The thing is, a whole generation didn’t hate the Star Wars prequels. I was 18 when Phantom Menace came out, saw it opening night with a few friends from student res, and then rewatched it at least three or four times in the theatre over the next month or so. Pretty much everyone saw this movie (and EpII & III). Guys and girls. Nerds and casuals. Many went multiple times (the box office numbers prove this). The merch sold through the roof, every magazine featured cover stories with the cast, most casual fans thought Jar Jar was funny while the Star Wars nerds were obsessed with the tech behind the character. Girls loved Padme’s fashion while straight guys loved Portman. The online fandom was hyperactive with fan theories, fan art, etc with a very clear even split between the male/female demos. Fan and general public reaction was insanely positive. This particular scene became ICONIC. 98% of the negativity came from the professional film critics. TPM wasn’t perfect by any means but the media definitely tried to push the message that it was a disaster, Jake Lloyd sucked, and that Jar Jar was offensive and racist. This weird gaslighting that it was the fans who were negative and toxic is just current media trying to do damage control for just how negative they were at the time.

SpaceX now 30% above IPO price with 83.3 million more shares sold trib.al/FIRD7DM

Remember selfie sticks?

Julie’s wig balloon is ONLY way out of Fromville. #FROM #FROMily

So it’s being reported that @AmazonMGMStudio is considering a hard reboot to the Stargate franchise! Absolutely NO ONE wants this! I will actively boycott this! I want a Stargate that feels like Stargate, not something directed at Gen Z women. I am radicalized on this! It’s either Martin Gero or bust! I don’t want to see Stargate from someone who wasn’t involved in the original show. End of story.

This is amazing. #Stargate

Since this was my final SG-1 episode after we received news of the cancellation, I also made sure to take a few not-so-subtle shots at the network.

That time I was a Star Wars action figure

Oh this is too good.

openai still thinks trillionaire is a misspelling. we are so early.

SpaceX cafeteria workers right now

SpaceX is officially public— • IPO price: $135 per share • Open price: $150 per share ( 11%) • IPO valuation: $1.75 trillion • Open valuation: $1.96 trillion It's the 7th most-valuable company in the world by market cap

The person who solves the biggest, hardest problems in society should be rewarded with the most economic gain. That is ultimately why Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. No one has solved problems at the frequency and scale that he has.

You don’t have to love Elon Musk to recognize what this headline says about us. A country that spends more time criticizing wealth creation than encouraging it sends a clear message to builders: your success is tolerated, not celebrated. Canada should be the best place in the world to build ambitious companies. Headlines like this make us look like we’re not quite ready for that.

Disappointing. I just finished my rewatch of the original run of the X-Files TV series (S1-9 Lone Gunmen) last night and was ready to watch this new cut of I Want To Believe. #xfiles

OH NO. #DoctorWho

they started the trailer with "I want to make something clear" followed by the most unintelligible sentence I've ever heard

I think the most important thing at the moment is for everybody to respect the wishes of Dr Who’s family.

I know it was sarcasm on HelloFresh’s part, but it’s becoming clear to me that corporations and performative “allies” exploit the gay community far more than they support it