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Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 5h

He legit made the show hard to finish. Him and his dirtbag kid. He assassinated the best recurring character in the show OFF SCREEN

Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

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Frivolous lawsuits aren't cheap to defend. If you represent yourself, you can actually lose a frivolous lawsuit. And lawyers cost a lot of money and time. Thus, many of you have asked me why people are allowed to file frivolous lawsuits in the first place. But see, it's not that simple. THREAD.

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Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 7h

Then in BoBW, they just *decide* that the Borg will ignore them, and then the Borg inexplicably *oblige* them!

Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 7h

tbh, that was also a complete pisstake when it was rolled out in BoBW. It's extremely explicit that Riker's party is not bothered in "Q Who" because the Borg are all regenerating, because 1701-D just blasted massive holes in the cube.

Honestly it was superior work from Kohli, who generally plays the coolest guy in the room. With this character though, I could read that SOMETHING was off about him, something squirrely, but I didn’t guess exactly what till it landed.

but you gotta be careful teasing shit that's potentially a more interesting change than the change you actually want to make 😅

and then as far as stuff that didn't pay off, I was SURE that Carrie's dad molested her and Carrie killed him (consciously or unconsciously, and either could have been super interesting) I guess it was a pump fake for the teacher thing and how some of the confrontations with Margaret played out

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the teasing in episode 1 was genuinely very good and then when it plays out in 8 it's definitely a bit of a belly flop they spent 7 episodes building up, I was expecting some fucking SCANNERS shit

though I think the restrained nature of the death (no gore, just acting) would have *paid off* a lot better if the prom had been a proper bloodbath (but instead, there was no gore, just acting!!)

that's one where I'm like, I understand why people were mad about it, but it didn't personally make me mad. this version of her was so much more social, and the bits where she's rallying the parents and going into sketchy internets felt like she was flying too close to the sun.

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There are too many people like 1976!Margaret and there are too many people like 2026!Margaret

I think the misplay was the question of what was Carrie’s conscious action and what was the “alter ego” landed in the wrong place. It was the kind of thing George Lucas was really careful to avoid re: Anakin/Vader. But I think the stuff with Margaret was top-tier. She was a great character.

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30th anniversary! Star Trek was king! Maybe the high water mark of its proportional cultural relevance?

My four year old daughter (right) next to her five year old friend (left)

…then I sure hope there’s a compelling framework in mind cause “psychic girls hide from psychic girls” is the kind of premise that risks tilting into boring or generic fast. And going back to high school would be ridiculous.

In the end it feels more urban fantasy than horror, which is certainly acceptable on its own terms, but creates friction with its marketing and its target audience. It’s a bit of a paradox—if there’s no season 2, then this adaptation is weakened by a bunch of random shit. If there is…

The prom scene was juiceless—too scared to diverge too much, but not following through on its own teases that it was gonna be different. Then the town destruction was cheated out too. It kicks up a notch when she gets back, though. Just a full collision of Howell’s and Sloyan’s takes on the Whites.

Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 10h

Ok, I’ll eat a small amount of crow. Spoilers below

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On the one hand, it’s decent blockbuster filmmaking AND decent Star Trek. It looks great, crackles with energy, makes inspired choices. Otoh, it’s an awkward mashup of ALIENS and BACK TO THE FUTURE that ruins the Borg for future stories.

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 10h

only a week late to a thing this time but i caught up on lanterns & i went in knowing nothing about green lanterns except “guy gardner seems like i would push him into traffic irl” & not only was knowing nothing not a block to anything, i really enjoyed it? handful of actors there really killed it.

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Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 10h

“Swords are fun.” And it got to show up on DS9 first. Synergy!

The final and sixth one to appear was Tricia Helfer 💀

Final count seems to be six, and “only” four of them were Cylons

Ok now Flanagan is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING WITH ME my final guess is ten

I’m betting on 6 now

Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 12h

I’m losing my mind how perfect it is that “if telekinesis were real, Christians would invent antisemitic conspiracy theories about telekinetic people”

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Zendaya as MJ: Kind Of Obvious Really

Alt: Zendaya as MJ: Kind Of Obvious Really

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Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 12h

STARBUCK SIGHTED That’s three, yes, three regulars of “Battlestar Galactica,” can we get a fourth before the end??

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17h

Also have to say “you have to concede to anyone who threatens your family and give them more money” is a weird reaction to having your family threatened imo.

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Anguirus @anguirus.bsky.social · 17h

I’ll have to weigh in, I’m through episode 6 now

"A strange organization of psychic kids? In MY Stephen King adaptation???"

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I haven't read the book (though I probably will now) but it doesn't sound like there was enough daylight between it and the other versions to really explore making it CLOSER to the text. And why try to out-do DePalma? Why hit all the same beats?

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anyway I'm through episode 6 and it's still pretty banging. is it perfect, no, but the high concept of just plopping these kids into 2026 is lifting a lot. "You really don't know how phones work, do you?"

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ohhhh weird connection, Margaret White is played by the daughter of James "Defecting Romulan Admiral, Odo's Shitty Dad" Sloyan

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

55 seconds that changed the world 🫡

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"This system will absolutely work as a series of checks and balances as long as there are no strong political parties, see you later, gotta go form a bunch of strong political parties because I *hate that bewigged asshole right over THERE*" galaxy brain Founding Fathers work.

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Google won the “comply in advance” race last time, but maybe it’s Apple’s turn after that photo finish.

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That’s right where I am on it, like, it’s the best and worst of Piller

There was an action figure too, and I think even a junior book with pictures from the scene. Call that the Biggs Effect. Oddly, the novel featured Spock, McCoy, and a sequence featuring Sulu (who learns of the 1701-B incident during a saucer separation drill on USS Excelsior)

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Aileron’s beverage of choice

The only thing wilder would be if he did a Pokemon and was really good in it and loved it *puts finger to ear* hold on I’m getting something in…

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Still haven’t finished “Carrie” (2026) but I’m getting the most wild pushback against it and Flanagan on my feed. I’ll eat crow if I’m wrong and I’m somewhat avoiding specific spoilers but “how dare the fourth adaptation of CARRIE, 50 years later, take a different approach” is not real compelling.

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And going back to an earlier thread, we like them because they like each other. Actors can ACT chemistry but there’s something magic when it comes naturally and lets them direct their energy elsewhere (see also “Friends”)

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Tv is still not the movies. They are parallel arts, with lots of crossover and blurred boundaries But, Tee Vee Is Not The Movies Especially in *1994*