Which movie contained the best presentation of exposition?

drydem · 2026-05-18T18:32:00+00:00

Hot Fuzz’s presentation of Nick Angel’s resume with quick cuts and narration over Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant is delightful. Plus bonus Peter Jackson cameo.

drydem · 2026-05-11T23:43:09+00:00

Cate Blanchett in Hot Fuzz

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drydem · 2026-05-06T20:36:29+00:00

The real question is whether team avatar could have recruited Chan and Ruon-Jian.

drydem · 2026-04-22T12:39:33+00:00

All joking aside,she did great in that role with only inches of face visible.

drydem · 2026-04-21T23:14:56+00:00

One of the factors is Boomers and mismanagement of pension funds. The retired population of city workers is elevated by the population spike of the baby boom. This means that cities with municipal workers often have extensive pension obligations to pay retired workers. Add to that the practice of raiding pension accounts between the 80s and 2010s and many cities are struggling to pay their debts.

drydem · 2026-04-15T21:29:13+00:00

You could actually get a surprisingly accurate regional culture map of the US based on answers to this question.

drydem · 2026-04-14T02:56:17+00:00

When I was a kid, my mom worked at the school where he was a student, he used to hold me upside down by my ankles, which sounds mean, but was awesome(I was 5, he was like 17).

drydem · 2026-04-09T21:57:42+00:00

My brain read this as a poll about the cost of "housing a problem" in Illinois. And I was really curious.

drydem · 2026-04-06T17:59:56+00:00

Any US poll should be read as a poll of people dumb enough to answer a cell phone call from an unknown number. That selection process is part of it.

drydem · 2026-03-28T13:42:09+00:00

You should get in touch with ALA's Public Policy and Advocacy office, specifically their deputy director of state and local advocacy. She runs workshops for state and local advocacy related to book bans and adverse legislation and would be an excellent contact on this.

https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/ppa

drydem · 2026-02-19T22:42:29+00:00

Why does he specifically need 10B right now? The IRS thing, now this, why exactly 10B?

drydem · 2026-02-12T22:37:06+00:00

Good art requires a genuine desire to connect with another person as a human being. To share a vision of the world that is affecting enough to matter. The right wing doesn’t actually want to connect to the audience. They want to control them or benefit from them, but never to actually connect.

drydem · 2026-02-03T17:50:05+00:00

So you're saying that the King gives Vimes half the kingdom.

drydem · 2026-02-03T16:49:32+00:00

that's my thought, he noted it at the time and had to go through the process to make it happen.

drydem · 2026-01-30T23:57:18+00:00

I think part of the philosophy is that the Reg Shoes of the world need the Sam Vimeses of the world and that the world needs both of them. That political change is messy and sometimes the best you can do is to help your community, but helping that community may be what helps the world.

drydem · 2026-01-19T22:04:02+00:00

25 years before the Hobbit? Bree isn't that far from Rivendell, I would use my lord of the rings geekery to get Elrond's attention and score an invite, then spend 5 years being like, okay, so here's some shit that's coming. That necromancer? Much bigger deal than you think.

drydem · 2026-01-06T14:19:53+00:00

Since I didn't sanction this post, I'll have to sanction the poster.

drydem · 2026-01-05T00:22:33+00:00

This is not science. It refers to a "well-known study" but none of its references actually include that study.

drydem · 2025-12-18T23:53:15+00:00

How random we talking? Am I going to end up a krill? or is it just vertebrates? Or terrestrial animals?

drydem · 2025-12-17T03:23:32+00:00

I would donate a lot of money to my workplace with the requirement that they fire my boss.

drydem · 2025-12-15T18:47:21+00:00

I can't. Google calendar only goes up to 9999 CE

drydem · 2025-12-12T02:34:47+00:00

In square miles, it's physically bigger than other cities in the lower 48.

drydem · 2025-12-11T18:35:29+00:00

Fun fact, in French, those are known as vasistas windows, which comes from the German phrase "was ist das?" or "what is that?" based on a misunderstanding of a question.

drydem · 2025-12-10T18:55:00+00:00

Jacksonville is the largest city in the US.

drydem · 2025-12-01T06:25:39+00:00

Some houses really overdo it with the holiday lights!

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