AI FOMO is a hell of a drug.

All this Flanagan-bashing has helped me finally understand why Carpenter’s THE THING bombed upon release. Like David Lynch once said: “fuckin’ morons everywhere.”

Even I can shut up about... a certain centennial movie of a certain popular company for about five minutes!

Only Fools and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

It's Always Sunny in The Thick of It

"Having unstructured time and conversation with other people is great! Let's make them all 'busy' so none of that can ever happen."

Adult life is like "Having friends and hobbies prevents you from getting lonely, experiencing health problems, and developing dementia," and then adult life does absolutely everything it can to prevent you from having friends and hobbies.

Star Trek: The Arrested Development

Better Call Gargoyles

This isn't to say that "instant gratification" is inherently bad, but it's not supposed to work for books in the same way it does for movies, television, and video games, and the way HP has been marketed appeals to the worst instincts of instant gratification!

This is the kind of thing that makes me glad I'm not a teenager anymore... and then I remember these fuckers range from middle-aged to fucking geriatric!

In three short decades, the influence of a series of books did more damage to literacy in the name of capitalism than film and TV ever could!

Pixar's early success era (Toy Story to Toy Story 3) was a once-in-a-generation creative winning streak that inspired creativity for some, and taught the wrong lesson to others. Sometimes artistic wins are once-in-a-generation for a reason.

The Land Before Sunrise

You can always tell whenever something is astroturfed as opposed to something that built up genuine and organic support. Indie animation and Coyote Vs Acme? Those were hyped up by real people. HP? That screams corporate mandated and forced.

World Mental Health Day, perfect day for me to have a nervous breakdown at work. I'm tired.

My dad took his own life exactly 100 days after the death of my mum two years ago. His generation were expected to suppress their feelings and by the time he needed help, it was too late. If you need to talk, do. If someone wants to talk to you, listen.

Oh for fuck's sake.