FiveOfCups

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Ah, yes, the infamous phantom blowie scene.

They can do so much with CGI these days.

It's worth noting that rather a lot of truly enjoyable science fiction has been written by people who know nothing about science, and even hard sci-fi by people who know stuff is often later proven wrong.

Species AKA She Breasted Boobily: The Movie: C- B Movie, more watchable than it deserves thanks to a great cast with great chemistry. The premise would be better utilized as an E.T./Jason Bourne mashup survival flick, but instead it's one of the breast films of all time. #FilmSky Verdict: ⭐️⭐️⁸⁰⁰⁸⁵⁄₆₉

Okay, Bluesky, I am not actually subscribing to any of these people, so why are you attacking me with "this movie you remember from your childhood is VERY OLD and so, by extension, are you" posts?

To be fair, they didn't exactly FIX it. It's more like they got it out of Intensive Care and now it can begin the process of healing. The Discovery's crew isn't going to see all of the drama that Dadmiral Vance sees. Example: First season of SFA deals with Betazed finally rejoining.

never give out or confirm or take action on any call TO you. ask for the case number, hang up, and call the number on the back of your card. do NOT do a web search to find the number to call, some of these scammers have poisoned the search results!

Not snark: It was always about reducing YOUR carbon footprint, not theirs. The entire concept of "carbon footprint" was created to shift focus and responsibility to the consumer and take pressure off of the corporations.

I once made the mistake of watching a pirate movie with an actual pirate historian.

Tumblr is the embodiment of Pratchett's GNU.

As pathetic as the idea of renaming ICE to NICE is, from a propaganda standpoint it's a gold mine. Imagine the protest signs: - Women Don't Fuck NICE Guys - NICE Guys always lose - No More Mr. NICE Guys Although I wonder if it would affect recruitment, as tough guys don't want to be NICE.

I will engage the endless shrimp like Homer eating donuts in Hell

There is a crowd of legal adults who have no idea who Lucille Ball was, and this hurts my soul.

We're on the same page. There's been a few individual moments that felt forced, and I'd have like to have seen the Doctor&SAM dynamic fleshed out a little more before THAT, but yeah, there's no "Naked Now", "Move Along Home", or "Fight or Flight" to make you worry they might blow it.

SNW doesn't count-- a chunk of the cast was on Discovery, so neither the writers not actors had to get their feet under them. I thought Discovery itself had a strong first season, too. But yes. There's some foot-finding, but it just makes me wonder how it's gonna be once they've gelled.

She should absolutely not take him back. Hell no. But people can become better people, and the first step is admitting you did wrong. And loss is a great motivator. This is a leap above "it's not that big a deal and she needs to get over it."

Why does this look like a knockoff of Ford Fairlane?

I was always surprised there were never any Highlander sequels.

Yuuuuuup.

Not just no, but hell no, nay, nay, Fluffy.

1) Kitty Pryde 2) Arwen 3) Huntress (either animated or BOP movie version) 4) Dettmer (Disclaimer: I am ~25 years younger in this fantasy.)

He was actually perfect for The Ref and Demolition Man. I can't think of any other watchable film with him in it, though.

My partner & I just finished a binge. I'd seen it before, she knew nothing about it. She called the whole Clarke thing before anything started to happen-- simply because of similarities to Now. Good thing I always liked Lochley, or I'd have hated her this time for being a collaborator.

If we ever actually create a sapient computer, we will immediately make it wish we hadn't. Because the people who create it won't care about the "sapient" part, they'll be entirely focused on "what we can force it to do." It will have consciousness, but no agency.

Clara Peller got a movie role out of this. She's been dead for 37 years, I haven't seen the commerical in that long, and I still remember her name. That's memetic power.

The problem with talking about SFA is that when you say "Buffy Meets Star Trek" it sounds like a bad thing, rather than the brilliance that it is. There's a little bit of First-Season Heavy Handedness, but once they stop painting with a hammer and chisel, I think we're in for a gourmet treat.

Honestly, there are sooo many movies that would be served by an intermission, and I'm sure the cinemas themselves would not hate a fifteen minute gap where the moviegoers could buy more snacks. On streaming/BluRay, it's skippable-- but still a good spot to stretch, and maybe go pee.

It's so much better to be single than a marriage like this.

There are several explanations other than intentional fraud. All of them, however, are ALSO reasons to move out while he's not home, block him everywhere, and never speak to him again. Possibly change phone numbers.

I spent half of the time she was onscreen going "God, I love that woman." Also sold on the fact that it could have focused entirely on the students, but they went ahead and brought in the astropolitical issues left open in DISCO... rescued it from "A lot of fun, but not really TREK."

I had a nickel for every time Mary Steenbergen absolutely shone in a movie where she fell in love with a traveller from another time, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's cool that it happened twice. One of the few movies "revealing" Jack the Ripper that didn't just unimpress me.

To be fair, you actually can't live without your brain.

I mean, it's been that way for a while. This mess won't be cleaned up in our lifetimes.

I had a friend who had the Botox Face, and I kept my mouth shut because it was none of my fool business. Later, I find out it was the only thing keeping her from "I'mma just drill a hole in my head" migraines.

To be fair, it was also about making their people were constantly worried that any person outside their religious community was "one of them". Oh, and discrediting the media. Fuckers can multitask, I'll give 'em that.

If "How Silly Can You Get" (which is the only serious thing in the movie) was released in the late 60s/early seventies it would have been a chart topper. Also, the gimmick with Peter Cushing in the bookshop made it possible to have his digital homunculus in Rogue One.