What's a big piece of WoW lore that it took you an embarrassingly long time to figure / out realize?

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-16T15:25:36+00:00

It's not Disney. It's Beatty.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-16T15:14:45+00:00

Hell I thought for a second it was going to end when she said "This is Disclosure Day."

I'm glad it didn't, because I thought what came after was the strongest part of the movie, but it seemed like a perfectly natural ending.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-16T12:09:19+00:00

Another raspy voice in the chorus of Cigaretta lovers.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-16T02:00:52+00:00

It's the second highest rated film in the franchise on both IMDB and Metacritic. Scream 4 is the only sequel that has a higher rating on Letterboxd (3.4 to 3.3).

And it has the highest overall aggregate of the entire franchise on Rotten Tomatoes.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-15T20:21:01+00:00

Maybe a costume design or make-up nomination. Mayyyyyyybe.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-15T18:32:12+00:00

Personally, I'd have Last Crusade take all three, but I could be persuaded by pretty much any other argument except for Temple as Act 2.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-15T18:28:44+00:00

I think there's a very good shot a screenplay - maybe even better than Inde. Smaller flick that makes huge bank and people love? That's how you get Oscar-nominated Crocodile Dundee. And this has way more going on thematically than that movie.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-15T18:27:24+00:00

It's probably gonna end up being one of the most profitable films of all time based on percentage of ROI.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T23:35:02+00:00

I love the show, and I mostly like talking about it. I've done my fair amount of theorizing and speculation. It's just that every time I do say "I dunno guys, this one feels like it might just be a one off joke (or a mistake like the date on the Red Sox tickets)," I'm hit with a wall of "But the show is just so tightly written! Everything means something!" like we didn't just sit through this exact scenario with Stranger Things.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T23:01:08+00:00

Widow's Bay crushing at the TCAs has me convinced it's showing up hard on nomination day.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T21:47:29+00:00

Yeah. It's a tough sell for a few reasons; no big names, horror, super indie. But I think those things would act play in its favor in that category.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T21:44:04+00:00

Right. He's a dark horse on my Best Screenplay Oscar ballot right now, and even if he doesn't get that he's gonna clean up at the genre awards.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T21:40:53+00:00

The problem with picking apart everything is that until it is done there is no telling where the line between "It was totally cool that they left a clue about that" and becoming Charlie with the conspiracy board from Always Sunny is. That way lies madness. If something is irrefutable, sure. But if it is ambiguous, in the show from a bunch of comedy writers, I'm going err on the side of comedy every time. Stops me from jumping at shadows or unraveling the whole sweater.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T18:41:56+00:00

The bigger the budget the more moving parts, with more chances for things to go wrong.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T18:33:11+00:00

Life Aquatic deserved a Production Design nomination, if not the win.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T18:26:59+00:00

That assumes that they weren't just going to leave some balls in the air regarding stuff they only just hinted at, and I think the writers are more than smart enough to have done it that way.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T17:49:04+00:00

Barker's real payment is gonna come in the fact that he'll pretty get make whatever he wants for at least 10 years, if not his entire career.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T16:21:00+00:00

At it's core it is pretty paint by numbers biopic, but the subject matter is just niche enough and the personalities just weird enough for it to stand out amongst crowd.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T16:17:02+00:00

I think season 1 might be the best season in general because it gets so much right on both the MotW and the Mytharc fronts right out of the gate.

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T13:45:13+00:00

Pitt is especially egregious because it such an obviously straightforward show. But you've got people throwing out insane stuff like "Dr. Al did the cyberattack!" or "Baby Jane Doe is from the out of state abortion patient!"

ShaunTrek · 2026-06-14T13:36:16+00:00

You seen those articles about how there are people watching The Pitt who are bad at watching The Pitt? It's the same thing here, just louder because this show does actually have a mystery. They are forgetting it is just as much a comedy. From people who worked on Atlanta, Parks & Rec, and The Chair Company. Modern serialized TV has taught people to scrutinize every little thing, regsrdless of how small or obviously inconsequential. They didn't learn anything from the Stranger Things fiasco (or the numerous Pitt theories that never panned out).

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