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Actually, it sounds like racism absolutely played a part in Perlmutter's decision-making, to the point that people left the company over it:

Why It Matters That Marvel Studios Just Escaped Its Eccentric Billionaire C.E.O.

According to The Financial Times, when Don Cheadle was hired at a much cheaper rate to replace Terrence Howard in the Iron Man franchise, Perlmutter allegedly told former chairman of Disney consumer products Andy Mooney that no... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Glegrinof the Pig-Man at 1:19 PM on March 30, 2023

I seem to recall that he declared that recasting Rhodey and having Cheadle replace Howard was no biggie for... exactly the worst reasons you could imagine someone might declare this.


He also had the opinion that no one would be interested in a Black Panther movie, for similar terrible reasons.
posted to MetaFilter by Fleebnork at 4:27 AM on March 30, 2023

History is written (and told) by fascists.

Oh, I dunno. I had a "social studies" teacher in high school. Still not quite sure what that subject was, but this woman was on FIRE. She let us know in the first day of class that she did not watch her language and handed out drop slips for anyone who objected. She talked at length about the wars after WWII (this was in the mid-80s), and she was pretty frank about US failures as well as successes.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 8:37 PM on March 31, 2023

Vietnam? Criminy. We never got past the Civil War.

Yeah, neither did a lot of people.
posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 7:44 PM on March 31, 2023

This may or may not be the darkest timeline, but this is definitely the shittiest version of Charlotte's Web.
posted to MetaFilter by Halloween Jack at 3:48 PM on March 31, 2023

A lot of people put a lot of effort into breaking a little girl’s heart. Seems like an apt metaphor for this country lately.
posted to MetaFilter by TedW at 2:33 PM on March 31, 2023

The fair itself also got mad about bad publicity caused by them refusing to allow a 9 year old girl to keep her goat.

Like most people I kept thinking at every point of escalation... it's a fucking goat! There are millions of goats! Just get a different fucking goat!

There was no reason to insist on slaughtering this particular goat except cruelty, pettiness and a desire to show power .

I hope they... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by emjaybee at 2:16 PM on March 31, 2023

This episode suffered mightily from the absence of Riker and Worf and the underuse of Shaw. And despite the fight with the bad guys this was a very talky episode. Which is too bad given the inability of the writers to write good dialogue. Those scenes with Picard and Beverly weren't even a shadow of the sort of moral dilemma scenes that TNG is famous for.

Vadic's monologue was great, but her reveal that Section 31 is responsible for creating the evolved Changelings is... [more]
posted to FanFare by briank at 5:37 AM on March 31, 2023

It's near impossible to predict which memes will take off, but the mugshot will instantly join the pantheon of epic memes.

I'd like mine in a tasteful Warhol print format. I'll hang it in the bathroom.
posted to MetaFilter by adept256 at 4:49 PM on March 31, 2023

He's running for President, and he thinks this will help him with that.

If he did, then he wouldn't be angry about it. He's not a master chess player hoping to bait Alvin Bragg into indicting him because he can fundraise off it. He's a scared animal who suddenly sees an open cage door right in front of him and is trying to figure out which side he's seeing it from.
posted to MetaFilter by Etrigan at 7:21 AM on March 31, 2023

First, be smart from the very beginning.
posted to MetaFilter by Melismata at 1:40 PM on March 31, 2023

Made me laugh.

A man came up to me -a strong man- and he took my hand, with tears in his eyes… and said, “Sir, you have the right to remain silent.”

posted to MetaFilter by CheeseDigestsAll at 7:33 AM on March 31, 2023

In retrospect, it's a little surprising that he paid hush money for all this sex instead of bragging about it.

Well, in the very least it's got something to do with his marriage to Melania.

If memory serves me correctly, I've read speculation that Hair Furor's prenup with Melania has some specific things to say about adultery.

I doubt he cared about the opinions of the evangelical crowd at all, and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Gelatin at 6:43 AM on March 31, 2023

He's so indicted
And he just can't fight it
He's about to lose control
And I think I like it.
posted to MetaFilter by essexjan at 5:35 AM on March 31, 2023

What’s everyone drinking?

Would a cask of amontillado be too much?
posted to MetaFilter by Mchelly at 4:30 AM on March 31, 2023

Yusef Salaam, who was one of the Central Park Five, of course, has issued a one-word statement: "Karma".
posted to MetaFilter by Paul Slade at 12:05 AM on March 31, 2023

I'm reminded of an anecdote I think I heard here of Christopher Nolan listening to one of his less intelligible movies in his perfectly attuned studio, going "I don't know what people are complaining about. It sounds perfectly fine to me".

"Just get a better home setup" has the same kind of snide, arrogant, and clueless ring as some libertarian bro saying "can't afford to make ends meet? Just get better job!"
posted to MetaFilter by treepour at 11:18 AM on March 30, 2023

yeah even with running 3 speakers in the front I've found I'm riding the volume all the time.
{whispering dialogue}
{BLARRRINGGGGG MUSIC CUE}
"shoot, shoot, shoot... down volume, down volume, down volume"
{whisper dialogue}
ARGGGH!
posted to MetaFilter by drewbage1847 at 10:12 AM on March 30, 2023

Ironically, there's one filmmaker who consistently doesn't make things dark, and instead tends to have a brightly-colored and well-lit style; but he also has a whole lot of other quirks to his style that have people in the FPP about him dismissing him as "twee".

And, I mean, it's Wes Anderson and so they're not wrong. But I find it an interesting contrast that here's someone who is standing apart from the dark tone many films take as a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by EmpressCallipygos at 8:23 AM on March 30, 2023

I hope he ends up getting depowered; it would be very unfortunate for Beverly to have another son move to a different dimension.


As you note, it won't happen because the show is named Picard, but did start to think that maybe Section 31 should be hanging onto Beverly, given the apparent god-like abilities of both her children.

Vadic was the most fun this episode.... [more]
posted to FanFare by nubs at 6:04 AM on March 30, 2023

Trump is the first president in history to be brought down by a Party Down guest star.
posted to MetaFilter by bondcliff at 4:27 PM on March 30, 2023

By 1937 England’s two most celebrated private schools, Eton and Harrow, had been playing each other at cricket for 132 years.

Jesus, I knew cricket games could go long, but this was news to me.
posted to MetaFilter by Adridne at 5:50 AM on March 29, 2023

The speech Wil Wheaton gave that was cited in another thread was in support of libraries, and contains this gem of quote:

Whenever someone tries to ban a book, they are telling on themselves. They are confessing that they are weak, afraid, and out of control.

posted to MetaFilter by Gelatin at 12:36 PM on March 28, 2023

Slate ran an interview with the chair of board of the school which was, well, not enlightening exactly but a picture of something.

I feel like it renders parody somewhat redundant.
posted to MetaFilter by grobstein at 8:36 AM on March 28, 2023

The most brilliant business decision I've seen so far is a cannabis dispensary opening up next door to a Bulk Barn*. Though I guess it would be even more brilliant if the Bulk Barn opened up next to the dispensary.

* a Canadian chain of bulk food stores renowned for its selection of snacks.
posted to MetaFilter by seanmpuckett at 4:52 AM on March 28, 2023

The year is 2010 and I am at the very first PAX East, in the green room. It is also my first PAX. The green room is giant - almost a ballroom - filled with beanbag chairs and tables adorned with snacks and water. People in that room include Anamanaguchi, The Protomen, Jonathan Coulton and Paul & Storm. I've never been to an event like this, so everything just seems amazing. One of the things that I find amazing is the unassuming plastic tray of Costco turkey rolls, which I had never... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by grumpybear69 at 10:37 AM on March 27, 2023

Section 31 is another of DS9's great ideas that has been used worse and worse every time they have come up. Now they are an official part of Starfleet that everyone knows about and no one is surprised they are keeping secrets. On DS9, while they were ostensibly on the Federation's side, they weren't affiliated with Starfleet and were very covert. Now that feel more like the CIA, doing black ops but everyone knows where there head office is. On DISCO, they even had their own uniforms and comm... [more]
posted to FanFare by crossoverman at 5:22 PM on March 27, 2023

when 100 years old you are, bah gah gu
posted to FanFare by kokaku at 5:58 AM on March 27, 2023

(Never Mind the Bollocks) has been disparaged by purists and revisionists for “not being punk enough.”

Jesus Christ. That's like saying da Vinci wasn't Renaissance enough.
posted to MetaFilter by Ursula Hitler at 4:55 PM on March 26, 2023

While we're at it:

The Kick Inside. Not Kate Bush's best album by a distance, it labours at times under the very 1970s production. But for a debut album of material written and recorded by a 17-year-old, it's extraordinary.

Plus.... Tubular Bells. I don't care that you find it pretentious and boring. I love it, and it is a bold statement for a debut.
posted to MetaFilter by YoungStencil at 12:48 PM on March 26, 2023

The B-52s don't get enough credit for such a wild sound being so fully formed on their debut. In 1979 no less.
posted to MetaFilter by whuppy at 9:04 AM on March 26, 2023

It's a distribution problem, but it's fixable.

It absolutely is fixable, but not in the US. You're dealing with an electorate that is entirely willing to cut off its own nose in order to spite some nebulous "other" that doesn't actually even exist in the first place.

...and, rest assured, the US hates you just as much (or more) than you hate it. This outcome? Yeah, that's what The People demanded, loudly, repeatedly,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by aramaic at 4:41 PM on March 25, 2023

okay disclaimer I say this from a place of communism and not from a place of thinking these people shouldn’t have more security in their lives but I think it’s absolutely wild that the lede making hallmark of extreme austerity in our country is not being able to frivolously drive around in our personal motor vehicles
posted to MetaFilter by Gymnopedist at 1:14 PM on March 25, 2023

That DC flag has a rennaissance feel, three stars, the three houses of government, two bars ; I'm sure there are more than that now.
posted to MetaFilter by Oyéah at 1:56 PM on March 25, 2023

I keep thinking about how Beethoven died from people ripping hair off his head.
posted to MetaFilter by srboisvert at 12:51 PM on March 25, 2023

The people who called themselves مؤمنون or "Believers" were fracturing in the year 632, after their prophet, about whom we actually know next to nothing, died rather suddenly. Many tribes said their allegiance was to him personally and ended with his death; his successor, wanting them to stay united, suggested that they go raid the frontiers of the Persian and Roman Empires.

This happened at the exact moment that the Romans had just... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by outgrown_hobnail at 7:47 AM on March 25, 2023

I dunno, folks. Based on the exponential increase of Cuddle Duds pajama sets in my closet over the last three years I'd say *this* the golden age of lounging.

Related, I'm back in the office this week after a three year break. After my first day, I walked five steps into my house, took off my bra, and laid face down on the floor. Apparently the pandemic had done nothing for my sense of the dramatic.
posted to MetaTalk by kinsey at 3:30 AM on March 25, 2023

How cool wouldn’t it be if it was Kelleran Beq who trained Grogu and hid him away. Give my man Ahmed Best some time to shine in a big SW project like Mando.
Posted 01 Dec 2020
posted to FanFare by EndsOfInvention at 1:26 AM on March 24, 2023

I miss Zellers because there is a niche that has remained relatively unfilled in Canada since it left, and that niche is a predictable selection of low-mid priced home goods. You can buy cheap shit that may or may not work or last and which you can't return if they don't at Dollarama. You can buy some of the mid-high priced goods at Canadian Tire or pay much more for exactly the same thing at The Bay. You can hope to find what you're looking for at HomeSense or Costco, but if they're not selling... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jacquilynne at 9:57 AM on March 23, 2023

I also used to take American relatives and friends either there or to The Bay to show them Canadian customer service (surly or fleeing the customer, hands off) at its finest and they never disappointed me.

Heh. As a friend of mine once remarked, "If you want to be left completely alone, attempt to try on some shoes at the Bay in downtown Toronto."
posted to MetaFilter by mandolin conspiracy at 8:13 AM on March 23, 2023

Totally on brand for a crime against humanity.
posted to MetaFilter by adept256 at 6:06 AM on March 23, 2023

Man I probably would have just kept running into the net and fallen down,

I would not have stopped running until I made to the unemployment office.
posted to MetaFilter by mhoye at 1:00 PM on March 22, 2023

I'm dating a new guy and I really like him but he is a morning person and alarmingly healthy and well-adjusted. Not my norm at all. But then my norm didn't work out too well, so we'll see how this goes.
posted to MetaFilter by emjaybee at 7:27 AM on March 14, 2023

I remember seeing it in a Paris movie theater when it came out, and crying with joy as the credits rolled, which was very uncharacteristic for my usually Spock-like demeanor: I'm French, and having lived abroad most of my life, not especially patriotic, but nevertheless:

This was the first movie I saw that nailed a truly post-modernist take on French life, and I remember feeling so proud that a French filmmaker managed to do that. I've always rolled my eyes at the trite... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 8:35 PM on March 20, 2023

sardonyx, back when I was still looking for public library jobs, I can't tell you how many local government websites I ran into that wanted me to input the state where I went to college (no, sorry, it was a province - and no option to select anything but the 50 US States!) or the phone number for every job I'd ever held (and tough luck if one of them needed a Japanese country code - the system wouldn't let you input it).

The people who make these systems really have a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jeanne at 4:17 PM on March 20, 2023

He was able to rescue his equipment by jabbing a ski pole through the strap of the headlamp, which was still wrapped around the tuque. “She couldn’t take off with it,” he wrote.

This is a Heritage Minute that needs to happen.

Mechant hibou!
posted to MetaFilter by mandolin conspiracy at 1:40 PM on March 20, 2023

These owls are not superb.
posted to MetaFilter by hippybear at 1:27 PM on March 20, 2023

Your mother should be getting close to outraged as I suspect she wouldn't go/wouldn't be able to go/wouldn't feel comfortable going unless she had somebody traveling with her.

Lol nope. I love my dad, but he is a wet blanket on trips. My mother loves me, but she's just fine traveling on her own, and she has before.

The explanation I got is that the engaged couple is "keeping the wedding small" and my father was... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by The Pluto Gangsta at 11:13 AM on March 20, 2023

elkevelvet
You're absolutely correct. I skimmed up the page (that I had read earlier) when I went to reply, and saw rb's reply about being "irked" right below The Pluto Gangsta's original post and didn't take in all the information I should have. (I swear getting older sucks. What I could formerly trust my eyes to take in a swift glance, I miss these days.)

The Pluto Gangsta, I stand by what I said. You deserve to be treated better by your... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sardonyx at 11:05 AM on March 20, 2023

@Sardonyx, I think your invective should be aimed at The Pluto Gangsta's mother's cousin

though I've heard things about ricochet biscuit's brother-in-law's great aunt
posted to MetaFilter by elkevelvet at 10:24 AM on March 20, 2023