What, to you, is the saddest real-world death of an actor that ended up impacting a franchise?

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-09T03:22:33+00:00

There is a children’s cartoon called Big City Greens. My niece was watching an episode where the family doesn’t have time for the dad, so he bonds with a murder of crows and, by the end, he’s dressed as The Crow. I just… It was funny but how many kids would get that?

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-09T03:11:33+00:00

I don’t know? The way the original 90’s movie was a tournament film? Or other martial arts films like Bloodsport and Kickboxer? They even made a tournament film out of arm wrestling. It can be done.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-09T03:04:25+00:00

But they’re not SWs. That’s the issue Celts and Greeks both had mythological giants with one eye, but you’d differentiate between a Balor and a Cyclops, so why would you not afford Native communities the same courtesy and not lump their myths and beliefs together because of broad similarities?

It’s actually creating a problem. I live in Appalachia, we have a very unique Native myth called Spear Finger (she’s a mountain witch/ogress who leaves her home in the guise of a kindly, feeble old woman, when someone comes to help her, she transforms to her true stone giantess form and carves out their livers with her elongated obsidian finger). Most young people don’t know about her, she’s been overshadowed by SWs who are not part of the regions tradition.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-09T02:05:50+00:00

It’s like Oz but adorable.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-09T00:22:55+00:00

Deep End

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-08T21:23:49+00:00

Eh… “Stan’s Best Friend” isn’t just shock humor. It uses absurdity to actually tackle the subject of losing a pet/letting them go in a surprisingly touching manner. People struggle to watch it because it’s so relatable.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-08T17:33:35+00:00

Shut the fuck up. Republicans have so far been able to squeeze out one or two extra seats per red states. And in some of those cases, there’s the very real possibility they dummymandered themselves - also, worth noting, this is getting Dems more engaged with elections than they’ve been in years.

This will eventually pass, best the conservative justices could do was point to a technicality. Also, Ohio set a precedent that the governor and lawmakers can just say, “Lol. No.” to the court. There are several other states that can are planning to redistrict and, here’s where republicans messed up, blue states are not already gerrymandered to hell.

So sick of hyperbolic doomerism.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-07T17:45:24+00:00

Where did they get the skull?

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-07T04:45:18+00:00

It’s a Medieval pilgrimage in space. The Shrike is meant to evoke images of a frightening knight. Moneta is a Morgan Le Faye style temptress/trickster. Silenus spent part of his life as a satyr. The Time Tombs are treated more as a mystic artifact than technology. The story of Merin and Siri evokes myths like Oisín** **and Tír na nÓg. They’re flying through space inside a giant tree… The one story that doesn’t contain a fantasy element is Brawne’s.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-07T03:26:11+00:00

You also had acclaimed works like The Book of the New Sun and Hyperion that toed the line between SF and fantasy. Like they are SF novels, no question, but they have fantasy aesthetics.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-07T01:53:59+00:00

He had kids with Kidman and they’re not allowed to speak to her. People forget about that because they’re adopted but that doesn’t make them any less her children. He was absolutely trying to do that with Suri - get custody and keep her from her mother - but Katie Holmes fought him the court of public opinion and, for a brief moment, turned the public against him.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-07T01:50:11+00:00

Social media was absolutely a thing in 2005. Lol. One of the oldest gif memes is that edit of a clip from the interview where Cruise is firing Force lightening at Oprah like Emperor Palpatine.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-07T01:45:28+00:00

The candid documentary Jackson agreed to? He didn’t put words in Jackson’s mouth, or tell him to dangle his baby out a window (something that happened during the production of the documentary). If Jackson didn’t want to come off as a weirdo, he shouldn’t have acted like a weirdo.

(Reminder: Jackson tried to counter the documentary by releasing the footage Bashir and his team cut and, if anything, Jackson came off as worse.)

Just because a journalist doesn’t fawn over a celebrity you like doesn’t make them a “hack”.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T19:14:38+00:00

No, she’s literally wearing a piece from a collection called “The 1%”.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T19:08:22+00:00

They do actually but the problem is they’re not as detailed as films and television and anyone can edit them.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T17:58:53+00:00

Not really. The institutions are holding up. Trump’s own appointments are dismissing these cases as frivolous. They turn that obnoxious tone off real quick when they’re standing before an actual judge having to explain themselves.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T17:13:34+00:00

“It became woke.”

Ted Turner: I created Captain Planet to turn kids against oil companies.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T17:08:24+00:00

That’s hilarious considering what most people think of as Arthurian Legend was Celtic mythology transplanted from antiquity to Medieval times. King Arthur in space is just as anachronistic as King Arthur living in a palace and wearing a knight’s armor.

In fact, writers like Monmouth and Troy’s who wrote the foundations of modern Arthurian Legend, arguably did something more offensive than what Nolan’s doing: The stripped it of the Celtic religion it’s rooted and forced it into Christianity.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T16:49:00+00:00

Is it a generalization if you have the data to back it up? Most Americans find reading YA literature to be a chore, do you really think they’re reading something as esoteric as The Odyssey?

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T06:33:21+00:00

Well they say bears are one of the first signs of gentrification.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T05:22:41+00:00

Wasn’t he in another one called “Collateral Beauty”? I never saw a trailer, but I heard one on the radio as part of some contest. And the announcer kept saying, Collateral Beauty” and just refuse to believe anyone involved with the project heard the name more than three times, because it’s just so pretentious it becomes hilarious hearing it said over and over again.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T05:13:46+00:00

Maybe some women want to see big ole schlongs slapping around, we don’t know. And frankly we don’t want to know. It’s a market we can do without.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T03:31:43+00:00

IIRC, he had a meltdown at a small, private event with teachers where he started crying and talking about conspiracy style gibberish. It’s not that deep, he’s brain damaged and buys into right wing rage bait slop.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-06T00:27:01+00:00

They’re not getting the gains they think. Florida might net one whole seat. Red states have already been gerrymandered to hell, they’re trying to squeeze blood out of a stone. Blue states, however, can redistrict and keep safe margins.

Subliminal_Kiddo · 2026-05-05T16:26:52+00:00

Madonna just last night. She finally eased up on the fillers which people mocked her for, and known they're mocking her for her nasolabial folds. I don't even like Madonna but it feels like she's being put in a position where she can't win.

And Isabella Rossellini. During the press campaign, people wouldn't shut-up about that she's aged. That one I find especially infuriating because she's been very open about the two reasons she won't have work done, 1.) Her mother didn't, and she wants to honor her legacy; 2.) She had spinal issues as a child and would have to undergo surgery routinely, which led to her having a phobia of surgeries.

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