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He's a spectacular comedian and was one of my favorites. Nobody is so special as to earn a "comeback" from multiple sexual assaults.

I don't have strong feelings about James Gunn one way or the other. But to play devil's advocate for a second... So hew grew as a person. So what? What of value are we losing by him getting sacked by Disney? There are tons of other talented directors who weren't 40 year old edgelords that got a kick out of rustling jimmies by saying stupid shit about pedophilia. And let's be clear, a lot of what he said wasn't "a joke," it was sent out into the interwebs with the express purpose of douchebaggery. /devil's advocate I'm honestly curious at the public's willingness to accept some people back into the fold. Again, Gunn's shtick was moronic but it was old, it was public, and the circumstances under which it was brought back to light were deliberately disingenuous. But with guys like whoever it was at FX saying how he misses Louie CK and his show... fucking why? He's a great comic but he's not so special as to warrant the public adulation and fiscal windfall tat a comeback tour or show is going to give him. If you're a grown ass man in a position of power abusing that to whip your dick out in front of people who think that non-cooperation is going to tank their career... it's fucking gross that someone is looking forward to his "redemption." /sidebar I'll see myself out.

If you ask all of my ex-girlfriends other than one of them if I was the kind of person who would break up with them over the phone when they were at home from college and recovering from surgery, they'd all say no. One of them could say yes, though, and that doesn't make any of the other people wrong when they say that seems like it'd be out of character.

Michael Avenatti, the attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels and a fixture on cable news programs, says he is eyeing a potential presidential run. In an interview Thursday with the Des Moines Register, Avenatti said, "I'm exploring a run for the presidency of the United States, and I wanted to come to Iowa and listen to people and learn about some issues that are facing the citizens of Iowa and do my homework." Avenatti is best known for representing Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in her lawsuit against President Donald Trump following an alleged 2006 affair, which Trump denies. Daniels is suing to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement that she signed days before the 2016 election. Avenatti is currently in Iowa because he is scheduled to speak Friday night at the Democratic Wing Ding fundraiser in Clear Lake. He told the outlet that his appearance was not an effort on his part to raise his profile. "I would never think to come to Iowa in order to use the state or the people of the state to raise my profile," he said. "And obviously if I do this, then I intend to work hard and I know that ultimately the trust of the citizens of Iowa is going to have to be earned." Avenatti added that he hopes people will take him "seriously," and that he believes the Democratic party needs "a fighter." President Trump has said he intends to run again. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT), Sen. Cory Booker, (D-NJ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and several others have been pegged as potential candidates as well, although none have announced official plans. Linkity link link. Someone please make sure @SFLUFAN is in a padded room before he reads this.

I think the fact that this has been touched on well a few times by a few writers over half a century’s worth of continuity kind of makes my point for me. More seriously, I get that those stories are told, but they’re a side show compared to how the books normally roll. Which is fine, I think I’d rather die than try to balance a Marvel’s or a DC’s worth of continuity in favor of having individually rad books and arcs. I’m at the point in my life where the whole concepts of continuity and consistency in a comics universe is the most boring thing imaginable. But that’s some people’s favorite thing about comics I’m not saying it’s good or bad or that I’m right and they’re wrong, the “big picture” just doesn’t register to me as interesting. It’s why I like Homecoming and Ragnarok more than Infinity War, even though I like that, too. Doctor Doom is the only good thing about the Fantastic Four. Have they had an interesting story since the original Galactus arc? Only 43% joking.

The broadcast shouldn’t be longer than Ben-Hur.

Hey I’ve been going FOB HAM as well. It’s good times.

Personally I find the way that comics handle this to be inelegant at best. The public hates and fear mutants but is fine with non-mutant superhumans because... reasons? Johnny Storm was enhanced by cosmic rays as a teenager and is beloved while a rando X-Man with a mutation at birth who didn’t manifest their powers until the same age Johnny went into space is hated and feared? Each comic has to sail on its own wind so I don’t actually begrudge the writers for handling it the way they do, but mainstream comics handle this by ignoring or or getting cute once in a while when they’re doing a crossover.

I enjoy their games too. I just can’t help but dream about how awesome it would be if the gameplay was on par with their aesthetic achievements.

Get out.

Fuck Steam.

I think you’re underestimating the psychological impact of not having one $175 cable bill in favor of a $100 internet bill and 6 $20 streaming bills that don’t all come in at the same time. Sure, some people will do the math, but... eh.

As someone who has only been to NYC intermittently in recent years, the subway system feels a little worse each time I go. Less well maintained, dirtier, etc. It’s still significantly better than it was when I went there as a kid, though. Hard to say if that’s an across the board thing or if it’s just where / when I happened to be.

I’d also say that just about every American subway / city rail system is an embarrassment compared what you see in Vienna or London. And if you include Japan... forget about it.

That is because the actual gameplay in R* games is good at best, and most of the time it’s just “fine.”

Jesus fucking Christ. This whole article is fucking gross. It makes me want to set something on fire.

I don’t think that adding X-Men to the MCU would make the movies worse. But if the X-Men had been there all along, I DON’T think we’d have gotten films like the Guardians flicks, the Thors, Ant-Mans, etc. I also don’t know that it’s likely we’d have gotten stuff like Logan, either, if Wolverine had to exist within a greater continuity. I know, other than Logan or Guardians, those films tend not to be people’s MCU’s favorites. But I’d miss some of the minor characters getting their own stuff in favor of the bigger hitters. But this is all speculation, so... who knows.

Keep the MCU and X-Men universes separate, please. The MCU is already bursting at the seams, and the X-Men movie hit rate is MUCH MUCH worse than the MCU’s.

Yuuuuuuuuup

Honestly I never really “got” the appeal of awards shows other than to see a bunch of performers people like in one place, all dressed up. Doesn’t do much for me, but I understand why people get into it especially before social media gave us instant access to all of these people all of the time. But the awards themselves... I’ve never understood the public’s interest in them. And I know this is potentially a weird thing to say but given the extent to which the system can be gamed by and pander to someone like Weinstein... the whole thing has gone from a curiosity to me to an exhibition of grotesquery. I just don’t give a shit about what movie or actor can contort themselves to most closely resemble what they anticipate the Academy will find most palatable.

Been replaying RE4, this time on the PC. So, so good. MANY action games should take a pacing lesson from RE4.

Maybe this will be the first R* game where the gameplay is as quality as the presentation... BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

As ever... you miss all the shots you don’t take.

Thank you.

I really like GoW a lot. That said. RE4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GoW