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I've been reading the Honor Harrington books, but they're getting harder to wade through. They're... uneven.

Going to finish the one I'm on

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(Whitehaven thinks Honor is, like, SOOOO cute!)

and then take a long break. First stop will be the first "Captive's War" book from the Expanse guys.

Yup. Anyone other than an equity partner is literally a little money machine made of meat. A third-year will bill 2000+ hours (and most can bill maaaaybe 80% of their working hours) at $800-$1200 per hour and take home maybe $300k in salary and bonus.

Well, then there's the Indiana Jones brainstorming session with Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan.

G — He’s thirty-five, and he knew her ten years ago when he was twenty-five and she was only twelve.

G — It would be amusing to make her slightly young at the time. S — And promiscuous. She came onto him.

G — Fifteen is right on the edge. I know it’s an outrageous idea, but it is interesting. Once she’s sixteen or seventeen it’s not interesting anymore. But if she was fifteen and he was twenty-five and they actually had an affair the last time they met. And she was madly in love with him and he…

I guess by the time the movie gets made, between script changes and casting decisions, nothing is certain and 17-22 is probably most likely, but George is a product of his time and place, and not exclusively in good ways.

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Looks like I got luckier than some.

George Lucas was notoriously ambivalent and dismissive towards the EU. The one character he was super stoked to get into his version of the sequels?

Darth Talon. IYKYK, otherwise do a quick search once you're not at the office.

My man has some issues to sort out, or maybe he already has, and he has some specific kinks he wants to evangelize.

Pecan. Jesus. RIP your knives.

“you get one pass”

LOL, I hadn't thought of that, but you're not wrong. I like that. 🤣

act white and straight

This is really what it comes down to. They don't think of themselves as racist/sexist/homophobic because they don't (all) reflexively reject someone because their innate characteristics. Instead, your obligation is to identify and adhere to certain cultural touchstones, political beliefs, and historical narratives. If you do that, then you don't make them feel uncomfortable and you can be ~~dissolved in their acid bath~~ part of their melting pot. They're also slightly more tolerant of people whom they code as weak or politically apathetic. Woe unto the person who thinks that you can be both different and assertive, though.

Can't be fiftieth in education if no one does the rankings!

Doesn't really matter, as long as you add the sugar while the liquid is hot enough to go into supersaturated solution.

Then chill and add ice.

He's not wrong exactly, but to a certain extent the market has spoken. A critical mass of people would prefer to watch quiet dramas in their own time and on the setup they control. The takeover by HD and the proliferation of bigger screens and soundbars or easy home theater solutions has created a "middle space" where the average viewer has something that, while not a proper cinema, is miles ahead of the 480i standard definition nonsense we had at home in the 90s and earlier. Then, at the other end, those same trends have allowed some percentage of connoisseurs to invest their resources into home theaters with curtains and posters and tiered seating and the works. Any form of home viewing, of course, avoids the scheduling and interpersonal downsides of going out to see a movie.

So, these types of films are getting squeezed at both ends. Most people will just catch them on their 50" Roku 4K from Walmart and be happy with that. Others who appreciate getting to 95% of the "cinema experience" will watch on their fancy projector and surround sound system. The only people left are the ones who value the communal experience and/or that last bit of quality presentation. If that's not enough to support wide distribution of "adult drama," then I just don't know what to tell the auteurs. For all the same reasons we don't bother with many lowest-common-denominator revenge dramas on the live stage, we're not really going to see a ton of prestige character pieces scheduled into the limited slots at the multiplex.

A Schwarz toolchest has become a pretty common project for long-weekend woodworking "sleepaway camps" for people who want to get into hand-tool woodworking. The bench is super nice too, but a much more involved project.