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But that means he isn’t a dream. The lore!

I agree with everything about this article except the title.

For me this film is at its best after the vampire reveal and ends when most of the vampires are killed. The intro is fine but goes on a little long and while I’m always a fan of killing Klansman it feels like an unnecessary action scene after the climax of the film.

My vote is for One Battle After Another. It could be argued it starts slow as well, but once it gets going it is paved perfectly.

Hacks is excellent. The Last of Us is excellent. Although both of those are preparing for their final season.

Euphoria is excellent, although I expect season 3 to be their last.

That leaves The White Lotus which is also excellent.

I’ve also heard IT Welcome to Derry is excellent, but I haven’t seen it.

That being said they’ve been trying to get Dune as a series, Prophecy is getting a second season but I’m not sure the first season really worked.

We also have the whole of DC Studios. I agree it’s possible Gunn departs if the deal goes through, which would cause some major quality issues.

But there is the golden goose that is Harry Potter. It’s probably going to have a shit ton of people watching it.

So for big existing franchises, they’ll probably be ok, and GOT fits in there. But for original stuff, I agree they have fewer options.

I mean we should absolutely build more railways and we should absolutely have more bus routes, but there are times when a car makes the most sense.

Especially in more rural areas. If I want to visit my parents I can take a short walk to a bus or rail to a different bus or rail, but then I’m stuck. There isn’t and there will never be a bus or rail that goes anywhere near their home because it’s just too far in the middle of nowhere (and honestly it’s not really that far in the middle of nowhere).

Not to mention that the US was designed for cars. Arguably that’s where a lot of these problems started, but you can’t just be Captain Hindsight and demand we rebuild absolutely everything.

We should absolutely be investing and funding rails and buses much more than we are now. It’s embarrassing how far behind the US is.

It’s not House of the Dragon, I just mean “Aegon’s Dream” was referenced in HOTD.

The specifics of Aegon’s Conquest aren’t known, just the big highlights. There isn’t likely to be a lot of background scheming and politics, because generally Aegon just shows up with a dragon and the enemy either agrees to Aegon’s demands (because dragon) or they don’t, dragon happens, and then someone else agrees.

There are bits that are interesting, but not many (which probably works fine for a film).

An “Aegon’s Conquest” film is probably the best way to tell the story. It’s not a particularly interesting story since it’s just man (and sister-wives) steamroll Westeros with dragons.

I’m sure you could spice it up a bit, but also Aegon is a conqueror and kind of a “bad guy” in that sense. He’s just chilling at Dragonstone and Westeros is mostly just chilling doing their own thing, and he just decides naw… it’s mine now. I’m guessing they’ll add some prophecy to give him reason, we saw this touched on in season 1 of HOTD. Basically there must be a Targaryen on the throne in order to stop the white walkers. Although GOT season 8 sorta disproved that, which I guess makes the whole of Targaryen rule and Aegon’s Conquest moot. So…

Either way, could be fun, but I don’t expect a lot from it.

which show runner

Beau Willimon, who created and wrote the majority of the first two seasons of House of Cards. (As well as the opening and closers of season three and four.) (Also the sixth season is like Game of Thrones season 8 bad, the difference is that no one watched it.)

I didn’t find it disappointing, but it does feel like three films smashed together of varying quality. The opening of the film that sets up the background of our characters is good, as soon as the vampires show up and through the evening and their death is absolutely fantastic, and then there is the bit at the end that wraps things up, but is just good.

If the whole film could have been as good at the middle part, then it’s an easy winner.

When we’re looking at films that are as good at the beginning, middle and end, then One Battle After Another is the clear winner.

In terms of just acting, perhaps Michael B Jordan did a better job than Leo DiCaprio. That’s a tough call.

The US Penny.

I know what you’re thinking, but you mentioned legislation being on the docket so I had to bring it up.

Per https://commoncentsact.com/

Legislative Status Update - January 2026

Production Status: Penny production ended November 12, 2025 via executive action by the Treasury Department. [Treasury FAQ]

Legislation Status: The Common Cents Act (H.R.3074/S.1525) remains pending in Congress.

Rounding Rules: No federal law mandates cash rounding. Only non-binding Treasury guidance exists. At least ten jurisdictions restrict rounding.

Legal Tender: Pennies remain in circulation and are legal tender indefinitely. [Source]

Congress can not pass anything, it’s embarrassing. Production of the US Penny already stopped. Basically everyone is fine with it. But there are some edge cases that require federal law to actually bring an end to the penny properly and make actual law what we expect everyone to do as a result… And they still haven’t done shit about it.

So Congress is never going to address Daylight Savings Time. They can’t even handle the penny.

Grey’s Anatomy

As someone who still watches let me assure you we all want it to come to an end. There was even a moment a few seasons ago where Meredith left and it seemed like we were set up for a perfect send off.

But it just kept going. Meredith is weirdly sometimes back despite living in Boston. But next season is probably the last season, and I’ve watched it all at this point, so what’s a little more. Right?

(It’s also still fine as background TV, so that’s probably why I still keep up.)

Oh absolutely. There are laws the restrict cigarette advertising as an example.

I just doubt you could 100% eliminate/make illegal all types of advertising for private business.

Within the US, the states of Maine, Vermont, Alaska & Hawaii all have a ban billboards. The general logic behind it is, “They ugly, nature pretty.” So as long as you live somewhere where “nature pretty” fits, you can probably argue based on that logic.

However no matter how far you stretch that argument, it probably only goes as far as public goods. Once we get into private business I don’t think you’ll have much luck.

As you walk into your nearest grocery store the outside might be covered in ads. Buy Pepsi. Buy Coke. Half off generic cola!

You pop into your local diner and the placemats have advertisements for a dozen local mechanics.

I like this better than not arguing or debating.

I think you can absolutely have a good argument or debate online, but you have to be doing so in good faith, as does the person you’re discussing a topic with.

Trolls of course are not. Learning to not feed them is sometimes difficult. But if you ignore/block them you’ll be just fine.

I would love to ask and learn more about alien society and government. On Earth we have ~200 recognized countries with a wide variety of different (or similar) governments and even more different societies with all sorts of unique quirks.

Do they have a similar setup on their planet? Planets? Were they historically ever similar to our own? How long is their recorded history?

Basically if they’re visiting us, they’ve already proven they have better technology than we do, what else do they have that’s better? Or for that matter what do we have that’s better?

So I’m never going to 100% say no to a sequel, but this is probably the closest you can get.

First off, you need a story to tell. Face Off tells a ridiculous story that is absolutely wild. You can’t just “face off” again in the sequel. You’d have to find a way to body swap but in a whole new way, likely one that wouldn’t even make sense with the title.

Second, the primary antagonist is dead. So now you need to retcon the ending, which is usually a bad sign.

Third, no clear mention that the original cast is returning. I struggle to find a sequel without the original cast that worked.

Fourth, it’s too many years later. You can sometimes make years later sequels work, Blade Runner 2049 comes to mind, maybe a few others, but that list is short.

more like a teenage version of star trek

For the first 10 minutes of any episode, I completely agree. People get half naked and sexy, but it almost always seems to be within the first 10 minutes.

Then it moves on to the main plot, which is usually much more interesting.

Same for “Daddy Pedro”.

Based on this trailer we’re finally gonna see why the Hutts have so much power/control in live action.

Really enjoyed this film. I don’t typically watch horror films, but for Rachel McAdams I’ll make an exception, and since it’s Sam Raimi I can (mostly) handle it.

My favorite scene was either the boar hunt or the paralyze scene.

Also I only vaguely knew Dylan O’Brien from The Maze Runner series, he did a great job here.

I know it’s a meme, but I had to look it up, Leia being adopted should be public and well known information.

In the book “Leia, Princess of Alderaan” (2017) Leia goes through a ceremony wherein the words of that ceremony are different if you’re adopted. Since this ceremony is a political one, all the big politicians of Alderaan as well as the political friends of the Organa’s were in attendance.

There are better examples that obviously Bail, his wife and Leia all know that Leia is adopted, but I can’t find anything about them keeping it a secret (the adoption itself, obviously the parentage would be a secret) or that the wider public actually knew.