Category: Pop Culture
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The Courage to Follow
Why that one line always gets me There are spoilers for a nearly 50 year old movie in this. I first saw the movie Watership Down (1978) as an early teen, and even then, it felt old. Even compared to other animated films from that period–Disney’s Robinhood (1973) or The Rescuers (1977) —Watership was noticeably…
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Why I Don’t Believe in Being Civil
Did you want a couple thousand words on why I call people “dipshits”? No? Well, here you go anyway. This essay was originally uploaded on Medium.com under another pseudonym, which was subsequently nuked from the site when I proved to be too effective at dunking on their room-temperature IQ, hive-mind user base. It is reproduced here…
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The Flawed Beauty of Deadpool & Wolverine (and the emptiness of nerd sh*t)
I sometimes think about those awful Ninja Turtles movies from the mid 2010s. The ones with Megan Fox and Will Arnett and…Johnny Knoxville? …Really? The ones that weren’t directed by Michael Bay or J.J. Abrams even though you could be forgiven for thinking it was either or both. Where the character designs for the turtles…
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Answers for Ben Cremer about the Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies
Christ-baiting Is a Time-Honored Tradition Well friends, the internet is in a tizzy again. In the last few days since the Olympics opening ceremony, people have been outraged that part of the ceremony involved a scene in which a group of drag queens had been organized so as to resemble Da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper.”…
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On Marvel, Martin Scorsese, and the EFAP Lads
I’ve been a fan of Mauler since I discovered him in 2018. I often listen to his videos or clips from the EFAP streams when I’m either trying to sleep, in the gym, or taking care of chores around the house. Today I happened to be listening to their discussion of some remarks that Martin…
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On Bears & Broads: What Are We Meant to Make of the Bear Question Discourse?
So much of our personalities are the accretions of the lessons (good or bad) that we took from our childhoods. In my case, having grown up in a deeply dysfunctional household where one was always walking on eggshells, I developed a belief that things matter, even (and possibly especially) small things. This belief doesn’t always…
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The Horror of Infinity Pool: Absolute Nihilism
“The line between good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart.”~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn This movie is going to get completely spoiled. Infinity Pool tells the story of James and Em Foster, a couple of young socialites, who are thrust into a nightmare…
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Thinking about the Boogie2988 Problem
For anyone who was online during the halcyon years of the 2010’s, Boogie was one of those guys that you just couldn’t help knowing about. Even if you didn’t watch his content, you knew his face, and you knew that he had a reputation for being one of the nicest people around, if one who…
The Barking Years 