I tried watching a few of these shows everyone hates and well…
This is my review of The Shop Beer Co Neonic Sour Ale:
Perhaps not all of them.  It was really only She Hulk and that was only the first episode.  Its fine, really it is.  Okay it really isn’t.  The “woke remakes” of all these shows turned themselves into a clown show where one side is spending millions of dollars to troll the other.  Its fine, really.  The other side does the same thing on social media except they aren’t paying anything.
The problem with She Hulk isn’t the main character is a contemporary urban feminist who is so in control of her own emotions she just attempted to kill a guy for saying, “how you doing?”  Nor is it the actual attempt at trolling their critics in the ensuing episodes.  It is utterly uninteresting and the cries of -isms is once again too easy a tool to use.  Anyways, here she is twerking, if nothing else she looks like an overgrown Orion girl.
I will say something controversial:  I didn’t watch the Lord of the Rings reboot because I was never really into Lord of the Rings.  I read The Hobbit in high school, that was about it.  I don’t plan to watch it either because I doubt I would like it.  They’re recycling ideas over and over, finding nobody is interested.  So instead of coming up with something new they added the culture war bullshit, feeding off the controversy.  Thus resulting in millions of views since half the market likes the message and compelled to watch it in solidarity, while a significant part of the other side is there to hate watch.
If they want to recycle old characters, here is my proposal:
Chris Farley as The Joker.
Chris Farley as The Batman.
Then get Chris Farley to play Com. Gordon, the idiot mayor of Gotham—everyone in the story is Chris Farley except Alfred who is played by David Spade. Hell, I’ll even watch Bruce Wayne falling down a well again, if it features Chris Farley getting his fat ass stuck in the well.  This will obviously need an attractive female lead.  Plus, this can absolutely be done since they managed to bring back Peter Cushing from the dead, as well as Val Kilmer’s voice.
This is the greatest version of Batman never made.
If you think this beer has the look and feel of Orange Julius you are pretty much right.  Sour but not so much that it makes you wince, and just enough body it passes for beer without turning into a parody of beer.  It works quite frankly, because I haven’t seen an Orange Julius in years so comparing it is impossible. I’ll probably get it again if I am bringing beer to an outdoor party or a similar warm weather event.  The Shop Beer Co Neonic Sour Ale: 2.5/5
Seamus is on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ51EbV0Pc8
Damnit
Love his suggestion at the end.
“As a conservative, I thought (insert moronic leftist twaddle remake) really spoke to right wing values. Five stars!”
Serious question (OT because of the hulk thing): Isn’t Megan Thee Stallion actually a dude – truly biologically male?
IOW, isn’t that what “thee Stallion” means, and just like for all the other mentally ill folks out there, all of the media’s pretending he’s a she?
Nope. At least, not as far as I can tell.
I don’t think that’s true at all and I’m not going to enact that labor for you.
I just wonder how the creators of that show think a cameo by a two-bit media whore is going to age 10 years from now. It’s already pretty pathetic now.
I have only the vaguest notions of what Megan Thee Stallion and She-Hulk are, actually, since we’re a no-TV family and I don’t care about either. But I have enough of a wide-band mental receiver on all the time to at least have heard of them (and see stuff like the link above), and can’t shake the notion that of course it has to be an XY, because otherwise why pick that name?
If y’all are thinking it’s really a no, then it’s perhaps an over-analysis on my part, and the real answer is “it’s an XX and she’s too dumb to grok the Stallion implication”
So, it appears that Megan Pete had a daughter as a teenager before she started recording and taking the stage name Three Stallion.
Thanks for making me look that up.
Not sure about exact time yet, but next Saturday evening, Yusef, CPRM, and myself will be at 14 Lakes Brewing in Cross Lake. You -and any other Glibs who are arriving early to Honey Harvest- are welcome and encouraged to join us.
We are arriving on Friday. I will chat with the wife about our plans for Saturday.
Ill be in Emily around noon, check in at 3 in deerwood hotel, lets rock boys!
Noon Saturday that is.
Tee off sometime around 1-2?
There’s a good brewery not too far rom you, in Crosby. Cuyuna Brewing
We are staying in Nisswa. Looking at the map, Cross Lake is a pretty good ways from our hotel.
I’m 20 minutes south, you should be close enough in Nisswa, I think.
Her Wikipedia makes no mention of it and I have to assume they would celebrate it if true.
A different link says no children of her own.
At this point, I lose interest.
ditto
Megan Thee Stallion is a woman, both in presentation and biologically. Why she decided to name herself after a male horse is beyond me. Apparently her first song was about having sex like a stallion, which just makes things even more confusing. Either “stallion” has acquired some slang meaning I’m aware of or she is just a confused individual.
Following up on my hunch that there might be a slang meaning, I checked urban dictionary and apparently in some circles “stallion” is actually slang for a tall & thick woman. Clearly that slang was invented by people who had no familiarity with horses.
I think this was the twerking video you meant to link to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rZ7je8Z4U
But the video you did link to was replete with enough beta-comix boyz that it also made me squint like a perturbed Clint Eastwood.
Fucking autoplay. Thank you.
Twerking Hulk link fixed
Love the twerking hulk or my racist what?
Twerking Chris Farley.
On topic for a change:
Marvel Animator apologizes for She-Hulk 3D
We need a Breaking Bad remake where the character of Walter White takes up Firsting because you’re god damn right he Firsts.
That remake he will be an Asian woman, Skyler will be fatter Skyler, Jesse will probably be the same, and Hank will be gay.
Still it it largely known you are post #6.
“Thus resulting in millions of views since half the market likes the message and compelled to watch it in solidarity, while a significant part of the other side is there to hate watch”
Just consider it cult propaganda and you won’t be far off. The entertainment value is secondary to THE MESSAGE in which the creators and viewers show devotion to ensure salvation.
Nietzsche was so right it hurts.
Nietzche, Dostoyevsky, any other philosophers I have trouble spelling.
All are correct.,
Hello, my love…
I wanted to see Only Murders in the Building so I got Hulu. Disney+ had an add-on for $2.99/month which I got solely so I could rewatch the Witch Mountain movies from the 70s. The first movie starts with the witchy kiddies kicking a bully’s ass. THE MESSAGE is on point.
Heh I liked the Witch Mountain stuff when I was little.
New PC arrived the other day and among the piles of shovelware I immediately told to GTFO was a link to “Disney+”.
Oh, ugh. I hate that bloatware. It’s most egregious on my phone.
I’m almost afraid to rewatch but I can’t resist.
The Bee weighs in. Possibly their best headline ever.
https://babylonbee.com/news/daredevil-thanks-god-hes-blind-after-learning-she-hulk-twerked-with-megan-thee-stallion
Does it beat this headline though?
https://babylonbee.com/news/powerless-figurehead-leader-with-no-official-responsibilities-still-alive
That’s also a good one. So hard to pick lately, they are just crushing it.
LOL!
Ouzo and root beer: try it and love it.
Relevant
I watched the first two episodes of She Hulk. It was just meh, just like all of their new series. I still want to see Daredevil in it so I might fight through the rest of the episodes.
Someone here brought the Critical Drinker to my attention. He’s got a good episode dedicated to She Hulk, detailing how he’d change the story. He does another one for the new Doctor Strange movie. I really like his videos. He doesn’t stop at “this sucks”, instead he points out WHY it sucks and gives his ideas on how to improve things. I end up learning a lot.
The Drinker is awesome
Seconded
Check out his series on Why Modern Movies Suck. Watch them all, preferably in order.
I have watched a few of those. Again, I learned a lot of interesting things instead of just hearing someone complain.
“Thus resulting in millions of views since half the market likes the message and compelled to watch it in solidarity, while a significant part of the other side is there to hate watch”
Are we still talking about twerking?
Yes
It’s cool & rainy. The perfect day for a soak in a hot bath. Maybe I should get a hotel room…
You need a blowup or collapsible hot tub while you’re on shore power and water.
Some amusing rumours about the Royal Passing on the google nooz.
“It would be best for all concerned if you left your obnoxious bitch wife at home. And, by the way- take the bus. We’ll be there in our widow’s weeds, awaiting your arrival.”
I don’t know how you came up with the idea of Chris Farley playing nearly every character in Batman but I would watch it.
I am paid to do a lot of mindless auditing.
That’s an unusual muse.
Also- some breathless speculation re Her Majesty’s canine companions. Are they to be put down? Why? In order to be interred at her side?
What is this, Egypt?
That “speculation” is just internet memes, and perhaps some people taking them seriously. The Queen stopped breeding new Corgis years ago because she said she didn’t want to leave any young dogs behind without her when she passed, so of course internet memelords took that idea and ran with it, claiming that she was going to be like the kings of old and have her living Corgis be buried with her.
Why, his son did the narration for the Val documentary and it sounded just like dear ol dad.
Required for this group. (Steve Smith pun)
https://i0.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/09/305197445_10160259920007154_3641611861094056031_n.jpg?ssl=1
A lone hiker will soon find out how STEVE SMITH is. The answer is “terrifying”.
The email scammers are getting too sophisticated. If I just click on the conveniently provided linky in the email, I will be eligible for this freebie:
https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/yeti-hopper-m20-backpack-cooler-22yetuhpprm20bpclrec/22yetuhpprm20bpclrec?enteredSearchTerm=yeti%20hopper%20m20
Scammers? Or has STEVE SMITH discovered Internet marketing?
I have been getting that same email! Do you think they really have more than two Yeti Coolsers? That would be a…
First.
Google workspace has been telling me for a while they need payment info, or else. Or else what? I’m not sure. I don’t know what google workspace is, or what it does. Google docs? I haven’t used it in years.
I kind of hope they don’t lock me out of my email. There are some things “stored” there I actually might need. Although that would certainly be the push to get me to proton mail or some other not-EvilMail.
Why are you delaying the inevitable?
In terms of Hollywood bullshit, I haven’t seen anyone here discuss that the empty vessel of a human being Oliva Wilde tried to pretend that her new movie really has some great meaning behind it, and that its protagonist was based loosely on a “pseudo-intellectual” named Jordan Peterson, leader of the incels. She said all this without a hint of irony as she propped up a movie that’s main selling point is that she put a lot of pretty famous faces in it, including herself (cardboard could act better than her).
On top of that, she’s bemoaning the misogyny of those who have criticized her for having an affair with the even dumber, more vacuous Harry Styles while on set despite being a married mother of two. It caused massive drama on set. She just doesn’t understand how women could be critical of another women doing something completely selfish and unethical in the name of her own happiness and mental health.
Imagine the most attractive girl from your high school, then give her unlimited money, surround her with yes-men and enablers and a compliant media to report on her as if she’s the most important person in the world. You’d end up with Olivia Wilde, and pretty much any other Hollywood actress for that matter.
NB: This works for men too. Anyone looking at Hollywood and expecting intellectual depth of any kind deserves what they get.
Speaking of Rings Of Power, I learned a new, but unsurprising wrinkle today. Amazon has turned off the ability of users to review the show. Isn’t that precious?
The Lord of the Rings are some seriously fucking tedious films. I don’t know about the books, as like Mex, I only read The Hobbit, which was pretty good. The movies are way too damn long, they needed a better editor to cut down all of the battle scenes that went on and on and on.
Even the fuckin’ trees walked in that movie
Why are you delaying the inevitable?
Indolence and inertia.
Is there a mechanism for you to export your emails to your hard drive?
Save As?
Some of you lot might enjoy The Journal of Immaterial Science.
If you think this beer has the look and feel of Orange Julius you are pretty much right.
Barf.
The odds are going up for us to be in southern Nevada next Saturday.
We will be in Albany, OR on the evening of the 20th, if anyone is near.
Mom’s Memorial will be on the 24th in western Montana, after that we’d be available to meet up with the eastern Washington folks. (Reminds me that I haven’t seen Sodium around for quite a while.)
I live in Albany OR. So, yeah, I will be near.
Oh, and Gustov lives about 45 minutes south, and I think MLW lives a half hour north.
you can get ahold of me at mapbookman (google) (com)
Email sent. (yeah, dead thread)
I have arrived in the Dayton area, and am waiting for this hotel room to cool down.
stopped along the way to met Grumman. It went something like this:
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“…I’m trying to come up with a joke about two introverts having a conversation.”*
To be fair, food had arrived and the restaurant was noisy. There was more conversation when not in the noisy enviorns.
*actual quote.
I had no idea you were local. How long are you staying?
I work tonight but I have tomorrow morning. I would be nice to see you again.
As always, use GT as a proxy- on my way to run errands this morning I’m pretty sure I saw her at our local farmer’s market this morning as I drove past.
I’m here until tuesday.
Tomorrow I’m visiting GT’s place, monday I’m visiting the airforce museum.
Will you be wearing your freeloading gloves?
Freeloading? I am bringing $80 in cheeses and will be cooking.
I always wondered about the plural on that. Did you bring $80 worth of cheese? Or since it could me a mixed varietal, cheese(es) ?
Seems to me that just showing up with cheese would be “I brought cheese”.
Did you visit a cheese shop?
Before leaving New York I picked up three verieties of Cheddar from Oscar’s Smokehouse. Then today I stopped by Grandpa’s Cheese Barn and picked up several different varieties of cheese including Fresh Mozz, Farmer’s, Goat Gouda, Feta, and some others I’m drawing a blank on at the moment. I don’t expect to use all of them in the mac and cheese (especially not the feta)
Why would you add -es to a noun ending in -e to make the plural?
And whether it’s “cheese” or “cheese” depends on whether you’re using it as a mass noun or a count noun.
I’m going to disagree on principal. Unlike disagreeing on principle where I’m contrary because it’s the right thing to do, disagreeing on principal is where I’m contrary because of who said it.
To steal a line from Garrison Keillor- “From Minnesota, where the introverts look at their shoes, and the extroverts look at your shoes.”
I recommend martinis.
But I’m not fighting Boers or Zulus.
Glad you made it safely.
Thank you.
Once again, it was nice to meet you in person.
https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2022/09/us-reaches-millionth-organ-transplant-but-tens-of-thousands-are-on-waiting-list.html
I don’t think even Winston’s mom has worked on that many organs.
Today in hypocrisy, a deep dive into The One’s and The Donald’s papers.
I really wish Trump haters would knock this shit off. I don’t like the guy but I find myself defending him.
I am rather indifferent to him, but watchin the left get so spun up about him has been eye opening.
Yeah, you don’t have to like Trump to notice that the Left is treading a very dangerous path here.