Saturday, September 3, 2022
GO. OUT. SIDE. vol. 65
Amazon Studios put the show’s creative team in a tough spot. They were charged with making a Lord Of The Rings series that appealed to the widest audience possible without alienating die-hard fans. Meanwhile the show had to be at least somewhat faithful to Tolkien—who famously resisted all attempts to adapt any of his writing in his lifetime—despite having limited rights to his works and a limited time period in which to tell stories that take place over millennia. That’s a tall order by anyone’s standards, but showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay came up with the idea to mine the appendices at the end of The Return Of The King for stories from the Second Age of Middle-earth.
Despite Payne and McKay proclaiming their fidelity to Tolkien in interviews, some fans seemed wary from the start. And with each new publicity hit the divide between those who are excited about the new show and those who have already decided it’s going to be a disaster grows wider. The criticisms have been all over the map, with varying degrees of integrity. Tolkien fans with deep knowledge of his works have picked up on quite a few changes in the characters and history of Middle-earth. What they’re essentially wrestling with is the Ship of Theseus question: How many elements can you swap out in Tolkien’s text and still claim that it comes directly from Tolkien? The discussion is further complicated by the fact that the author died nearly 50 years ago, so how can anyone presume to know what he would have thought or wanted today? These are legitimate, rational debates and there’s nothing wrong with having them in good faith. There are other critics, though, whose motivations are murkier.
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Staring down the trolls: What's really behind the battle over The Rings Of Power?
Friday, September 2, 2022
#truecrimepowerelectronics vol. 64
During the sketch, the camera zooms in suggestively on the 7-year-old’s buttocks and crotch while he plays. Spears sprays baby oil onto the child’s back and massages it into his shoulders in one scene, and at another point the child plays with a train in a manner that suggests phallic masturbation. In another sequence, Spears smokes a cigarette while observing the child nude in a bathtub and pours water on his feet.
Tiffany Haddish, Aries Spears sued by family over "Through A Pedophile's Eyes" video
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Books... are FUN vol. 40
Over the course of the trial that ensued, publishers would continue to insist on their existing public image as helpless incompetents at the whims of larger companies and an irrational market. The government, meanwhile, stuck to the narrative that the publishers were savvy operators who knew exactly what they were doing with their billion-dollar companies. The question of which story was most convincing will help decide the future of American antitrust law.
The Justice Department is suing to block Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster’s proposed merger. The publishers’ defense hinged on their own incompetence.
Sunday, August 28, 2022
We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 545
stand-out viewing for the cum-bleached spite-diaper that was August.
(July)
ARE THOSE EARS???
Owww! Not So Loud!
beeeeeeeuuuuuuubs
don't you feel like a pony when you sweat?
shut up, Mom.
pictured: Ben Shapiro and Marjorie Taylor Green creating the AIDS epidemic.
feel like Ti West is a big fan of this one.
reminded me a lot of Beast of No Nation.
Harold and Maude meets Elephant.
veers just a weeee bit to close into fear-mongering, but not nearly as much as some other entries in the pornsploitation genre.
finally crossing this one off the bucket list. effortlessly charming, thoughtful, and yeah, hot as fuck.
Saturday, August 27, 2022
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 291
Trump Didn’t Kill Reaganism. These Guys Did.
A new book argues that Ronald Reagan’s election actually marked the end of an era of conservatism — and opened the door to the angrier politics that took Reaganism’s place.
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