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J.I.D.1.2.3
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Star Wars Nerd, She-Ra Fan, and Pop Culture Enthusiast,

Single.

He/Him
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Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers (2025)
#godzilla
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Which will have its own effect, but thats for later. The Millennials are like they are in part because they're the second wave (or in MANY cases "second marriage") kids Boomers themselves had later than their own parents did, whereas GenX was the smaller pool the non-college Boomers had in their 20s
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Part 1 of a planned trilogy of articles about the scores of the Tron franchise.

In this editorial for @cultureslate.bsky.social,I dive into the history of Tron's score and its composer, Wendy Carlos. Also get to yap about why trans women in music are cool as fuck for multiple paragraphs!
Sounds Of The Grid Pt. I: Wendy Carlos And The Music Of 'Tron' — CultureSlate
Greetings, programs! As we approach the milestone 15th anniversary of Tron: Legacy , we here at Culture Slate will take you on a musical journey! Ever wondered how the scores for the Tron movies were...
www.cultureslate.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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🚨The ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ trailer has now passed 10M views on YouTube!🚨

#starwars #TheMandalorian #ahsoka  #grogu #dindjarin #fennec #bobafett #bokatan #TheMandalorianAndGrogu
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Netflix does what it does well. It does it exceedingly well. They do it so well that others can't compete.

But it's the only one really doing that, and everyone else is getting out of the game.

Very likely, they don't want to end up like Blockbuster.
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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What's really telling here is that the administration clearly doesn't have the people ideas or mechanisms to do anything but stick first policies. They're like this because they have literally 0 answer to what to do other than do more warcrimes or abuse immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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star wars is essentially about a school rivalry. you can go to Good School but decide it's stupid and transfer to Evil School. you can start Evil School but graduate from Good School. you can think you're in Good School but actually you're doing your homework wrong and then suddenly bam Evil Diploma
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I think it's unfair to compare the Democratic Party to UK Labour under Starmer. I think it's absolutely true that the mainstream centrist press, exemplified by the NYT, wants the Democratic Party to be the UK Labour Party under Starmer, though.
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Fun Fact: Not only did Phantom Menance confirm Palpatine as a Sith Lord (Darth Sidious) but the Novelization gives its own detailed backstory to the history of the Sith and rule of two separate from the Expanded Universe.

#StarWars #TheSith

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewUx...
The History Of The Sith (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
YouTube video by Bunt's Books
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The only thing I can think of that SORT OF makes sense ...*doesnt* make sense, because it sounds like "hopium" 😅 And it's that Netflix IS Netflix because they've been able to see around the corner on audience trends for about 20 years now; and maybe they're seeing something in their data churn...
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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So them buying Warner Brothers is likely they trying to diversify. It's them trying to find another revenue stream to bring in to potentially offset the downturn in revenue that is inevitably coming.

Because there is really is noplace left for Netflix to go *but* down.

4/4
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Oscars aren't being dominated by Netflix exclusive films. The Emmy's aren't overwhelmed with actors from Netflix films.

Netflix properties come and go with little attention or care. The only ones that have managed to break containment are KPop Demon Hunters and Strangers Things.

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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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With companies like Disney, Paramount, Apple and Amazon, they can at least diversify.

Disney and Paramount have movies, tv shows, tv networks, theme parks, to draw in revenue. Apple and Amazon have other aspects to their empire.

Netflix has none of these. It *just* does streaming.

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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I think this is what it gets down to.

Netflix is *THE STREAMER*, but the problem is that streaming is- essentially-dead.

Or at the very least, cannot grow past this point. It's reached market capacity. Everyone who could use the product has it. And it can't get any bigger.

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The only thing I can think of that SORT OF makes sense ...*doesnt* make sense, because it sounds like "hopium" 😅 And it's that Netflix IS Netflix because they've been able to see around the corner on audience trends for about 20 years now; and maybe they're seeing something in their data churn...
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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*(I also have no clue why autocorrect decided "the" should become "rhetorical" here)
I'll be honest, I don't really care about how rhetorical Netflix guy's kid watched "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA;" lots of people in the industry have bad taste and/or viewing habits that don't actually affect their skill or talent. I care if/how it manifests in his approach to the medium as business...
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The thing is, "recent" isn't part of this. This will take YEARS.

Remember when Disney bought Fox? That was "a thing that was in the works" for YEARS; formally announced in 2017, finalized in 2019.

The X-Men started actually showing up in the Disney-Marvel productions last year.
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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No, for real though:

CONSERVATIVELY, part of the calculus on this Warner/Netflix thing is that any actual regulation discussion on a FINAL merger-acquisition is likely to happen under the NEXT Presidential admin; which is why Paramount's crybaby "They're being mean!" letter didn't save their bid
The thing is, "recent" isn't part of this. This will take YEARS.

Remember when Disney bought Fox? That was "a thing that was in the works" for YEARS; formally announced in 2017, finalized in 2019.

The X-Men started actually showing up in the Disney-Marvel productions last year.
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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...that's about to RULE American (+global?) culture for the next 40 years or so is going to surge back to theaters, storefronts, parks, physical media etc by even (lets say) a 30% uptick the way Boomers flocked back to suburbia in the 80s?
I can see wanting that money.
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I know I'm the broken record on this, but we're actually barreling toward the END of integenerational interregnum right now: The western world is about to enter the era of Millennial cultural dominance all at once and it's going to manifest in all kinds of unpredictable ways.
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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...and I'm still somewhat baffled at what Netflix is actually GETTING here.
I know what WB/Zaslav is getting: A "f--- you buddy" to the Ellisons, more money, etc.
But Netflix has historically not cared about IRL footprints, theatrical, pre-2000 catalog titles and they're "whatever" about IP...
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I'll be honest, I don't really care about how rhetorical Netflix guy's kid watched "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA;" lots of people in the industry have bad taste and/or viewing habits that don't actually affect their skill or talent. I care if/how it manifests in his approach to the medium as business...
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I think anyone expecting Millennials to significantly cast off the aesthetics of Boomer Americana as they claim the world as theirs in early middle age aren't fully understanding where the Boomers GOT their own culture from in the first place

You might be done with the past. It is not done with you
@bobchipman.bsky.social , a question; you’ve made the comment about 2028 being a political/cultural turning point since millennials will finally outnumber baby boomers. On the cultural front, do you see much changing in terms of Christmas traditions/music since a lot of that is bb nostalgia?
December 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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I mean, the thing is... everything in pop culture is "new" at one point and then a loop of tradition until it isn't.

"American Christmas" mostly comes from "English Christmas," which isn't REALLY an 'ancient tradition' so much as a thing Charles Dickens decided England SHOULD treat like one 🤷‍♂️
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Just my take on the characters of Dispatch, I love all of them ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM