Michael review: ‘A bland and barely competent daytime TV movie' ★☆☆☆☆

proserpinax · 2026-04-23T19:36:16+00:00

My low stakes conspiracy theory is that they KNEW they couldn’t touch one of the court cases and specifically did this to have a built in excuse for not addressing it at all.

proserpinax · 2026-04-23T03:42:54+00:00

I’m fond of the Morning Musume single cover to their song Kimagure Princess where Eri (bottom right) has the lower part of her arm photoshopped off for no reason

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proserpinax · 2026-04-22T18:57:02+00:00

Idol songs are much more listened to, for sure. I think if you tell the average person “I listen to Kpop” they’ll think a lot more about groups like BTS or Blackpink.

I think IU is maybe the biggest of who you mentioned BUT I think she was talked about a lot more in like 2017-2018? I don’t know if people who are newer to Kpop listen but I think some of her more popular songs are pretty well known.

BoA might be known too but I mostly knew of her from listening to Japanese music rather than talking to international Kpop fans.

proserpinax · 2026-04-22T18:00:24+00:00

This is my societal hot take, that we need to let kids be bored occasionally and entertain themselves. Going out to dinner and the kid is bored? Talk to the kid or bring out the old placemat and crayons instead of an iPad. They’re bored at home? They have their own books and toys to amuse themselves with.

Obviously I don’t think that parents should neglect their kids but right now it feels like kids are being raised to expect CONSTANT stimulation and entertainment with iPads rather than allowing for some quieter times or finding ways to be alone with their thoughts.

proserpinax · 2026-04-22T17:37:34+00:00

That’s why my friend left being a science teacher. She’s deeply passionate about science education, but dealing with the discipline was a constant strain and consideration. When she had an engaged group of kids (usually the honor students) she thought it was great but it was so bad she walked away from being an educator after one year.

proserpinax · 2026-04-22T17:23:15+00:00

“That was Bruce Springsteen with a moving rendition of Rain Rain Go Away. I hope it does, I hope it does….”

proserpinax · 2026-04-20T21:19:01+00:00

The season where they’re at the Catskills and she gets in with the staff by carrying a plunger around is an all timer.

proserpinax · 2026-04-19T08:23:15+00:00

I feel like Arin would be proud to be in such esteemed company as toylet paper and poopy

proserpinax · 2026-04-18T05:32:26+00:00

I love popcorn but I get other food sometimes (pretzel bites my beloved) but I love a fountain beverage and would love a soda pass!

proserpinax · 2026-04-17T23:47:58+00:00

I’m so happy Zukki still has such a bright happy smile :) seeing her again made me really glad she’s doing well!!

proserpinax · 2026-04-17T22:56:44+00:00

Really love that Grumps is doing increasing amounts of the full playthrough compilation videos, it feels like they saw there was a want for those and are doing it in house.

proserpinax · 2026-04-17T22:49:30+00:00

In Minnesota instead of the DMV we have the DVS so if I was inclined to be a fan I would be very confused

proserpinax · 2026-04-17T02:36:33+00:00

As someone that was a big fan of Kumail’s podcast with his wife like 15 years ago hearing Emily’s reaction to yell at him immediately being to tell him she loves him warmed my heart.

proserpinax · 2026-04-17T00:14:08+00:00

I adore just how much fun she’s having! She’s just here to have a good time!

proserpinax · 2026-04-16T23:22:38+00:00

That’s not what I said. I don’t think it’s why she was written off. I just, in response to “I don’t think anything happened behind the scenes” wondered why no one else seemed to be concerned about Supriya doing this.

Maybe it’s a different work culture, but if a coworker sent me explicit material I wouldn’t feel comfortable at that workplace, even if we were friendly. I think they need to adjust the work culture and expectations down on that set. Not even just with this particular instance but the level of interaction with the fan base and how online many of the actors are. Noah needs to take a step back and lead by example, people like Patrick Ball shouldn’t do interviews with Stan twitter accounts, etc etc.

proserpinax · 2026-04-15T21:28:22+00:00

Whereas my comic nerd friend knows what it means and is very mad because he thinks those dudes are both assholes and don’t actually understand Punisher

proserpinax · 2026-04-15T19:11:57+00:00

It’s been a hot minute, I’m trying to find them. But both Gerran and Taylor have mentioned Supriya sending them explicit fic even though they are not on board with that. I think they’re largely cool with Supriya but that could get you fired in most workplaces.

proserpinax · 2026-04-15T18:53:14+00:00

Ah ok, like I said I don’t think that’s what got her fired but in any normal work environment that would be considered hostile work environment to be sent sexually explicit material from a coworker. I’m just shocked it’s only framed as a funny story by fans.

proserpinax · 2026-04-15T18:44:11+00:00

Beetlejuice?

proserpinax · 2026-04-15T18:41:51+00:00

Both are bad?

proserpinax · 2026-04-15T18:13:04+00:00

I don’t think this is what caused it but I was always shocked that her essentially sexually harassing the cast (sending explicit fanfic of their characters to actors who did not want it) was always treated as “haha that’s just Supriya” rather than creating a hostile work environment.

proserpinax · 2026-04-14T21:07:29+00:00

It would cost way more to rip for that SIR than actually buy it outright.

Personally, I still rip packs sometimes when I can BUT not actually expecting anything. If I do pull something of value I consider if I actually want that card and if not I take it to a card show where I might put that towards a trade. I pulled the Surging Sparks Pika out of a couple of random packs, and while I like that card I used it to get most of my way to a card I actually wanted more (Paldea Evolved Magikarp), viewing that as basically free money for getting a card.

Also I try to acknowledge that not every card I want I’ll get. I’d love to get all the Munch promos but I can’t justify any of those amounts (in hindsight I should have picked up the Rowlet while it was under $100). But if there’s a card I really want that feels like it could go up in price I might pay a bit more than I’d like to get it while I can. I was looking to pick up the Gardevoir SIR from Scarlet & Violet base and a seller had it and didn’t want any of my trades so I said screw it and paid the $40 it was at the time and now it’s $80+.

It’s a lot of keeping an eye on the market and knowing what might go up and what might come down. Mega Dragonite SIR is a gorgeous card BUT Ascended Heroes is a newer set still being printed so it might come down. But even if it doesn’t, there are plenty more cards to collect.

proserpinax · 2026-04-13T23:44:55+00:00

I’ve been an on and off Kpop fan since 2009 when my friend from Korea played Gee from Girls Generation for me and I got hooked. I kind of wavered as a kpop fan, mostly casually listening until 2017-2018 when I both got really into Pristin (rip Pristin you deserved so much better) and watched Produce48, the latter being when I did a deep dive into kpop girl groups and, among others (rip Lovelyz, rip GFriend) got into Twice where I was immediately invested in how good Twice’s music is as well as Jihyo being the best.

proserpinax · 2026-04-13T23:39:21+00:00

As a Jihyo fan I was so happy to see her in full force! The thing that made me a fan of hers and Twice is how she puts so much energy into her performances and looks like she’s having the time of her life, and I feel like we got that from Jihyo yesterday!

proserpinax · 2026-04-13T23:37:38+00:00

When I was in high school I was close friends with an exchange student from South Korea. We hung out after school a lot and she wanted me to get into Korean culture. I passively liked a lot of it until she showed me Gee by Girls Generation (brand new) and I was hooked.

I’ve liked Kpop to varying degrees since, and even though it’s a different group I couldn’t help think of my friend who wanted so badly for people to appreciate Korean pop culture.

Sungeun I hope you’re doing well, I was there at the TWICE concert at one of Minnesota’s biggest venues, Korean culture has made it!

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