It depends.

• Sometimes it’s because of structural Anglocentrism making it harder to get an acting role with a foreign-sounding last name (e.g. “Ramon Antonio Gerard Estevez” becomes “Martin Sheen” or “Ilyena Lydia Vadilievna Mironov” becomes “[Dame] Helen Mirren”)

• Sometimes it’s just a matter of cropping a name or two (“Philip Anthony Hopkins”)

• Sometimes it’s just about sounding cooler (“Eric Bishop” becomes “Jamie Foxx” or “Caryn Elaine Johnson” becomes “Whoopi Goldberg”)

• And sometimes it’s because there’s already a SAG member with your name (“Diane Hall” becomes “Diane Keaton” or “Michael Douglas” becomes… “Michael Keaton”)

looks like you need to read more junji ito

The Wordle devs didn’t actually do anything (probably), the accusation is just an extremely exaggerated way to express discontent at the choice of word.

i feel like i would’ve either died via VITAS or lived a long life as an ork or troll after being goblinised in 2021

I’m not entirely sure what the relationship between “time spent without a toilet trip” and “length of a drum solo” is, but I’m interested in learning.

Okay, fine. Monster (2004)'s Johan Liebert.

Shepard Lambert in Would You Rather?, played by Jeffrey Combs.

the post makes a connection between it and trans people because of 2 reasons:

1. Marina in the sequel is a trans girl.

2. A lot of online trans people play both Fear & Hunger games due to being connected to more “experimental” art and, also… well, a lot of us have been through some shit, and F&H can provide the catharsis of having a game represent those emotions you’ve been feeling for years.

it’s almost like it’s a bunch of different writers making shit up or something

FUCK YEAH

• Gimme More (SID) [Machinae Supremacy covering Britney Spears]. MaSu’s vibe strips away the hyperclean polish to deliver something much closer to the raunchy, voyeuristic feel of the song’s lyrics. The fact that they’re a really good band also helps.

• F*ck Tha Police [Dope covering NWA]. I’ll admit, this one is just personal preference. Please don’t crucify me.

• Battle Hymn [Beast in Black covering Manowar].

• Down with the Sickness [Ai Mori & Violet Orlandi covering Disturbed].

• Army of the Night [Amaranthe covering Powerwolf].

• Ballroom Blitz [3TEETH covering The Sweet].

• Got The Time [Anthrax covering Joe Jackson].

• Bring The Noise [Anthrax on the track with Public Enemy]. Going back to the original is like driving a Ford Model T.

It comes close:

• Breaking the Law [Fightstar covering Judas Priest]. Halford is too iconic to beat, but Fightstar’s apocalyptic world-weariness lends itself well to their take on the song, as opposed to the original’s unserious attitude.

While we’re talking Kyle Gordon, Little V and OBKATIEKAT absolutely killed it with their “Planet of the Bass”

I’d say it’s hard to beat original War Pigs, but T-Pain’s version comes close.

His “Tragedy” is also great.

I prefer the original solely because it was on the Hackers (1995) soundtrack

If we’re talking great “They Don’t Care About Us” covers, it’s impossible to leave Beast in Black out of the conversation.

ECB is awesome.

It doesn’t work for every Tri-Stat milieu, but it sure as hell works for this specific show.

immediately went “oh hey a trans girl” then i remembered that gay guys do it too

joseph smith