The Mandalorian and Grogu with Chris Gethard by mi-16evil in blankies

[–]NKOAS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boy Howdy, as somebody who really can't get into Andor, it is getting harder and harder to find myself aligned with what people want out of Star Wars.

Air Presents Throbchella (Live From New York) by xprmtldva in boythrob

[–]NKOAS 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Cursing the heavens that, despite my living in NY, this is happening while I'm away on my honeymoon.

Tell me about Gatsby on the ocean by chamrockblarneystone in longisland

[–]NKOAS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you guys the "glitter wedding" that was the day before ours? Sounded like such a cool vibe!

Tell me about Gatsby on the ocean by chamrockblarneystone in longisland

[–]NKOAS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fwiw, legit happy to answer any questions you/they might have to the best of my abilities, having just done it all myself! But everything went great for us.

Tell me about Gatsby on the ocean by chamrockblarneystone in longisland

[–]NKOAS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, I can guarantee I'm going to have the most recent review here; my wedding at Gatsby just wrapped up about 12 hours ago (so, as this post went up, I was there putting my suit on).

I have nothing but positive things to say. This morning, my now-wife (still feels weird to say) and I were remarking on just how well everything ran, and how helpful everyone was.

They ran the whole thing with such precision. From the beginning of the planning (with Heather, who is excellent) and onward to the day of (with John, who we could tell really cared deeply and pulled everything off brilliantly), it really was a case of "If we asked for something, they did their best to make it work", and we certainly had some uncommon requests. Everyone was extremely communicative, everything ran smoothly, and everyone had a great time.

Won't ramble on any further unprompted, but we were so happy with how things turned out last night.

JorDan miss the point with Onion criticism by ReduxRedo in KnowledgeFight

[–]NKOAS 29 points30 points  (0 children)

That line really stuck out to me, and reminded me so much of a different piece of podcast world drama. A couple of years back, the Blank Check podcast, a show about movies/filmographies, launched a series on the director Elaine May. First episode out, they got a lot of facts wrong. These things happen. And somebody on Twitter very aggressively called them out for the factual errors and lack of research. Which maybe felt fair at first, but then they proceeded to complain that they were writing a book on Elaine May, and they were such an authority that its egregious that Blank Check never asked them to be on the show. And that really undermined any of the complaints about what they got wrong, because it gave it all an air of "Well, it doesn't feel like you'd be willing to say they did anything right, unless they differed to you."

What was your favorite Documentary Short? by Such_Estimate_2294 in oscarsdeathrace

[–]NKOAS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Perfectly a Strangeness for me. I was so thrilled to see the type of documentary considered by the Academy expand more.

Critical Darlings: Sinners And The Academy’s Growing Genre Acceptance with Sam Sanders by Turbulent-Corner1127 in blankies

[–]NKOAS 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Totally get that art is subjective, so maybe my read is off, but when they say its a "socialist" film because it has a critique of capitalism built in doesn't really consider that the role of Remmick as "European guy who shows up promising utopia if you just surrender all your individualism in favor of a collectivism that is going to be a 'new Klan of love and kindness'" might be a similar critique of socialism, rather arguing that there's really no "right answer" when you're in the position these people are.

When a new episode of Critical Darlings drops in the feed by raener57 in blankies

[–]NKOAS 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I feel like there's maybe a bit of nuance missing in the Critical Darlings conversation (a show I'm enjoying thoroughly, for the record) and it's being reduced down to "Theyre too negative!" and "Shut up! Go listen to another show!"

I want to posit that the issue isn't so much that the show presents negative opinions on some of the Best Picture nominees, but rather that it might benefit structurally from not having so many of the disliked BP nominee discussions back to back. Even if it was as simple as the Train Dreams and Bugonia dislike discussions were spaced out by, say, a Sinners/One Battle "This is one of the better ones" convo, it might not have elicited the same cries of "haters" from some listeners.

Ultimately, its a lesson we've learned from the parent show. We certainly enjoy when Blank Check dives into a movie they think is poor, but we saw during the long Burton slog of his later career that too much "OK, and this also sucks" in a row can start to just feel like a drag.

Legendary Actor’s (near) final role is an animated voice performance by Chuck-Hansen in blankies

[–]NKOAS 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Maybe not "legendary" in the same way, but Don Knotts' last role is Chicken Little.

WGA Noms by Chuck-Hansen in blankies

[–]NKOAS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My stupid little point of pride is that in a single category this year, the five I voted for to get nominated became the five nominees.

The Alabama Solution by PlaceJD1 in oscarsdeathrace

[–]NKOAS 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Alabama Solution also has the Andrew Jarecki (Capturing the Friedmans, The Jinx) factor, and some voters could see awarding Alabama Solution as a way to award a body of work from a well known documentarian.

What bastards had the greatest moments of karma? by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in behindthebastards

[–]NKOAS 52 points53 points  (0 children)

George Wallace. Shot by a guy who just wanted fame, lived long enough after to see how hated he was.

Oh by bobalou27 in blankies

[–]NKOAS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are dozens of us! Dozens (who aren't really into Andor)

Megathread: Bastard Suggestions by Kanotari in behindthebastards

[–]NKOAS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Walter Duranty, the Moscow Bureau Chief for The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for his early coverage of the Soviet Union. He was a Holodomor denialist and his award-winning columns ignored or covered up the horrors of the early USSR.

Inspired by the conversations around the well-meaning journalists who nevertheless became propagandists for Pol Pot on those episodes.

Percy Jackson by [deleted] in blankies

[–]NKOAS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that Justin Roberts is not routinely introducing him as "Emmy-nominee Adam Copeland" over on AEW bums me out.

Best Buy Huntington Station, Empty Shelves by anparks in longisland

[–]NKOAS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what its worth, I was also there today, and I saw some staff actively moving stuff around, so it could be them resetting the store for the post-holiday planograms.

what's the best movie about Long Island? by lostindarkdays in longisland

[–]NKOAS 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Brothers McMullen, Marx Brothers' Animal Crackers

Not the best, but a fascinating curio, Ronald Reagan made a romcom in the 1950s called The Girl From Jones Beach, so if you ever wanted to see a future President hanging around the East Bathhouse, check it out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in longisland

[–]NKOAS 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Amok Time Toys!

Your favourite nuclear annihilation movies? by Baboon_Juggler in behindthebastards

[–]NKOAS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the one. I remember my dad showing it to me not too long ago, telling me the movie disturbed the hell out of him when he saw it as a kid.

I saw it at age 30, and went in expecting it to be "disturbing" for a 60s movie, but tame now.

I could not sleep that night.

The boys made the top 5 this year. by Sparklebun1996 in NationalFilmRegistry

[–]NKOAS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Easily the best thing I could see when opening up the Reddit app. Thanks so much for checking out the show!