Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?

Aaron Sorkin's January 6th obsessive film Social Reckoning -- raging at Mark Zuckerberg for censoring less -- expected to bomb.

Unexpectedly, it's expected to bomb.

Early reports showed the production recreating the riots that Democrats have effectively weaponized for more than five years. They obsess over the subject, eager to paint all Trump supporters with that garish brush.
Now, Jan. 6 has a movie all its own. An early report says "The Social Reckoning" weighs in on that ugly riot.
World of Reel shares a pointed reaction to the film and its subject matter:

January 6th eventually comes up, the entire film builds toward it. The film's arc leads naturally to the suggestion that January 6th was, in part, a product of Facebook itself.

Sorkin has literally said the same thing on the record regarding Facebook and Jan. 6.
The problem?
Who will actually see the movie? Box office projections have "The Social Reckoning" opening to a very soft $6-$10 million on its opening weekend. The competition won't be stiff.

Ana Navarro is urging the Disney Groomer Network to fight the FCC's investigation into its partisanship -- which would require it to devote equal time to the other side -- while urging viewers to vote Democrat.

ABC's The View co-host Ana Navarro urged viewers in a competitive Florida congressional district to vote and promoted the Democratic candidate challenging the Republican incumbent -- even as Disney-owned ABC is fighting to preserve the daytime program's status as a "bona fide" news interview program before the Federal Communications Commission.
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Navarro did not stop at encouraging viewers to participate in the election. She specifically discussed defeating Salazar and promoted her Democratic opponent.
"And we can actually knock this woman out," Navarro said. "There's a great guy running. His name is Elliott Rodriguez. Give him a look!"

Salazar is actually an open borders "Republican," but that gets her no grace from the partisan Navarro.

That simple comment could cause a major issue for The View, ABC, and the entire Disney company.
The remarks come at a particularly notable moment for ABC because the network is currently embroiled in a dispute with the FCC over The View's treatment under federal equal-opportunities rules.
In May, ABC and Disney-owned Houston station KTRK-TV formally petitioned the FCC to declare that The View qualifies as a "bona fide news interview program."
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ABC maintains that The View qualifies for the exemption and has argued that FCC scrutiny of the program threatens the network's First Amendment rights.
Navarro's remarks are now drawing renewed criticism of that position.
Daily Wire opinion editor Ben Domenech responded, "How is this not electioneering? She's literally telling them who to vote for."

Speaking of intense partisans at the Disney Groomer Network: Programming chief Dana Walden (a real lefty scrunt) seems to hint that Jimmy Kimmel is donezo.

Disney's Dana Walden on Jimmy Kimmel's Late Night Future: "It's Challenging"
The host is currently on a one-year contract for his ABC talk show.

Disney's president [was] asked about the future of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel signed a one-year contract extension in December 2025 to keep hosting the late night show through the 2026-27 season, and Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw asked Walden if the host would be sticking around.
"I'm not going to make that announcement here with you today," Walden said....

"The truth is, it's a very challenging daypart," Walden said Thursday at the Bloomberg event.

"Daypart" = "part of the broadcasting day." Late night doesn't bring in the numbers as it did 20 years ago.

"That's not to say that Jimmy is not doing a phenomenal job, and his ratings are up. But they're up relative to a smaller audience that's watching late night on broadcast television."
Kimmel and the show also have a big presence on YouTube and social media platforms, but those views and clicks bring in a fraction of the revenue that on-air advertising does. "That is not a lucrative opportunity for a very premium talk show," said Walden.
"We're trying to make sense of the business while also honoring a deep partnership," she continued. "I love Jimmy; we have great friendship. He's close to a number of the people at Disney. We're trying to work through it and make sense of, what does Jimmy want, what's the right thing to do, and what's the right thing for our business."

Doesn't this sound like an "it's not you, it's me"?

James Gunn's Supergirl is bombing even on HBO, where subscribers can view it for no extra charge.

According to Nielsen's Streaming Top 10 for September 7 through September 13, Supergirl generated just 304 million minutes viewed in the United States during its first four days on HBO Max.
That was enough to make Supergirl the No. 1 movie on HBO Max, but only the fifth most-watched streaming movie across the services measured by Nielsen.
Perhaps more significantly for Warner Bros. and DC Studios, Supergirl's initial streaming consumption appears to have fallen well below several recent DC movies that were themselves regarded as major box office disappointments.
That includes The Flash, Blue Beetle, Black Adam, and even Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Again? led the week with 908 million minutes, followed by The Whisper Man with 404 million and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu with 366 million.

James Gunn might soon be out. His Lanterns show takes a blowtorch to one of DC's most beloved heroes, Hal Jordan. This is probably because Hal Jordan is white and they want to replace him as the main Lantern with the black John Stewart.

And because Hal Jordan was identified specifically as a Republican in a DC event. So, you know --Racist.

So the show turns him into a murderer and loser.

Oh, and kills him. Or maybe he took the coward's way out and killed himself.

Sunday's episode confirmed the death of Hal Jordan, and Green Lantern fans let the DC Studios co-head hear about it.
Gunn spent Monday replying on Threads, telling one fan "sorry if you don't like it," and another that the DCU following their favorite comics continuity is "probably not going to happen."
The episode reveals that following the events of Episode 5, Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan went to prison for 10 years.
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One fan told Gunn to "at least respect the characters that made the comics popular."
"Killing Hal off right away after we have waited 15 years to see him on screen again was the worst thing you could have done," the fan wrote.
Gunn's answer, in full:
"Hal's the star of TV series & he's in all the episodes so far. It's more live action screen time than all the live action screen time he's had combined throughout history. Kyle is amazing in the role. We more than respect him. We love him, despite his imperfections."
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Gunn says they love Hal. It's exactly what Cosmic Book News has questioned all season: you don't treat these characters this way if you love them.
Hal Jordan waited 15 years to get back on screen. The DCU brought him back to send him to prison for a decade, confirm his death, and dig up his corpse for the ring.
That's not paying homage. It's a mockery of the source material, the creators behind it, and the fans who made these characters popular in the first place.
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Per Cosmic Book News' sources, Gunn is expected out when his contract expires next year.

Tom King, a leftwing depressive mope of a DC writer who has character assassinated every character he's been allowed to write, was one of the creators of the show. His specialty is deconstruction, so Gunn knew what he was getting when he hired King.

King is also finally done at DC, "insiders" say.

Tom King, who co-created Lanterns and helped Gunn build the DCU, just exited his Wonder Woman comic, and per CBN's insiders, he's done at DC.

A bad sign for Gunn is that his planned show, Dynamic Duo, about two of the Robins teaming up, has been "delayed."

Cancelled, I think that means, as Paramount prepares a clean sweep of the DCU's personnel. Gunn wisely got his Superman sequel into production in a hurry, to make sure he at least has a job until the movie's release -- as Kathleen Kennedy often did. But after that, he's gonzo.

By the way: the Lanterns writers have no imagination beyond today's Twitter Outrage. They say they based the Hal Jordan-John Stewart relationship -- an older white guy who won't give up his spot to the minority who wants to supplant him -- on the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris succession dynamic.

The increasingly contentious relationship between Hal Jordan and John Stewart in HBO's Lanterns was partially informed by a surprising real-world political event: the 2024 transition from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket.
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"What does it mean when you are the superhero and have been the superhero for decades and you've been holding on to this sort of legacy, and then all of a sudden this young guy comes around," Britt-Gibson said.
John's individual characteristics were also deliberately positioned as threatening to the veteran Green Lantern.
"Young and black," one panelist said.
"And handsome, and strong, and confident. It's threatening," came the response from Britt-Gibson. "And fearless, of course. That's threatening."
The writers then revealed that the extraordinary political events of 2024 became part of that creative conversation.
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The political upheaval was unfolding while the Lanterns writers were discussing similar themes involving Hal and John.
"Right as we were having the conversation, we had already started talking about it and breaking it, the Democratic National Convention was coming up," Baden Kelly explained. "That's when we were trying to figure out who is going to be the front runner here. Is it going to be Kamala or is it going to be Biden?"

Hey Kids! Comics!!

But they looooove Hal Jordan, right?

They're absolutely obsessed with "racism" -- and attacking white people every five seconds.

The writers of HBO's Lanterns changed John Stewart's backstory after Aaron Pierre was cast in the role, incorporating the actor's lighter complexion into a storyline in which John's appearance was considered "more palatable to White people."

In other words, the Guardians of the Universe, beings of near-infinite power and hundreds of thousands of years old, chose a light-skinned black man to be a Green Lantern so that he wouldn't provoke Muh Racism in white people.

Millennia-old space aliens who have had contact with 10,000 sentient alien species are all about the tiny distinctions in skin tones on Earth.

This seems more of a "You Thing" than a "Guardians of the Universe Thing."

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"John Stewart is supposed to be a dark-skinned Black man," Baden Kelly explained. "We are changing that canonically by having Aaron come in, and we need to change that in the writing. We need to find a way to make this make sense."
Rather than simply accepting Pierre's appearance as another difference between a comic book character and his live-action counterpart, the writers decided to incorporate his complexion directly into John's upbringing.
That decision ultimately became part of the explanation for why John was treated differently from his brothers.
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She then explained what the writers decided to add to John's story.
"That's when we baked in this idea that part of his being chosen is because they felt like his particular looks were more palatable to White people," Baden Kelly said. "And if that is who he was going to have to impress to get this job, he was probably the more likely of the three brothers to be able to do it."

We can turn Hal Jordan into a murdering loser, but we need a backstory involving space aliens sensitivity to "colorism" to explain why the TV version of John Stewart is one shade lighter than his comic book version.

I continue to not understand why David Ellison bought Warner Bros/Discovery. It's an ailing brand whose biggest IP is billions of dollars of debt.

Warner Bros. Discovery stumbled in the second quarter, demonstrating the hazard of depending heavily on blockbuster returns from its Burbank film studio.
Disappointing performances by "Supergirl" and "The Bride!" drove down quarterly theatrical revenue by 46%. The tepid showing illustrated how the Warner Bros. studio has fallen since last year when it was riding high at the box office with "Sinners" and "A Minecraft Movie."
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Overall, profit for Warner Bros. Discovery, which also is the parent of HBO, CNN, TLC and HGTV, plummeted 91% to $149 million, or 6 cents per share, compared to $1.6 billion in the second quarter of 2025 amid the film studio's blazing run.
The company also fell short of Wall Street expectations for revenue, which sank 11% to $8.7 billion, despite noteworthy gains in its HBO Max streaming business.

In fairness, the company did have a good 2025.

Jackass Bourgeois Revolutionary and Hamas supporter John Cusack's inner ugliness has marked his face, and major surgical interventions can't reverse it:

What has John Cusack done to his face?! Oh my fellow Gen Xers, let's not do this. Age gracefully, age disgracefully, whatever -- but don't do this Barry Manilow crap. #RealLloydDobler pic.twitter.com/bVNIwh88bE
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) September 30, 2026

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1 THE BLADE ENDS THE WEEK WITH A NICE FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

2 It's garbage.

Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage" at October 02, 2026 04:14 PM (MWfyi)

3 Who will actually see the movie? Box office projections have "The Social Reckoning" opening to a very soft $6-$10 million on its opening weekend. The competition won't be stiff.
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Professional critics who get paid to watch these movies.

During the Iraq war when W. was in the White House, several movies came out criticizing the war. No one watched them but critics who raved about them.

Same thing here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (FZ29D)

4 "it's a very challenging daypart"

Wth? That sounds like something my sundowning MIL would say when she couldn't think of the right word.

Posted by: Guy who always says at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (MWfyi)

5 John Cusack, elderly lesbian - who knew??

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar8)

6 hollywood turned to $hit when they destroyed star wars with all of the woke garbage.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 04:16 PM (I43vL)

7 Shit garbage.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 04:16 PM (jJdaW)

8 I'm so looking forward to actively never seeing "The Social Reckoning." Ever.

This is a lifelong commitment, as I will never see it ever. Not even for s&g.

That's how committed I am to never seeing this steaming pile of mutilated dumpster dick.

And I can be a glutton for punishment. I have the 4K disc of Poopergirl. I haven't had the stomach to watch it yet, but I will. Some day. Maybe.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

9 Green lantern?
Wasn't that with Brian Reynolds?

/

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (pfXMo)

10 3 Who will actually see the movie? Box office projections have "The Social Reckoning" opening to a very soft $6-$10 million on its opening weekend. The competition won't be stiff.
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Professional critics who get paid to watch these movies.

During the Iraq war when W. was in the White House, several movies came out criticizing the war. No one watched them but critics who raved about them.

Same thing here.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (FZ29D)

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But, this has the extra wrinkle of being a direct sequel to The Social Network which made $225 million off a budget of $40 million more than a decade ago.

Sure, David Fincher didn't come back (he went off and directed a Quentin Tarantino sequel instead), but still.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (42WUB)

11 What is the difference between shit and garbage? Yes; I know what it is in real life . I am not throwing my paper towels in the toilet or putting my poop
In the trash. I'm just not sure what it means in this context . Shit is deliberately screwing things up because of left wing slant ? , and garbage is just that they didn't even to try to make a compelling story, or what?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (JrHfD)

12 Hollywood died when it decided to be a pictorial Pravda/ Deutscher Beobachter mashup.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar8)

13 John Cusack must have the same plastic surgeon as Jim Rome.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 02, 2026 04:19 PM (rJ48h)

14
Aaron Sorkin, he of the saintly Democrats and subhuman Republicans. Always wrong, never in doubt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:20 PM (/4Apn)

15 12 Hollywood died when it decided to be a pictorial Pravda/ Deutscher Beobachter mashup.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar

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Hollywood's height was the 1930s when it was the only visual mass medium in town.

WWII brought it down, and then, shortly after, television came about, and Hollywood has been steadily losing ground ever since.

Once MGM sold its library to CBS to show on TV, Hollywood was just on the glidepath to being...smaller.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:20 PM (42WUB)

16 Hollywood chose sides. They chose poorly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 04:21 PM (RORbl)

17 During the Iraq war when W. was in the White House, several movies came out criticizing the war"

Yeah. Lions, lambs, whatever

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:21 PM (pfXMo)

18 15 12 Hollywood died when it decided to be a pictorial Pravda/ Deutscher Beobachter mashup.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar

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Hollywood's height was the 1930s when it was the only visual mass medium in town.

WWII brought it down, and then, shortly after, television came about, and Hollywood has been steadily losing ground ever since.

Once MGM sold its library to CBS to show on TV, Hollywood was just on the glidepath to being...smaller.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:20 PM (42WUB)

The best movies come from adaptations of the best literature. When done rightly.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar8)

19 Garbage shit.

Some shit may be useful... ask any farmer or avid gardener. That's Useful Shit.

Other shit is useless at best, toxic at worst. That's Garbage Shit.

Hollywood is Garbage Shit.

Posted by: weew at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (9TspW)

20 18 The best movies come from adaptations of the best literature. When done rightly.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar

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A lot of crap comes out that way, too.

I want the mediums to find more distance between them. Let good books be good books without needing them to become movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (42WUB)

21 Late Night used to be a thing when you didn't have a deluge of news about what stars are doing or what they think on the internet and it was a nice one stop shop.

Now you can't avoid that crap, and you don't want to see them or most of the time the movies either.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)

22 John Cusack, elderly lesbian - who knew??"

That skin is pulled so tight... can you imagine if it were exposed to sunlight?

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (pfXMo)

23
Hollywood is replete with sexual harassment, pedophilia, financial chicanery, ruthless exploitation and disposal of the weak and helpless, and monstrous levels of income equality. None of which the Left ever criticizes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (/4Apn)

24 >>> I'm just not sure what it means in this context

It's a joke.

There's a joke headline used by the media to exaggerate their real yellow journalism biases. They would say something like, "Eisenhower: Threat or Menace?" The joke is that this seems to be a question but your answer is forced. Either way you answer, you're saying he's a threat to America.

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (1wjle)

25 John Cusack looks terrible, like the bad guy who gets crashed into that vat of toxic waste at the end of Robocop, and I can't be happier.

This miserable cocksucker deserves every ounce -- hell, every milliliter -- of pain and ridicule and embarrassment and Satanic barbed cock up his ass.

Sure, his plastic surgery was botched. But I believe that miserable, bitter, angry, hateful people eventually wither and rot from their poisonous political and social ideology. The worms squirming in their brains eventually infect the rest of the host.

Then they start to look like this cuntfaced twat. You know the really good news? This guy is only 60. He's got a long long long way to fall. Can't wait.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

26 What has John Cusack done to his face?!

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Maybe he is going for the Joy Behar look ??

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (AKptf)

27 20 18 The best movies come from adaptations of the best literature. When done rightly.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar

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A lot of crap comes out that way, too.

I want the mediums to find more distance between them. Let good books be good books without needing them to become movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (42WUB

A fair purist point. But ( there’s always one, yes?), I will give the examples of The Last Picture Show, and Lonesome Dove as examples of movies enhancing the books.

Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (Gqar8)

28 John Cusack has beforehead, forehead, and afterhead.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (U/s6V)

29 And in the Amazing Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson published a huge-font headline: "Spider-Man: THREAT OR MENACE?!"

"Shit or Garbage?" is the same joke.

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)

30 Gunn's... planned show, Dynamic Duo, about two of the Robins teaming up

I bet they will. *snap* *snap*

Posted by: Men on Television at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (88C+u)

31 A lot of crap comes out that way, too.

I want the mediums to find more distance between them. Let good books be good books without needing them to become movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (42WUB)

Well the advantage of starting with good lit is at least somewhere along the line there was something good. You might screw it up directing the movie like Ed Wood or something.

Now Hollywood starts out by wanting to spite the actual fans to reward...well nobody.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)

32 Salazar is actually an open borders "Republican," but that gets her no grace from the partisan Navarro.

____________________________

You would be hard pressed to find someone as blatantly stupid, uninformed, and naive as María Elvira Salazar. And still, she's a better choice than her opponent.

Here's Salazar adding her expertise on how to handle the Russian / Ukraine situation:

https://tinyurl.com/ypbzvbfn

This lady represents other people. This is whom the Republicans chose to speak on their behalf. Should have gone with Corky Sherwood.

Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)

33 John Cusack has beforehead, forehead, and afterhead.

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his behindhead look better than his current afterhead

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (AKptf)

34 >>>28 John Cusack has beforehead, forehead, and afterhead.

I liked her coming out album, "YES I AM."

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (1wjle)

35 Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (1wjle)

Thanks. I did not know the context related to yellow journalism and the media.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (JrHfD)

36 Late Night used to be a thing when you didn't have a deluge of news about what stars are doing "

Cutting off their Slauson?

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (pfXMo)

37 John Cusack is auditioning to be the next Freddy Krueger.

Without makeup.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (iFTx/)

38 What's everybody complaining about? I think John Cusack looks fine....

Posted by: Mickey Rourke at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (U/s6V)

39 Early reports showed the production recreating the riots that Democrats have effectively weaponized for more than five years. They obsess over the subject, eager to paint all Trump supporters with that garish brush.
Now, Jan. 6 has a movie all its own. An early report says "The Social Reckoning" weighs in on that ugly riot.
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Y'know, Sorkin might help ticket sales if he credits Chris Wray's "Santa's Helpers" with a special appearance promotion.

Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (rj6Yv)

40 John Cusack is auditioning to be the next Freddy Krueger.

Without makeup.

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Character actor !

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (AKptf)

41 And in the Amazing Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson published a huge-font headline: "Spider-Man: THREAT OR MENACE?!"

"Shit or Garbage?" is the same joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)

There's a computer game where the alien UFOs come and do not make contact but the press still dubs them "The RAVAGERS"

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

42
John Cusack is...

MADAME NHU

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (1wjle)

43 I think John Cusack looks fine....
Posted by: Mickey Rourke"

Duuude. No.

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (pfXMo)

44 John Cusack is...

IMELDA

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (1wjle)

45 >>
There's a computer game where the alien UFOs come and do not make contact but the press still dubs them "The RAVAGERS"

lol. National Lampoon used the joke with UFOs. UFOs: THREAT OR MENACE?!

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (1wjle)

46 BOTH ............

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (5U1m0)

47 TWO DOLLARS!!

Posted by: Obligatory movie reference at October 02, 2026 04:30 PM (U/s6V)

48 And in the Amazing Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson published a huge-font headline: "Spider-Man: THREAT OR MENACE?!"

"Shit or Garbage?" is the same joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)
_______

Even better when in quotes ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)

49 Toxic Avenger reboot. Bank on it.

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (v8bCu)

50 Its really too bad the Lanterns show is so racist and woke. There's a decent show in there somewhere, but it's so heavy handed with the constant "mary sue" type treatment of the "superior" black, green lantern.

Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (UgMlZ)

51 The question can also be phrased as "Organic or Inorganic Recyclables?"

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (U/s6V)

52 Cusack looks like a dick that's had its foreskin pulled back for the first time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 04:32 PM (guGkK)

53 John Cusack is...

Celebrated Senior Scholar Bun Rany Hun Sen...

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:32 PM (pfXMo)

54 Cusack looks like the guy who married Liza. Still think Grosse Point Blank and Say Anything were great movies. The rest of his stuff, meh at best

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (jivel)

55
MADAME NHU
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (1wjle)

_________

Mme. Chiang spoke perfect English, with a Southern accent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (/4Apn)

56 Daypart" = "part of the broadcasting day." Late night doesn't bring in the numbers as it did 20 years ago.

The hosts are unfunny, and partisan asshoes.
The celebrity guests are freaky, unfunny, partisan asshoes promoting some woke crap they just pushed out.
The musical guests are boring, unmusical, and partisan.

Late night could maybe make some money again if over half of the country didn’t decide it wasn’t worthbit to stay up late for a 45 minute long Democrat Party infomercial interspersed with pharmaceutical commercials.

I’d rather get another hour of sleep.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (6ydKt)

57 MeTV is showing The Wizard Of Oz tonight. First time in 30 years it will be on over-the-air TV.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (/OKHJ)

58
Cusack will soon look like Richard Simmons.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 04:34 PM (OkYzo)

59 Cusack looks like a dick that's had its foreskin pulled back for the first time."

So, a Cornell undergrad?

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:34 PM (pfXMo)

60 49 Toxic Avenger reboot. Bank on it.

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (v8bCu)

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They made that a few years ago.

Peter Dinklage.

It's apparently awful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (42WUB)

61 Critical Drinker's take on the alleged new Star Wars trilogy is, as usual, funny

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (jivel)

62 But, this has the extra wrinkle of being a direct sequel to The Social Network which made $225 million off a budget of $40 million more than a decade ago.

The Social Network was made when Sorkin still had whichever drugs made him write interesting stuff. That time has passed.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (2ocoG)

63 Cusack looks like Teller (as in Penn and). Except I like Teller. So it's an unkind thing to say.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (PSEDc)

64
Cusack actually does need a Hot Tub Time Machine now.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (OkYzo)

65 Cusack will soon look like Richard Simmons."

Decomposed?

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (pfXMo)

66 They made that a few years ago.

Peter Dinklage.

It's apparently awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (42WUB)

Meh, it was a paycheck.

Posted by: Elijah Wood at October 02, 2026 04:36 PM (U/s6V)

67 Critical Drinker's take on the alleged new Star Wars trilogy

===

wait, wait, WHAT new trilogy?

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:37 PM (AKptf)

68 We all know the answer

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

69 Ace, Ethan Van Sciver adores Lanterns and argues that it portrays Hal Jordan in a positive light. It doesn't seem to matter what takes place in each episode.

Another conservative bad ass going squishy.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (5yDGQ)

70 They made that a few years ago.

Peter Dinklage.

It's apparently awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Oy. My ability to make up ridiculous shit pales in comparison to reality’s.

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (v8bCu)

71 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

I'm in full agreement with this rant. Which seems an overreaction to this B+ near-character actor, but I'll offer my own reason I hate Cusack as much as I do. You may have your own reasons.
I grew up on his highschool/college movies. He played the loser jerk who knew he was a loser jerk, giving some character development in the movies he was in. "The Sure Thing" in my case. Some people like "Better Off Dead" and "Empire Records" too (I didn't). He also had that cameo as dead older brother in "Stand By Me" where he was the older brother we wish we had, or wished we were.
I was invested in an actor who understood the difference between acting the jerk and being the jerk.
Then we found out that he was actually a jerk the whole time. He played the snotnose looking down at everyone because he wasn't acting. Then in adulthood he played the same asshole in "Con Air" and "Room 1488" or whatever number that was.

tl;dr, actors are whores, now just like they were during the age of Roman farces, maybe we should ban under-17s from watching any movies except cartoons.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (88C+u)

72 >>>wait, wait, WHAT new trilogy?

it's "announced." they've "announced" a dozen Star Wars projects which were quietly scrapped.

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)

73 What is the difference between shit and garbage? Yes; I know what it is in real life . I am not throwing my paper towels in the toilet or putting my poop
In the trash. I'm just not sure what it means in this context . Shit is deliberately screwing things up because of left wing slant ? , and garbage is just that they didn't even to try to make a compelling story, or what?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (JrHfD)

as Ace said, its a joke, but there was in the past a vehicle for trashy movies for cheap consumption - a war movie, cowboys and indians, boy meets girl movies you could go to for low cost with basic plots, not offensive to most audiences and you could watch and spend an hour or so in air conditioning. Or send your kids to get them out of your hair for an hour or so.

Now every movie has 200 million spent on it, the writing is worse, and the studios curse the audience afterwards.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy)

74 it's "announced." they've "announced" a dozen Star Wars projects which were quietly scrapped.
==

oh, as per usual..

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:40 PM (AKptf)

75 wait, wait, WHAT new trilogy?

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:37 PM (AKptf)

Yes. Star Wars sucks so much now that they announce a new trilogy and nobody cares. It makes no news.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 04:40 PM (/OKHJ)

76 Is it Paramount that's leaving California? It it still tangled up with dipshit DA's there? Seemed like they wanted some sort of "oversight" to whatever this company devolved into.

Or so I sort of remember.

Seemed like a shit show of mega proportions. And a company I'm glad I don't own stock in.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (RORbl)

77
it's "announced." they've "announced" a dozen Star Wars projects which were quietly scrapped.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)

__________

Oh boy! If there's one thing we've been missing, it's more Star Wars/Trek schlock!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (/4Apn)

78 What is the difference between shit and garbage? Yes; I know what it is in real life . I am not throwing my paper towels in the toilet or putting my poop
In the trash. I'm just not sure what it means in this context . Shit is deliberately screwing things up because of left wing slant ? , and garbage is just that they didn't even to try to make a compelling story, or what?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I think it's just ace riffing on the in-universe headline, "Spiderman: Threat or Menace?" where the publisher of the paper was sure Spidey was bad for the city. The question is meant to be about a distinction without a difference.

I assign myself three demerits for explaining the joke.

Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)

79 There is a lot of squirrel activity behind my house. Also magpies. I'm becoming concerned.

Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (ZxPkt)

80 there's a reviewing channel called "Hard Cut" where they rate every movie on a "Rainbow Scale" for wokeness. They call most characters "cucks," which is accurate.

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (1wjle)

81 Speaking of bombs, Howie Mandel's daughter is smarter than he is.

https://tinyurl.com/5ybn3bun

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (ndZc7)

82 Critical Drinker's take on the alleged new Star Wars trilogy

===

wait, wait, WHAT new trilogy?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:37 PM (AKptf)

I haven't seen CD's take, but you can project from the other franchises' trajectories that this will either never be made or cost a ton but be written so terribly the project collapses.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (uhVAy)

83 They keep not releasing (Apple TV) The Savant. Its a charming show about a gal (Jessica Chastain) who works for the FBI. The gal is married to a black dude, of course. But she infiltrates white supremacy groups and bangs the dudes there.

The reasoning on why they haven't released this gem is because of all the left wing violence reality and also the person it is based on was the SPLC gal... who was banging a racist Chad and also embezzeling money.

Sigh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (zZu0s)

84 I've been reading some reviews for Tom Cruise's Digger. It's so bad that even the lefties think this eco-warrior movie is a stinker.

To bad, I generally like Tom Cruise movies.

Posted by: WisRich at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (G0vdT)

85

Somebody named J.J. Sefton left a comment at that Social Reckoning article.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (Cqx++)

86 Has anybody seen the Korean Movie Hope monster movie/Invasion movie the trailer looks damn good I might go see it this weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/5a2hau59

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (OyeJY)

87 >>>I assign myself three demerits for explaining the joke.

no you did a good job. I also explained it upthread.

It needs to be explained. A lot of people don't know the "threat or menace?" joke.

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

88 .....and a further three demerits for posting that after wandering away from my computer and not checking to see that sixteen other posters, including ace himself, said the same thing.

Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (VHUov)

89
James Gunn has always been a miserable commie cocksucker piece of shit. The James Gunn Writing Style was legitimately funny when it first came out from his days at Troma to Guardians of the Galaxy (which really needed Chris Pratt to drag the script's rotting corpse over the goal line). Everything after that has been a steaming pile of monkey crap.

The DVD extras for Slither had lots of behind the scenes Gunn cocksuckery where he gleefully expressed his contempt for the public at large and especially for anyone to the right of Leon Trotsky.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)

90 Cusack.
That hairline. lol.
What's he working on there, an eight head?

Guys who get that much plastic surgery always end up looking like septuagenerian lesbians.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (BHTo4)

91 In fairness, I did think One Crazy Summer was a fun movie. The Bobcat Goldthwaite as Godzilla at the party scene was hilarious.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (U/s6V)

92 they've "announced" a dozen Star Wars projects which were quietly scrapped."

Hey, you know what would be great? A Star Wars based hotel!

It'd make so much money....

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (pfXMo)

93 There's a computer game where the alien UFOs come and do not make contact but the press still dubs them "The RAVAGERS"

lol. National Lampoon used the joke with UFOs. UFOs: THREAT OR MENACE?!
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (1wjle)

One of my favorite old Lampoon covers was the "Crime" edition where there is a drawn image of someone tearing off the tag from a mattress to the horror of onlookers.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (uhVAy)

94 From Cosmic Book News

Poor Disney...

Disney is planning a restructuring of its television operation that is expected to result in hundreds of layoffs and the consolidation of divisions, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The report landed one day after a judge approved the Paramount-WBD merger, with the combined company, now officially named Skydance, set to close the deal on October 6.

A Paramount insider tells Cosmic Book News the timing is no accident

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)

95 By the numbers, massive failure and an assault on universal intelligence TV show known as The Acolyte cost as much to make as Nolan's The Odyssey filled with mega stars like Damon, Hathaway, and the rest.

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (AKptf)

96 I liked green lantern comics as a child and then I saw that horrible movie with the gay skin-tight fake costume. Ruined the whole thing. Too gay.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (VQ7/I)

97 It needs to be explained. A lot of people don't know the "threat or menace?" joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

Spider Man (Tobey Maguire?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

98 And speaking of male pattern weirdness, Rod Dreher. His X profile pic makes him look like a homeless guy who tries to sell mayo sandwiches beneath an underpass.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (BHTo4)

99 I haven't seen CD's take, but you can project from the other franchises' trajectories that this will either never be made or cost a ton but be written so terribly the project collapses.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (uhVAy)

they've been talking about a new trilogy since the last new trilogy

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (AKptf)

100 I'd like to see a thriller that has the plot of someone going around murdering K-Pop "stars", and you don't find out until an after credits scene that the whole thing was a documentary.

Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (dIske)

101 It needs to be explained. A lot of people don't know the "threat or menace?" joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

Spider Man (Tobey Maguire?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)

pretty sure it was in the old comics too. That certainly was old whats his names editorial position on Spidey.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (uhVAy)

102 Has anybody seen the Korean Movie Hope monster movie/Invasion movie the trailer looks damn good I might go see it this weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/5a2hau59

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (OyeJY)

Film Threat gives this a great review.

https://youtu.be/fJ3RzVRO-Ao

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (/OKHJ)

103 Late to the thread, but I have to say that the whole race-swapping thing just seems dated and forced. These people are like NPR, who always imagine it's 1955, or possibly 1855.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

104
It would be nice if AI were to give us movies that were well-lit and bright, with snappy, articulate dialogue and wisecracking Girl Fridays.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (eRlcH)

105 Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov

You don't have to award yourself demerits. I never saw that title to a Spider Man movie nor the movie itself . Someone has to be the designated slow kid at ASHQ . That's clearly me in regard to movies .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (59j7E)

106 J Jonah Jameson.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (zZu0s)

107 Problem with Ana is she only has one n.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (iLKq8)

108 Why anybody thought they needed to do a sequel of The Social Network is beyond me.

Everything you needed to know about Zuckerberg is in the first movie.
And while I thought it was a fine watch one time, I’ve never personally, nor known anybody else, to say “I’m dying to watch The Social Network again, it’s my favorite movie of all time. I hope they make a sequel or two!”

Never, literally, never happened except in an Aaron Sorkin’s pitch meeting.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (6ydKt)

109 By the numbers, massive failure and an assault on universal intelligence TV show known as The Acolyte cost as much to make as Nolan's The Odyssey filled with mega stars like Damon, Hathaway, and the rest.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (AKptf)

I delegate watching that dreck to agents like the Drinker or Disparu. they are funnier.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

110 they've been talking about a new trilogy since the last new trilogy"

Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)

111 69 Ace, Ethan Van Sciver adores Lanterns and argues that it portrays Hal Jordan in a positive light. It doesn't seem to matter what takes place in each episode.

Another conservative bad ass going squishy.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (5yDGQ)

He has a financial stake in it, because if they use any characters he created he gets paid.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (OyeJY)

112 >>…or garbage?

Dumpster fire!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (4KUe5)

113 Salazar is actually an open borders "Republican,"
---

Is that like, legs wide shut?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (iLKq8)

114 Cusack and Jocelyn Wildenstein apparently share the same surgeon.

Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (rj6Yv)

115 Everything you needed to know about Zuckerberg is in the first movie.

And that movie was horseshit. Zuck had already met his Chinese waifu so was never the lonely nerd as portrayed in that movie. Maybe in high school he was, but the movie wasn't set then.
Reznor's soundtrack was fine, I guess.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (88C+u)

116 Typical garbage coming out of polls.

Conley(D) beating Lawler (R) in NY-17 by two percentage points. MOE 5%. Says Emerson. Then they try to say that 10% of the people don’t know who Lawler is. No word on who they think Conley is, besides someone they helicoptered in for the election.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (ScG/9)

117 they've been talking about a new trilogy since the last new trilogy"

Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)

There were several supposed new trilogys. One was Ryan Johnson's one that never really started. There was at least one more rumored, then one where Daisy Ridley is supposed to be the megastar of the hour.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:52 PM (uhVAy)

118
Late to the thread, but I have to say that the whole race-swapping thing just seems dated and forced. These people are like NPR, who always imagine it's 1955, or possibly 1855.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

Speaking of dated and forced...

I used to say that every filmmaker has at least one zombie film in them (hell, even Glenn Close has done a zombie film). What I should have said is that every filmmaker has at least one McCarthyism Hollywood Blacklist! movie in them.

Grow up, you douchebags.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)

119 107 Problem with Ana is she only has one n.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (iLKq

It is, since there was a rather attractive in the eyes actress named Anna Navaro in the late 50s to 60s who did a lot of guest roles on Westerns as a Mexican or Spanish lady.

She was absolutely gorgeous compared to her whalish current namesake.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

120 I delegate watching that dreck to agents like the Drinker or Disparu. they are funnier.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

No one watched it, except the critics I think.

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (AKptf)

121
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)

_________

Should have stopped at one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (eRlcH)

122 People ~ a year ago. Tom Cruise is the only one in Hollywood making movies people want to see.

People today. Tom Cruise is an idiot. What is this piece of garbage and what was he thinking.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 04:54 PM (ScG/9)

123 I watched One Crazy Summer last year or the year before. I remember nothing about it except the car jumping onto the ferry. And I might be misremembering even that.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 04:54 PM (88C+u)

124 Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)

_________

Should have stopped at one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (eRlcH)

yes, even Empire started ripping holes into the space time continuum of the first one.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (uhVAy)

125 What has John Cusack done to his face?!

===

Maybe he is going for the Joy Behar look ??

Here's the chart his plastic surgeon shows his patients when selecting their level of plastic surgery.

https://tinyurl.com/57xyds9n

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)

126 54 Cusack looks like the guy who married Liza. Still think Grosse Point Blank and Say Anything were great movies. The rest of his stuff, meh at best
Posted by: Smell the Glove
========
Childhood stars in Hollyweird are often assaulted and molested which makes them nuts further down the road.

Wonder if Cusack was one of them. He used to require his sister get a part or Jeremy Piven, his other buddy from way back.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)

127 96 I liked green lantern comics as a child and then I saw that horrible movie with the gay skin-tight fake costume. Ruined the whole thing. Too gay.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (VQ7/I)

Ryan Reynolds playing Ryan Reynolds in every movie he does has gotten OLD, I just can't stand it anymore. I tried to watch Mayday and I kept screaming for him to SHUT up I gave up when they shot the blackbird down, and a Navy Pilot flying or copilot an Airforce plane is so damn dumb.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (OyeJY)

128 It's October.
What rhymes with October?
Not sober.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (2WIwB)

129 I'm sure it's been said.
Shit AND garbage.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (faacb)

130 >>>He has a financial stake in it, because if they use any characters he created he gets paid.

oh yeah, right.

Well, he has a stake in the Green Lantern characters he created. I don't think the show includes any of those, but they could pop up if the show is green lit for another season.

but his characters are out-there and cosmic, and this show just seems to be some assholes moping around a white supremacist midwestern town (is there any other kind?)

Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)

131 I used to say that every filmmaker has at least one zombie film in them (hell, even Glenn Close has done a zombie film). What I should have said is that every filmmaker has at least one McCarthyism Hollywood Blacklist! movie in them.

Grow up, you douchebags.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)

It's funny because Hollywood is more McCarthyite than anything McCarthy did to it then.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

132 Late to the thread, but I have to say that the whole race-swapping thing just seems dated and forced. These people are like NPR, who always imagine it's 1955, or possibly 1855.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t

My response when I see race-swapping is to feel bad for the blacks since they can't apparently create crap aside from Tyler Perry.

I denounce myself.

I am sick of all the white girls with black guys. Especially kids shows. We can AI out their OJ fantasies one day.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (Sco7b)

133 Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling are twins, yes ?

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (AKptf)

134 Not sure I want to sniff around enough to figure it out. Haven't watched a new movie other than Interstellar in years.
youtube.com/watch?v=h30MPb62eXE

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (mvxrb)

135
they've been talking about a new trilogy since the last new trilogy"

Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)

There are 2 Star Wars movies... and a 2 hour commercial for Star Wars-themed Beanie Babies.

On the other hand, that 2 hour commercial gave us ace, so I guess it's okay.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (y9nCu)

136 To bad, I generally like Tom Cruise movies.
Posted by: WisRich

I read Tom saw it as Oscar bait. He's bending the knee for this meaningless award. I didn't think much of him before, but now I think less of him. And Xenu.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (l26NL)

137 Rocktober!!

Posted by: Colorado Rockies fans (one year) at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (88C+u)

138 Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.

lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)

139 OT - but good enough for FlyDubai, apparently.

The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ
·
50m
Exclusive: The FlyDubai copilot who stabbed his captain had been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he held radical ideological views

Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)

140 120 I delegate watching that dreck to agents like the Drinker or Disparu. they are funnier.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

Same.
I have zero FOMO after watching Disparu tear these shows/movies a new one scene by scene.

There really is very few, if any, new things I want to see from Hollywood right now, even if I’m sorta interested in it, like the new Cliff Booth movie that I will not pay Netflix to see.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (6ydKt)

141 People today. Tom Cruise is an idiot. What is this piece of garbage and what was he thinking.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 04:54 PM (ScG/9)

It's a shame he really loves film making and he tried to do something Different

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (OyeJY)

142 133 Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling are twins, yes ?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (AKptf)
--------

Funny. I get them confused frequently.

Posted by: WisRich at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (G0vdT)

143 98 And speaking of male pattern weirdness, Rod Dreher. His X profile pic makes him look like a homeless guy who tries to sell mayo sandwiches beneath an underpass.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket

He has self admitted mental problems and is back from the crunchy con era of NR. Veered all over the place including moving to Budapest and converting to Orthodox after stints in other religions at last notice by me. Have no idea what he is doing now or why but he seems driven by fear, doubt, and depression.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (E4rtv)

144 John Cusack, elderly lesbian - who knew??
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar

Heh. That did not take long. And accurate, too!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (n2qDf)

145 142 133 Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling are twins, yes ?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (AKptf)
--------

Funny. I get them confused frequently.
Posted by: WisRich

To misquote the Fixx, "they have blank faces that irritate."

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)

146 Is there period of time where facial plastic surgery actually looks good? Seriously, what's the shelf life? Because I look at Courtney Cox, Megan Fox, Meg Ryan and the rest, and all I see is women wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.

Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (dIske)

147 Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.

lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)

Spain, usually. Their army rented out tanks for movies.

And it wasn't just WWII vets. I'm not a super mech purist but I can spot an M60 or whatever it was when I see what. No wonder the Germans ran wild with tanks from the future!

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

148 Geez, dude. Tell me something I don't know.

Real America's Voice (RAV)
@RealAmVoice
Charles Barkley Says Democrats Are Spewing “Some of the Stupidest Sh*t I've Ever Heard”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (ndZc7)

149 144 John Cusack, elderly lesbian - who knew??
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar

Heh. That did not take long. And accurate, too!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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He can star as Alice the maid in a remake of the Brady Troon Bunch.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)

150 He has a financial stake in it, because if they use any characters he created he gets paid.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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That's a good point. But he would get a royalty check regardless of his loving or hating the show.

If it's an attempt to ingratiate himself, so that one of his characters is included in Season 2, it's a bad look.

And they'll avoid his creations if at all possible because he's a white supremacist or something.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (5yDGQ)

151 Green lantern?
Wasn't that with Brian Reynolds?

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Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (pfXMo)

Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman were the lamest superheroes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (n2qDf)

152 OT - but good enough for FlyDubai, apparently.
Posted by: beckster

Loomer, who is "crazy" because she is right too early too often, is asking what this means for the "Abraham Accords" if UAE is going to just outsource their jihad to countries not in the Accords.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (88C+u)

153 I always mix up Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.

Also Gary Cooper and Cary Grant for some reason.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (/OKHJ)

154 If Cusack had stayed off Twitter he’d be in a different position right now, probably.

He went on Twitter early, like 2008 or ‘9.
Immediately went full progtard and still occasionally throws hissy fits on X.

Social media has ruined celebrities as much as it has the normies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)

155 There's a show called 'Heated Rivalry' the press talks about a lot.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (Sco7b)

156 Exclusive: The FlyDubai copilot who stabbed his captain had been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he held radical ideological views
Posted by: beckster

Good job, UAE.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (jJdaW)

157 Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.

Eh, most people don't know the difference. In Patton the Americans used M46 and M47 Pattons and the Germans used M48 Pattons. It was still a great movie.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (Riz8t)

158 138 Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.

lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)
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Piss poor in the historical department, but the cameos are kind of cool. Bronson especially. Plus, big Robert Shaw fan.

Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:01 PM (dIske)

159 147 Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.

lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T

"Battleground" is the film you want. A lot of those guys in that movie are actual WWII vets and the script was written by a vet in the 101 who was there fighting.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:01 PM (E4rtv)

160 Eh, most people don't know the difference. In Patton the Americans used M46 and M47 Pattons and the Germans used M48 Pattons. It was still a great movie.
Posted by: Archimedes a

There is a metaphor there--Patton versus Patton.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:02 PM (E4rtv)

161 Battle Of The Bulge was filmed in Spain
they left out the part about all the snow
Cool song though, "Panzerlied"

Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 05:02 PM (ZxPkt)

162 Charles Barkley Says Democrats Are Spewing “Some of the Stupidest Sh*t I've Ever Heard”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

He also said Trump made it okay to be racist and hate on women. Barkley's a chump.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 05:03 PM (l26NL)

163 Ahh yes. The Rhineland Palm. Beautiful foliage. The Norwegian Blue Parrot would fly south for the winters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 05:03 PM (88C+u)

164 154 If Cusack had stayed off Twitter he’d be in a different position right now, probably.

He went on Twitter early, like 2008 or ‘9.
Immediately went full progtard and still occasionally throws hissy fits on X.

Social media has ruined celebrities as much as it has the normies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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He was nuts before then. Interviews around Grosse Point Blank and his other forgettable 90's movies indicated that. That is why I suspect he was molested by people around him as a teen or he has a bad substance abuse problem.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)

165 Is there period of time where facial plastic surgery actually looks good? Seriously, what's the shelf life? Because I look at Courtney Cox, Megan Fox, Meg Ryan and the rest, and all I see is women wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (dIske)

In theory it might look better a little while out of the surgeon. But the "edit" was made to your face at age 25 or 30, and the face under it just keeps on changing. Guys are kinda wired to be able to rewind natural aging in women and imagine the fresh face of youth...but that blows up when you start cutting and inserting caulk in there.

Save it for those with real damage, please.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)

166 The Longest Day is good but it’s the longest movie.

Loved Patton and Tora Tora Tora
Hated Midway and MacArthur.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

167 Mike Rogers (R, MI) recently grew some balls and has released this message:
tinyurl.com/dun5nnjp

Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 05:06 PM (88C+u)

168 156 Exclusive: The FlyDubai copilot who stabbed his captain had been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he held radical ideological views
Posted by: beckster

Good job, UAE.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I think it was a conspiracy as the flight had all male flight attendants, one apparently tried to keep the Israelis out of the cockpit and they wanted the terrorist released as not being a threat to anyone on board. Israelis said Eff that and held him until they landed. The flight was moved from Terminals from one with stricter security to one with less, and the people assigning the flight for Dubai Air were not supposed to assign that Omani pilot to any flight going to Israel. In fact, the airlines lied and said it was a Russian/Ukrainian pilot and copilot.

Jihadi conspiracy and likely Iranian involvement/encouragement is my guess.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)

169 Embrace the power of both shit and garbage!

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 02, 2026 05:07 PM (sFNX2)

170 What did Cusack even tell his surgeon he was going for, half a testicle and muppet hair?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (BHTo4)

171 He was nuts before then. Interviews around Grosse Point Blank and his other forgettable 90's movies indicated that. That is why I suspect he was molested by people around him as a teen or he has a bad substance abuse problem.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
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Probably a good bet....he was a number of movies with the two Coreys. The Lost Boys being one of them, and we know how their lives were.

Cusack is a tool when it comes to politics. I remember him whining about Bernie not going far enough.

Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (dIske)

172 He was nuts before then. Interviews around Grosse Point Blank and his other forgettable 90's movies indicated that. That is why I suspect he was molested by people around him as a teen or he has a bad substance abuse problem.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)

80s - 90s Hollywood brat/star.

There’s like a 95% chance he’s an alcoholic cocaine addict.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)

173
Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.

lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)

To be fair, no one other than Brian Hutton in the 60s-70s was making WWII films with even semi-accurate military vehicles because most filmmakers would basically go into Spain or Yugoslavia and rent vehicles from the military, slap a new paint job on them and call 'em Panzers. And Hutton only gets a step above because of the relatively believable Tiger mockup kits attached to the T34s in Kelly's Heroes. I mean, he also had a Bell 47 helo operated by the Nazis in Where Eagles Dare, so it's kind of a wash.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (y9nCu)

174 Jim Caviezel GHOST SOLDIER looks really good and I know what I am getting

Godzilla Zero getting an R rating, man I think it's gonna be good

THE FIX Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson play CIA operatives, Neeson plays a retired CIA who has alzheimer's and Levi go's to visit his old friend and Neeson thinks he is someone else from the CIA and tells him he has to makes sure that the Money or Gold has to be safe from the Iranian Revolutionaries because he thinks he's in the 1980s so Levi puts a team together to steal what was hidden. sounds good, I like the actors in the movie Wes Chatham (Amos) from the expanse is in it. so I will give it a watch

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (OyeJY)

175 166 The Longest Day is good but it’s the longest movie.

Cornelius Ryan was an excellent reporter and his book on which the movie is based is one of the best immediate overview takes on the whole operation (but before Enigma was revealed as being broken). Lots of direct interviews and yes, the pilot crashing into a farmyard and saying shush happened.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)

176 I’m not a tanker. But I was brought up around a lot of army infantry. I could tell the difference very early. In the movie the tell was that both sides were using the same tanks. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (XmYaM)

177 GREEN LANTERN IS NOT BLACK ENOUGH said nobody ever.

Clown World people. We were born in the wrong timeline it appears.

Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (SwyyQ)

178 Faling asleep, been up since 2:30

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Baltimore Rock Opera Society fires white executive director for wearing cornrows to Burning Man

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Sounds like just cause to me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (ndZc7)

180 170 What did Cusack even tell his surgeon he was going for, half a testicle and muppet hair?
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (BHTo4)

He pulled out a still from the woman getting her face stretched out in the movie Brasil and said: “This. I want this,”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (6ydKt)

181 WTF is a rock opera society?

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (/OKHJ)

182 Save it for those with real damage, please.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)

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YES!! I was thinking the same thing. The vanity attached to "recreational" use of plastic surgery is off the charts....

With the outlier being Jennifer Grey...who had most of her nose lopped off, and no one recognized her. The irony being that she could no longer get parts, because be looking better, but totally different.

Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)

183 Okay, here's my hot take: Green Lantern was never good, and it certainly was never one of DC's "most beloved" characters.

Prior to Crisis '86, Hal/Green Lantern was a nonentity, a character without any real distinct personality, history or relationships. Despite all that PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWAAAHH he mostly caught bank robbers because that's all the writers could think of (_[D]etective_ [C]omics, remember). Sales declined in the 70s and DC started throwing anything against the wall to see what would stick - the year in exile, teaming up with Green Lantern, and then the disastrous Hard Travellin' Heroes (aka "Relevance") storyline that killed the book.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (LgYtf)

184 181 WTF is a rock opera society?
Posted by: Mark1971

Queen circa 1977... maybe?

Posted by: 88C+u might also suggest Yes at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (88C+u)

185
Jihadi conspiracy and likely Iranian involvement/encouragement is my guess.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)

One of the heroes also said that they didn't trust any of the stewards and assigned 2 passengers to each one to watch them.

Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (kX27y)

186 The Blade's F5 key is the victim of rape and incest.

Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (SwyyQ)

187 Probably a good bet....he was a number of movies with the two Coreys. The Lost Boys being one of them, and we know how their lives were.

Cusack is a tool when it comes to politics. I remember him whining about Bernie not going far enough.
Posted by: Orson

Never had the supposed obligatory romances with other Hollyweird stars either and I don't think much if any of his personal relationships with women if he has any are out there.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

188 Faling asleep, been up since 2:30
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)

you are not driving, I trust ?

Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (AKptf)

189 Nood, y'all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (hzuYO)

190 Cornelius Ryan was an excellent reporter and his book on which the movie is based is one of the best immediate overview takes on the whole operation (but before Enigma was revealed as being broken). Lots of direct interviews and yes, the pilot crashing into a farmyard and saying shush happened.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)

The most memorable part of that film for me is the Airborne trooper whose stuck hanging off a church steeple by his hung-up parachute while there’s a squad of Germans beneath him.

Really well done, suspenseful, scene.
Especially to somebody, like me, who did not know the story.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)

191 Ain't no one blacker than Wesley Snipes. White people love Blade.

Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)

192 Barbara Streisand never got a nose job because doctors told her that giant honker acted as a resonator for her singing voice, and they could not guarantee she would sound the same after the surgery.

Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (ZxPkt)

193 You’re gonna like Ghost Soldier. Lots of action and gear/weapon porn. The plots a little worn. But movies are an escape- right?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (XmYaM)

194 Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman were the lamest superheroes"

Aquaman sucks.

/TBBT

Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (pfXMo)

195 Good news, everyone! Well, unless you're Jewish.

Breitbart News
@BreitbartNews
Iran’s IRGC Terrorists to Americans: When We Say ‘Death to America,’ We Don’t Mean You

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (ndZc7)

196
With the outlier being Jennifer Grey...who had most of her nose lopped off, and no one recognized her. The irony being that she could no longer get parts, because be looking better, but totally different.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)

One of the few women who visibly had work done and it actually looked good. Made her look like every other attractive but generic actress in Hollywood though.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (y9nCu)

197 April 9 movie about Germany invasion of Denmark in the first hours of the invasion and you follow a Bicycle company into battle, pretty good and you see how ill prepared they were

Battle for Oslo about a Fortress that fired on the Germans and how he was treated by the Government for his actions that day

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (OyeJY)

198 Hollywood adjacent
Watched Young Washington on dvd

I enjoyed it
I wish there was a tv series

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 02, 2026 05:17 PM (Ydd86)

199 YES!! I was thinking the same thing. The vanity attached to "recreational" use of plastic surgery is off the charts....

With the outlier being Jennifer Grey...who had most of her nose lopped off, and no one recognized her. The irony being that she could no longer get parts, because be looking better, but totally different.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)

there is some horror in China where whatever trash they put in the face starts swelling and moving and growing

Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

200 Which Americans then?
South Americans maybe?

Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (Ia/+0)

201 The only reason anyone knows about, much less "loves" Green Lantern is the Emerald Dawn/Emerald Twilight/Rebirth/The Spectre/Parallax/constant *fuckery* that DC has been doing with the character since 1986. The Emerald Dawn GL is a douchebag fratboy even after he gets the ring (to be fair, Ryan Reynolds nailed this version of the character) and was so unpopular he was replaced by a graphic artist named Mary Sue -er, Kyle Rayner.

Part of the reason DC has been doing this repeatedly is that Hal never had a character or an arc or an origin or anything that made him stand out, so they can do whatever they like to him without upsetting loyal fans. There aren't any.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (LgYtf)

202
Never had the supposed obligatory romances with other Hollyweird stars either and I don't think much if any of his personal relationships with women if he has any are out there.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

I think he was banging Minnie Driver during Grosse Pointe Blank. She did the same thing with Matt Damon during Good Will Hunting.

I wonder if he screamed out MATT DAMON!! when he was pumping her, doggy style....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:19 PM (y9nCu)

203 Can’t blame Ms. Grey, her worst feature was that huge honker.
But she really wasn’t getting a lot of work even after Dirty Dancing so the nosejob might have been an attempt to get more work.

She’ll always be Ferris’ jealous big sister to me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)

204 121
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)

_________

Should have stopped at one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (eRlcH)

Exactly right. There is exactly one Star Wars movie, and it doesn't have an episode title.

Posted by: goozer at October 02, 2026 05:24 PM (NGnFK)

205
John Cusack told his surgeon "Make me look like my sister!"

He and sister, Joan Cusack, will be starring in a new rest home version of "The Parent Trap".

So, he's got that going for him.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 05:27 PM (YSUhf)

206 The most memorable part of that film for me is the Airborne trooper whose stuck hanging off a church steeple by his hung-up parachute while there’s a squad of Germans beneath him.

Really well done, suspenseful, scene.
Especially to somebody, like me, who did not know the story.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Really happened, Cornelius tracked down that soldier (he survived WWII) and he is actually the source of a lot of the information of how that battle developed.

Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)

207 I saw Cusack once in real life and he was more handsome than on screen. And he looked great in Hot Tub......so distressing when these handsome men ruin their looks.

Posted by: Noble9 at October 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Sd7xZ)

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