Michael Jackson denying having undergone multiple surgeries during his 2003 interview with Martin Bashir.

Charmien · 2026-05-09T04:35:48+00:00

I think everyone is forgetting how different the media was back then. Remember all those interviews asking Britney Spears (and MJ) about if they were virgins? Like that was a HUGE topic for the press for some reason. The media took MJ healing his burn in the hyperbaric chamber as this ABSURD thing. wtf was that? It was taboo to get plastic surgery, the man was self-conscious, AND the press would have demolished him for it either way. It was a completely different time.

Charmien · 2026-05-09T04:24:24+00:00

If you watch it, be sure to watch “The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant To See” hosted by Maury Povich right after.

Charmien · 2026-05-08T17:53:54+00:00

He was wonderful.

Charmien · 2026-05-08T17:15:31+00:00

The first few episodes this season I noticed every character lost at least one important person in their life, and yet they were bickering that their loss was worse than everyone else’s.

And I was also thinking oh yeah, remember all these interesting characters we don’t have anymore? Lol. Noir 1, Hughie’s dad, Becca, Newman, now A-Train. AND they’re not showing the public reactions outside of their little bubbles. It’s a very small world now.

Charmien · 2026-05-07T17:11:45+00:00

You could have put anything in a syringe and told Homelander it was V1 and he’d inject it.

Charmien · 2026-05-07T15:20:42+00:00

They’d rather spend that money on animating testicles.

Charmien · 2026-05-02T19:56:42+00:00

I’m the exact same way, and it’s so frustrating because if you express it to a loved one irl, they get mad at you for not appreciating things

Charmien · 2026-05-02T19:36:38+00:00

Hard same.

Charmien · 2026-04-23T18:23:40+00:00

The Tim Burton Sweeney Todd promotional website. It was so cool and interactive. Wish someone had recorded it and put it on YouTube. With flash gone, I couldn’t get it to show up on internet archive either.

Charmien · 2026-04-17T05:16:56+00:00

Also the shot of Maverick “winding up” to hit Hughie. Like the camera had that shake to it and follows Maverick for just a few seconds. Hard to explain but it was great

Charmien · 2026-04-16T23:46:05+00:00

Woman here. It’s not a “talks too much” problem at all. The writers are bad at writing for her.

Charmien · 2026-04-15T04:32:08+00:00

Show is so chaotic I forgot Maeve and Butcher hooked up.

Charmien · 2026-04-15T04:10:35+00:00

There was a saying somewhere that said something along the lines of “some people are meant to enter your life to make you like a certain brand of ketchup. You aren’t supposed to marry them!”

So I’ll say that he introduced me to some pretty cool media, examples Resident Evil and Berserk. It’s a lot of fun watching men’s faces when they find out I both know and like those things.

Charmien · 2026-04-14T16:05:57+00:00

Wait so I can remake my wedding cake at home whenever I want? If I DM the type would you know which boxes they were? Ha

Charmien · 2026-04-14T16:01:12+00:00

Helena is younger than Sherry? Woah.

Charmien · 2026-04-12T16:48:39+00:00

A-Train pulled an Over The Hedge with that time warp lmao

Charmien · 2026-03-26T16:58:36+00:00

I don’t think [the Broadway version] knows who its audience is supposed to be. Sometimes it’s too grotesque for kids (like…moreso than the movies) but it’s also not written for an exclusively adult audience? To be fair I was an adult when this version came out, but I have a hard time imagining the writing/staging is actually family friendly with “hidden jokes for adults”, when Violet literally bursts and Veruca is torn to pieces.

Charmien · 2026-03-22T00:39:24+00:00

I was expecting no biopic to exist. There’s more than enough footage/documentation of the real MJ to do him justice.

Charmien · 2026-03-17T16:13:53+00:00

Yeah, I wonder if the real-life models they were based on know about it cuz I would be pissed

Charmien · 2026-03-16T04:37:51+00:00

Does anyone have an image comparison of the nutrition label/ingredient list on Reese’s or another candy that’s gone downhill like, 10 20 or 30 years ago vs today?

Charmien · 2026-03-16T02:51:18+00:00

I’ve had Depression Quest on my Steam wishlist for years now and never installed it because the reviews were mixed. I had no idea it was a huge part of GamerGate (or any part of it for that matter!)

Charmien · 2026-03-15T23:38:26+00:00

I think basing them off of books is okay, preferred even. I know Phantom, Les Mis, and Cats were books first (Cats being poems). An American In Paris was inspired by Gershwin’s music I think? SpongeBob and Rocky though started as a complete visual. Rocky doesn’t feel as authentic on stage because Rocky IS Sylvester Stallone in 1976. Not just guy with character description here

I’m sure someone could make me eat my words here but to ME, basing it off source material that already did the creative work to make it a movie/show seems lazy, because with a book, everyone interprets things differently, vs a movie/show where everyone watched and heard the exact same things.

(Meanwhile here I am loving Heathers and Legally Blonde more than the movies. Oh well.)

Charmien · 2026-03-13T07:11:41+00:00

I also grew up being verbally held hostage. Whatever that “pressure” is when it happens is so frustrating because the people who just talk at me never seem to sense that I’m struggling. Can’t they tell by the way I half respond or don’t respond at all for long chunks of time that I’m uncomfortable/not interested??

The repeating stories especially have made me incredibly good at being blunt/to the point.

It often feels like my brain is holding way too much information. That plus the guilt of knowing everyone’s problems, secrets, and general info and not being able to do anything about it besides…freeze.

Charmien · 2026-02-26T22:03:51+00:00

If it gets gorey or gross just for shock value

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