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i am mostly seeing coyote vs acme to spite warner brothers and david zaslav.

on august 28th, me, my cousin, and her husband will be going to see coyote vs acme. we all genuinely want to see it but, a big part of why we want to see it is to give warner brothers and david zaslav the jersey salute.

warner brothers is one of the dumbest movie studios to ever exist. they fired tim burton from the third batman movie, pushed joel schumacher to make batman and robin more humorous, stopped promotion for all their animated movies after quest for camelot bombed, tried to make the DC cinematic universe without any plan whatsoever, nuked their working relationship with zack snyder, nuked their working relationship with christopher nolan, cancelled the completed batgirl movie, removed numerous fan favorite animated series from HBO max(something that they are still doing despite the backlash they got), delayed dune part 2 to 2024, and attempted to cancel coyote vs acme. at this point, hearing about warner brother's stupid decisions is like watching a drug addict friend make horrible choices while refusing to acknowledge that it is their addiction causing the problems. it's like watching a car wreck in slow motion. i would say that i hope they do better in the future but my expectations are pretty low at this point.

and then, there's david zaslav, the dumbest movie studio CEO since chapek. most of warner brother's issues in recent years can be traced back to him. i honestly can't decide who's done a worse job; trump running the country or zaslav running warner brothers. i wouldn't trust him to run a hotdog stand, let alone a movie studio. i'm baffled that warner brothers hasn't katzenberged his ass. but, as i previous said, warner brothers loves to self sabotage.

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u/herequeerandgreat — 2 days ago
▲ 258 r/antitrump

it will never fail to amuse me how obama lives rent free in republican's heads despite being out of office for 9 years.

u/herequeerandgreat — 3 days ago

looks like a cinnamon roll/would kill you. looks like they would kill you/is a cinnamon roll. looks like a cinnamon roll/is a cinnamon roll. looks like they would kill you/would kill you.

u/herequeerandgreat — 3 days ago

similar to the character sheet posts i made about cardinal glick and monster ock, here's one for cujo from cujo.

alas poor villain: the final paragraph of the novel reminds the reader that cujo was a good dog and never wanted to hurt anyone.

angry guard dog: subverted. at the start of the story, cujo is a friendly dog. later on, when he starts attacking people, it's because of rabies, not because he was bred that way.

anti villain: cujo is an extremely scary and dangerous dog. however, it's because he was bitten by a rabid bat, thus getting rabies himself. even when he is rabid, he doesn't attack out of malice or sadism but out of a delusional belief that other people are responsible for his pain.

artistic license-biology: the incubation period for rabies in dogs is two weeks to four months, but cujo starts showing symptoms almost immediately after the bat bites his nose. granted, symptoms can appear sooner if the dog was bitten near its spine or brain, but even in those cases it still takes a minimum of four days to show.

ax crazy: after being bitten by a rabid bat, cujo's mind begins to deteriorate. eventually, he comes to believe that the humans have done something to him, resulting in the pain he's experiencing. he is so angry and terrified that he starts attacking people.

bats equals rabies: cujo gets rabies after being bitten by a rabid bat.

beware of vicious dogs: subverted at the start of the book. cujo starts out the story as a very sweet and friendly dog. however, after getting infected, his mind deteriorates so much that he starts attacking people under the belief that they are somehow responsible for his pain.

big bad slippage: at the start of the story, cujo is a very friendly dog, as is typical with saint bernards. upon being infected, he turns into a ravenous monster.

big friendly dog: cujo begins the story as a very friendly dog. in fact, when rabies starts to change his behavior and he growls at gary pervier, gary is surprised because he never heard Cujo growl before.

dogs are dumb: ujo while chasing a rabbit puts his head in a small cave and barks loudly causing a flock of bats to fly away and driving one of them to bite his nose in self defense. not a very smart move but cujo is a dog and dogs don't know any better.

dogs love to be praised: in the scenes that take place from cujo's point of view before he gets infected, he is very worried about being seen as a bad dog.

dog stereotype: as is typical with saint bernards, cujo is a very gentle dog. at least, until he gets rabies.

friend to all children: prior to his infection, cujo was especially friendly with children.

instant illness: rabies typically takes longer than a week to begin showing symptoms (it usually takes a few months) to be more precise, symptoms don't begin to show until the virus reaches the brain. however, the distance from bite site to the brain is actually a factor and cujo was bitten on the nose, so there is a slim possibility that the virus could indeed have advanced that quickly.

maybe magic maybe mundane: although the book is realistic horror rather than the supernatural horror that king is most well known for, there are a few lines scattered throughout implying that the rabid cujo is the reincarnation of the psychotic killer and rapist frank dodd from the dead zone.

misplaced retribution: due to the rabies screwing up cujo's rational thinking, he honestly comes to believe that donna, and later sheriff bannerman, are responsible for him being sick, which is what prompts him to attack them.

my god what have i done: upon realizing that he was about to kill brett, cujo immediately feels remorse and runs away so as to not hurt him.

resurrected murderer: There is some implication in the novel that cujo, after contracting rabies, was also possessed by the vengeful spirit of Frank Dodd, the serial killer from the dead zone.

sanity slippage: the rabies effects drive cujo mad and turn him from a lovable and harmless dog into a feral and deranged monster.

tragic monster: cujo is to suffer terribly from rabies, and he only attacks people under the frenzied belief that they are responsible for his pain. Sadly, Cujo isn't even at peace after his death. His restless, malevolent spirit makes a cameo appearance in needful things.

u/herequeerandgreat — 4 days ago
▲ 7 r/movies

movies that will always be on my list of my favorite movies regardless of how many changes and updates there are.

sunset boulevard(1950)

snatch(2000)

RRR(2022)

chinatown(1974)

dune parts 1 and 2(2021/2024)

the lord of the rings trilogy(2001/2002/2003)

pulp fiction(1994)

star trek 2 the wrath of khan(1982)

unforgiven(1992)

seven samurai(1957)

goodfellas(1990)

akira(1989)

the dark crystal(1984)

blue velvet(1986)

princess mononoke(1997)

dark city(1998)

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u/herequeerandgreat — 5 days ago

i no longer cover my co worker's shifts.

like most workplaces, my workplace has an option where, if you have a shift that occurs on an inconvenient date, you can offer that shift to another employee. however, if no one takes the shift, you still have to go. twice, i've covered a co worker's shift. however, 3 times, i've offered a shift. you know how many times a co worker has covered my shift? never! not once! this is despite the fact that there are 8 other lot attendants. the last time was in october of 2024 and that was the final straw for me. i vowed that, from that point forward, i will no longer be covering my co worker's shifts. and i've stuck to it. i have not covered a single shift since then and i will continue to not do so. the sole exception is if it's a literally emergency. as in, someone is dying.

in december of last year, my HR rep asked me via email if it was possible for me to switch shifts with one of my fellow lot attendants the next week due to there being a christmas party that that co worker wanted to go to. i said no since i had plans on that particular night. my HR person thanked me. here's the thing though. i didn't have any plans that night. i just didn't want to do it.

this co worker, after not covering my shift 3 times, had the absolute audacity to ask me to cover his shift. well, as is often said on reddit, poor planning on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part. i understand that no one is under any obligation to cover their co worker's shifts. however, THEY need to understand that their actions have consequences. as the old saying goes, what you put in the world always has a way of coming back to you. if you don't do someone a favor, they'll be less inclined to do you a favor.

is this petty? yes. does it make me an asshole? probably. do i give a shit? not really.

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u/herequeerandgreat — 6 days ago

judging by the guest list for galaxycon st louis, here's what i'm guessing the Q and As are going to look like.

george takei Q and A

police academy Q and A with bobcat goldthwait and tim kazurinsky

cassandra peterson Q and A

twilight Q and A with jackson rathbone, peter facinelli, kellan lutz, and ashley greene

brian austin green Q and A

brian posehn Q and A

power rangers Q and A with austin st john and walter jones

ned's declassified school survival guide Q and A with devon werkheiser, lindsey shaw, and daniel curtis lee

ross marquand Q and A

steve whitmire Q and A

kevin clash Q and A

brandon rogers Q and A

sam witwer Q and A

matthew wood Q and A

david W collins Q and A

vanessa marshall Q and A

josh keaton Q and A

janet varney Q and A

my hero academia Q and A with jamie marchi and brittany karbowski

amazing digital circus Q and A with alex rochon, amanda hufford, sean chiplock, and michael kovich

knights of guinivere Q and A with michaela laws and zelda khan black

neil ellice Q and A

fairy tale Q and A with chris guerrero and tia ballard

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u/herequeerandgreat — 7 days ago

my history with the 2008 presidential election.

although i was alive for the 2004 election, the first presidential election that i was truly aware of was the 2008 election. i was in 2nd grade and i guess the teachers viewed this being an election year as the perfect opportunity to teach the students about presidential elections.

throughout the whole election cycle, we had various assignments and even a mock election where we voted for either obama or mccain. for some reason, i picked mccain. i don't know why but this actually served as foreshadowing for mccain being one of the few republicans i support.

i am currently 25 years old and have since lived through 4 more presidential elections, voting in the last 2.

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u/herequeerandgreat — 8 days ago