David Chen
I’ve been reviewing movies and TV on the internet for 15 years. I host podcasts like Decoding TV and The Filmcast. Check out my newsletter: www.Decodingeverything.com
- I thought this piece was interesting, but I disagree with the conclusion that "no one is in charge." Someone at X is very much in charge, and that someone is tolerant of this message and willing to let it grow and proliferate on his platform. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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- Caught another writer using AI & they were promptly let go. I can not stress this enough: Any editor worth anything can AND WILL catch you if you're using AI to write. It's not slick, it's not subtle, & so many behavioral patterns beyond the writing are dead giveaways. Do the work or get out.
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- apparently Elon's gotten so mad about Grok not answering questions about Afrikaners the way he wants, xAI's now somehow managed to put it into some kind of hyper-Afriforum mode where it thinks every question is about farm murders or the song "Kill the Boer"
- Oh my god
- the other thing here is that yes, Biden was old as shit in office, that rightly was a major story. but SO WAS TRUMP and it got 0.001% as much attention
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- CBP has seized a legal permanent resident musician from an OUTBOUND international flight and detained him, his bandmates report. A person just about to voluntarily leave the country. www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/...
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- 1 year ago ~to the day~
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- In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Some of the replies here are insane. *Whether people stay or go is an individual decision. Up to them. *Yes, most people don't have the choice and leaving is a privilege. *Understand the "stay and fight" but very few have done more to warn about what was coming for years.- In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
- Here is another post from someone deciding to leave. Whether you agree or not with the decision, urge you to actually engage with their reasoning before dismissing it. www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/w...
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- If you sat down a random panel of Americans and told them what Republicans are currently doing, my guess is that the vast majority simply wouldn't believe you. It comes off like you're describing a Bond villain. The reality sounds wildly different & more extreme than what they hear organically.
- Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore. theonion.com/you-can...
- BREAKING: With Andor coming to an end, experts warn America's strategic supply of beautiful severe women who should be on my television a lot has dropped to dangerously low levels
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- MAX is HBO MAX (Again). Here is the in-depth analysis of this decision you’ve been waiting for (featuring @jeffcannata.bsky.social @devindra.bsky.social) youtu.be/wwKRoXSWT_U?...
- The next logo update will Make HBO larger than Max
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- here is a very self-serving question for y’all: if i were to put out a curated book of my work from the past half decade on democracy and constitutional reform in the US — with plenty of new material as well — would you find that worthwhile?
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- After Max goes back to HBO Max, it goes back to being HBO, then Home Box Office, then Sterling Cable Network, then Manhattan Cable, as the grass grows back into the ground and we all marvel at Video Jukebox, George Carlin Specials and G-String Divas
- “There was HBO Go (2008), HBO Now (2015), HBO Max (2020), Max (2023) and now, once again, HBO Max (2025).” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
- does the guy who came up with the name HBO MAX get paid again
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- @davechen.bsky.social please watch season 1 of Devils Plan before getting into season 2 (its not all out anyway) it is baffling to me that Jeff did not say you must watch it first. I guess he’s not far enough in to know that s2 is vastly different directly because of how game breaking s1 was
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- half life 2 was genius for coming up a terrifying concept that speaks to everyone: "what if aliens showed up and put your shitty boss in charge of the entire earth"
- His opponents: Oh, I get it. This guy's a bitch
- “Increasingly often, [Trump] ends up backing down and simply declaring a win. His opponents appear to be catching on.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
- One thing ANDOR has definitely done is made all those lineups of self-satisfied force ghosts look absolutely pathetic.
- my favorite aspect of how ANDOR ends is how the villains do suffer, but not at the hands of the protagonists, because fascism eats its own even while it has the upper hand
- An indie producer’s view on why big-budget movies look worse than they used to
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- I have been really enjoying you and Dave's breakdown of each episode. I agree with you on the pacing. Way too much to be crammed into 7 episodes.
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