Finally! I think? After almost 60 years, we have a not-terrible adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune. With it comes all the baggage of the source being stripped for parts over the years by other more profitable franchises that don’t warrant … Continue reading Dune: Part 1 (2021) Review: Know then, a whole lot of table-setting
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated review … Continue reading Animation Time
One of the most important decisions in a professional baseball player’s career is his choice of walk-up song. During the brief walk from the on-deck circle to the batter’s box, a roughly five to ten second long excerpt from a … Continue reading There’s a Timebomb in the Day Thread
Since there tend to be a flurry of threads and comments on weekdays and fewer on weekends, this thread collects one-off, irregular, new, or lower-profile threads from earlier in the week (Sunday – Friday). This doesn’t include every single thread … Continue reading Weekend Reading
The month of October is all about horror as it well should be and we’re going to revisit that topic with a range of new and “remastered” prompts for it thanks to some help from Mr. Ixolite and myself to … Continue reading Revenge Of The 30 Day Horror Challenge Day 23: Decades Of Horror – Pre-1970s
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? Or visit the quiz here. Sunday: MiscellaneousMonday: LiteratureTuesday: GeographyWednesday: MusicThursday: HistoryFriday: Movies & TVSaturday: Science & Nature If you’d like to create the Sunday … Continue reading Triviacados: Saturday, October 23, 2021
Pets! Pets! Pets! Continue reading The Pet Thread Comes out of Its Shell
♫ And there’s always something moreLost in talk, I waste my timeAnd it’s all been said beforeWhile further down behind the masqueradeThe tears are thereI don’t ask for all that muchI just want someone to careAnswer right now ♫— A, … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Rides an Emotional Roller Coaster
Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party is a mystery-comedy-drama web series created by the L.A.-based “vaguely historical, loosely literary” collective Shipwrecked Comedy. In the series, Edgar Allan Poe and his resident ghost, Lenore, invite various famous literary figures for … Continue reading Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party Night Thread (10/22)
More truths are revealed as the pieces fall into place more. What They Say:Brother Day meets Zephyr Halima-a would-be leader who opposes the Empire. Brother Dusk grows suspicious of Brother Dawn. The Review:Content: (please note that content portions of a … Continue reading Foundation Season 1 Episode 6: Death and the Maiden Review
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 10/22/2021
Introducing today’s contestants: Rudy, an investment manager, met his wife while serving as a bouncer; Lea, a graduate student, will study neuroscience in Munich; and Jonathan, an actor, literally dumped his girlfriend, but they’re still together. Jonathan is a nine-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Oct. 22
GIFs! Fresh GIFs! Get yer piping-hot brand-new mystery GIFs rite cheer! If you don’t know what to do, it’s this: Post a Safe For Work (or hidden behind spoilers) GIF Identify the source ??? Profit! Remember Snail’s Golden Rule: Don’t … Continue reading Identify This GIF!
Hey all; Happy and Healthy Friday – Not gonna lie; I actually almost forgot to get this out, my perception of time is so out of whack. I mean, it was bad enough before with the pandemic, and now that … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 10/21/2021 – Open Table
Part 14 Results [spoiler] NieR Song of the Ancients ~ Fate 7 3 Child of Eden Passion Archive Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel Singing Hill -Harmonics TYRIA- 4 6 FTL Federation Flower Nighttime Excursion 3 9 nintendogs + … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2009-2012: Top 512 (Part 15 of 16)
Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Shuffle Thread, your favorite place to show off your shuffles! These days, life moves at such a fast pace, with everyone and everything running at such high speeds. Luckily for … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread Moves At High SPEED!
Back to the cricket news of the week. The USA Women, with Shebani Bhaskar (above) have dominated at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier in Mexico City, winning all three of their games handily. Brazil, led by … Continue reading All Things Cricket: October 22nd
Welcome to the inaugural entry of DisenFranchisement, a sub-feature of Pop Optics that I am dedicating to the exploration of film franchises. I’m going to focus on horror right now because that’s a film genre rife with franchises and long-running … Continue reading Pop Optics: Introducing DisenFranchisement!
This week, the queens make their own adverts for a brand new in-home smart assistant, Draglexa. Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock guest judges. Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 3: Episode 5 Discussion Thread
(Poster art by markwelser) JOIN US! On October 7th, 2021, I went to a one night only screening of The Evil Dead to celebrate the 40th anniversary release of the cult classic. Five friends travel to a cabin for a … Continue reading The Evil Dead 40th Anniversary Day Thread
