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Disney Groomer Corporation Looks to Slash Workforce by 20% Because of Declining Revenues
Palate cleanser, and early. I think we need it.
Some good news, by which I mean bad news for bad people:It's almost as if alienating your (former) core audience with divisive family-unfriendly "inserting queerness" messaging has consequences.
The Walt Disney Company is looking at eliminating thousands of positions and has asked some managers to target 20% in annual cost savings, according to multiple media reports. The possible job cuts come as CEO Josh D'Amaro is reportedly facing challenges from growing AI use, weaker box office revenue, mounting competition from streaming challengers and a slowdown in theme park attendance abroad, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news.
And this isn't the first round of cuts:
... Still, the company has made a number of substantial cuts this year. In fact, just last week, the Walt Disney Company's theme parks division laid off between 100 and 200 people. ... The decision came after Disney offered voluntary early retirement packages in August to executives as part of a cost-reduction effort. ... Prior to this memo, Disney had eliminated 1,000 roles in April, as well as made staff cuts in July and September. The September staff reductions impacted an additional couple hundred employees, mainly in the tech and HR areas.In further Everything Is Gay news, Ben Wishlaw, who played a young "Q" since Skyfall, was disinvited from returning to the series when it reboots. He says that he was disappointed, like George Takei was, that, while his character was made Officially Gay, for some reason a franchise in which he is only a secondary player chose to focus on the main characters instead of his secondary character's sexual leanings.
He was a bit of a drip if I'm being honest but I don't know if I can blame him for that. Everyone in the "Bond" movies -- I don't know if they really were even Bond movies at all -- was a sad-sack Low Energy Jeb after Casino Royale, probably because the idiot playing Bond thought that dour and depressive = realistic and gritty. Oh, and of course Daniel Craig wanted Bond himself to be acknowledged as gay. I guess making Q gay was the Safety School of sexuality reveals.
Ben Whishaw has confirmed he won't be returning as Q in the Bond franchise. Whishaw, 46, played 007's tech wizard Q for nine years, appearing in Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). At just 31 when he was cast, he was the youngest actor to play the MI6 gadgets master; replacing John Cleese.
In a 2024 interview, the actor shared his hunch that producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson will 'start all over again' with a completely new cast following Daniel Craig's departure as 007. Last year Amazon MGM Studios struck a deal with longtime franchise stewards Broccoli and Wilson to take full control of Ian Fleming's franchise, and with auditions finally taking place for the lead role, Whishaw has confirmed his suspicions of a complete overhaul were correct. The Sunday Times writes that Whishaw 'won't be in the next instalment', whilst talking to the actor about his acting back catalogue.Me too. I was a onetime Bond fanatic and now don't even care who the next Fake Bond Actor will be.
Whishaw said in the interview: 'I rarely think about Bond... that would be weird' as he mused about the fervent speculation around the reboot.
Whilst he hasn't dwelled on his time with 007, Whishaw does have one regret about his portrayal of Q -- admitting that his character's homosexuality felt 'unsatisfying' because although there is a brief reference to him going on a date with a man in No Time to Die, his sexuality isn't picked up on again.I mean, why would it be? It's the Bond Franchise not Q's Grindr Adventures. It's a typical corporate move to make a minor character "canonically gay" for Twitter attention and then drop the matter. In more James Bond news (and you can tell how checked out I am because I'm adding this as an afterthought instead of featuring it as big entertainment news), they have supposedly cast the new Bond. As Nerdorotic said: He's white, so that's something. I think one of those geeks also said something like "He's a decent pick of you're making a realistic movie about SAS operatives from the working or middle class, but not so much for a gentleman spy franchise." I don't know. I've never seen a movie with him in it, except one of the "Fantastic Beasts" movies where he played, I'm guessing, a very secondary role. I have no memory of him (as I don't really remember the Fantastic Beast movie, except for Randy Daytona, who I really liked). Update: He played who I guessed he played, "Newt Scamander's" brother, who's in the second movie for like three minutes.
Callum Turner has reportedly been cast as the next James Bond
(Source: @showbiz411) https://t.co/JaVj5kDbM8— ComicBook.com (@ComicBook) November 2, 2026
I was bored by Dune and Dune 2, and I'm not against the story or anything. It's just his need to make everything slow to seem important and weighty almost put me to sleep. There's just no fun in those movies. They're like big important documentaries about The Holocaust, except it's not a documentary about the Holocaust, it's a fictional movie about galactic civil war in the hundredth century and giant sandworms. I have similar thoughts on The Batman. Yes I like these stories to be "taken seriously." But not that seriously. Come on, it's a Batman movie. I did like the Riddler and his creepy riddles, though. That was very good. You can now attack me. I will step up and be a scapegoat for the recent unpleasantness. My bad takes will unite us all.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 03:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 04, 2026 03:21 PM (N1tpc)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 04, 2026 03:21 PM (2UnvF)
Their groomer corporations are gasping for life.
People ARE rejecting the left. But they didn't like the war, either.
And there was no one else to vote for you express that displeasure.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 04, 2026 03:22 PM (N1tpc)
Half the country is living in a fantasy world.
Posted by: wth at November 04, 2026 03:25 PM (UjdFS)
Gives new meaning to Texas Longhorn. lol.
Posted by: James Talarico at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (9I5W+)
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)
They are going to shove this gay shit up our ass 24/7.
Remember Covid?
Keep your doctor?
Guys, the border does not fucking exist any more.
JFC...
Posted by: Johnny Cakes at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (0OHKH)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (I43vL)
I'm sorry. I get bored when the break between 1 & 2 is long enough that the players in 1 die of old age in real life before 2 is filmed.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (7Ne0P)
Half the country is living in a fantasy world.
Posted by: wth
Aldo Nova has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (r2Icn)
Other than that, I'm sure there are a handful of people in that pack that just needed a job, I got a bit of mercy for them.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (lLeLE)
Posted by: Gaff at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (EqzMw)
And it is sort of funny, when the media first went gay in the 00s they found that having two starlets lock lips didn't get them much transgressive credit because, uh, some heterosexual men might just be into that.
So the problem is add gay men or trannies and people don't want to watch your movie. Don't add them and your movies are heteronormative and BOOOORRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGG but they make money
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (1wjle)
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Cruel.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TR at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (Z4Xxs)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (enNUy)
This is only, what, like the 5th time there's been reports of a new Bond casting? I mean, at some point the reports will end up being true, but enough already.
This guy looks too weird to be Bond, IMO. But I said the same thing about that shithead Daniel Craig.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)
I despised his portrayal of Q. Of course because he was a fey little nonce but also because he was completely unrealistic.
Q is the head of Q branch in the MI6, which is a government organization. Governments promote on seniority, not merit. Heads of departments in every government in the world are people in their 60s nearing retirement. This actor made no sense in the role because he was too young. No matter how genius he was, it would have taken him 30+ years to make it to the head of the department.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 03:28 PM (QlFnJ)
Posted by: James Talarico at November 04, 2026 03:26 PM (9I5W+)
I wanna find it, but he immediately ripped the mask off.. him and Hidojila or w/e her name is are already calling ICE the Gestapo and Secret Police of Trump.
Pikachu face galore in the normie camp btw.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 03:28 PM (lLeLE)
That’s a real conversation starter for a job interview.
Posted by: James Talarico at November 04, 2026 03:28 PM (9I5W+)
People ARE rejecting the left. But they didn't like the war, either.
And there was no one else to vote for you express that displeasure.
What I'm getting from neutral/soft left forums is that people actually believe the Dems are going to lower food/gas costs.
Meanwhile the left has already said "expect it to get worse for the next 2 years" so you almost have to laugh
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:28 PM (7Ne0P)
Posted by: Nova Local at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (Gb7+b)
It wouldn't turn off the normies and will get them some lefty credits as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)
Yup!
I loved the Bond franchise and as a kid would look forward to them.
Now? I have no idea how many there have been, and am happy in my ignorance.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (k5CNB)
I figured they'd give Bond superpowers someday.
Posted by: gp at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (QlFnJ)
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (JM5dG)
Wishing the worst for all arts and entertainment. Not another ticket, not another dollar, not another subscription.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (eRlcH)
total tally:
800+ applications
70+ interviews
0 Offers
I'm tired, boss
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (fapp/)
A bit off topic but speaking of celebs popular Tejano music singer Bobby Pulido got elected. As a "conservative" dem. Go figure.
Anywho...
THE NEW GODZILLA OPENS THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Robert at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (F+RGp)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (n5tGW)
It wouldn't turn off the normies and will get them some lefty credits as well.
Posted by: 18-1
Idris Elba.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (7Ne0P)
Posted by: James Talarico at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (9I5W+)
i think the last one, which I didn't bother to watch, was 25th in the official canon, because I think I remember them calling it Bond 25 for a while.
But I wouldn't bet a finger on that.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:31 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM
I haven't cared about bond for 20+ years. Bond isn't supposed to be a Jason Bourne knockoff.
It had its own brand. Lighthearted and fun, with moments of seriousness. Honestly, I think Pierce Brosnan hit the exact right balance for the franchise.
But they stuck with soulless pancake face because they wanted to pretend to be serious.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 04, 2026 03:31 PM (N1tpc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (RIvkX)
Yeah, the entire cast is great.
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:31 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: scampydog at November 04, 2026 03:31 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:29 PM (JM5dG)
But they already were with AI...note that is reason #1 for Disney. They are cutting b/c they CAN...not b.c they HAVE to...b/c AI gives them that new flexibility to replace entry and low level people.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 04, 2026 03:31 PM (Gb7+b)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Same. Everybody crapped all over Roger Moore. I thought he did a good job.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 03:31 PM (r2Icn)
Meanwhile the left has already said "expect it to get worse for the next 2 years" so you almost have to laugh
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)
He's hiding the good pr0n from us guys...
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (lLeLE)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (7Ne0P)
He's a bit of a commie cocksucker, so....no.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (k5CNB)
total tally:
800+ applications
70+ interviews
0 Offers
I'm tired, boss
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (fapp/)
What career are you looking for - you should post that and see if someone here works in that field and can get you in personally to an interview. Contacts are everything now.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (Gb7+b)
He makes a terrible Bond.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
Guy being into two hot women doing it?
Goddamn mystery, it is.
Posted by: Robert at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (F+RGp)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM (0sNs1)
I like Villeneuve's work. Think he did Arrival too. Maybe he can pull it off and he's better than the Waititititi guy.
Posted by: Brometheus at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (rOmMi)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (JM5dG)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (enNUy)
Never Too Late to Die at Dawn with Diamonds
they're all so fake and gay now. They just take words from the real titles and remix them.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (1wjle)
Did you say SUSQUEHANNA HAT COMPANY!!!!!
Posted by: Guy on street talking to Lou Costello at November 04, 2026 03:24 PM (8nUmk)
Wow. I did not get the reference.
And I pride myself on the huge garbage pile of useless information clogging up my brain.
What short or movie is that from?
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (YSUhf)
What if Q was going on a date with garrett? I bet Ace would care about that.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (2ocoG)
Texas is so fucked they have no idea. This ain’t about ranchers or farmers getting a few helping hands.
___________
Texans can now savor their new reputation of having the strong, independent character of a litter of newborn kittens. Present company excepted, of course, screw everyone in this state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (eRlcH)
There's a downside to attracting all the big businesses to TX. They bring in half a million foreign born workers who vote hard left.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2026 03:34 PM (mkw2N)
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It's all ace's fault that Ken Russell made a film about a boy giving a kitten to Hitler!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:34 PM (IGotw)
He did a pretty good job portraying two different people in the same movie so he can act.
But can he do a British accent?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)
Next he'll get the munchies and start blogging about food.
Posted by: Its understandable however at November 04, 2026 03:34 PM (anL5R)
great point, needs to be made more. Texas Republicans (or so they call themselves) went on a 20 year campaign to import the dysfunctional blue city population to Texas.
Yay! Now we have a higher tax base! We can expand social services!
Yayyyy
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 03:30 PM (fapp/)
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Imma make a prayer for a blessing for you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (RIvkX)
I am looking forward to seeing "Paging Hezbollah" which I'm, sure wasn't a Disney production. I just hope there aren't idiot "Free Palestine" protestors there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (JrHfD)
Callum Turner, first saw him in the 2020 Emma. Thought he had big ears, and they should have given him fuller hair to make up for it. He also has kind of a sandy voice, not a gravelly voice. We shall see.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)
Which is a real shame, because The World is Not Enough was really about Q banging his missus, when you think about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (enNUy)
He was? Did he play the part of a piece of wood floating in the Channel?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)
These are the same people now running the western world and especially Britain.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
Unless they go back in time, Bond doesn't make sense anymore. The whole Bond franchise is incompatible with today's world. It was sort of relief to see Bond die in the last movie since it was well past its due date.
There is no "mastermind" that can perform world domination. Everything of significance is owned by Fidelty, State Street, Vanguard, Schwab and Blackrock.
Pepsi and Coke send their profits to the same owners.
The West can't even slay its own stupid dragons. UK has absolutely no morals or character, no culture, nothing. So why would a Bond character do anything for England when England isn't worth saving and quite, frankly is probably the bad guy.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: Robert at November 04, 2026 03:32 PM
After Tuesday, I don't have to raise my hand until 2032.
Can I get a Hallelujah?
Posted by: James Talarico at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (0sNs1)
The best Craig-as-Bond scene wasn't even in a Bond film. It was in Layer Cake, when XXXX infiltrates Jimmy's mansion grounds to assassinate his boss Jimmy because he's a police snitch.
Then he fucks up by leaving the cartridge cases on the ground for the cops to trace.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (y9nCu)
Plus, who can pronounce that fvcking name?
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (8VNAp)
Denis Villaneuve is a deeply boring director. He's one of those guys who thinks "prestige" = "slow and Low Energy." A lot of people believe that now.
I was bored by Dune and Dune 2, and I'm not against the story or anything. It's just his need to make everything slow to seem important and weighty almost put me to sleep.
He's certainly uneven. I also am bored stiff by his Dune movies (and I love the books and the very bad "Alan Smithee" version, which is at least fun while being terrible). Feel the same way about Bladerunner 2049: a celluloid soporific.
But Arrival, Sicario, Enemy? Really good stuff.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (HFrEr)
There's a downside to attracting all the big businesses to TX. They bring in half a million foreign born workers who vote hard left.
Posted by: ace
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I would imagine they at least want data centers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Robert at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (F+RGp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (8VNAp)
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*gasps in shock*
-Blondie, 28 film series from the 30s-50s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (IGotw)
You're not paying attention, are you?
Posted by: Big Penguin at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (0sNs1)
Bored by Arrival, thought it was trite, turned off Enemy two thirds through. Didn't bother with Sicario.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
These are the same people now running the western world and especially Britain.
The World Is Not Enough tried to make it acceptable to Davos by having the villain be thinly disguised Rupert Murdoch, but even that didn't really solve the problem.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (2ocoG)
Oh, and another thing. Henceforth, I'm voting against every bond issue, every constitutional amendment, every infrastructure improvement and any change whatsoever.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (8VNAp)
you mean Tomorrow Never Dies but otherwise, yes.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
Paul's mom and Dude Bro Momoa were both very good.
The actor playing Paul doesn't physically look the part - he's too frail and effeminate but he can act.
The only real miss was Zendaya who was clearly playing Zendaya the whole movie.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (QlFnJ)
Natalie?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (xhR2q)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:33 PM (JM5dG)
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*gingerly steps off your lawn*
The who?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (bnS/m)
To say nothing of importing N'Awlins' social dysfunction after Katrina.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (Riz8t)
He makes sterile, clean films where everyone is holding their emotions in check except in certain moments.
I think he makes quality films from solid scripts, but the film bros who seem to worship him are weird.
There's better out there.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:39 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (n5tGW)
So at least for that specific franchise, it's a little less idiotic for the main character to suddenly be a left-handed lesbian of color with Down syndrome.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Nova Local"
I've got a business that I have been trying to get rid of for several years. It takes some special mechanical skills and IT knowledge but someone could run with it if so motivated.
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Lizzy at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (4KUe5)
Elton John will be so jealous.
Posted by: wth at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM
Welcome to the party, pal.
Posted by: John McClane at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (0sNs1)
Their groomer corporations are gasping for life.
People ARE rejecting the left. But they didn't like the war, either.
And there was no one else to vote for you express that displeasure.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 04, 2026 03:22 PM
“Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn’t have to produce anything! You’ve never been out of college! You don’t know what it’s like out there! I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results.”
Dr. Ray Stantz - Ghostbusters
The Leftists are failing in the real world where they have to produce tangible results.
OTOH, they are thriving in government and academia where they only have to wield power. They are MUCH better than Republicans at that particular skill.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (8VNAp)
That's actually a pretty solid way to describe it.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: James Talarico at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (0sNs1)
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Did you "celebrate" with your "girlfriend" last night?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (RIvkX)
no that's a Filthy Casual Fan Theory that more serious fans reject outright. Roger Moore visits the grave of Tracy Bond, who married George Lazenby. Why would a different man pretend to be Tracy Bond's widow?
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 04, 2026 03:36 PM (8VNAp)
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*gasps in shock*
-Blondie, 28 film series from the 30s-50s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM (IGotw)
I know, lets put on a SHOW!
Posted by: Mickey Rooney at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
100%
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (pRs0Q)
no that's a Filthy Casual Fan Theory that more serious fans reject outright. Roger Moore visits the grave of Tracy Bond, who married George Lazenby. Why would a different man pretend to be Tracy Bond's widow?
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
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There's that, which people would handwave away, and then there's Bond visiting his parents' graves in Skyfall where their last names were Bond.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: unpronouncible last names are a non starter at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatIronFistVevetGlove at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (hzuYO)
I am looking forward to seeing "Paging Hezbollah" which I'm, sure wasn't a Disney production. I just hope there aren't idiot "Free Palestine" protestors there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (JrHfD)
Me, too, but I'll have to wait until it streams as it's not coming to a theater around here.
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (kX27y)
1960s posh sorority Ace was not on my bingo card.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (i+GzW)
great point, needs to be made more. Texas Republicans (or so they call themselves) went on a 20 year campaign to import the dysfunctional blue city population to Texas.
Yay! Now we have a higher tax base! We can expand social services!
Yayyyy
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (1wjle)
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Texas voted deep red only two years ago. 20+ point swing in two years. That's not explained by any change in demographics, and can't be blamed on foreigners. Something much deeper was/is going on.
I suspect the lack of any compelling reason to vote for the GOP, as well all the endless doomsaying about nothing ever improving, got to a lot of potential GOP voters and they just said "why bother" and stayed home.
I suspect our side's turnout is much closer to 2022 than 2024.
We have two years to fix the problem.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (iFTx/)
I did that yesterday here in Fairfax Co. They all passed, of course.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (Riz8t)
It looks like Disney will continue making bad movies, and will continue to lose market share, and continue to shrink.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (ienUH)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
File her under "I just don't get it". She can't act at all. Hell, she's not even hot IMO.
To be clear: there are many hot black women, some of whom can act. She isn't one of them. Her face looks like a mutant combination of a pig and a bulldog.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Great Plains Drifter at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (IHFqJ)
So, Bond is now a Leprechaun?
Cuz that's what this actor looks like - 00Faith and Begorra!
Perhaps Q can whip-up a high tech shillelagh for him.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Robert at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (F+RGp)
no that's a Filthy Casual Fan Theory that more serious fans reject outright. Roger Moore visits the grave of Tracy Bond, who married George Lazenby. Why would a different man pretend to be Tracy Bond's widow?
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
Well, there is the original Casino Royale... with David Niven and Peter Sellers...
Where EVERYONE is James Bond... even the Seal at the end...
Posted by: Mickey Rooney at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (i+GzW)
He was? Did he play the part of a piece of wood floating in the Channel?
Posted by: Archimedes
I don't remember him in Dunkirk but he does a decent job in Slow Horses
Posted by: Tuna at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (qBdHI)
What I'm getting from neutral/soft left forums is that people actually believe the Dems are going to lower food/gas costs.
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They probably will go down DESPITE typical Dem policies, and then Dems will claim credit.
Ugh, please don't bring out the darkness in me. I've sworn off news, X, and Powerline for the foreseeable future. "Taste the Blood of Dracula" is on t.v. right now (DVR'd).
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (enNUy)
Yayyyy
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (1wjle)
Thats cute you think its gonna go to social services.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (lLeLE)
no that's a Filthy Casual Fan Theory that more serious fans reject outright. Roger Moore visits the grave of Tracy Bond, who married George Lazenby. Why would a different man pretend to be Tracy Bond's widow?
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
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There's that, which people would handwave away, and then there's Bond visiting his parents' graves in Skyfall where their last names were Bond.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (IGotw)
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Now do a deep dive into whether the Sean Connery character in The Rock is actually James Bond. LOL.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Senator James Talafreako, closeted homosexual at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (2mAEd)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (RDiUV)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (zSjNu)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
=
Alternate universe Bond who got captured before the events of Dr. No.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (IGotw)
Way to keep it on topic
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (i+GzW)
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Sorry.
*slips out back door*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (eRlcH)
the music is 100+
apparently stereo afficianadoes play the album to test their system, because it has a big dynamic range
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)
So at least for that specific franchise, it's a little less idiotic for the main character to suddenly be a left-handed lesbian of color with Down syndrome.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 03:40 PM (qlLNh)
No. Bond exists in a sort of "floating timeline." Much like comic book characters. Superman and Batman were introduced in the 1930s but they never age, the timeline just shifts around them. There are numerous references to previous films in the Bond film series. It's meant to be the same guy in every movie. Well, except for Craig's iteration. I think his Bond exists in a completely different universe.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (QlFnJ)
I suspect the lack of any compelling reason to vote for the GOP, as well all the endless doomsaying about nothing ever improving, got to a lot of potential GOP voters and they just said "why bother" and stayed home.
We'll know if they've learned the lesson if Thune is thrown out as Senate minority leader.
So no.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (Riz8t)
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Hopefully, they'll be like the guy in The Incredible Shrinking Man who gets so small, he climbs through the basement grate and disappears into the grass.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (qBdHI)
There's a downside to attracting all the big businesses to TX. They bring in half a million foreign born workers who vote hard left.
Posted by: bonhomme
From Wall Street to Y'all Street to the Billion Dollar Mile in Far North Dallas/Frisco. Congratulations motherfuckers. You just voted in what you ran from. And now there's no place left to run to.
Bwahahahahahahaha!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (7Ne0P)
I never could get past Timothy what'shisnuts being cast as Paul. Didn't look or feel the part. Oscar Isaac also didn't have the gravitas or presence for Leto.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (AZDyS)
And...they made Disney look like shit. And I'm pretty sure they get paid to post these videos.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
I say make Bond merry and just short of slapstick and you'll have a hit on your hands.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)
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The proper movie to test a sound system is Master and Commander.
In the opening battle, if your setup is correctly placed, you can hear men running on the deck above your head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (RDiUV)
Saw that. Should have been fed into a chipper.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 03:46 PM (r2Icn)
Bond- no can do, not my business to meddle in guest culture.
Posted by: Eromero at November 04, 2026 03:46 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 03:46 PM (i+GzW)
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I'm actually hoping to go see it Saturday.
Posted by: Lady in Black
I'll catch it on pay per view on Sunday.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:46 PM (7Ne0P)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 03:46 PM (r2Icn)
Yep.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 04, 2026 03:47 PM (RDiUV)
Yayyyy
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (1wjle)
Thats cute you think its gonna go to social services.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (lLeLE)
Kickbacks, waste, and fraud, are now considered Social Services...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2026 03:47 PM (mP0Kj)
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Yeah, he's a Home Depot 6 maybe, but he's not Bond material at all.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:47 PM (qBdHI)
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Work in digital marketing, I actually have a job now THANK GOD, but I have to pay for my own health insurance which eats into my income, so trying to find better options to help shore up my retirement portfolio before the govt takes it all, lol
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 03:47 PM (fapp/)
lol, the gals are doing the joke now
no fair, that's our insult
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:47 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Thank you, it's really appreciated
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (i+GzW)
He was? Did he play the part of a piece of wood floating in the Channel?
Posted by: Archimedes
Ah, he's the Spitfire pilot who gets shot down and then rescued by the small boat captain.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, he's a Home Depot 6 maybe, but he's not Bond material at all.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:47 PM (qBdHI)
He would be perfect for a Lance Armstrong biopic.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (brIJB)
In 2026, Abbott was between -8 and -11
In 2022, Abbot was about +11.
In 2018, Abbot was about +10.
In 2014, Abbot was about +21.
In 2010, Perry was about +12.
In 2006, Perry was about +10.
In 2002, Perry was about +18.
In 1998, Bush was about +37.
In 1994, Bush was about +8.
You can't explain any of that with talk about blue locusts or swarthy foreigners. TX didn't change that much in 4 years (a 20 or so point swing between 2022 and 2026) and the last 3 decades do not show a slow, steady decline of GOP strength.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (HFrEr)
great point, needs to be made more. Texas Republicans (or so they call themselves) went on a 20 year campaign to import the dysfunctional blue city population to Texas.
Yay! Now we have a higher tax base! We can expand social services!
Yayyyy
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:35 PM (1wjle)
And all of them ended up in my neighborhood.
The celebrating on the neighborhood's FB page is disgusting. Our neighbor - who has been here longer than we have (she grew up in her house, we moved here in1985) and I were discussing how much everything has changed in just the last 10 years or so.
I figured Talerico was gonna win when I saw all of the yard signs go up over the past few months. The other D wins surprised me, though.
None of the people who voted for them lived in Texas pre-1980 (when Texas went R) - most of them weren't even born then.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (OnpZA)
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: ace, trying to be one of the gals at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (1wjle)
Consider Craig's Bond as a "Red Son" universe, where he's Bond but in a Britain co-opted by the Soviets.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: John de Lancie at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (6rFOL)
He was supposed to drive Aston Martins, nail hot chicks, crack wise, and kill the bad guys.
Daniel Craig sucked.
Posted by: ballistic at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Josephistan at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (y9ksN)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:42 PM (iFTx/)
Will Democrats act like whack jobs?
More than likely.
Will Republicans be retarded?
Also more than likely.
The good news (for Texas) is the way our system works political appointments are staggered. Our new smug faced governor will have to deal with Abbot's appointees for two years before she can start making her own.
We still got the Senate, the Supreme Court And The Court of Criminal Appeals (the *other* Supreme Court).
And elections are almost always just around the corner. If this election has proven anything there's always a surprise just waiting.
Posted by: Robert at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (YyFJF)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (enNUy)
Being the racist conservative I am, I LOVED 'Kevin Hill'. He was amazing.
I so never watch new shows for this reason.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (Sco7b)
Why is that? Do you live in a part of Michigan controlled by Muslims?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (czPqD)
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Disappearing for a mental health breakdown in Ohio for a week was no cause for alarm for TX voters, I guess.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (SwyyQ)
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Based on the trailers, it looks like Chani is part of the conspiracy against Paul.
Which...let's be honest. Dune Messiah is not only not holy writ, it's not exactly the best book in the series. Changing Chani from essentially nothing in the book to something in the movie isn't inherently bad on its own.
And, since the book is very clear about Paul being essentially Hitler in SPACE and hating what he created, I think there's going to be a lot of misperceptions about what the adaptations get right and wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (i+GzW)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:44 PM (1wjle)
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The proper movie to test a sound system is Master and Commander.
In the opening battle, if your setup is correctly placed, you can hear men running on the deck above your head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (IGotw)
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Dune too, as much as I disliked that movie.
Although, for testing A/V systems, I recommend hiring a professional calibrator who uses instruments to "tune" your TV and audio to near-perfection. Worth the price, IMO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (SwyyQ)
WHAT!!? Well, that's just great....
*stomps off*
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (brIJB)
I was hoping for a palate cleanser after the TERRIBLE second season (unneeded!) of Dark Matter but yuck
I did see two horror-ish films that are semi-old but I missed - A Dark Song and Pyewacket - over Halloween
they were both really good. A Dark Song was .. something. Neither is actually scary. But very interesting.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (qBivk)
He's 55. If Henry Cavendish is too old, he's only fit to play Bond's dad. Wait, there may be another problem...
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: scampydog at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (2bFN5)
Although, for testing A/V systems, I recommend hiring a professional calibrator who uses instruments to "tune" your TV and audio to near-perfection. Worth the price, IMO.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
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I'll just play the Battle of Kerak scene from Kingdom of Heaven and get hit in the face with the sound of horses and steel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (czPqD)
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 03:48 PM (SwyyQ)
No doubt she'll be Super Magickal Sassy Girlboss.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Open Channel D at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (Riz8t)
Bwahahahahahahaha!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (7Ne0P)
Nope, it just made moving out the Country entirely more appealing. We'll see if Texas Democrats can withstand the pressure of their National Party to shake em down too hard. Because lets make no mistake, the Texas Dems did indeed run on the platform of socialist shakedown.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (lLeLE)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM
I think this is a mistake. It's .. taut.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (JM5dG)
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (IGotw)
yup
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (1wjle)
Possible answers:
The Iran War in general
Gas prices (They went down then up)
Healthcare costs (steady upward trend)
Food/Housing costs doubled under Biden, mostly flat under Trump but did not go down much
Deporting invaders
The answer for the 26 election is probably one of these.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls"
Seems fishier than sous vide sushi.
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (4WxOo)
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Would agree. Demographics are certainly part of the blame. GOP infighting. Complacency from Abbot, who was never really popular. Statewide GOP fatigue.
However, the demographics are a concern because once the jurisdiction is captured, you will never get it back. Harris County on the state macro level would be bad. Hopefully it is more a blip in the road, but the GOP will have to really compete going forward.
Cleaning out the dead growth may be beneficial.
Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (qCV5n)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM
'We can't attack that and live'. Yet they seem to have mostly lived.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (JM5dG)
Give them nothing
Posted by: 496 at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (0Yty7)
will the role call for her to frown?
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:49 PM (1wjle)
Hey, did I bust your balls about worshipping C-3PO? No, I did not.
Posted by: Zendaya, frowning at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (zuZpx)
Well i'll take that under advisement. But also, sometimes, if a movie is too tense, I don't like it. Not that they did anything wrong. They did what they intended. But I'm rarely in the mood for that kind of experience in my old age.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM
'We can't attack that and live'. Yet they seem to have mostly lived.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (JM5dG)
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Well, mercy was offered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (6rFOL)
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (qBdHI)
I don't know who he is but he looks like a huge dweeb. So not hot.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (czPqD)
May I assume that you are not participating in the boycott of several Jewish-run businesses in Philadelphia this coming Sunday?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (k5CNB)
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"Mom said it was taut..."
-Nicholas Cage to Nicholas Cage in Adaptation
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (IGotw)
I'm the youngest of 4 kids... and we saw a LOT of movies in theatres over the years... but the last movie the whole family went to was Paint Your Wagon in 1969...
Mom did not approve of the movie choice... after that there were Guys movies and Girls movies...
Dad always took me and my older Brother to the Bond movies...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (mP0Kj)
Perhaps they can get "Elliot" Page to play Blofeld.
And then everything will work out size-wise.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (fPxPS)
Posted by: Boutros Boutros Ghandi at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (Vu7A1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 03:50 PM (JrHfD)
I live in a rural area on CA's central coast - would have to go to LA or SF to see the movie!
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (kX27y)
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Of course, we'll never know because the GOP doesn't care at all about voter fraud. Those figures do give me pause. It just doesn't seem on the up and up. Along with Opie Talafreako getting, supposedly, 500k more votes than Harris got in '24. That's...a lot to account for. But again, we'll never know. Who needs election integrity?!
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (qBdHI)
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That's a weird movie for me. A movie I really dont like that I do actually like. I can't explain it. It repulses and attracts me at the same time. It's almost as if I am french or something. Blech.
Posted by: is there a word for that? at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (anL5R)
I hear you. I sometimes find that I can't take the stress of a Ms. Rachel or Octonauts episode.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (Riz8t)
Unfortunately there was more than one book.
Even more unfortunately, the shit sandstorm of nonsense it had become didn't stop with the death of the original author. It got worse.
At least Christopher Tolkien has limited himself to publishing books like "My Father's Dry Cleaning Bills, 1947-1949".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: wth at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)
I believed this rumor two thousand years ago. I mean, I was only a little girl at the time.
Welp, I'm going to go be productive with great vigor to ease the wrath I have at Dims and wimps who hate Trump.
Carry on.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatIronFistVelvetGlove at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (hzuYO)
Unfortunately there was more than one book.
Even more unfortunately, the shit sandstorm of nonsense it had become didn't stop with the death of the original author. It got worse.
At least Christopher Tolkien has limited himself to publishing books like "My Father's Dry Cleaning Bills, 1947-1949".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (qlLNh)
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I will not be satisfied until WB spends $250 million on a giant man-worm arguing political science with the 170th version of a man he crushed to death because he was bored a few times over the course of 5,000 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:57 PM (IGotw)
It will though take a long time to get rid of all of these red state dem Senators. That's the real issue.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 03:57 PM (bnAvt)
I like the Bubbles dance scene though.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:57 PM (JM5dG)
Update: Or maybe it's this guy, Jack Lowden, who was apparently in Dunkirk.
He was? Did he play the part of a piece of wood floating in the Channel?
Posted by: Archimedes
I don't remember him in Dunkirk but he does a decent job in Slow Horses
Posted by: Tuna at November 04, 2026 03:43 PM (lJ0H4)
In Dunkirk, he's Tom Hardy's wingman who gets his Spitfire shot down.
I actually think he's already got the 007 job, because of his fate in the Season 6 finale of Slow Horses. They're just working the PR casting horse-race angle to get people talking about 007. I'll say this, if he doesn't get the job, he's gonna be PISSED.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (y9nCu)
no, i've seen in her later movies.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)
Saw "Soulm8te" streaming on HULU last night,
Not a great movie but highly entertaining. Fun watch.
Basically, it's another robot girlfriend turns bunny boiler movie.
Some nice female nudity which I totally approve of since usually nudity in a movie means floppy weiners and no one wants to see that.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (YSUhf)
* Which I still havent seen. I've heard it's one of the best.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (y9nCu)
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He apparently quit the production company he started with his wife, Dua Lipa, a few days ago, and was seen drinking martinis in public, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (IGotw)
"Paint Your Wagon" was a Broadway musical adaptation starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Did that make it a guy's movie or a girl's movie?
Posted by: TR at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (Z4Xxs)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 04, 2026 03:45 PM (XV/Pl)
Campy and retro. I love Casino Royale, but Craig's version of Bond lasted exactly one movie and high-tech modern super cereal thrillers are an oversaturated market.
Posted by: mea culpa at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (iN6fC)
I believed this rumor two thousand years ago. I mean, I was only a little girl at the time.
Welp, I'm going to go be productive with great vigor to ease the wrath I have at Dims and wimps who hate Trump.
Carry on.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatIronFistVelvetGlove at November 04, 2026 03:56 PM (hzuYO)
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She was fine and lived for years after that with no issues
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)
I live in a rural area on CA's central coast - would have to go to LA or SF to see the movie!
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (kX27y)
I live in a rural area on CA's central coast - would have to go to LA or SF to see the movie!
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM
It's beautiful today and the hills are green. Same.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (czPqD)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)
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So...she's definitely dead because the establishment created a false trail of evidence that she lived?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (IGotw)
The world sounds interesting but...its not.
And then the plot makes no sense.
With the big reveal I was thinking, wait, why didn't they give "the bad guy" a medal for what he did?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)
You REALLY shouldn't watch Terminal List 2, especially the innovative torture scene.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (Riz8t)
He's 55. If Henry Cavendish is too old, he's only fit to play Bond's dad. Wait, there may be another problem...
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:51 PM (Riz8t
If 5 foot schoolgirls can kick the asses of 300 pound monsters, Hollywood can adapt.
And wait. 55 too old!?
Back to Convict Conditioning,
And there's probably a few here we wouldn't want to piss off.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (Sco7b)
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I don't see it. He's a mimbo. On the slight side of things. He's not a killer. As edgy as a bar of new soap.
Posted by: is there a word for that? at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (3ksun)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
A 20 point swing means 1 in 5 changed their minds on politics... in just 2 years.
Thinking on everyone I know... Friends, Family, acquaintances, neighbors... there is NO WAY 1 in 5 have changed their politics in the last couple of years.
Do you know that many wishy washy people?
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (mP0Kj)
@FLVoiceNews
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55m
DeSantis refuses to rule out 2028 PRESIDENTIAL RUN as FL held the line in a turbulent midterm | FLV Radio"
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)
One of the female character played a humanoid alien so they gave her purple skin.
Apparently something in the purple dye was bad for her so they had to give her a reason to come back to the show with gold skin paint instead.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)
They could still call it that until the 2000s
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 04:01 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 04:01 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:57 PM (JM5dG)
I was going to counter with "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians", then I realized that "this century" isn't the 20th Century any more. Yeah, I'll have my stewed prunes now, nurse.
If you haven't seen it, SCCTM features the... inimitable... Pia Zadora before she grew breasts, which of course are the only rational reason for having her in any movie whatsoever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 04:02 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 04:02 PM (JM5dG)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:02 PM (i+GzW)
No. I know Dem voters who voted Dem and Rep voters who voted R.
No one switched between 24 and 26 as far as I can tell
But massive fraud in red states under the watchful eye of the Trump admin seems unlikely to me.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 04, 2026 03:55 PM (fPxPS)
Nothing will ever beat Patrick Stewart with a Mullet and it ain't even close. RIP that guy.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 04:03 PM (lLeLE)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 04:03 PM (+gK6I)
Thinking on everyone I know... Friends, Family, acquaintances, neighbors... there is NO WAY 1 in 5 have changed their politics in the last couple of years.
Do you know that many wishy washy people?
Posted by: Romeo13
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Easily, 1 out of 20 Trump voters I know have soured on him since 2026. And these are hard R conservatives. I cant imagine independents and crossover dems.
A guy I sort of know at my office, (he knows I'm a conservative) and like the first thing out of his mouth was how sick he is of Trump (but he's still a supporter)
Its real and its out there
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:03 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (3ksun)
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I did think Paxton would pull it out, mostly because Talacreepo is so skin-crawlingly creepy, but I was one of the guys who said several times that Paxton wasn't a good candidate and could have trouble.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)
Right. Jenna Ortega isn't exactly Sarah Bernhardt either, but at least she's actually cute.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (HFrEr)
Yes.
Season one is ok. And the highlight is probably the episode explaining the motivations of Sorbo's crewmate nemesis.
The show went downhill fast after that.
Lexa Doig was nice eye candy though
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
__________________________
Duh...it's going to be a woman replacing him. Because, Q has to be smart and innovative. A genius. That's every woman on the planet....provided they are having hormone issues.
Posted by: Orson at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (IGotw)
She is a woke, pro-pally c*nt, so my guess is that he is too, or at least woke-curious.
F*ck that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (k5CNB)
In the movie, Paul Atreides uses a fake prophecy implanted by scheming missionaries to guile the upstanding native Fremen into supporting his imperial ambitions. Also, a strong native woman teaches him valuable lessons about fighting and life in general. Yes, Christianity and Europeans are bad and natives are wonderful, I get it.
These elements are present in the original, but with a completely different emphasis. The prophecies are true in some strange way. Paul Atreides becomes more Fremen then the Fremen (cultural appropriation! but not a deception) and fulfills their age-old dream. Fighting is part of the Fremen's culture, there are no pacifists or reticent fighters, and they really don't mind giving their lives for the cause.
Posted by: PG at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (YAu8A)
Posted by: TR at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (Z4Xxs)
Mom did not approve of the Saloon scenes... or the dual marriage thing... so.. guys movie even if it was a musical.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (i+GzW)
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Doesn't this sound like Biden's vote count? It's bullshit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (iOpI2)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (IQhz0)
No, but Buddy "Jed Clampett" Ebsen had to drop out of "The Wizard of Oz" because he almost died from the aluminum-dust makeup they used to make him look like the Tin Man.
Posted by: TR at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (Z4Xxs)
Its real and its out there
Posted by: Leupold
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It must be, because of your experience of one guy.
Posted by: Science! at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (anL5R)
DeSantis refuses to rule out 2028 PRESIDENTIAL RUN as FL held the line in a turbulent midterm | FLV Radio"
Posted by: runner
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Funny about Ron, he's bold in governance but he has that hesitant, whiney affect. Not sure that's a winner against some who does impressions and jumps up and down like AOC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (mmrXZ)
F*ck that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (k5CNB)
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All I know is that I only know her from wearing a slinky dress at the start of Argylle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (IGotw)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:02 PM (i+GzW)
They've mastered weaving narratives through social media influencers (cringe ass fuckin term, but accurate).
Propaganda/Mind Control through another phrase. It probably slipped through her brain cause they'd been spending the majority of the time gaming out and applying this stuff for the past two years for this election. Cause that's just what they do.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 04:05 PM (lLeLE)
I did think Paxton would pull it out, mostly because Talacreepo is so skin-crawlingly creepy, but I was one of the guys who said several times that Paxton wasn't a good candidate and could have trouble.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I thought we'd at least squeak that one out despite being pessimistic
When you look at how much money Talarico raised vs Paxton, of course this side of him was never exposed. The MSM is not going to talk about it.
To the voters that mattered, he was a fresh face.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: scampydog at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (2bFN5)
AND Free Sh*t for everyone Mentality won for now...
Wait a year or two when inflation is back to 10% and Gas is still high...
Trump needs to finish off Iran Now. F**k what Schumer and Jefferies say when their Menstrual Cramps increase.
Next two years nothing will change and in January 2027 more24/7 Investigations into Trump...
Just do it... You have nothing to Lose......
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (jGtoG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Concur. The thing that really hurts is the knowledge that Cornyn feels vindicated. He'd have lost as well, but now he can comfort himself that a huge mistake was made in going with Paxton.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (3ksun)
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Hell, I got laughed at just for asking if KS was in play.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (AZDyS)
Anyway, onto the topic, Sony is very healthy. Disney cutting 20% is because of bad choices. It doesn't have to be this way.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:06 PM (bnAvt)
A fresh face that perfectly played the Biden Playbook of disappearing for two weeks while Republicans annoyed the fuck out of everyone with 2-3 texts per fuckin hour.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (lLeLE)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
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Who is married to Michael Shanks ( Dr. Daniel Jackson of SG-1 ) .
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (brIJB)
You REALLY shouldn't watch Terminal List 2, especially the innovative torture scene.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 03:59 PM (Riz8t)
Too late...I saw it.
Not a fan of detached weiners either.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: runner
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Funny about Ron, he's bold in governance but he has that hesitant, whiney affect. Not sure that's a winner against some who does impressions and jumps up and down like AOC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I'm open to DeSantis and Rubio. And others
I dont think Vance stands much of a chance.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:53 PM (IGotw)
Deep cut Bond lore. Respect!
208 >>I think this is a mistake. It's .. taut.
Well i'll take that under advisement. But also, sometimes, if a movie is too tense, I don't like it. Not that they did anything wrong. They did what they intended. But I'm rarely in the mood for that kind of experience in my old age.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:54 PM (1wjle)
You should def watch the first Scicario. It's superb. And bonus points for portaying a female LEO who isn't a girl boss. It's painfully apparent throughout the movie that she is in WAY over her head, and she gets her ass kicked multiple times.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (XOt8C)
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 04:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2026 04:08 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 03:58 PM (IGotw)
She is a woke, pro-pally c*nt, so my guess is that he is too, or at least woke-curious.
F*ck that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (k5CNB)
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She is also mid (at best) in person. Horrible skin. Odd body. Unrecognizable. I don't think she's all that even when dolled and filtered, but in person ... nah. She's tall, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 04, 2026 04:08 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Zombie Tommy Smothers at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (6rFOL)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (+gK6I)
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Eh, who cares. Both their careers are dead. Cruz will have to become better to retain his seat. Younger Texans are now free to start campaigning for why they are right for Texas. Eventually, your party gets old and outdated and you need to shake things up.
Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (qCV5n)
He's certainly not going to be able to compete with AOC in the all-important sweater puppy category.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
An Iowa Democrat who dropped out of his race in September over health issues still won his State House seat comfortably, in a district that leans Republican.
https://x.com/unusual_whales/ status/2118050142880453099
The math ain't mathin...
Posted by: Ann at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (3ksun)
Nah...you were heckled and told to sit down because you shoot 9mm and you are a chick, which means you are not allowed to speak when the men are talking.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo....Misogynists-R-Us at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (k5CNB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2026 04:01 PM (JrHfD
I liked having kids shows on. Comedy. Some people I could cheer on. No blacks bitching about racism. No gays a bit back.
Zendaya was cute on K.C. Undercover with her as a teenage spy. But to see her as all that blackress now.
No. Ruth Righi is amazing. And Sophia Wylie sp?
I like Zendaya but meh
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Archimedes
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I didnt like Cornyn, but to me he wasnt a McCain or Thillis.
I'm all for getting rid of a RINO, but better have an electable replacement, Paxton was not that guy.
I think Paxton probably brought down Abbot as well.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: Bill C at November 04, 2026 04:10 PM (To0UR)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (+gK6I)
NO STANDING!!!!
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge Joasberg at November 04, 2026 04:10 PM (lLeLE)
I actually think he's already got the 007 job, because of his fate in the Season 6 finale of Slow Horses. They're just working the PR casting horse-race angle to get people talking about 007.
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I don't see it. He's a mimbo. On the slight side of things. He's not a killer. As edgy as a bar of new soap.
Posted by: is there a word for that? at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (anL5R)
"got the 007 job" doesn't mean "he's the right actor for the job". It just means that Amazon thinks he's the right actor for their marketing.
Yeah, he's shorter than Bond should be, and doesn't project the menace you should be getting from a proper Scottish Bond. He does have the acting chops, but he's also kind of on the Roger Moore-ish comedic side of things.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2026 04:10 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2026 04:10 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo....Misogynists-R-Us at November 04, 2026 04:09 PM (k5CNB)
And then the murders began...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 04, 2026 04:10 PM (brIJB)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (i+GzW)
Democrat Ericka Lomick just “won” Texas House District 93 despite being a convicted felon who suspended her campaign months ago.
https://x.com/ginamilan_/
status/2118047365189841200
Posted by: Ann at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 04:04 PM (HFrEr)
Having read them all multiple times, I regret to inform you that the later novels really started falling off. Fleming was getting bored, but he needed the money so he kept pumping them out.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (XOt8C)
Posted by: fd
By March, they'll start to see their life isn't getting better. And will wonder how can that be?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (r2Icn)
Michael Ripper as the police inspector is a hoot.
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One of my favorite Hammers. Michael Ripper was certainly a mainstay in Hammer films.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (qBdHI)
Didn't bother with Sicario.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 03:37 PM
I think this is a mistake. It's .. taut.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 03:52 PM (JM5dG)
I liked both Scicario movies.
But....if you like your drug cartel movies grim and downbeat with plenty of jazzy dialogue,
Check out "The Counselor" directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy.
Maybe the last good movie Ol' Riddy made.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: bearski at November 04, 2026 04:12 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (3ksun)
I was wrong about TX in 2026. Plain and simple. I can say so.
But I think people who thought Talarico was going to win, if they were just focused on that race, were right basically by coincidence.
The TX GOP got its ass kicked across the board last night. If a single one its statewide candidates won, that's news to me (including for supreme court, court of criminal appeals - offices people are almost never too worked up about). To say nothing of regional offices like the intermediate appellate court judgeships (which have gone both ways since 2018 by reasonably narrow margins).
Cornyn would have lost last night too if it had been him rather than Paxton. Any R would have.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 04:12 PM (HFrEr)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 04:12 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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It will be blamed on Trump, even with a Dem Congress.
See Bush in 2008 when he had lost Congress in 2006
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (bnAvt)
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I will concede he is more Moore than Connery. Still Moore was dashing. The slow horses dude is a bit of a mimbo. Not much going on behind the eyes. Moore had some cunning. Even with the comedy.
Posted by: But I'm not a casting director what do I know at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:07 PM (XOt8C)
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Watching Josh Brolin pretty much body slam Emily Blunt and explain reality to her after she punches him is very satisfying.
Good movie.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (AZDyS)
I just don't know who DeSantis could beat. Kamala?
I was really hoping she'd run, but with this DSA Red/Green wave, I think she's yesterday's news to Dems.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (i+GzW)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (JM5dG)
Posted by: Delurker at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (2Drhq)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 04, 2026 04:00 PM (3ksun)
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*hands nurse a second pudding cup*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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I can see case being made either way, I think though an "open" seat with an insanely polarizing GOP nominee poured a lot of outside money into it that would not have been there with Cornyn.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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It will be blamed on Trump, even with a Dem Congress.
See Bush in 2008 when he had lost Congress in 2006
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:13 PM (bnAvt)
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"We inherited this economy."
Not even an insightful prediction.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (r2Icn)
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (YSUhf)
Me too! Good, subtle character development, and they did not drag at all!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (k5CNB)
Posted by: ... at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (i+GzW)
Could be Hollywood's favorite stereotype, the black nerdy techy who somehow also is a hit with the ladies. Hardison on Leverage, for instance.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 04:15 PM (2ocoG)
I was really hoping she'd run, but with this DSA Red/Green wave, I think she's yesterday's news to Dems.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I think he could be Newsome, he certainly has a better record as Gov of FL vs CA.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:15 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 04:15 PM (2ocoG)
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"WAAAALL-E!"
-WALL-E
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 04:15 PM (IGotw)
See Bush in 2008 when he had lost Congress in 2006
Posted by: Leupold
See California with a Dem governor and Dem super majorities in both the State Senate and State Assembly for the past decade plus.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (6rFOL)
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People who live in glass houses can't throw stones.
Posted by: I live in Cleveland been there seen that at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (XOt8C)
Well, fuck me, I guess. I'm sorry to hear that.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (HFrEr)
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That's the argument I would make if I was in Cornyn's camp. But the results across the country suggest it would not have mattered.
Posted by: SH at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (qCV5n)
Anyways, G-d has a plan and it will be good. The sun will continue to rise.
Agreed on director how do you spell his name. The Dunes and BladeRunner were boring and horribly overrated.
Sicario, though is a classic. Top 10 film imo.
Posted by: naftali at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (Atjli)
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Eh, who cares. Both their careers are dead. Cruz will have to become better to retain his seat. Younger Texans are now free to start campaigning for why they are right for Texas. Eventually, your party gets old and outdated and you need to shake things up.
Posted by: SH
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Agreed on Cornyn & Paxton. Annoying that Corny gets to gloat but whatever, they ain't coming back... Not feeling like Cruz is in danger. This seismic shift isn't because Paxton was a bad candidate (he wasn't great); Paxton didn't make a 20 point swing down for Abbott... People are just pissed and voted for Dems. If that's repeatable (can't believe it will be), we may as well close up shop...
Posted by: bearski at November 04, 2026 04:17 PM (Bhsk7)
Does this now mean I can pretend to be a woman and go into the woman's bathroom and watch T and A without any consequences ????
Posted by: Bill C
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Yes, and I hope you do it! In every damn blue precinct in America!
In fact, that's a project I would kick $20 to. Or better still, execute. Seriously, if any male moron wants to do a 2-year road trip with me -- you enter bathrooms, I shoot the video -- I'm down! We would get millions of views, enough to monetize and pay for gas.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 04, 2026 04:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 04:17 PM (Ia/+0)
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Cabaret is not the movie of our times!
The Devils is the movie of our times!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing the world in a Ken Russell way at November 04, 2026 04:17 PM (IGotw)
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Speaking of CA, which commie stooge won the mayor's race in LA?
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 04:18 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Skip
It will take a miracle to get out of this mess, and the Democrats have outlawed miracles.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 04, 2026 04:20 PM (6rFOL)
His last book, The Man with the Golden Gun, was unfinished when he died of a heart attack and is clearly a first draft. The completed "book" actually contains what are obviously two different rewrites of the same scene, but just presented within 10 pages of each other.
Fleming's quality drops and rises by book but I dispute that there is a falling off in his later books. Some of his worst books, Diamonds are Forever and Live and Let Die, are early. His absolute worst, the Spy Who Loved Me, is middle.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 04:20 PM (1wjle)
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Greenville used to be reliably red. In the 25+ years I've lived in the upstate, the last 10 have seen a big shift in politics there.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 04:20 PM (qBdHI)
I'm sure a little cheating helped the D's along the way as someone pointed out earlier there seem to be some numerical discrepancies becoming evident.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 04, 2026 04:21 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 04:21 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2026 04:14 PM (r2Icn)
Ya think?
At least Kansas is looking into theirs.
I do not know how they did it, but multiple states swinging every county blue, people who dropped out of races winning, more votes for D candidates than past Democrat Presidential candidates...
All seems on the up-and-up to me.
Posted by: Ann at November 04, 2026 04:21 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2026 04:22 PM (Wt1Rs)
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:11 PM (XOt8C)
Well, fuck me, I guess. I'm sorry to hear that.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 04:16 PM (HFrEr)
Don't be too disappointed, they're still good books! They just don't quite match the page-turning thrill ride of the early stuff.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:22 PM (XOt8C)
I did find it weird how much advertising the dems were able to do despite the dnc supposedly being so poor.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 04, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 04:22 PM (enNUy)
I still think as my first book on 2016 election computer hacking is their main goal
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2026 04:23 PM (lfNXu)
Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2026 04:23 PM (Wt1Rs)
Yeah.
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at November 04, 2026 04:24 PM (MWfyi)
Turnout number totals about normal for a non Prez Election.... but EVERY single county in Texas went further Dem? in EVERY RACE?
From Governor to Railroad Commissioner? That seems statistically odd.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 04, 2026 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 04:26 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 04, 2026 04:26 PM (hxMfc)
I'm sure a little cheating helped the D's along the way as someone pointed out earlier there seem to be some numerical discrepancies becoming evident.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 04, 2026 04:21 PM (3Ope
You don't get a 24 point swing from one election to the next. Until this one in Texas. It's like California voted in our election instead of Texas voters.
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:27 PM (lpTXP)
From Governor to Railroad Commissioner? That seems statistically odd.
Posted by: Romeo13"
Seems fishier than Lena Dunham's hamper.
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2026 04:27 PM (MWfyi)
His last book, The Man with the Golden Gun, was unfinished when he died of a heart attack and is clearly a first draft. The completed "book" actually contains what are obviously two different rewrites of the same scene, but just presented within 10 pages of each other.
Fleming's quality drops and rises by book but I dispute that there is a falling off in his later books. Some of his worst books, Diamonds are Forever and Live and Let Die, are early. His absolute worst, the Spy Who Loved Me, is middle.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2026 04:20 PM (1wjle)
You didn't like Live and Let Die??? That might be my favorite. The swim Bond makes in the open ocean from his rented villa to Mr. Big's lair were some of the most thrilling pages in all of spy fiction. Majesty's is okay, I just didn't feel like Bond falling for Tracy was believable. Maybe because Fleming was uncomfortable writing a subplot based on romantic emotion.
Posted by: Lamont Cranston at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM (XOt8C)
California's elections are openly fraudulent, they're daring DOJ to do something about it at this point.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Max Power at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM (lpTXP)
Speaking of CA, which commie stooge won the mayor's race in LA?
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 04, 2026 04:18 PM (qBdHI)
Still counting, of course.
Posted by: beckster at November 04, 2026 04:29 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at November 04, 2026 04:29 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2026 04:23 PM (Wt1Rs)
Depends. Define “Red”.
Posted by: tubal at November 04, 2026 04:29 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM
in French.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 04:29 PM (JM5dG)
Pretty much nailed it.
Posted by: man at November 04, 2026 04:30 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 04, 2026 04:30 PM (3Ope8)
She's fine looks-wise. Not spectacular, not ugly. She always plays the same character, and like a lot of actors who do that, it sometimes fits and often doesn't.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ralph Dorfman at November 04, 2026 04:31 PM (qZqSb)
Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2026 04:23 PM (Wt1Rs)
Depends. Define “Red”.
Posted by: tubal
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About the only state that was able to beat things back was FL. But even there, it was tight.
Posted by: Leupold at November 04, 2026 04:31 PM (bnAvt)
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:28 PM
Length of left leg: ___
Length of right leg: ___
Posted by: Application to live in West Virginia at November 04, 2026 04:31 PM (ZA4gy)
Who knows. Will a statistical analysis show some correlation between the voting systems used and Democrat gains? It should be interesting to test.
Posted by: PG at November 04, 2026 04:31 PM (YAu8A)
I'd be totally up for Trump using the Insurrection Act here in Texas to disqualify the winners ala Lincoln if it could be -
iron-clad proven that voter fraud swung the election and who did the fraud and paid for it were known.
That won't happen though so talking about a cheat is kinda worthless.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 04:31 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 04:32 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
She was bad, her character (Chani) was worse. The script went from her being a zealous Fremen to scoffing at their religion. From being hurt but behind Paul in his decision to take Irulan as his wife to storming out of the room. In the books she is a strong woman willing to make sacrifices. They "modernized" her and turned her into a b*tch. Zendaya added on "boring".
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 04, 2026 04:32 PM (9ZFZd)
How so? GOPe wouldn't touch anything Vance said about the election with a 10 mile pole, and I've read that Trump agreed with him.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2026 04:32 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:33 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: It's me donna at November 04, 2026 04:33 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 04, 2026 04:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at November 04, 2026 04:33 PM (qZqSb)
Posted by: NCKate at November 04, 2026 04:34 PM (enNUy)
Danial Craig is married to Rachel Weisz, who makes for a pretty good beard if he's gay.
Posted by: Auspex at November 04, 2026 04:34 PM (Y8DZL)
From Governor to Railroad Commissioner? That seems statistically odd.
Posted by: Romeo13
There were whispers of a warehouse in Houston containing pallets of pre-marked ballots, several hundred thousand of them. Haven't seen any substantiation of this, but:
A. It would explain a lot if true.
B. Knowing what I know about Dems and their election malfeasance, I can't disregard it as a kook conspiracy theory.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 04, 2026 04:34 PM (6rFOL)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 04, 2026 04:36 PM (3Ope8)
iron-clad proven that voter fraud swung the election and who did the fraud and paid for it were known.
That won't happen though so talking about a cheat is kinda worthless.
Posted by: naturalfake
That's what the Democracy Files game plan was designed for. They knew their cheating would lead to a constitutional conflict that they could use to get governors to engineer a complete overthrow. That's exactly what they want.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 04, 2026 04:36 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 04, 2026 04:32 PM (9ZFZd)
Zendaya:
"Ok, I see Chani as her own woman. But, very frowny. Very very frowny,
Oh! And boring. She should be soooooooo boring.
Alright, ready Mr Villeo...villescooperdoo!"
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2026 04:37 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 04, 2026 04:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 04, 2026 04:29 PM (JM5dG)
I had to take my Louisiana real estate test which is based on Civil law of French and Spanish civil code instead of English Common law like the rest of the states.
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:39 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: polynikes at November 04, 2026 04:40 PM (lpTXP)
Posted by: Skip at November 04, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)
I hate Trump personally and really don't like him being the standard bearer of a movement I support.
I also really disliked the do nothing Republican rep we had until yesterday. (He lost to a Dem who had already been defeated in two previous races.)
That said I went out and voted for all the R's yesterday. Can't say I'm overly upset about the loses of the people I voted for since they were mostly useless anyway.
Posted by: Boutros Boutros Ghandi at November 04, 2026 04:44 PM (Vu7A1)
Posted by: Boutros Boutros Ghandi at November 04, 2026 04:44 PM (Vu7A1)
I suspect that we will have plenty of opportunity to become sorry. There's an appreciable difference between useless and useful to the other side.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2026 04:59 PM (HFrEr)
Posted by: MikeN at November 04, 2026 05:03 PM (38CpP)
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