That's kind of missing my point. The Supreme Court told them to bring him back. I would think all reasonable people agree that's the right remedy. What they aren't going to do is try to lay some smack down that proscribes further political maneuvering and litigation. That's not something that happens normally and its not something anyone has any reason to expect.
It is a defeat for Trump. I think everyone needs to temper their expectations about what the courts are able to do. Even a less conservative SCOTUS isn't going to order Trump to send in the marines to bring this guy back. My count is that 7 of 9 care enough about the institution on some level as to understand that a holding the executive branch can't comply with might turn out to be as bad as one they expressly refuse to follow.
My question is why she was out in her yard with a gun. If it's that her reaction to a bunch of riff raff running through the neighborhood was to strap up and go out to face them I have to respect it. Don't get me wrong. It's totally crazy and the wrong way to respond to that situation... but if thats what happened? What a woman!
This probably explains at least some of my outdated thinking. I'm operating with a 13 or 14 year old 54" flat screen which still works so well I can't rationally justify replacing it, no matter how tempted I am every time I see all the shiny new ones in Costco.
Probably so. Of course I say this with the knowledge that I am very likely going to capitulate to my older son's requests to go see the Minecraft movie when he is on spring break. This leads me to believe that something will always be around just not anything close to what we've been used to.
Yea I agree. Either that or film makers need to re-orient how they're making and budgeting films. I came across this post on substack that I found interesting:
Yea I would say very few movies benefit much from the big screen anymore, not with home set ups being so high quality amd affordable. Especially post covid that's what the theaters are up against.
Interestingly Nosferatu might be one where I'd argue it's worth the price of admission, given that half of the appeal is the atmospherics. My wife and I saw it at one of the places where you have a waiter and I didn't regret the decision. Could just be the concept having a special place for us. When we were still dating we saw a screening of the silent film at the American Film Institute with a live orchestra in the pit doing the music (on Halloween no less). It was really cool. I also saw the Witch which was Robert Eggers' first big movie in the theater and thought it benefitted a lot from the level of immersion. Conversely a few months ago my toddler mashed a bunch of buttons on the remote and ended up renting the early release of Anora for like $25. Since we had it we watched it but I don't think my appraisal would have been any different if I'd seen it in a theater.
If the critical concern is ability to smoke weed during the film it is now easier than ever to do it in your own home, where even an early release streaming rental is cheaper than a trip to the theater.
Also (and to your other point) if we're at a place where we're just tolerating the odor in public, well the parking lot is right there. Why would anyone invest in setting up a special accommodation? As best as I can tell there is very little, if any, policing around public consumption regardless of what the law says. I get whiffs occasionally just driving my kids to school at 7:30 in the morning on a weekday.
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That's kind of missing my point. The Supreme Court told them to bring him back. I would think all reasonable people agree that's the right remedy. What they aren't going to do is try to lay some smack down that proscribes further political maneuvering and litigation. That's not something that happens normally and its not something anyone has any reason to expect.
It is a defeat for Trump. I think everyone needs to temper their expectations about what the courts are able to do. Even a less conservative SCOTUS isn't going to order Trump to send in the marines to bring this guy back. My count is that 7 of 9 care enough about the institution on some level as to understand that a holding the executive branch can't comply with might turn out to be as bad as one they expressly refuse to follow.
My question is why she was out in her yard with a gun. If it's that her reaction to a bunch of riff raff running through the neighborhood was to strap up and go out to face them I have to respect it. Don't get me wrong. It's totally crazy and the wrong way to respond to that situation... but if thats what happened? What a woman!
https://apnews.com/article/jillian-lauren-shriner-weezer-scott-1e3a0a27298d29bd37635349ae4e5b9e
In a break from all the serious topics this thing with the wife of Weezer's bassist is wild.
This probably explains at least some of my outdated thinking. I'm operating with a 13 or 14 year old 54" flat screen which still works so well I can't rationally justify replacing it, no matter how tempted I am every time I see all the shiny new ones in Costco.
America was engineered to select against ambient social pressure since the day the 1st Amendment was ratified.
Probably so. Of course I say this with the knowledge that I am very likely going to capitulate to my older son's requests to go see the Minecraft movie when he is on spring break. This leads me to believe that something will always be around just not anything close to what we've been used to.
Yea I agree. Either that or film makers need to re-orient how they're making and budgeting films. I came across this post on substack that I found interesting:
https://www.jeffrauseo.com/p/where-is-hollywoods-money-going-inflated-movie-budgets?
It may be that the entire ROI model needs to be reconsidered to keep both studios and theaters afloat.
That seems... highly unlikely.
Yea I would say very few movies benefit much from the big screen anymore, not with home set ups being so high quality amd affordable. Especially post covid that's what the theaters are up against.
Interestingly Nosferatu might be one where I'd argue it's worth the price of admission, given that half of the appeal is the atmospherics. My wife and I saw it at one of the places where you have a waiter and I didn't regret the decision. Could just be the concept having a special place for us. When we were still dating we saw a screening of the silent film at the American Film Institute with a live orchestra in the pit doing the music (on Halloween no less). It was really cool. I also saw the Witch which was Robert Eggers' first big movie in the theater and thought it benefitted a lot from the level of immersion. Conversely a few months ago my toddler mashed a bunch of buttons on the remote and ended up renting the early release of Anora for like $25. Since we had it we watched it but I don't think my appraisal would have been any different if I'd seen it in a theater.
If the critical concern is ability to smoke weed during the film it is now easier than ever to do it in your own home, where even an early release streaming rental is cheaper than a trip to the theater.
Also (and to your other point) if we're at a place where we're just tolerating the odor in public, well the parking lot is right there. Why would anyone invest in setting up a special accommodation? As best as I can tell there is very little, if any, policing around public consumption regardless of what the law says. I get whiffs occasionally just driving my kids to school at 7:30 in the morning on a weekday.