I support you. Butā¦ the flag? š³
Lover of film, television, comedy and horror. Former advertising creative. I am pro Star Trek and antifascist. AI sucks. Humanity rules. šØš¦ My creative work: Mikecookonline.com
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I support you. Butā¦ the flag? š³
Oh man, I always loved seeing him whenever he popped up in stuff. Ever since I was kid. What a great, great man. I will miss him.
Nah. You gotta smash that link to find out who the dead guy is. The end of a human life makes for great click bait. 2025 š„³
The thing about typing up and broadcasting his every insane inner thought for 10 years is that weāre all very familiar with his writing style, tone, and vocabulary. And this aināt it! Their boy is dyyyyyyyyiiiiiiiiiing.
In Canada we liked our flag fine. Then during the pandemic it got hijacked by lunatic antivaxers. But then, after trump waged his war on us, we took the flag back and now it represents all Canadians and our sovereignty. Flying the same flag has meant 3 diff things in 5 years. Itās about the signal.
I did. Wish they gave it more time. My trouble with it and st Denis is for me they lack a defined central character/audience surrogate. Superstore had Jonah as your window in and Amy as a working person with their romance as a sturdy spine. The others feel a bit like ensembles missing leads. IMHO
I LOVE superstore. It did not and does not get enough flowers. It had the unfortunate luck to come out right when streaming became the hot thing and network sitcoms were deemed uncool. But it was brilliant. So many amazing distinct characters and performances and great jokes with social commentary.
When you say it like that, Itās a really smart way to approach wardrobe and a sorta big creative swing. Forever the āregular guyā lead character of a comedy was always dressed super basic. But this is a clever way to make the character more three dimensional while adding an unspoken running joke.
I Love This Game And I Hope It Never Ends But Also That It Ends Soon.
I kinda love his clothes on this. I know the joke is theyāre supposed to be lame in a ātrying too hardā kinda way, but I look at it all and I like it. Itās fun! But like the character, I could never pull it off. I dunno, maybe I just have bad taste.
I take offence to this Barclay slander. Sure, he fucked his coworkers in a computer without their consent, but he stoped eventually and got therapy.
Iām so happy for him. Heās such a wonderfully open hearted champion of art, artists, human creativity, and empathy. Plus he loves making movies in Toronto and is always hyping up our film industry here.
āHis business partner was contactedā this man has no family or friends left in his life who give two shits about him. This is where all these ghouls are headed one day no matter how rich they are. Dying alone and unloved in a hospital bed with nobody feeling bad about it.
Unfortunately this has been debunked by himself on his IG. Never said this. Should delete the post.
This has unfortunately been debunked by him on his IG. Never said it.
Nope. You basically canāt believe anything you read unless it includes a direct source. And then you have to double check the trustworthiness of the source. Iāve caught stuff like this in the past, but this one slipped right by. Fucking exhausting.
Fuck. I fell for it. God damnit.
They just stand in their seats. Itās like a specific cultural ritual as opposed to an audience organically erupting in applause. I read that around 6 min is not great. When I was at Cannes advertising festival at the commercial screenings ppl whistled after ads they didnāt like. Europe is different.
Last year I read that around 6 min is not great actually. Itās like a specific cultural ritual as opposed to an audience organically erupting in sustained applause. When I was at Cannes advertising festival at the commercial screenings ppl whistled after ones they didnāt like. Europe is different.
Hmm. A 3 year rule you say? Cuz if he were to die now that would leave exactly 3 years left on the term for you know who to rule. And he definitely has a Damien from the omen vibe.
I went to catholic school but I forget the details of revelations. Was it foretold Satan would be defeated in 2027?
I donāt think heās gone but i think heās really sick. Either way, I am loving this game!
To me, so many things these days seem both hypocritical and totally true at the same time. I think itās partly because the right spent over a decade accusing the left of doing all the things that that theyāre now actually doing and It inverted reality somehow.
100%. This is related to a theory Iāve been working on, which is what ever the right thinks about any particular thing, you should think the opposite. Itās another handy guide to navigate various issues and keep that compass pointed true north.
Twat says what?
Yes. Iām angry because stupid fucking Americans are destroying the world. Should I be chill about that? Also, what have I said that wasnāt true? 1) Gavin is a fraud and dead end. 2) America is hurting Canada. 3) Youāre a twat. True, true, and true. Your problem is not with me but with the truth.
By you guys do you mean Canadian? What the fuck are you even talking about. You sound like a bot.
And I am being helpful. Iām telling you not support a corrupt hyper capitalist who doesnāt give a shit about marginalized groups, like the very ones dems will need to win if there is ever another election.
I didnāt know you were a woman, just a twat. Also, America is currently trying to bankrupt my country in an attempt to weaken and annex it. Our economy on the verge of recession. Believe it or not things that happen in America actually effect other countries and people outside America. Wild right?
You suck and your opinions are bad.
Um itās social media. Being dramatic is literally what it for. And youāre not fucking sheriff of Bluesky in charge of policing other peopleās posts, ya condescending twat.
The replies to this post are full of people fawning over Gavin newsome, like heās some great guy people should get behind. So, thatās exactly whatās happening here. What do you think is happening here?
The lesson studios need to learn from Disney is that thereās value in celebrating and mythologizing the craft and artistry of what you produce, because ppl want to know you care about and appreciate it as much as they do. Itās how you keep a brand alive for 100 years. Compare that to Warner Bros. š¤®
Dude stages photo ops where he destroys unhoused pplās belongings with his bare hands and spends hours podcasting with bigots about taking away trans rights, but his social media team posts some dank memes so heās your guy now? Heās a corporate sociopath play acting as a resistance leader. Wake up.
PLEASE USE YOUR BRAINS PEOPLE. Remember, when you read something online, no source=no truth. Donāt believe everything you read. Double check and confirm everything. YOU ARE LIVING IN AN AGE OF LIES. Stay vigilant. Stay skeptical. Defend yourself from bullshit! Start by unfollowing this account.
Just gonna pretend no news is good news until we hear otherwise.
Hope feels nice. This is a fun game. Itās like the how tinker bell comes back to life if you clap enough, but the opposite.
What I find funny is that they think people who are lazy and uncreative enough to use AI will want to (or be able to) come up with their own ideas for tv shows. What do you want to bet they start paying people to come up with content and posting that, essentially turning it into nonunion slop studio
I fantasize about emailing her and saying I told you so. But the sad reality is in her info bubble, she probably doesnāt even know this is going on. And even if she did know, sheāll just move the goal posts and make excuses. Just committed to ignorance.
My Apple News feed. We are literally victims of criminal extortion by a gangster tyrant. Fucking stupid orange monster. šØš¦
I just think about the therapist who scolded me for being a overdramatic liberal when I told her how upset I was about the election results and how she offered up RFKās efforts to make people healthier as a positive. That was our last session.
Something I think about is how the American revolution for independence from Britain is seen as some great thing. But Canada eventually gained independence without a war. I donāt know anything about it really, but maybe itās worth questioning what many of us think of as foundational truths.
Thats last paragraph is literally AI garbage like youād see in a summary of the comments on a Facebook video.
Thanks. Good to know. I think maron insisted on the finger anyway, so heās good. š
To be clear I am not getting my medical advice from podcasters. Just something I heard him mention.
Marc maron was talking about how they do these screenings with blood tests now and the finer up the butt is no longer needed. Do you know if thatās true?
At what point do we get to stop being polite to fascists with ill intent and treating them like legitimate political opponents when it is abundantly clear they are malignant foreign operatives propped up by enemy states? Why must we treat people trying to destroy Canada as having valid opinions?
Thank you. We need actual artists from every discipline speaking truth about AI bullshit. We need to make using AI toxically uncool and a sign of a soulless hack who hates art and artists. We need to stigmatize it. Thatās something celebrities and influencers can do. Get loud about it!
Iām growing to really dislike SNW. Itās like the Democratic Party. Surface. Safe. Cute. But thereās no real vision and no risks being taken and little brain power required to follow along. Feels like high budget fan fiction, by people who arenāt really fans. Everything is an undercut and winking.
Read they spent $100m on this atrocity. They could have produced an original film for less. Imagine a phantasmagorical horror movie in the sphere? A 20 story wall of blood? Demons as far as the eye can see? Now that would be something.
If anybody tries to do AI on me irl I will go to jail and be ok with it.
Every clip I see of the roses on talk shows, it looks flat and inert. And the actors being interviewed to promote it seem hesitant to push the movie and are certainly not effusive in their excitement. The vibes are āwe tried a thing I guess, but it didnāt work and I want this to be over.ā
The rich are in such a bubble of delusion that they donāt understand that everything they see as a negative, the vast majority or people see as a positive.
How in gods name are any of these law enforcement procedurals supposed to exist in 2025ās America? I know they were never accurate depictions of anything, but portraying these agencies as heroic as theyāre used to terrorize people is beyond copaganda and into totalitarian fascist propaganda.
The second photo. Jesus Christ. Thats gonna be in history books. Just maybe not American ones.
I think Iāve already decided my satisfaction or dissatisfaction rests on whether they bring to life the warrior troll monster from the original poster art that never appeared in the film. Otherwise it feels like a missed opportunity to deliver on a 40 year old promise.
This video by Alex Pearlman does a really good job explaining why branding changes like his aren't "woke" they're just another chapter in the big book of "Capitalism and the adventure of endless growth for the shareholders".
Interesting point. Original death stalker pretty gross in a lot of ways. The intent here is clearly to embrace the cheese and have some fun. But it could be funny if this guy was trying to look tough wearing just a loin cloth and headband. Seems like the playing up the camp vs. The sleaze.
This is cool of them and will help real people which is good. But also, let us take a moment to appreciate how bizarre it is, that in the richest country in the world, people rely on the charity of a B movieās marketing team for healthcare. Thatās more perverse and distasteful than any Troma movie.
Yep. When evil circus clowns run the world things are gonna get very silly and very scary.
I heard he got a medal of valour and two cookies.
What is given freely cannot be stolen. Thanks!
Yāknowā¦ They could incorporate a ātipā feature, where you can directly give money to artists you like. Take a page from only fans book. āI liked that song, hereās 25Ā¢ā or āthat album is great, hereās $5ā. They wonāt cuz they suck and get off on dominating people to accrue power and maintain control.
weād love to turn off the machine that convinces children to kill themselves, but we canāt really justify losing our ability to lay off customer service agents, now can we?
This was exactly my answer. And I agree it is one of the best series finales ever. Genius stuff! š
Burn it all down.
Today's mood:
Whichever one Batman humiliates the most. š But seriously, Campbell wouldnāt be a villain. He would be grey ghost!
I really think tapping into Batmanās inherent theatricality and operatic nature in a modern way could be cool. Since dark knight itās gotten more āseriousā and grim in an effort to make it ārealisticā and itās time for something else. Imagine Sam rami in his prime. Have you seen dark man?
Iād also love to see a modern take on the retro-gothic-deco style production design of TAS. All these big budget movies end up replacing their backgrounds and environments with CG anyway, might as well replace it with something interesting. Would lend to the more theatrical take Iām craving.
Democracy.
Personally I would like to see someone who can make brooding fun again. Weāve gone as far as we can in the direction of grim, Iād like to see a smart, modern take on what a more āfunā and theatrical Batman can be. Not silly but not so dour. My vote is for Glenn Powell. And a blue and grey suit. šš¦
Look out Mel brooks and Dick Van Dyke, thereās a new kid in town!
Yep.
But on the bright side, youāre now eligible for all those ā50 over 50ā lists. A win!
I donāt watch sports and know exactly one swift song āshake it offā. I do not care about them. But as a sort of lens to view American culture through, as far as the reaction to and coverage of their various boring and innocuous endeavours, itās kinda interesting.
Thatās what Iām wondering. Is it a creative choice or just how it turned out with the new actor? Either way itās a bummer cuz dale was one of my fave characters. I also miss Luanne. Wonder if they didnāt want too many new voices right away and weāll see her next season, or if sheās gone for good.
Itās great except the new dale. To me the character as written and especially as performed feels a lot darker and scarier and more aggressive. Old dale was a crazy conspiracy theorist but ultimately unthreatening, good hearted and sweet. I wonder if thatās intentional given where everythingās gone?
Yeah, I made that graphic and first stared posting it in like early February. Sigh.
If the people youāve been highlighting are truly influential, the tone of this who thing should be very different. These people are soulless, shallow, immoral, greedy, unimaginative, and selfish, so that is their influence on the culture. WHICH IS BAD.
For anyone interested in understanding the collapse of America and the fascist comedy push that helped it happen, this series of video essay/docs are incredible, funny, scary, and for me deeply cathartic. Itās like putting on the glasses from they live and seeing through the matrix. Know your enemy.
when I was a kid (80ās) there was a water gun brand (zapp?) where you got a pair of black replica oozies, and one shot liquid that stained you red and one that stain you blue. I guess it washed out? Crazy we used to teach kids how to murder each other with guns. Maybe we still do? I donāt have kids.
His never ending press tour for the studio has been a blessing to us all. I can watch that man talk for hours. And have!
Thereās something about failing creatively or at least not succeeding to the level they feel they should and an inability to accept that itās due to lack of talent. It turbo charges these men to go hard right. Sorbo, fat Superman, Rogan, kill tony, rob Schneider, goat boy, kid rock, so many.
You gotta watch this. Brilliant youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
