen in real time and without anyone firing or even carrying a gun, you fucking weirdos. What is this discourse? Are we doing militias but leftistly now? Jesus.
Nah. He was terrible even before he became a veteran.
Rick Perlstein@rickperlstein.bsky.social · 5d agoA watershed piece. America will have have a very hard time becoming less imperialist as long as combat service is sentimentalized and fetishized, when it actually tends to turn men into broken, hateful people, and helps make things like like Trumpism happen. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
Yeah, sorry, but some folks on here just got straight-up outrage farmed by the Verge. This is fine!
Scoiattolo@scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz · 2d agoGood lord I wish some of you could read on this text based social media website.
That Jonah Hill Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Quote Is Real?!
That Jonah Hill Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Quote Is Real?!
Facebook is just overridden with slop content, but I'll never quit it because I need to know which local businesses went under for writing bad checks and/or which of my blood relatives believe in chemtrails. This is my crack. That... Read more...
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Look if this means he has a heart attack while he’s on the toilet then I’ll give him that
TrumpReposter@trumpreposter.bsky.social · 4d ago
Every elected official does this. In many cases the elected officials you regard as ideological and policy mediocrities are quite good at it, which is why they’re handily releected. Also, well-known, publicly recognizable figures who spend a lot of time in media are often bad at it.
Cheryl Arbonies@lucasaurelius.bsky.social · 5d agoI’ve always wondered why the democrats never just went ahead and formed community assistance groups. Have dedicated staff at their offices to help people navigate Medicaid or getting their paperwork for voting or getting food assistance. Is it illegal?
Ok so I was secretly working on an essay just like this, but Joan Westenberg took the words right out of my mouth. As people on Twitter, Bluesky, and beyond circle jerk, virtue signal, and complain at each other to death, the rest of us are just trying to have fun at the movies.
Hating Marvel Movies Is Not a Personality
The Emptiness of Cultural Elitism
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The audience only wants films ▪️with superheroes ▪️without superheroes ▪️with incredible VFX ▪️with no "CGI" ▪️that help them escape from reality ▪️that are realistic and grounded ▪️that are good distractions ▪️that are thought-provoking Pick one for your post that will be invalidated in two weeks.
Quick thoughts on Wonder Man 1. It was a delightful surprise and who wouldn’t want more of that chemistry? I sure did! 2. It does, however, end its story perfectly. 3. The obvious reason Season 2 got knifed is Destin Daniel Crettin is about to be very busy knocking out a new Spidey trilogy.
Kevin Feige Dunked on Thanos and It Sparked a Hilarious Reveal
Kevin Feige Dunked on Thanos and It Sparked a Hilarious Reveal
Over the weekend, Kevin Feige shot down detractors of Avengers: Doomsday with a surprisingly candid take on Thanos. Namely, that the guy just sat in a chair until Infinity War rolled around. Feige even copped to loving a parody Twitter... Read more...
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In this, Mike Ryan achieves the dream of everyone with an anonymous Twitter account - having someone bring it up in the wild and then confidently state someone else who they’re sure runs it.
Mike Ryan@mikeryan.bsky.social · 6d agoAt Comic-Con Kevin Feige was asked about Doctor Doom’s rollout into the MCU compared to Thanos. In his answer he blamed me personally. This is, somehow, a true statement. Also, he makes a really great point
At Comic-Con Kevin Feige was asked about Doctor Doom’s rollout into the MCU compared to Thanos. In his answer he blamed me personally. This is, somehow, a true statement. Also, he makes a really great point
Kevin Feige Blames Doctor Doom’s Rollout On Me Personally, And He Makes A Good Point
First, yes, this is a real thing that happened and not some vague metaphor. Second, I am as shocked as anyone. Third, as I allude to in my title, I think Kevin Feige may be right. This past weekend a...
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If your poor college ass got a DVD player for Christmas in December 2000 -- which was the year they became cheap enough for parents to be like "Eh, this'll do" -- there was a 99.9% chance you also got a copy of Gladiator and watched it a billion times that winter.
Mike Redmond@mikeredmond.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Maximus Decimus, the Gladiator
Alt: Gladiator
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Sarah Marrs@cinesnark.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Ross Douthat looks like some inbred dipshit from the Riverlands in Game of Thrones who would be wearing one of those helmets with leather ear flaps that make you look like a halfwit who then proceeds to get run over by a horse drawn cart fleeing a dragon
“We just want to feed people” is the same shit as “we just want healthcare” is the same shit as “we just want to stop the genocide.” It’s shibboleths all the way down, all designed to keep people from ever actually having a real conversation about the underlying topic.
The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.None of these people are interested in feeding people. “Feeding people” has become a shibboleth and “with city run grocery stores” is the pointy end to jab people with.
Kat Abu openly caused this dogpile to spam a fundraising link, but Will is the problem? This just proves his point that this site has in-group narratives that dare not be challenged or its pitchfork time.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.will, please stop. enough already. i'm tired of seeing you yelling at people and frankly tired of seeing people yelling at you. there has to be a better way to live, man. this isn't good for anyone.
NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...
I have never been more right in my initial opinion of a politician than I was about Kat Abu.
acallan1 has as many G7 friends as POTUS@acallan1.bsky.social · last wk.I gotta say instigating dogpiles of your in group's designated out group to fundraise for your own org doesn't seem like the best path to a kinder, better future
An entire site full of people for whom politics is nothing more than aesthetic posturing
Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · last wk.One thing you can see in the latest Stancil blowup is that a sizable share of this website thinks that good intentions are the only thing that matter in policymaking, and expressing skepticism that a policy will really work as intended is equivalent to stealing food from the poor.
You had me at, “Shut up, Dax Shepard.”
Pajiba@pajiba.com · last wk.Shut Up, Dax Shepard; Let Alan Ritchson Cook
Kaitlan Collins Is an Immovable Object (Complimentary)
Kaitlan Collins Is an Immovable Object (Complimentary)
The Daily Show scored a surprisingly impressive get for Monday night when Kaitlan Collins sat down with Jon Stewart just days after the president insulted both the CNN reporter and Dylan Mulvaney during his "roast" at the White House Correspondents... Read more...
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