The Disney Grooming Corpation Gave Woke Failure "Doctor Who" A Life-Saving Infusion of Cash. <br>And Then, Coincidentally, Doctor Who Became The Gayest Man in the Universe.

The Disney Grooming Corpation Gave Woke Failure "Doctor Who" A Life-Saving Infusion of Cash.
And Then, Coincidentally, Doctor Who Became The Gayest Man in the Universe.

Before getting to that:

The special double issue of Tranny Weekly just dropped:

This year's issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is the 60th, and the magazine is celebrating by not featuring gorgeous women in skimpy swimsuits.
In fact, the magazine's cover features a photo of women in evening gowns--at least, mostly women. These days you can never tell who will show up in the magazine pretending to be female.
Gail King, a noted sex symbol, is prominently featured. She snagged an interview with the magazine's editor, who explained the shift away from featuring women in swimsuits to more woke content, featuring plus-size women and men cosplaying them.

Gail King? Seriously? The sour old hag on CBS "News"?

A couple of years ago I stopped taking the Lord's name in vain. (I also cut down on cursing, without stopping completely).

Every once in a while, a story really tempts me to do a just-this-once profanity.

You do notice, I hope, that the left is taking over every single entertainment property enjoyed by straight men (especially straight white men) and remaking them for leftwing women and gay men, right?

I wanted to mention this, but I'm sure no one cares any longer -- the new Doctor Who Cares? was introduced by showing him dancing in a skirt at a disco. He then bragged that he wanted this sixty-year old character to "twerk" so powerfully it defeats an alien.

Oh, he also claimed the he's had to struggle while "white mediocrity" is endlessly rewarded. That's right, Cupcake, I'm the one being given a free ride, and you're the one who's really being disadvantaged.

And the show only waited until the second full episode to feature a, get this, drag queen dressed in fetish get-up calling himself a "them."

The drag queen is "Jinkx Monsoon." No, that's not the character he's playing (the character has the more sedate name "The Maestro.")

That's the drag queen's real name. Well, stage name, you know.

Did this help the low ratings the show had under the First Female Doctor, Doctor Karen? (As Nerdrotic always says.)

Nope! The ratings have fallen to the lowest level of all time.

They don't care about ratings, though. Their mission is to turn every male-oriented entertainment into agitprop for feminism and Gender Theory, and if that property dies -- and they all do die -- good, men shouldn't have entertainment anyway, they should spend all their off-hours thinking of ways they can Affirm Women and Gays.

Helmed by Russell T Davies and fronted by new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa and his sidekick Ruby (Millie Gibson), the latest series' style always promised to break away from its predecessors - none least thanks to a huge injection of funding from Disney.

Wait a minute, a Disney-funded television show for children is now full-on propaganda to turn them gay and trans?

Fake news! Fake news! I shan't believe it!

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Fans were introduced to Gatwa's Doctor as well as a new crop of baddies, including the Bogeyman and controversial new villain Maestro (Jinkx Monsoon).
The Doctor's new adversary is played by American drag artist Monsoon, who has since gone viral following the show's return for correcting another character for using "him" pronouns incorrectly.
There were also cameos for Strictly Come Dancing favourites Shirley Ballas and Johannes Radebe as the second episode of the double-bill ended with a bizarre musical number.

Who is this for?

But all in all, the overhaul of the sci-fi show to seemingly incorporate gender politics and change the look of the series has left plenty to be desired by many watching at home.
In fact, the overnight ratings for the BBC One premiere on Saturday night consisted of an underwhelming 2.6 million and 2.4 million per instalment of the doubleheader, according to TV Zone.

Jon Del Arroz gloats. For the last month, Doctor Who Cares has told anyone who didn't like the show's Stunning and Brave new all-gay, all-the-time direction to "turn off the TV and touch grass."

"Jinkx Monsoon" said "Who cares what a bigot thinks?" He also opined that for every one viewer the show lost, "three to five" Empowered LGBT Viewers would rush in to replace them.

You know, the famously effective "Get rid of our current audience and pursue a Phantom Audience that doesn't exist" strategy that has worked so well for Bud Light, DC Comics, and Marvel comics and Marvel movies.

And now that the ratings come in with the lowest debut ever, Doctor Who Cares calls it "sad" that people aren't watching the show.

You told us not to, asshole. And we listened.

Did you not want to be heard?

Ncuti Gatwa has started the final stage of the typical woke marketing tour for his new season of Doctor Who. With overnight ratings at their lowest ever, and fans complaining about the poor quality of the episodes released, it looks like it couldn't go worse for the BBC and the new actor, but cynical interviews are already following as Ncuti Gatwa announces he's "sad" because the audience is tuning out.
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Russell T. Davies admitted that he would be putting LGBTQ themes into Doctor Who and that he'd specifically be targeting children with those in order to manipulate young minds.
Ncuti Gatwa made several comments about Doctor Who fans, including accusing them of celebrating "white mediocrity" while complaining about how difficult it was for him to get a job acting as a black, queer man--even though it was clear he was cast for this role specifically because of his identity.
He went further in a separate interview as he told fans who didn't like his casting to "Turn off the TV. Go and touch grass." The instruction to long-time fans who didn't like the show's direction not to watch was met with a chorus of people online saying they already had and they wouldn't be watching the show.
When overnight ratings came in for "Space Babies" and "The Devil's Chord," a two-episode premiere of the new Doctor Who season, it appears fans did just that, as the episodes posted the lowest ratings for Doctor Who ever by a large margin.
The media went into full spin, putting out critic reviews of the shows on Rotten Tomatoes with an initial score of 100% and blaming good weather over the weekend for the shows' failure to perform well.

Good weather prevented people from watching a show at night?

I mean, sure, there are sometimes evening/night barbecues, but... not really in the UK, right?

Speaking of the Groomer Corporation Disney and its unspeakable agenda of running constant gay conversion ops against children: Reportedly they're cutting the Tinkerbell character out of meet-and-greets, because Tinkerbell is a "problematic character" and a bad role model for girls.

This claim is, at the moment, unverified, but all too plausible:

Tinkerbell, unfortunately, has become a problematic image for our guests; specifically, young girls. Specifically, in terms of the portrayal of an unrealistic body image as well as dependency of approval and/or attention from Peter Pan, as seen in previous incarnations of the character. We feel these traits are no longer representative of our inclusive focused values and thus, are currently in process of redesigning an updated Tinkerbell for modern audiences.

This site says they have in fact verified the story:

One of the Walt Disney Co.'s most iconic characters has been removed from Walt Disney World park meet and greets with the public, reportedly because the character was flagged as "potentially problematic" by a Disney committee.
Disney confirmed in February that Tinker Bell, a Disney icon since making her first appearance in 1953′s "Peter Pan," had been removed from the park's meet and greet rotation, but could still be seen flying over the park at the conclusion of the nighttime fireworks show, as well as in park parades.
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While confirming the character's absence from Magic Kingdom meet and greets, Disney did not indicate a reason for the change. However, a 2022 report by the New York Times said Disney's "Stories Matter" team -- launched to "ensure (our content) accurately represents our global audiences" -- had indicated the Tinker Bell character was "potentially problematic."
The team found the Tinker Bell character to be both "body conscious" and "jealous of Peter Pan's attention."

Yup -- she's in good shape, and that's bad for girls, and she has a romantic interest in boys, and that's also "bad for girls." We've got to teach them young that women don't need no man.

We've got to start the Grooming Process early as possible.

Meanwhile, here are the burly, bearded monsters dressing as fairy princesses which Disney thinks are great role models for girls, promoting "healthy body types" (with penises).

I'm sure Disney doesn't mind that these princesses are keen to attract male attention!

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— Olya (@OlyaKarLott) May 14, 2024

Sports Illustrated's editor says the quiet part out loud-- she explicitly says she doesn't care that half of her audience has walked away. The important thing isn't turning a profit for your shareholders -- the important thing is "doing the right thing."

Which is Groomer Corporation Disney's motto as well.

The 'CBS Mornings' segment then celebrated having biological men pretending to be women appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.

Its editor says they don't care that their audience has abandoned them as the issues "evolved": "We didn't care. We thoguht that the right� pic.twitter.com/J43YrTFN2G
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 14, 2024

Disney's stock fell almost 10% and is still sitting right around its near-18-month-low.

Bankrupt Disney, and bankrupt Vanguard, State Street, and Blackrock, who are determined to cling to this stock so long as they're solvent.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:34 PM

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1 I assume part of the problem is that heterosexual males like Tinkerbell.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 15, 2024 04:35 PM (ODsYZ)

2 Nope! The ratings have fallen to the lowest level of all time.

They don't care about ratings, though. Their mission is to turn every male-oriented entertainment into agitprop for feminism and Gender Theory, and if that property dies -- and they all do die -- good, men shouldn't have entertainment anyway, they should spend all their off-hours thinking of ways they can Affirm Women and Gays.

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With Disney+ continuing to lose money...this seems like a great idea!

At what point does Disney sell off its entire film division to Time Warner and just become a cruise line?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:35 PM (GBKbO)

3 "Jinkx Monsoon" said "Who cares what a bigot thinks?" He also opined that for every one viewer the show lost, "three to five" Empowered LGBT Viewers would rush in to replace them.

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He honestly believes that, doesn't he?

How big does he think the twink community who loves sci-fi and just needed someone "like them" in it to watch is?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:36 PM (GBKbO)

4 And now that the ratings come in with the lowest debut ever, Doctor Who Cares calls it "sad" that people aren't watching the show.

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This is called, in business schools, the Bros approach.

It's lauded by business professors for its bravery and boldness.

There is little class time dedicated to its effectiveness towards increasing profits because profits are racism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:37 PM (GBKbO)

5 David French has just been cancelled from a major event.

https://twitter.com/PCAByFaith/status/
1790470239060193344

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 15, 2024 04:37 PM (cf/0E)

6 I WANT TO SEE WHOOPIE GOLDBERG IN A BIKINI !!!!!!!

Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 15, 2024 04:37 PM (rcLES)

7 Sports Illustrated's editor says the quiet part out loud-- she explicitly says she doesn't care that half of her audience has walked away. The important thing isn't turning a profit for your shareholders -- the important thing is "doing the right thing."

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Yeah...giant investors backing them and everything...

But, this is the attitude you take when you not only corner a market but are effectively a monopoly in a market, when there is no competition.

There's plenty of competition for fat ugly chicks showing skin on the Internet already.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

8 5 David French has just been cancelled from a major event.

https://twitter.com/PCAByFaith/status/
1790470239060193344

outstanding. But now he has grist for 47,000 NYT columns about being cancelled by the Intolerant Christian Nationalist Right.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:38 PM (KRtlO)

9 Disney's stock

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:34 PM

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Did you end in the middle of a thought?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:38 PM (GBKbO)

10 MY EYES ARE BURNING !!!!! I AM BLIND !!!!!!!

Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 15, 2024 04:39 PM (rcLES)

11 It's so wonderful how you can propagandize on the investors' dime.

Now it's off to enjoy my new yacht!

Posted by: Bob Iger at May 15, 2024 04:39 PM (vtRd1)

12 I had a subscription to SI in my teens,

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2024 04:39 PM (fwDg9)

13 > Gail King, a noted sex symbol, is prominently featured.

Not a single straight man on the planet thinks of Gail King as a "sex symbol."

They also put Hunter "Ham Planet" McGrady on the cover.
http://tiny.cc/3gq3yz

She really really fat.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 04:39 PM (Odg76)

14 >>.Did you end in the middle of a thought?

yeah... I mean, I was going to say, "Disney's stock dropped almost 10% and has remained at that low level for a week," but that seemed lame to say, so I decided to not bother.

I'll delete the beginning of that sentence.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

15 And the show only waited until the second full episode to feature a, get this, drag queen dressed in fetish get-up calling himself a "them."

The drag queen is "Jinkx Monsoon." No, that's not the character he's playing (the character has the more sedate name "The Maestro.")

Sounds like they need to transition from Dr. Who to Dr. What.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 04:40 PM (CsUN+)

16 14 yeah... I mean, I was going to say, "Disney's stock dropped almost 10% and has remained at that low level for a week," but that seemed lame to say, so I decided to not bother.

I'll delete the beginning of that sentence.
Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:40 PM (KRtlO)

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Ace capable of lameness?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:40 PM (GBKbO)

17 It seems like the strategy is give the consumer no other options.

Think if an entertainment company just decided to go in a non-woke direction how much money they could print

But none of them will. When Fox News first came out, just having a center right news organization, and they were number one almost instantly. Of course, most of that’s gone now, but you would think someone could see what an easy play that would be

Posted by: Olympian at May 15, 2024 04:40 PM (Pd52X)

18 Stormy Daniels' husband says they'll probably leave country if Trump gets acquitted...........

Whom would marry that piece of used skank ??????

Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 15, 2024 04:40 PM (rcLES)

19 The one thing that makes me doubt that there is really life after death is the fact that Walt Disney hasn't risen from the grave and bludgeoned every member of WDC's upper management to death.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2024 04:41 PM (vtRd1)

20 nah, I just finished the sentence instead of deleting it

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:41 PM (KRtlO)

21 They killed tinkerbell?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (EjuVt)

22 Yeah. I’m not thinking Disney is very pleased with the ratings. In England ratings and viewing audience are somewhat irrelevant since the BBC and its show runners are playing with other peoples’ money (i.e. tax dollars). Disney is putting real money into this radioactive program. Even they must know they can’t push it on consumers.

Posted by: rse at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (nos7q)

23 It seems like the strategy is give the consumer no other options.

I have 24 seasons of gunsmoke and 22 seasons of bonanza to watch both with about 32 episodes of season. I don't need any new bullshit from Disney.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (SVQQi)

24 nah, I just finished the sentence instead of deleting it

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:41 PM (KRtlO)

Good on ya. That shows persistence.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (vtRd1)

25 22 Yeah. I’m not thinking Disney is very pleased with the ratings. In England ratings and viewing audience are somewhat irrelevant since the BBC and its show runners are playing with other peoples’ money (i.e. tax dollars). Disney is putting real money into this radioactive program. Even they must know they can’t push it on consumers.
Posted by: rse at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (nos7q)

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I was under the impression that resistance to the required fee in Britain was growing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (GBKbO)

26 The important thing isn't turning a profit for your shareholders -- the important thing is "doing the right thing."

...

hey

Posted by: Spike Lee at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (z/ifB)

27 I married Ole Stormy because she told me she was a Virgin. Now I find out she was lying all along !!!!!!!!

Posted by: Barrett Blade at May 15, 2024 04:42 PM (rcLES)

28 Sports Illustrated's editor says the quiet part out loud-- she explicitly says she doesn't care that half of her audience has walked away. The important thing isn't turning a profit for your shareholders -- the important thing is "doing the right thing."

Which is Groomer Corporation Disney's motto as well.

Yeah, that'll work well for you until, you know, you're unemployed.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 04:43 PM (CsUN+)

29 Burn mouse, burn.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 15, 2024 04:43 PM (JMAcK)

30 I really do think Disney was not expecting anything like what the BBC produced.

Posted by: rse at May 15, 2024 04:43 PM (nos7q)

31 The Disney Grooming Corpation Gave Woke Failure "Doctor Who" A Life-Saving Infusion of Cash. And Then, Coincidentally, Doctor Who Became The Gayest Man in the Universe.

I was going to sneak in a picture of someone more gay, flamboyant and effeminate, but I couldn't find one.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 15, 2024 04:44 PM (JCZqz)

32 David French has just been cancelled from a major event.
Why was he canceled?

Posted by: Northernlurker at May 15, 2024 04:44 PM (JLq/1)

33 32 David French has just been cancelled from a major event.
Why was he canceled?
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 15, 2024 04:44 PM (JLq/1)

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Because he is the Lisan al-Gaib.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:44 PM (GBKbO)

34 "The media went into full spin, putting out critic reviews of the shows on Rotten Tomatoes with an initial score of 100% and blaming good weather . . ."

Pfft

Gavin Newsome

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 15, 2024 04:44 PM (JkCto)

35 >>>2 David French has just been cancelled from a major event.
Why was he canceled

because he maligns Christians as "Christian Nationalists" and false christians who worship trump twice weekly for the NYT.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:45 PM (KRtlO)

36 It all starts with hiring someone named "Ncuti" to play Dr. Who.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2024 04:45 PM (vtRd1)

37 I really do think Disney was not expecting anything like what the BBC produced.

To the Disney bosses: "what would you say you do here?"

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 04:45 PM (CsUN+)

38 1 I assume part of the problem is that heterosexual males like Tinkerbell.
Posted by: Moron Robbie

I'd hit it!

Posted by: Hillary! at May 15, 2024 04:45 PM (JCZqz)

39 The boy spawn and his lady are going to Disney World for their honeymoon. She hasn't ever been there and is that Disney everything age. I hope they have a great time. We have been there a few times and it was awesome. But I hope they see the rot in that place also.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at May 15, 2024 04:45 PM (4XwPj)

40 >>> I really do think Disney was not expecting anything like what the BBC produced.

i thought -- i could be wrong -- but I thought Russel T. Davies or someone at the BBC actually said they were influenced in the "new direction" by Disney.

Again, I could be wrong. but I think I remember that.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:46 PM (KRtlO)

41 You have to admit that Gayle King climbed the ladder from receiver of Oprah's strap-on, to CBS morning show to SI cover. Movin in up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 15, 2024 04:46 PM (db6Z8)

42 Jenner finally looks like a Kardashian.

Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2024 04:46 PM (NxC5+)

43 37 I really do think Disney was not expecting anything like what the BBC produced.

To the Disney bosses: "what would you say you do here?"
Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 04:45 PM (CsUN+)

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Russell T. Davies is the guy who has, for years, bragged that he started inserted gay stuff into Doctor Who when he first took over for the revival almost 20 years ago.

The idea that anyone wouldn't know, or that he wouldn't outright say in meetings with friendly executives, that he'd go further in current year is silly nonsense.

They knew. It's probably why Disney invested the money to begin with. Hell, it might have been a requirement of the BBC taking the money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:47 PM (GBKbO)

44 They will bring tinkerbell back...as twinkerbell.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 15, 2024 04:47 PM (z/ifB)

45 Sitting there like a mook on the last thread because nobody nooded...

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 04:47 PM (FQmDC)

46 Then: What does gay marriage have to do with your anyway h8ters?

Now: The 'CBS Mornings' segment then celebrated having biological men pretending to be women appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.

Bonus:Tinkerbell, unfortunately, has become a problematic image for our guests; specifically, young girls. Specifically, in terms of the portrayal of an unrealistic body image as well as dependency of approval and/or attention from Peter Pan

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:47 PM (ibTVg)

47 That "princess helper" dude really needs to lay off the donuts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2024 04:48 PM (vtRd1)

48 i thought -- i could be wrong -- but I thought Russel T. Davies or someone at the BBC actually said they were influenced in the "new direction" by Disney.

Again, I could be wrong. but I think I remember that.
Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:46 PM (KRtlO)
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The scuttlebutt I've heard - no clue if it's true, so let it be clear that this is nth-hand speculation - that Davies has a thing for the lead of the show. He put the object of his affection in as the lead and made it ultra-gay as a part of some bizarre courtship ritual courtesy of Disney's money and Britain's biggest international TV show.

It wouldn't surprise me if it's true. It also wouldn't surprise me if it's BS. Davies is a gay activist, and this is what they do anyway.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:48 PM (d04cU)

49 HALF (??) of Sports Illustrated's audience walked away?

You the mean the half of the one percent that still existed?

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 04:48 PM (fV+MH)

50 Bonus:Tinkerbell, unfortunately, has become a problematic image for our guests; specifically, young girls. Specifically, in terms of the portrayal of an unrealistic body image as well as dependency of approval and/or attention from Peter Pan

Jeez, who talks like this?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 04:48 PM (CsUN+)

51 sitting like mook on a dead thread
watching replies dwindle away

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:48 PM (KRtlO)

52 I'll say this if Big Gay is going to ruin something I'd rather it be Dr Who because it always sucked.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:48 PM (ibTVg)

53 Who is that cute blonde on the left of the tweet from Olga KarLott?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (J2vNu)

54 They don't care about ratings, though. Their mission is to turn every male-oriented entertainment into agitprop for feminism and Gender Theory, and if that property dies -- and they all do die -- good, men shouldn't have entertainment anyway, they should spend all their off-hours thinking of ways they can Affirm Women and Gays.
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That's a bonus. They like subversion and repurposing, but they'll accept mere destruction. The subversion is just a bonus.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (d04cU)

55 >>>The scuttlebutt I've heard - no clue if it's true, so let it be clear that this is nth-hand speculation - that Davies has a thing for the lead of the show. He put the object of his affection in as the lead and made it ultra-gay as a part of some bizarre courtship ritual courtesy of Disney's money and Britain's biggest international TV show.

uggghhhh

I choose to disbelieve.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (KRtlO)

56
I was going to sneak in a picture of someone more gay, flamboyant and effeminate, but I couldn't find one.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 15, 2024 04:44 PM (JCZqz)

Did you meet garrett at a MoMe?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (n+4am)

57 Tinkerbell, unfortunately, has become a problematic image for our guests; specifically, young girls. Specifically, in terms of the portrayal of an unrealistic body image as well as dependency of approval and/or attention from Peter Pan, as seen in previous incarnations of the character. We feel these traits are no longer representative of our inclusive focused values and thus, are currently in process of redesigning an updated Tinkerbell for modern audiences.

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There was a series of direct to DVD Tinkerbell movies in the 2010s. They were actually pretty good and Tinkerbell was the heroine without Peter Pan in sight. They keyed in on the word "tinker" in her name and made her a sort of McGuyver type character.

Does Disney not know about their own productions?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (2fIO4)

58 45 Sitting there like a mook on the last thread because nobody nooded...
Posted by: steevy

I must have missed that bit of Wizardry lore...do mooks sit in a particular or unusual way?

Posted by: SOOPER nerd at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (JCZqz)

59 I went to Disneyland when I was 13. I was unimpressed. The whole thing is based of fakery. You paid big bucks to wait in lines, sometimes over an hour, for a 3 minute ride. It kinda gave me the creeps. Never saw Disney in the same light again.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (pohLc)

60 Gosh, I guess it HAS been 10 years since I cancelled my SI subscription, that I had had since the 70s. Salut! SI, you left me, so I left you!

Posted by: goatexchange at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (+9k3c)

61 Is Jinkx Monsoon related to Gorilla Monsoon?

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 15, 2024 04:49 PM (xPl2J)

62 Dr Who was dead before Disney, in fact the Disney cash is probably the only reason it is still going. It has been worthless left wing shit since Capaldi was Doctor

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 04:50 PM (FQmDC)

63 >>>61 Is Jinkx Monsoon related to Gorilla Monsoon?

going by the face and bodytype, yes

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:50 PM (KRtlO)

64 i thought -- i could be wrong -- but I thought Russel T. Davies or someone at the BBC actually said they were influenced in the "new direction" by Disney.

Again, I could be wrong. but I think I remember that.
Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:46 PM (KRtlO)

There is precedent:

https://youtu.be/TXd_l9RsI6A

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 15, 2024 04:50 PM (PiwSw)

65 What Americans in 1964 thought the far future of 2024 would look like: Robots doing all our work, vacations on the moon, real space travel for normal people

What the far future of 2024 actually looks like: Men in dresses trying grooming kids

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:50 PM (ibTVg)

66 sitting like mook on a dead thread
watching replies dwindle away

Mook is left hanging
The people have moved onward
Embarrassment reigns

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 04:51 PM (CsUN+)

67 tinkerbell was my daughter's absolute favorite omg it was so hard to even see her when you went to WDW and did the princess signature thing ...

you cannot cancel her she's the best! funny and complex

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:51 PM (s3qiR)

68 I posted last night that I watch classis 'Doctor Who' on Pluto TV. The very first Doctor, William Hartnell and his companions Ian, Vicky and Barbara.

The Daleks built a time machine and were given orders to chase the Tardis throughout eternity until it was destroyed. Fun episodes. Exciting. Pretty good effects for 60 years ago.

I was excited. It was like watching Star Trek the first time when you were a kid.

Posted by: Stateless at May 15, 2024 04:51 PM (jvJvP)

69 44 They will bring tinkerbell back...as twinkerbell.
Posted by: TexasDan

Saved! I wasn't sure what I was going to do once The Vegetable loses this November.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at May 15, 2024 04:51 PM (JCZqz)

70 Btw the cute blond companion is already gone for next season replaced by an Indian woman.

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 04:51 PM (FQmDC)

71 There was a series of direct to DVD Tinkerbell movies in the 2010s. They were actually pretty good and Tinkerbell was the heroine without Peter Pan in sight. They keyed in on the word "tinker" in her name and made her a sort of McGuyver type character.

yes! we have those! ok right that's why my kid liked her so much I think ..maybe?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:52 PM (s3qiR)

72 68 Through watching the old stuff I have become a fan of the John Pertwee Dr( Tom Baker is after him)

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 04:52 PM (FQmDC)

73 everyone knows what kind of drek Russell is going to make, no way on earth Disney didn't know

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (s3qiR)

74 >>> went to Disneyland when I was 13. I was unimpressed. The whole thing is based of fakery

i've never been there but I like the idea of fakery. I like reading about how they construct barriers so you can never see outside the "land" you're in, and build forced-perspective fascades to make castles look much bigger than they really are.

but I would never go.

I'd go to Potter World first and I don't even like harry potter. It just seems to have good fakery.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (KRtlO)

75 You told us not to, asshole. And we listened.
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There's a lot of this going around, at all levels of the culture. It is in the opening stages of a disastrous collapse as a result.

"Why aren't you watching?"
You told me not to, and I chose to listen.

"Why aren't you asking me out on a date?"
You told me not to, and I chose to listen.

"Why aren't you trying for a promotion?"
You told me not to, and I chose to listen.

"Why aren't you going to college?"
You told me it was unfair to take someone else's spot, and I chose to listen.

"Why aren't you buying a car?"
I can't afford it and besides, you told me not to and I chose to listen.

The masters of culture, politics, business, education and commerce have been telling people - white men especially but by no means exclusively - for *years* "don't do that!" Well, people are listening. It's a damned disaster.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (d04cU)

76 I remember buying the SI swimsuit issue every year when I was young. What a gay horror show it is now.

I've been reading a lot of the Dr. Who fans are now calling it Nurse What.

Posted by: Biergood at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (PwgSL)

77 btw the tranny in fallout did, in fact, annoy me a whole lot

and she didn't die which sucked too (sorry, small spoiler)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (s3qiR)

78

I so wish Douglas Adams were around.

Posted by: Dr Huge Largemeat at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (HYaF7)

79 ... the second episode of the double-bill ended with a bizarre musical number.

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* The 1990 television series "Cop Rock" has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (3P8eZ)

80 Some girls look like Tinkerbelle. My youngest is one. Does she not deserve to have role models who look like her? Small and cute?

Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (pZEOD)

81 "You do notice, I hope, that the left is taking over every single entertainment property enjoyed by straight men (especially straight white men) and remaking them for leftwing women and gay men, right?"

An audience that is only interested in tearing down things straight white men enjoy, but not particularly interested in spending time or money in building up the new properties that emerge.

It's almost like they just enjoy destroying.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (KbCG3)

82 "The owner of Sports Illustrated said it had chosen a new company to publish the magazine...Authentic Brands Group, which owns the intellectual property rights to Sports Illustrated as well as to celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and Muhammad Ali, said it had struck a long-term deal to license Sports Illustrated’s publishing rights to Minute Media, a digital-media company focused on sports." (from an article this March).

SI is a zombie that is being preyed upon for the clicks.

The owner made their $$$ by licensing the brand "sports illustrated". The media company just needs the clicks.

Posted by: Jake Speed at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (Vu1jV)

83 74 I'd go to Potter World first and I don't even like harry potter. It just seems to have good fakery.
Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM (KRtlO)

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We're going back down to Universal...very soon.

The kids love the Wizarding World stuff. Dolley loves the Wizarding World stuff. I actually like the Wizarding World stuff.

It's fun, and Universal has some good rollercoasters too like the Velocicoaster in Islands of Adventure right next door.

Recommended.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (GBKbO)

84 Gatwa rhymes with Fatwa.

Coincidence?

Methinks nyet.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (/RHNq)

85 >>>There is precedent:
https://youtu.be/TXd_l9RsI6A

give it up for Derek Smalls. He wrote this.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (KRtlO)

86 There has only ever been one reason to watch Dr Who: https://tinyurl.com/384y2mfw

Bonus points for anyone that can guess what this link goes to before clicking

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (ibTVg)

87 Oh, and Disney is just full of groomers.

Posted by: Jake Speed at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (Vu1jV)

88 Funny thing is, Doctor Who is one of the only old IPs where you could plausibly get away with putting the character into a ghey or trans body and still have the portrayal be be true to the character., because they're not wedded to their sexual identity. But since they goat-fucked every other IP, it doesn't matter what they do with the IP now.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (n+4am)

89 Yup -- she's in good shape, and that's bad for girls, and she has a romantic interest in boys, and that's also "bad for girls." We've got to teach them young that women don't need no man.
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Not quite. Gotta teach 'em that their bosses and queens who can take what they want from men, and not worry about anything in return. It's fine to *want* men - at least transactionally - but it is absolutely unacceptable to *need* one.

This is the theme of most youth programming.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (d04cU)

90 I'm glad I got to be a kid when being a kid was fun.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (fV+MH)

91 i've never been there but I like the idea of fakery. I like reading about how they construct barriers so you can never see outside the "land" you're in, and build forced-perspective fascades to make castles look much bigger than they really are.

but I would never go.

I'd go to Potter World first and I don't even like harry potter. It just seems to have good fakery.

ace, Universal is so so much better. the Harry Potter area is amazing! Universal is more compact and cleaner and everything WORKS

go! but wait until the new Super Mario World area opens! I will be there RIGHT AWAY cannot wait

LOVE Universal Islands of Adventure - the BEST park anywhere!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (s3qiR)

92 Who is this for?

Who indeed.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (nLFEI)

93 Some girls look like Tinkerbelle. My youngest is one. Does she not deserve to have role models who look like her? Small and cute?
Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (pZEOD)

Sexless and mooselike is what the kids are all going for these days.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (vtRd1)

94 66 sitting like mook on a dead thread
watching replies dwindle away

Mook is left hanging
The people have moved onward
Embarrassment reigns
Posted by: Archimedes

Haaaang on Mooky,
Mooky hang on.
Mooky sits in a dead thread in town
And every moron yeah
Tries to put my Mooky down

Posted by: The McCoys at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (JCZqz)

95 >>>SI is a zombie that is being preyed upon for the clicks.
The owner made their $$$ by licensing the brand "sports illustrated". The media company just needs the clicks.

good context, but couldn't they get more and better clicks by not being aggressively weird?

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (KRtlO)

96 Took the kids to Disney World a few times. I will never, ever go back. Ever.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (d2bW3)

97 Melinda Gates finally made SI swimsuit issue? Doesn’t she have enough money?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (tA1+m)

98 >>>It's fun, and Universal has some good rollercoasters too like the Velocicoaster in Islands of Adventure right next door.

Recommended.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda

Not sure if it's still there, but the Spiderman Ride was great.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (d2bW3)

99 Yes everything men like is being taken over. Even sports where women are incapable of being on the field we get get female broadcasters, female officials even female coaches

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (FQmDC)

100 91 ace, Universal is so so much better. the Harry Potter area is amazing! Universal is more compact and cleaner and everything WORKS

go! but wait until the new Super Mario World area opens! I will be there RIGHT AWAY cannot wait

LOVE Universal Islands of Adventure - the BEST park anywhere!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (s3qiR)

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Eh. They shut things down all the time because they're broken. The Forbidden Journey (the ride in Hogwarts) got shut down for weeks a month ago. I think it's back up now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (GBKbO)

101 Bonus points for anyone that can guess what this link goes to before clicking

I'm going to say Leela

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (s3qiR)

102 I never saw the show, but I take it a homo Dr Who would be like a homo CPT Kirk

just wrong on multiple levels

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (/7KEl)

103 This is...science fiction, right?

They do realize the joke, right? When your profound beliefs labeled as outlandish science fiction?

The next doctor - Peter Dinklage!

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (nLFEI)

104 Bonus points for anyone that can guess what this link goes to before clicking
Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:54 PM (ibTVg)
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Amy Pond?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)

105 steevy....I loved Matt Smith but was really excited to see Capaldi, but yeah, the writing turned to crap.

And I loved Jenna Coleman and they set her up with a black guy. They had a few good episodes, but damn, did it go downhill fast.

I think BritBox is the only way you can watch the classics in order on your time. I'm a bit tempted....

Posted by: Stateless at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (jvJvP)

106 Eh. They shut things down all the time because they're broken. The Forbidden Journey (the ride in Hogwarts) got shut down for weeks a month ago. I think it's back up now.

oh yeah actually that one does seem to break a lot. it sucks anyway and is boring tho

THE HULK! just the hulk it's the best coaster ever

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (s3qiR)

107 Amy Pond?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)
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Nailed it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)

108 I have no idea what over-the-air channel serves up Doctor Who. Back in the '80s, the Tom Baker era, it ran on the local PBS outlet. As late as 2015 they still acknowledged the best of popular culture: The Fugitive episodes, and classic films like Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant & Kate Hepburn, and Ninotchka w/ Greta Garbo, on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Now it's all Rick Whoever's Europe and cooking shows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (J2vNu)

109 I'm going to say Leela

So close...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (ibTVg)

110 "Who cares what a bigot thinks?"

Well, let's start with corporations who want money.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (nLFEI)

111 107 Amy Pond?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)
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Nailed it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)

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Dolley looks like Amy Pond's sister.

Yes, I've nailed it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)

112 Russell T. Davies is the guy who has, for years, bragged that he started inserted gay stuff into Doctor Who when he first took over for the revival almost 20 years ago.

The idea that anyone wouldn't know, or that he wouldn't outright say in meetings with friendly executives, that he'd go further in current year is silly nonsense.

They knew. It's probably why Disney invested the money to begin with. Hell, it might have been a requirement of the BBC taking the money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Yep. It was pretty blatant as far back as Series 1 with Christopher Eccleston. The Ninth Doctor was pretty straight. The same could not be said of part-time companion Captain Jack Harkness. He nailed anything that moved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (7fElN)

113 My first trip to Disney World at 10 the place was pretty amazing. Later with my nephew I think 2010 it was still good. Wouldn't go near that shithole now.

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (FQmDC)

114 Bonus:Tinkerbell, unfortunately, has become a problematic image for our guests; specifically, young girls. Specifically, in terms of the portrayal of an unrealistic body image as well as dependency of approval and/or attention from Peter Pan

Jeez, who talks like this?
Posted by: Archimedes

Someone gayer than cum on a mustache?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (SVQQi)

115 Eh. They shut things down all the time because they're broken. The Forbidden Journey (the ride in Hogwarts) got shut down for weeks a month ago. I think it's back up now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (GBKbO)
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Word 'round the campfire is that Disney parks are getting pretty derelict and unreliable, too. I haven't been since 2003 and won't be going any time soon, so no first-hand experience.

If true, though, then "shit's broken all the time" isn't actually a negative differentiator.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (d04cU)

116 New Assassins Creed trailer for the new installment just dropped. It's set in Japan so of course one of the main characters featured is a black samurai (no , I'm not making this up). The other lead is a Japanese female. So black male and probably gay female leads. These triple AAA games take a lot of development time so I'm guessing this was all planned out before woke started finally going broke. Gamers are pissed these days and I don't think black samurai is going to go over well...at all.

Posted by: Max Power at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (q177U)

117 Blaming the weather is something retailers often do when there’s a bad quarter. Nobody went shopping cuz uhm oh yeah cuz it rained a lot so people stayed home. Yeah that’s the ticket.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (Y6Wgg)

118 i heard that JK Rowling was trying to sell the Harry Potter theme park to disney. She just had one demand: she wanted a train to take people from the station to the castle. So disney would have to move things around and buy some land to build a train.

But they refused.

So she sold it to universal, and it's supposedly the best theme attraction in florida.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (KRtlO)

119 I'm going to admit that I liked Harry Potter. I read all the books, saw all the movies. But there were not faggots dressed up as women, no limp wrists running around sucking dicks, just plain old childish fantasy.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (pohLc)

120 …. said they were influenced in the "new direction" by Disney.

He meant to say nude erection.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (aPa7n)

121 107 Amy Pond?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)
++++
Nailed it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (d04cU)

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Dolley looks like Amy Pond's sister.

Yes, I've nailed it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (GBKbO)
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Fun fact: Karen Gillan's cousin played the young Amy Pond in the first episode that introduced Amy...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (7fElN)

122 Dolley looks like Amy Pond's sister.

Yes, I've nailed it.

So in Dr Who lore President Madison married Amy Pond's sister?

Note: I would totally believe this was a Dr Who story line

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (ibTVg)

123 I never saw the show, but I take it a homo Dr Who would be like a homo CPT Kirk

just wrong on multiple levels
Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 04:56 PM (/7KEl)

It used to be a children's show. Now it is garbage for garbage people.

Posted by: Glenn John at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (nvKZ7)

124 >>>Word 'round the campfire is that Disney parks are getting pretty derelict

Der-lickt my balls.

Posted by: Hansel (who's so hot right now) at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (KRtlO)

125 Meanwhile, here are the burly, bearded monsters dressing as fairy princesses
______________

C'mon, that's just truth in advertising.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (YqDXo)

126 115 Word 'round the campfire is that Disney parks are getting pretty derelict and unreliable, too. I haven't been since 2003 and won't be going any time soon, so no first-hand experience.

If true, though, then "shit's broken all the time" isn't actually a negative differentiator.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (d04cU)

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I just don't like the Disney parks, in particular Magic Kingdom. Too crowded. Too kiddie. It's very much not my cup of tea.

Animal Kingdom is fine. Hollywood Studios (or whatever) is decently good.

I still prefer Universal, and Epic Universe looks like it could be fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 04:59 PM (GBKbO)

127 66 sitting like mook on a dead thread
watching replies dwindle away
*
Mook is left hanging
The people have moved onward
Embarrassment reigns
Posted by: Archimedes

***
On the next episode of Crappy Days, Mook and Gabonz accidentally set fire to an orphanage. Starring Mickey Rooney and J.J. Walker.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (J2vNu)

128 Yep. It was pretty blatant as far back as Series 1 with Christopher Eccleston. The Ninth Doctor was pretty straight. The same could not be said of part-time companion Captain Jack Harkness. He nailed anything that moved.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (7fElN)
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His character - and the entire "Torchwood" spin-off - was extremely gay. They didn't say that - they said he was "pan-sexual" - but he was super-duper-ultra gay.

I skipped the Jack-heavy episodes and gave "Torchwood" a miss entirely.

I really liked Eccleston's Doctor, too. He was unsettling and spooky and did an extremely good job in my opinion. I was bummed he left after one season. Apparently, that is due to Davies (at least, by rumor).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (d04cU)

129 Is it alright if I call Bruce Jenner a cunt? (in the British way of course)

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (Z8Yh2)

130 Well Desantis has shut off the spigot of taxpayer money Disney was getting

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (FQmDC)

131 118 i heard that JK Rowling was trying to sell the Harry Potter theme park to disney. She just had one demand: she wanted a train to take people from the station to the castle. So disney would have to move things around and buy some land to build a train.

But they refused.

So she sold it to universal, and it's supposedly the best theme attraction in florida.
Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:58 PM (KRtlO)

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She takes a percentage of every Universal theme park ticket sold.

Transgender wiccans boycotting Hogwarts Legacy didn't affect her much for some reason.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (GBKbO)

132 Uh oh. You know they're gonna put Timotheeeee Chalamet in a green miniskirt to play Twinkerbell.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (0FoWg)

133 Animal Kingdom is fine. Hollywood Studios (or whatever) is decently good.

the ET ride is at Hollywood studios? or is it at the traditional Universal?

that is a CLASSIC. Steven won't let them close it or change it! I hope he lives forever

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (s3qiR)

134 You must be new here if you wonder why French was cancelled ... but it should be said anyway.

If you are the kind of Christian who says "I'm not that kind of Christian" and then do not need to elaborate, then you are psychologically captured and self-loathing. You fit right in with the NYT or Atlantic writers.

I think French is even more subversive than this, but I don't read about him as much as other people here.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (cf/0E)

135 I thought SI closed?

Posted by: Inogame at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (53oGX)

136 This version of Dr. Who makes one year for the toxic masculinity of the rough and rowdy Eurovision competition.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (LaNzR)

137 I was bummed he left after one season. Apparently, that is due to Davies (at least, by rumor).

Confirmed by him a few months ago, you can find him saying it live( I don't think he mentions names but clearly means Davies)

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (FQmDC)

138 I've never seen a minute of Dr. Who. Closest I've ever gotten is ads on PlutoTV and Abed's Inspector Spacetime.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (hZc6Q)

139 133 the ET ride is at Hollywood studios? or is it at the traditional Universal?

that is a CLASSIC. Steven won't let them close it or change it! I hope he lives forever
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (s3qiR)

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Yeah, that's Universal. The area right next to it is getting a Dreamworks makeover.

That ride is getting derelict. It's more than 30 years old, but it still functions. That and Cat in the Hat are just...waiting to be dismantled.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 15, 2024 05:01 PM (GBKbO)

140 o of course one of the main characters featured is a black samurai

There was actually one famous black Samurai historically - the Portuguese brought him to Japan.

But...every piece of historical fiction set in Japan wants to use this guy now as a character.

Props to the Guilty Gear came series though as they seemed to be the first and before mass media decided to make everyone black; https://guiltygear.fandom.com/wiki/Nagoriyuki

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 05:02 PM (ibTVg)

141 launched to "ensure (our content) accurately represents our global audiences" -- had indicated the Tinker Bell character was "potentially problematic."

Odd conjunction there. If'n I didn't know better, it reads like they are worried Tink would get the wrong kind of attention from the 'global audience.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 15, 2024 05:02 PM (IG4Id)

142 That ride is getting derelict. It's more than 30 years old, but it still functions. That and Cat in the Hat are just...waiting to be dismantled.

no no the ET ride has aged like a fine wine

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 05:02 PM (s3qiR)

143 " I thought SI closed?"

Yeah, me too.

And why tf is Japan going woke?

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:02 PM (fV+MH)

144 went to Disneyland when I was 13. I was unimpressed. The whole thing is based of fakery

i've never been there but I like the idea of fakery. I like reading about how they construct barriers so you can never see outside the "land" you're in, and build forced-perspective fascades to make castles look much bigger than they really are.

but I would never go.

I'd go to Potter World first and I don't even like harry potter. It just seems to have good fakery.

Posted by: ace at May 15, 2024 04:53 PM

We went to Tokoy disneyland back in 87 when we were stationed in Japan. Our son, then 8 loved it. If you want to see something hyper commercialized, I would recommend a visit there. The gift shops outnumbered the guests.

One good thing about being in that park was being 6 foot tall I was the tallest person there. Had no trouble dealing with the crowds because I could see over everyone's head.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 15, 2024 05:02 PM (QNSds)

145 The only snobs worse than metric football fans are Dr. Who fans.

It should be illegal to view either.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 15, 2024 05:03 PM (C0y2Q)

146 Tinker Bell character to be both "body conscious" and "jealous of Peter Pan's attention."

Um, she's not fucking HUMAN. She's a fairy. She is also about eight inches tall, and shoots sparkles out her ass.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 05:03 PM (nLFEI)

147 I just want Disney to bring back Mr. Toad's Wild Ride and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

The latter was magic when I was 5. Plastic fish on a line in a pool: what a concept!

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 05:03 PM (CsUN+)

148 Sexless and mooselike is what the kids are all going for these days.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 15, 2024 04:55 PM (vtRd1)

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Trigglypuff at May 15, 2024 05:03 PM (PiwSw)

149 Here's the problem at Disney - I'd guess 30% of the men working there are gay, and always have been. Now they are running the show.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 05:04 PM (nLFEI)

150 So there was the ONE black samurai this one time as opposed to the millions of Japanese and that gives them license to make black samurai characters forever. Just like every WW2 movie has to have a female Russian sniper

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:04 PM (FQmDC)

151 I went to DW when I was 11-12 years old. Bored out of my mind. My sister liked it though itbwas definitely a girl thing.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 05:04 PM (Y6Wgg)

152 Took the kids to Disney World a few times. I will never, ever go back. Ever.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp
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My 3 kids are in High School and the schools these days feel like your kid MUST take some expensive trip at least once a year if they are in an active like band, orchestra, theatre, choir, etc. They claim it is an "educational/enriching" trip.
It's expensive, that is what it is. The worse part is it's always to some leftist h*ll hole or attraction. Disney, NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, etc.
They even plan international trips like to China, Ireland, etc. Lots of families will join in. I have no idea how people can spent thousand, even tens of thousands going with their kids. The teachers get to travel "free" since their costs are covered by spreading it out and adding it to the kids share.

Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (vkars)

153 86 There has only ever been one reason to watch Dr Who: https://tinyurl.com/384y2mfw

Bonus points for anyone that can guess what this link goes to before clicking
Posted by: 18-1

Damn, I guessed the other girl! The blonde...didn't watch the show, but always saw her pictured: https://tinyurl.com/yzsk5wbv

There was also a villain I saw in a clip that was actually kind of interesting...like a stretched out face on a rack that people had to keep spraying to keep moist? Just catching a glimpse of the show, it was like Star Trek on LSD.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (JCZqz)

154 Disney is fucked. Disneyland is an engineering marvel. Show some fucking respect.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (Z8Yh2)

155 Just like every WW2 movie has to have a female Russian sniper

Da Comrade!

Posted by: Natasha Volkova at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (ibTVg)

156 I read Clavell's book Shogun (and others like Tai-pan and King Rat). I own the original series. I don't have much desire to see the remake.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (pohLc)

157 Um, she's not fucking HUMAN. She's a fairy. She is also about eight inches tall, and shoots sparkles out her ass.

A lot of people would pay big money to see that.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (CsUN+)

158 I really liked Eccleston's Doctor, too. He was unsettling and spooky and did an extremely good job in my opinion. I was bummed he left after one season. Apparently, that is due to Davies (at least, by rumor).
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 15, 2024 05:00 PM (d04cU)
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I believe it's been confirmed by Eccleston recently that yes, there were a lot of on-set shenanigans that turned him off of continuing to play The Doctor. I liked him, too. He could be quite intense when he needed to be.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (7fElN)

159
The SI cover has a bunch of women in slinky gowns and suits. What's the sport? Speed Dieting? Mental Gymnastics?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at May 15, 2024 05:06 PM (EigCk)

160 Ace at 74 - I'd go to Potter World first and I don't even like harry potter. It just seems to have good fakery.

The Potter World at Universal Studios in CA was relentless in their fakery. I worked on the security system for it with the Universal Operations team and was there a lot before it opened. Potter is a Warner Bros property and they controlled all of the creative aspects of the ride at Universal. They complained endlessly about how this, or that, camera needed more rocky camo so it didn't ruin the aesthetic.

Of course, Hogwarts being an idyllic castle with a Scotland atmosphere, I guess the 105 degree temps in the summer didn't spoil the feeling you were supposed to get with all of the "snow" on rooftops. To each their own...

Posted by: Croaker at May 15, 2024 05:06 PM (1SSgh)

161 Metric football. Nice one.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 05:06 PM (Y6Wgg)

162 Don’t hate me, but I never saw the Harry Potter movies or read the books. My kids did, but not me. My last company I worked for rented out the Wizarding World and it was a blast. Granted there weren’t huge lines because we had the whole thing, but the rides were fun, the roller coasters were fun, the train imagery, the scene changes in the windows you would miss if you weren’t looking were a lot of fun.

Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2024 05:06 PM (pZEOD)

163 In the late 90's I was on the crew that opened the Animal Kingdom in the land stolen by the mouse in FL...
They were pretty ghey back then as well.. but not ghey towards the guests.
They also took the illusions in the park VERY seriously. It was beaten into everyone's head to never ruin the fantasy for a guest, ever. All guests but especially the kids.

Now I assume it's just pass the kids a dildo and tell them santa is dead...

Posted by: Inogame at May 15, 2024 05:07 PM (53oGX)

164 Another WW2 movie coming out about that black tank destroyer outfit. Blacks who served in combat in WW2 are a tiny percentage . Every movie has to include them or the Tuskegee airmen( 1 fighter group among hundreds)

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:07 PM (FQmDC)

165 "Just like every WW2 movie has to have a female Russian sniper"

Hey.

Rachel Weisz is muh hotty.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:07 PM (fV+MH)

166 There was also a villain I saw in a clip that was actually kind of interesting...like a stretched out face on a rack that people had to keep spraying to keep moist? Just catching a glimpse of the show, it was like Star Trek on LSD.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 15, 2024 05:05 PM (JCZqz)
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That would be Cassandra, "the last human." She was pretty entertaining. Always has a sharp quip or retort for the Doctor or Rose. "Oh, Lord, I'm a walking doodle!" (it makes sense in context)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 05:07 PM (7fElN)

167 Reportedly they're cutting the Tinkerbell character out of meet-and-greets, because Tinkerbell is a "problematic character" and a bad role model for girls.

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BREAKING: DIEsney Hires Lizzo to 50-Year Deal as New Face & Body of Tinkerbell. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Blood-Bath-and-Beyond angel investor at May 15, 2024 05:08 PM (6PR7d)

168 We'd like to thank Trump for adding legitimacy to our network!

See you at the "debate"!

Posted by: CNN at May 15, 2024 05:08 PM (BY8dN)

169 Rachel Weisz is muh hotty.

She was also the perfect female counterpart in an action movie in The Mummy

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 05:08 PM (ibTVg)

170 New Assassins Creed trailer for the new installment just dropped. It's set in Japan...

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I work in games. I won't buy another Ubisoft game ever again. Ubisoft Montreal is essentially Raccoon City for the woke T-virus and Quebec isn't far behind. They're great at seeding talentless activists into the gaming biz.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 15, 2024 05:08 PM (hCzfy)

171 Posted by: 18-1

I guessed the first Romana. Watched the show for her in the early 80s.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson DeSantis/Lake 2024 at May 15, 2024 05:08 PM (wGerL)

172 We've fallen a long way from Kathy Ireland, Elle McPherson, and Rachel Hunter.

Posted by: Turn 2 at May 15, 2024 05:09 PM (JfxgE)

173 Now it's all Rick Whoever's Europe and cooking shows.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (J2vNu)

Rick Steve. He's annoying.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 15, 2024 05:09 PM (CFoZl)

174 "Don’t hate me, but I never saw the Harry Potter movies or read the books."

We don't hate you. It's ok.

Probably very few people here have done either.

We're just talkin bout Hollywood if that's ok.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:09 PM (fV+MH)

175 It would take twerking at a factor of 27.7 bow to defeat an alien.

A bow is a 5 pound bag of walnuts. The ability to crack walnuts is the measure of the power of twerking.

Posted by: Minuteman at May 15, 2024 05:09 PM (LaNzR)

176 Ubisoft Montreal is essentially Raccoon City for the woke T-virus and Quebec isn't far behind. They're great at seeding talentless activists into the gaming biz.

Are they the ones that bought The Sims and made it gay?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 15, 2024 05:09 PM (ibTVg)

177 They managed to get the Tuskegee airmen into Masters of the Air( in fact Ncuti Gatwa played one) and that show was about 8th AF

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (FQmDC)

178 I don't get the Disney or Potter adult fandoms.

I'm into my own childish shit, I guess. So I tend not to throw stones. But I don't get what adults find compelling in those two in particular.

Posted by: Furry-Adjacent Nonsense at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (8SCtT)

179 The SI cover has a bunch of women in slinky gowns and suits. What's the sport?

Tucking?
Those are probably guys.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (SVQQi)

180 174 "Don’t hate me, but I never saw the Harry Potter movies or read the books."

We don't hate you. It's ok.

Probably very few people here have done either.

We're just talkin bout Hollywood if that's ok.
Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:09 PM (fV+MH)

I have but only because of my kids.

Posted by: Inogame at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (53oGX)

181 "Just like every WW2 movie has to have a female Russian sniper"

Hey.
Rachel Weisz is muh hotty.
Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:07 PM (fV+MH)
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I saw nothing woke about her role in Enemy at the Gates. A really well-made film.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (hZc6Q)

182 "Rachel Hunter."

BTW Stacey's mom has still got it going on.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (fV+MH)

183 Tinkerbell gets the Iger Sanction.

Posted by: jan sobieski at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (sMAXi)

184 >>>I have no idea how people can spent thousand, even tens of thousands going with their kids. The teachers get to travel "free" since their costs are covered by spreading it out and adding it to the kids share.
Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice)

We go to the Outer Banks for two weeks a year. That's pretty much it, since NJ shores are so ridiculously expensive.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (d2bW3)

185
Tinkerbell, unfortunately, has become a problematic image for our guests; specifically, young girls.

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Passive tense. Happened on its own. Like bread becoming moldy. Like a white or asian female becoming pushed in front of a subway train.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (kf4RM)

186 Ubisoft is indeed awful. Sweet Baby inc is also based in Quebec.

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (FQmDC)

187 Faggotry. Faggotry as far as the eye can see.

Posted by: Buzz Light in the Loafers Year at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (LaNzR)

188 Another WW2 movie coming out about that black tank destroyer outfit. Blacks who served in combat in WW2 are a tiny percentage . Every movie has to include them or the Tuskegee airmen( 1 fighter group among hundreds)

Pffffft.

Posted by: Dorie Miller at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (CsUN+)

189 But I don't get what adults find compelling in those two in particular.
Posted by: Furry-Adjacent Nonsense at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (8SCtT)

The kids in the parks.

Posted by: Montec at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (Y6Wgg)

190 160 Of course, Hogwarts being an idyllic castle with a Scotland atmosphere, I guess the 105 degree temps in the summer didn't spoil the feeling you were supposed to get with all of the "snow" on rooftops. To each their own...
Posted by: Croaker at

They made it snow in Florida and pump fog in. Or did the night we had it.

Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (pZEOD)

191 Biden Campaign Officially Turns Down Presidential Debates Commission

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So now we know the rest of the story.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 15, 2024 05:11 PM (2fIO4)

192 I worked on a certain pixar big wigs home in Ca. Disney guys on site. They casted real molds and fungus for the tree details. They bought an old barn and skinned a modern structure with it. Money appeared to be no object. Also no photos allowed.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:12 PM (Z8Yh2)

193 We’ve all looked like mooks sitting on old threads saying shit to the clouds.

Posted by: Seems legit at May 15, 2024 05:12 PM (LNEQ2)

194 Soccer is full of Mike Lupica/ Bob Costas fans. The mute button is vital when watching sports

Posted by: Jamaica at May 15, 2024 05:12 PM (IG7T0)

195 Back in the '80s, the Tom Baker era, it ran on the local PBS outlet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (J2vNu)
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The 4th Doctor, played by Tom Baker, lasted seven seasons, from 1974 to 1981. Doctor Who by this time had become a perennial on many American public television channels, so you might have been watching this era of the show after it had ended.

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at May 15, 2024 05:12 PM (HVBLt)

196 >>>I saw nothing woke about her role in Enemy at the Gates. A really well-made film.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Agreed. Great film, IMO.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 15, 2024 05:13 PM (d2bW3)

197 The Dream Team:

https://tinyurl.com/2jn3352p

Posted by: Turn 2 at May 15, 2024 05:13 PM (JfxgE)

198 Students of history will understand the clinics and literature first targeted in Germany.

I'm not saying I approve, but I am saying I can understand.

Posted by: Malcolm Tent at May 15, 2024 05:13 PM (Y+9UH)

199 It is season 1 of Nurse What. The Doctor Who brand is off in the corner with Star Wars and Star Trek wondering WFT happened to us.

IIRC the old swimsuit issue used to come out after the NBA playoffs and right before spring training. When did they move it to May?

Posted by: Just wonderin' at May 15, 2024 05:13 PM (ec/mj)

200 Good Dr Who...had no sexual identity. He was an alien from another world and old as dirt. The great part of who was he was simply there - an eccentric genius. He was Merlin the magician.

Fucking Dr. Who classically didn't even have a girlfriend. Hell, he didn't even kiss a woman until 1996.

Giving him an overt sexual identity, making him dance around in a skirt...ruins him.

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 05:13 PM (nLFEI)

201

Peri Brown in a bikini

https://tinyurl.com/3te6b453

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 15, 2024 05:13 PM (63Dwl)

202 Gayle King gets my motor running!

Posted by: Cory Booker at May 15, 2024 05:14 PM (PiwSw)

203 I didn't say it was woke.

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:14 PM (FQmDC)

204 And being made by a Frenchman ofc Jude Law got in some slap and tickle with her....

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (FQmDC)

205 "This year's issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition is the 60th, and the magazine is celebrating by not featuring gorgeous women in skimpy swimsuits.

In fact, the magazine's cover features a photo of women in evening gowns--at least, mostly women. These days you can never tell who will show up in the magazine pretending to be female."

The SI art department probably spent so much PhotoShop time erasing wrinkles and age spots and other 'features' it would have been faster and cheaper to simply create AI images of the subjects.

Hmmm...you don't think...nah, no way, right?

Posted by: Gref at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (5fDan)

206 Are they the ones that bought The Sims and made it gay?

Posted by: 18-1

Nah, the Sims are EA. Big corporate gay, which is somehow different than the aggressively woke Ubisoft.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (hCzfy)

207 Dr Who should be uninterested in women like Sherlock Holmes

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (FQmDC)

208 I don't get the Disney or Potter adult fandoms.

I'm into my own childish shit, I guess. So I tend not to throw stones. But I don't get what adults find compelling in those two in particular.

I would love to read more books. My problem is they're all so damn grim. So many adult books are woke as hell, set in a world of shit, full of psychotic imagery, prominently force weird sex ideation on you, etc. Most of them don't seem to know how to write people either. Most people in modern books are cookie cutter archetypes. If the author really wants to "spice up" a character, they just give them a tragic backstory.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (Odg76)

209 68 I posted last night that I watch classis 'Doctor Who' on Pluto TV. The very first Doctor, William Hartnell and his companions Ian, Vicky and Barbara.

The Daleks built a time machine and were given orders to chase the Tardis throughout eternity until it was destroyed. Fun episodes. Exciting. Pretty good effects for 60 years ago.

I was excited. It was like watching Star Trek the first time when you were a kid.
Posted by: Stateless

The Roku Channel has 'The Classic Doctor Who Channel'. I watch it frequently.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (sAmhv)

210 I enjoyed the Harry Potter Books and even the cheesy movies. I haven't been to the theme park since My kids travel for school so I can't afford to myself.🙄

Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:16 PM (vkars)

211 You didn't say it wasn't woke!

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:16 PM (fV+MH)

212 I have mentioned this several times, but I am infinitely thankful that my wife and kids had absolutely no interest in going to any of those theme-parks. (Add in the fact that we were poors for many years. Road trips and camping. Cheap and fun)

Would have been hell on earth for me. I hate lines, and dislike most people.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at May 15, 2024 05:16 PM (hZc6Q)

213 The closest I have gotten to Dr. Who is I had a hunter named Tardis.

Posted by: Piper at May 15, 2024 05:16 PM (pZEOD)

214 Back in the '80s, the Tom Baker era, it ran on the local PBS outlet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 04:57 PM (J2vNu)
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The 4th Doctor, played by Tom Baker, lasted seven seasons, from 1974 to 1981. Doctor Who by this time had become a perennial on many American public television channels, so you might have been watching this era of the show after it had ended.
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at May 15, 2024

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Probably so; I recall it running here sometime after '81.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:16 PM (J2vNu)

215 I would love to read more books. My problem is they're all so damn grim. So many adult books are woke as hell, set in a world of shit, full of psychotic imagery, prominently force weird sex ideation on you, etc. Most of them don't seem to know how to write people either. Most people in modern books are cookie cutter archetypes. If the author really wants to "spice up" a character, they just give them a tragic backstory.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 05:15 PM (Odg76)
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Fortunately, there are many, many books written before the Woke Era to enjoy...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 15, 2024 05:17 PM (7fElN)

216 Aren’t there a shit ton of women’s magazines that can feature women and do.

Why does sports illustrated need to feature fat, trans, non sporty people?

Posted by: Seems legit at May 15, 2024 05:18 PM (LNEQ2)

217 > And being made by a Frenchman ofc Jude Law got in some slap and tickle with her....

Heh. My dad used to use that phrase, "slap and tickle." I have never heard/read anyone else use it until just now.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 05:18 PM (Odg76)

218 1963-1981 -RIP.

Posted by: Dr Who at May 15, 2024 05:18 PM (nvKZ7)

219 I have actually pulled a real Griswold. Went to Magic Mountain off season that turned out to be no season.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:18 PM (Z8Yh2)

220 178 I don't get the Disney or Potter adult fandoms.

I'm into my own childish shit, I guess. So I tend not to throw stones. But I don't get what adults find compelling in those two in particular.
Posted by: Furry-Adjacent Nonsense at May 15, 2024 05:10 PM (8SCtT)
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Every. Single. Disney Adult I've ever met is a deeply weird person with a strange family. Strange as in "showering with their kids at an inappropriate age" strange.

Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2024 05:18 PM (oqH4h)

221 112 Russell T. Davies is the guy who has, for years, bragged that he started inserted gay stuff into Doctor Who when he first took over for the revival almost 20 years ago.

So the opening credits that look like a vaginal probe really isn't a vagina. Ughhh

Posted by: Stateless at May 15, 2024 05:19 PM (jvJvP)

222 Also there was no moose out front to tell me it was closed.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:19 PM (Z8Yh2)

223 I like my archaic phrases....

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:19 PM (FQmDC)

224

No, you see, there is no concerted plan at all.

Of course not. That is a conspiracy.

It's just that when I watched it as a kid on PBS it had no overt sexuality.

Why is it always sex. Didn't a certain European group figure out how to use sex as a weapon?

Simply disturbing.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at May 15, 2024 05:20 PM (et1vG)

225 I saw a picture of Gayle King in her swimsuit. Their filter bullshit department worked overtime on that photo.

Posted by: Cheri at May 15, 2024 05:20 PM (oiNtH)

226 > Dr Who should be uninterested in women like Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is definitely not a woman.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 05:20 PM (Odg76)

227 True

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:21 PM (FQmDC)

228 I confess to never having seen Dr. Who. Now Benny Hill? Yep.

Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2024 05:21 PM (NxC5+)

229 Every. Single. Disney Adult I've ever met is a deeply weird person with a strange family. Strange as in "showering with their kids at an inappropriate age" strange.
Posted by: ballistic

Ahhhh. Biden strange.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 15, 2024 05:21 PM (SVQQi)

230 I'm rewatching Eccleston now. He was great. And Billie Piper was cute, but she was pretty thick.

Speaking of which, I've seen enough 'Jerry Springer' and Maury to know that if a black guy is picking up a white girl, she should be at least 250 pounds. And the Tardis is bigger on the inside.

Why does such an inclusive show hate fat people so much?

Posted by: Stateless at May 15, 2024 05:21 PM (jvJvP)

231 > Fortunately, there are many, many books written before the Woke Era to enjoy...

And many of them suffer the same problems, sans woke.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 05:21 PM (Odg76)

232 Out of curiosity, I flipped on this new shit show on Disney. Yep, a black Doctor Who is wearing a skirt, do to be honest it does look like a kilt, and is dancing with his boyfriends. It's gay as fuck because it's gay as fuck. It's Eurovision gay as fuck.

What time do the NHL games start today?

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 15, 2024 05:22 PM (k13a0)

233 I have actually pulled a real Griswold. Went to Magic Mountain off season that turned out to be no season.

Posted by: Disgusted

For the best. There was a time you'd get jumped in the parking lot in a gang initiation. Now you'd just waste a day and your money before going home sad and exhausted.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 15, 2024 05:22 PM (hCzfy)

234 I hope Trump in not seriously going to debate on CNN and ABC. Too bad he can't just stand there quietly and just let joe be joe....

Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:22 PM (vkars)

235 Also there was no moose out front to tell me it was closed.
Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:19 PM (Z8Yh2)

I chortled.

I got better.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at May 15, 2024 05:22 PM (hZc6Q)

236 228 I confess to never having seen Dr. Who. Now Benny Hill? Yep.
Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2024 05:21 PM (NxC5+)

I've never seen one episode either...I just know the concept...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 15, 2024 05:23 PM (exHjb)

237 Disney turned into a weird form of Orwell's junior anti-sex league. In fairness, Orwell probably couldn't conceive of this kind of perversion with respect to children in his ghastly prophecy.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 15, 2024 05:23 PM (uqiSH)

238 Whom would marry that piece of used skank ??????
Posted by: Franklin Stein

Another porn movie actor. Skanker and Skanette.

Posted by: Cheri at May 15, 2024 05:23 PM (oiNtH)

239 I only watched one full season of Dr Who. One with Billie Piper. It was fun, but I didn't feel the need to watch any more. I've seen some of the more famous episodes like the weeping angels.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 15, 2024 05:23 PM (Odg76)

240 1963-1981 -RIP.
Posted by: Dr Who at May 15, 2024 05:18 PM (nvKZ7)
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Doctor Who ran for 26 seasons, from 1963 to 1989, though I suppose some of the 4th Doctor's fans never got over Tom Baker departing in 1981, after seven seasons.

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at May 15, 2024 05:23 PM (gqK9g)

241 I've never seen anything ever.

I've got you all beat.

I'm the never heard of it world champion!

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:24 PM (fV+MH)

242 Doctor Who ran for 26 seasons, from 1963 to 1989, though I suppose some of the 4th Doctor's fans never got over Tom Baker departing in 1981, after seven seasons.
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at May 15, 2024

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I thought it continued after 1989. I mean, before the current woke iteration.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:25 PM (J2vNu)

243 At 6 minutes into this new Doctor Who a bunch of girls jump into what must be a taxi cab and we get our first tranny. Is this thing a parody of wokeness or peak wokeness? I don't think it really matters, but wow this is some new level of epic horseshit.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 15, 2024 05:25 PM (k13a0)

244 242 Modern Who re started in the late 90's

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:26 PM (FQmDC)

245 Honestly, if you want to watch a decent tv series - 24 in 24 on Food Network just finished, and while they complained about being tired a lot, it was about as non-woke a tv show as you can get. Talent won out in the end...and there was really no time for lots of "backstory" except for "why I'm here" b/c it was all filmed in one day...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 15, 2024 05:26 PM (exHjb)

246 There was also the one American made for TV Dr Who with Eric Roberts as the Master. Never saw that one but apparently that Dr is canon.

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:27 PM (FQmDC)

247 I just looked at the pics of Gayle King in her swimsuit in the SI issue.

I CANNOT believe it. Her face looks like one side has palsy.

FFS Why don't we pick just any 10 women off the street, have a make-up artist, a Photoshop pro, a hairstylist, and the most flattering clothes possible?

Seriously, other than being Oprah's friend why do we know her name?

Plus she's a stupid lefty bitch.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2024 05:27 PM (JeYYB)

248 And this latest term, that such-and-such a product just "dropped." Which makes me think of "droppings." In my experience, "droppings" means only one thing, and it ain't good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:27 PM (J2vNu)

249
Then: Republicans want to get into our bedroom and see all the stuff we do!

Now: You MUST get into our bedroom and see all the stuff we do!

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 05:27 PM (lX8VI)

250 did someone die today? The flags were at half staff at my neighborhood entrance.

Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:28 PM (vkars)

251 Here's an idea for a multi-verse episode. Dr. Whozinmyrectum goes to a planet where faggotry is not allowed and he goes to an alternate universe where on that same planet normality is not allowed and he is feted.

He then visits other planets over the course of a hundred years before returning to the universe with the planet where normality was enforced. The planet flourishes but is still stuck in its bigoted ways as faggotry is still proscribed. He then goes to alternate universe planet that is lifeless, it's surface littered with bones, dildos and butt plugs.

Posted by: Buzz Light in the Loafers Year at May 15, 2024 05:28 PM (LaNzR)

252 The demographic has shifted so kids can't support the Disney behemoth. So Disney turns once more to Boomer nostalgia and the cruises. I for see lots of all you can eat buffets, cornball revivals and not much homo activism in Disney's future.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 15, 2024 05:28 PM (wBaIH)

253 247 I just looked at the pics of Gayle King in her swimsuit in the SI issue.

I CANNOT believe it. Her face looks like one side has palsy.

FFS Why don't we pick just any 10 women off the street, have a make-up artist, a Photoshop pro, a hairstylist, and the most flattering clothes possible?...

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2024 05:27 PM (JeYYB)

Because that issue might become a bestseller of all time...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 15, 2024 05:28 PM (exHjb)

254 At 8 minutes in we get our first white, pparently straight male character. His role is to be an incompetent white male disguised as a police officer..

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 15, 2024 05:29 PM (k13a0)

255 The last series I watched and enjoyed was The Chosen. Season 4 awaits.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024 05:29 PM (pohLc)

256 My pronouns are He He.

Posted by: Michael Jackson at May 15, 2024 05:29 PM (LaNzR)

257 And Billie Piper was cute, but she was pretty thick.

I was stationed in the UK in the early 90s. She looks like a normal, very cute, English gal. I'm not sure what classifies as 'thick'. I thought she looked fine.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 15, 2024 05:29 PM (sAmhv)

258 Some of you Cathlicers may know a guy named Jimmy Akin. He's a very smart apologist. He has a podcast that talks about Dr. Who episodes. I'm looking forward to what he has to say about the new shitshow.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2024 05:30 PM (JeYYB)

259 OTOH, there's still Russian culture...

https://tinyurl.com/9zyhv3h6

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 15, 2024 05:30 PM (uxCna)

260 Trudeau put the maple leaf at half mast a while back because reasons. Some retarded political shit.

Wouldn't be surprised if the fuckwits here start doing the same.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:30 PM (fV+MH)

261 she has big teeth

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 05:30 PM (/7KEl)

262 I like off season. Best trip ever was a Magic Mountain, universal, knotts berry farm extravaganza.

I rode three big coasters at MM. I had to take a breather. With no lines I pulled too many G's too fast. 10 minutes on the lawn I was good to go.

Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (Z8Yh2)

263 OT: I'm at the office. Under orders, I changed my work email password. But it wants to send me a code via text . . . and I left my phone in the car six blocks away. It'll have to wait until I check my work email from home tomorrow. In the meantime, I don't have to leave for the big dinner event for about half an hour. Whee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (J2vNu)

264 -- the important thing is "doing the right thing."
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Would it shock you to find out this is a lie.

And didn't the Left once go on and on about all the holier than tho moralizers constantly going on about supposed right and wrong? Yep, do believe they did.

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (lX8VI)

265 The last series I watched and enjoyed was The Chosen. Season 4 awaits.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024 05:29 PM (pohLc)
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Do we know how it's going to turn out?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (Be/+i)

266 260 Probably for Hamas...

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (FQmDC)

267 Catholic-ers

A made-up word spelled incorrectly isn't helpful.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2024 05:32 PM (JeYYB)

268 The last series I watched and enjoyed was The Chosen. Season 4 awaits.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024

***
In my case it was Grimm, and I still haven't seen all the episodes. There are big gaps in the storyline for me.

Oh, and I liked Dead Like Me. That was fun, with some dry pointed humor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:32 PM (J2vNu)

269 Get ready for a raft of remakes. Cinderfella. Fruity and the Beast. A Buggerer's Life. A Kid In King Arthur's Love Dungeon. George of the Bunghole. The Munchsack of Notre Dame.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (0FoWg)

270 Pardon me, got here late and working through the comments.

Question.. I thought I read a month or so ago that SI laid off/fired all their staff due to low revenues and that the ownership enitity was not tossing ion any more cash.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (w3u3d)

271 I rode three big coasters at MM. I had to take a breather. With no lines I pulled too many G's too fast. 10 minutes on the lawn I was good to go.
Posted by: Disgusted at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (Z8Yh2)
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I rode Colossus three times hand-running. Wound up with a ringing headache.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (Be/+i)

272 Think back. When did the Left officially make the modern switch to unreligious preening moralizers? They were unrepentant scumbags for almost my entire life, then one day they were suddenly the sole arbiters of morality. Was it Obama?

"It's the right thing to do"
"It's the right thing to do"
"It's... the right thing to do."

Posted by: ... at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (lX8VI)

273 The U.S. stock market had a great day today...S&P500 is up 1.17%

Disney is down 2.45%

Their recent run-up is going...poof!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (d9fT1)

274 Local news wasted two minutes with a story about some dickhead chef feeling honored to make a meal for that fucking poodle that won the dog show last night.

I now hate that ugly ass canine with the heat of forty-eight suns.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 15, 2024 05:34 PM (Wkvob)

275 Billie Piper was a smokeshow.

Posted by: ballistic at May 15, 2024 05:34 PM (oqH4h)

276 Another dispatch from the new Doctor Who. At 12 minutes in it is apparent that 50% of the population of England is black.

Posted by: Lost in Space at May 15, 2024 05:34 PM (k13a0)

277 "260 Probably for Hamas..."

A non zero probability.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:34 PM (fV+MH)

278 Do we know how it's going to turn out?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight at May 15, 2024 05:31 PM (Be/+i)

You won't really know until you are standing before the white throne.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at May 15, 2024 05:35 PM (pohLc)

279 274 Local news wasted two minutes with a story about some dickhead chef feeling honored to make a meal for that fucking poodle that won the dog show last night.

I now hate that ugly ass canine with the heat of forty-eight suns.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 15, 2024 05:34 PM (Wkvob)

I can take care of that for you

Posted by: Christie Noem at May 15, 2024 05:35 PM (Akjoo)

280 Yeah, DIS dropped to about 105 after their deceptive earnings call.

I see it dropped two points to around 103.

Their low was in the 80s last year, I think.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (Wkvob)

281 I saw a pic of the winning dog- one of those fancy over-manicured poodles

it looks ridiculous

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (/7KEl)

282 "I now hate that ugly ass canine with the heat of forty-eight suns. "

That's not very many pieces of flair.

Posted by: eleven at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (fV+MH)

283 I assume the flags are at half-staff because Roger Corman passed

Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (s3qiR)

284 Noodus congressio

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (J2vNu)

285 One thing about "body image" shit that has hit me. When they first started, they at least picked girls who were pretty, if fat. But then they switched to ugly fat girls.

Now it's ugly fat men whom we have to call "girls".

It's all going to hell.

Posted by: Eeyore at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (1bNHn)

286 Don't be a mook

Posted by: steevy at May 15, 2024 05:36 PM (FQmDC)

287 The Munchsack of Notre Dame.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (0FoWg)

Hairy Pooter and the Prisoner of Ass-Cabin,
Odor of the Penis,
Chamber of Secretions

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at May 15, 2024 05:37 PM (hZc6Q)

288 Many people go to Disney as adults (without kids) to relive some good memories. I don't feel strongly one way or the other.

But someone up the thread said everyone they know who is an adult Disney fan has a weird family.

Our old neighbors are in their 60's and are Disney fanatics and they are strange and so is their adult son who lives with them.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2024 05:37 PM (JeYYB)

289 At 12 minutes in it is apparent that 50% of the population of England is black.

Well, since Black people constructed England during the Middle Ages, that makes a lot of sense...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 15, 2024 05:37 PM (uxCna)

290 Doctor Who ran for 26 seasons, from 1963 to 1989, though I suppose some of the 4th Doctor's fans never got over Tom Baker departing in 1981, after seven seasons.
Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at May 15, 2024 05:23 PM (gqK9g)

Care for a Jelly-belly?

Posted by: Dr Who at May 15, 2024 05:37 PM (nvKZ7)

291 I can take care of that for you
Posted by: Christie Noem at May 15, 2024 05:35 PM (Akjoo)
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Free for dinner later?

Posted by: Barack Obama at May 15, 2024 05:37 PM (oqH4h)

292 FFS Why don't we pick just any 10 women off the street, have a make-up artist, a Photoshop pro, a hairstylist, and the most flattering clothes possible?

Seriously, other than being Oprah's friend why do we know her name?

Plus she's a stupid lefty bitch.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 15, 2024 05:27 PM (JeYYB)
I recall a residency for special needs people who did calendars each year as a fund raiser. One year the residents were photographed by professionals and the calendars were much sought after. Vintage cars and clothing were loaned and the the whole thing was just classy, including the models. Warms the heart to see happy people seated in a 1930s Packard.

Posted by: Eromero at May 15, 2024 05:38 PM (NxC5+)

293 Question.. I thought I read a month or so ago that SI laid off/fired all their staff due to low revenues and that the ownership enitity was not tossing ion any more cash.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 15, 2024 05:33 PM (w3u3d)

That seemed to be the case, but according to a March 18th article from CNN (take it for what it's worth), after searching for a new publisher, Authentic has found one in Minute Media, a sports-focused content company that is home to several other notable brands, such as The Players’ Tribune and FanSided. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 15, 2024 05:38 PM (/HDaX)

294 NOOD. not Z's.

Posted by: mikeski at May 15, 2024 05:38 PM (DgGvY)

295 My "new" shows for me are the 90s Aussie cop show Blue Heelers, and Canadian sitcom Corner Gas from about 12 years ago.

Getting tired of season 3 of Jack Ryan.
But I will probably watch the rest.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 15, 2024 05:39 PM (Wkvob)

296 Another dispatch from the new Doctor Who. At 12 minutes in it is apparent that 50% of the population of England is black.
Posted by: Lost in Space
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It's 50%+ mooslimb

Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:41 PM (vkars)

297 This is not the winning dog, but seriously, wtf is this?

https://tinyurl.com/mpsvckyd

Posted by: Don Black at May 15, 2024 05:41 PM (/7KEl)

298 I can take care of that for you
Posted by: Christie Noem at May 15, 2024 05:35 PM (Akjoo)

Dibs on leftovers!

Posted by: Barry O at May 15, 2024 05:43 PM (89Sog)

299 This is not the winning dog, but seriously, wtf is this?

https://tinyurl.com/mpsvckyd
Posted by: Don Black
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the winning toy breed... shit zoo

Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:44 PM (vkars)

300 Christie Noem- Chris Christie… I think I am off the Christie name for a while… wait.. Christie Brinkley..

Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2024 05:59 PM (fX06z)

301 Aaah… it is” Kristi” Noem… bad tubal, bad…

Posted by: tubal at May 15, 2024 06:01 PM (fX06z)

302 "234 I hope Trump in not seriously going to debate on CNN and ABC. Too bad he can't just stand there quietly and just let joe be joe....
Posted by: lin-duh (sharon's (willow's apprentice) apprentice) at May 15, 2024 05:22 PM (vkars)"

i hope that's the plan, it would be hilarious!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 15, 2024 06:13 PM (tQtDb)

303 Yes, Gayle King, whose only actual claim to fame is being Oprah Winfrey's best friend.

Otherwise, she'd still be doing local news in Hartford, CT for the CBS franchise, WFSB Channel 3.

Posted by: deadrody at May 15, 2024 07:14 PM (OR7uW)

304 Disney to BBC: We'll give you funding to make Dr. Who, but you have to make it good."

BBC: Okay, we will. (Hires black gay dance party Dr. Who.)

Posted by: El Mariachi Attorney at Law at May 15, 2024 08:21 PM (nLFEI)

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