the final scene would be the US army dropping a nuke on Gotham

No, I went and found that one. It's got a crater impact of deleted comments around it.

I sort of saw where they were trying to come from but it is a bit silly.

need a lib scratched emote

Palantir is CIA funded. I believe wholeheartedly that they will a try to start up a new cold war..

Breadbasket of Europe too

Or they bleach it all.

Yeah, it's obviously not state directed or affiliated. I was skeptical of the claims, but I just assumed it was general clickfarmery for money like most other 'russian disinfo' stories. I know russian disinfo for actual political sake is very minimal.

Turns out that's also dubious. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-08-02/did-russian-disinformation-fuel-the-southport-protests/

Never knew that about Tommy though. That's fucking insane.

obvious bit

Every liberal speaks in the same condescending way.

Peanut gallery? Peanut gallery is the name for... checks notes the cheap seats in theatre for the poorer rowdy audience members...

...with possible racist origin in the United States' segregated South as a synonym for the back seats or upper balcony mostly reserved for Black people and immigrants...

Mr Biden is that you?

EDIT: On the topic of the ever condescending 'checks notes', the Financial Times of course loves it, with their most recent instance of it being "Are investors prepared for checks notes nuclear war in space?"

Seriously.

The Oscars are just an advertising scheme these days. Maybe it always was.

Barbie was a good light hearted comedy. Oppenheimer was boring. Poor Things I'm yet to see but from the trailer alone I can see that it's going to be overplayed 'deadpan' and 'surreal' in the way that many modern movies are... or aren't, I should say.

Cinema is in a shite state. I couldn't give less of a fuck about the majority of films that come out these days. Look at the success of Saltburn. It's all mindless garbage based around actors with the star power to put bums on seats. I come out of most movies these days with ambivalence at best.

assuming it doesn't all immediately get embezzled

Tbh I feel that this site has been more focused on culture war bullshit than before. And like, cutesy terminally online shitposts about power users or peepeepoopoo posting.

I know it's fun, but I do enjoy the more effortposty and analysis based content.

Or maybe I'm way off and reminiscing over something that never really was.