Catching up on The Stand and woooow they truncated Nick's story a whole bunch. Damn.

The stuff this adaptation considers extraneous is baffling.
The acting is great. Cinematography, effects, direction, top notch.

But the script is just killing me.
9/10 of Nick's story so far was cut. Not exaggerating.

No jail, no sherriff, no sheriff's wife, no inmates. Pfft. Gone.
... no Sue, no Lucy. Most of the Ad Hoc committee is missing.

The role of Ray (Ralph) has been scaled back a ton.

What is going on here?
My gut tells me we're not going to see Dayna or the Judge, either. :/
Yup, no Lucy. Which means a really, really important part of Nadine's character arc is missing.

Fuuuck this is annoying.
Wait.

Did they ... I think they merged the characters of Ralph and Dayna.

Whaaaat the hell.
Nope, nope, Ralph (Ray) and Dayna are separate.

But we don't get a lot with Dayna.
Okay, I was wrong, yup. The Judge is in here too.

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Yes, I would like a high performance router capable of handling up to a dozen devices in an affordable price range. What are my options?

Ah. Leftover ship designs from Babylon 5.

That's ... that's great, Asus. Thanks.
What have you got for me, Netgear?

Oh. I see.

Something that looks like a TIE Fighter fucked a Cylon.

Wonderful.
Yes, it will look very cool.

In the closet.

Where routers go.

Where no one can fucking see it.
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Tonight's debate made it clear the GOP think they can just go back to bullshit as usual.

They're dodging the metal detectors that were just installed.

I don't think they get it yet. They tried to get their colleagues killed, and their colleagues are in the majority now.
I mean, it's hardly surprising. Republicans have pushed every line of decency and faced no consequences so far. Why should this be any different?

I don't think they watched the DOJ briefing today. I don't think they appreciate how many fundraisers are seeking to detach.
Sheldon Adelson died today, which feels a bit too on the nose. He was a major GOP donor. He was what the right alleges George Soros to be, and now he's gone.

The remaining Koch brother doesn't want to be tied to this insurrection bullshit, either.
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I checked. It's there.

We going to get a surprise tonight, or is the State department done with his shit and are just trolling him now?
And now it's changed. A little.

Well, this is gonna be our weird thing for today, then ...
I want it to be true.

It could be true.

I doubt it's true.

And if it's not, someone at state is just *done* with him ...
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These people have goldfish memories.

Remember Axios? 60 Minutes? The town hall? The debates?

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Now they want to put him in a room with reporters who have no reason to be scared? Image
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And let's not forget, Trump will even shit himself in softball interviews because he's a complete imbecile.
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They already had to smack some of their "personalities" down over the Dominion lawsuit.
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Someone go call Tony Stark for him, the poor dear.
The fact Milo has never once had a single moment of self-reflection or inclination to change his ways is why you don't go out of your way to "save" the cultists.

They don't want it.
Milo honestly could have built a redemption narrative.

Really! Apologies. Repentance. A book of self-reflection.

Even without being sincere he could have rebuilt a reputation off the back of the disgraced one and returned to making bank.

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I'm pretty sure there are Republicans who are brushing this off because they're convinced this was no threat to their own lives.

These people are incredibly stupid.
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Incredibly stupid.
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