interesting links roundup #19

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I liked the first knives out. I honestly barely remember the second movie but I know I thought some parts were fun even though it had that netflix stink. this third one was just bizarre. it was somehow both didactic with all these caricatures of far-right assholes but also had no meaningful commentary to offer about any of them, and the rube goldberg-ass mystery was not worth two hours' worth of setup!!

I do love feeling #humbled when I learn more about some tiny complex thing that I've been taking for granted my whole life... one of our window latches is kinda fucked up and I pinched my thumb trying to wrestle it back into place, but in the process I learned how this type of sliding window latch even works (or is supposed to work when it's not busted) and I'm like, this is a miracle of engineering and design. pinched thumb or otherwise

all of these people drinking methylene blue:

the world may never know...

still getting through heated rivalry. the two main boys are going at it, finish, and then noelle turns to me and utters the scariest words I've ever heard her say, which are: Where'd The Cum Go?

the show I’ve actually been sucked into lately is deadwood which might be why I have a harsher eye than usual towards like plot and character shit lol. going from a show that’s tightly-written but definitely not sparse and has a huge ensemble cast is lowering my patience for any writing where half of it is just characters saying “I’m mad at you” to each other. (I don’t think pluribus was an offender in that department but you know what I mean.) and ironically I think the original show was a great example of not having characters address each other by name all the time unless it’s for a plausible or interesting reason, but then the movie (which we just watched last night lol) was totally doing the name thing at parts. and I get it because you’ll have new viewers who don’t know who these characters are, and half of them look old as shit compared to the show so explicitly putting names to faces doesn’t hurt. but still. I can’t stop noticing it now…

more television posting: my annoying bitch opinion is that pluribus was good but not great (I think it would've been better if it were like seven episodes instead of nine) but I'm also kinda chafing at these viewer interpretations that try to locate a really cut-and-dry central metaphor or like, idk, moral assessment of the whole situation. partly because I think this just might not be that kind of story but mostly because it's clearly not over yet. maybe It Depends and/or Why Don't We Wait and See