Chris Klimek

The Androids of the Alien-verse, Ranked by Their Humanity Even artificial persons can have very real human flaws and frailties.

Which of the ALIEN-ad’s “artificial persons” is the most human? I’m arguing it’s the one you barely recall. (RE: Call)

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Ask Me About My Warrior Ethos

I broke three (well-used, heavily worn) resistance bands in PT today!

You reach an age where this is as good as athletic braggadocio gets, folks. It’ll happen to you, God willing.

Analysis | There are decades of Alien lore. Here’s where the new series fits in. With the release of the new FX series “Alien: Earth,” a sci-fi saga set in the 22nd century is trying to play catch-up to the 21st.

Delighted to see how orifice-forward the visual presentation of my latest ALIEN thingy turned out to be in the Paper of Record. The advanced degree in xenobiology I’ll be paying off for the rest of my life was a prolonged adolescence well-spent.

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Review | Animation’s all-time box office king is now in English. It may still confuse you. “Ne Zha II” adapts a complex Chinese legend, helped by stunning visuals and a cast that includes Michelle Yeoh.

Many a reluctant plus-one has sat through a mostly confounding, very long Tolkien or Rowling adaption, or Star War, or superhero saga over the last quarter century. That was my experience with the biggest movie of 2025, NE ZHA II. Astonishing design & animation tho.

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YouTube video by Nerdist PATTON OSWALT in GENERAL ZOD - Superego

Rest in peace, Terence Stamp. Got watch THE LIMEY if you’ve never seen it.

(This ain’t Stamp.)

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Check the songwriting credit on this one, my brother.

#Broooooooooooooooce

Just imagine if Republicans could be persuaded that 20 elementary school students and 6 teachers getting slaughtered with a legally purchased, legally owned weapon of war was as dire an “emergency” as one rich 19-year-old Musk sycophant getting his ass whupped by some bored punks.

In four days it’ll make 20 years since I moved to DC, now an occupied city. It’s a fact my neighborhood has a lot of violent crime. Jan. 6, 2021 is the only time I’ve ever felt scared to leave my home, or wished for the National Guard to be called up. Blessed are the hoagie-chuckers.

Sir Ridley’s whole thing, early on, was production design so imaginative and enthralling it overwhelmed the story. Then he gives those lame mannequin-lookin’ “engineers” or whatever. I’m glad that chalky jerk dissolved!

Anyway, at least watch the ALIEN TV show long enough to meet the sheep. Heh.

Plenty of gross TK. (Isn’t RESURRECTION the only ALIEN product that grosses us out in the first 20 minutes?)

‘Alien: Earth’ is bursting with creepy imagery : Pop Culture Happy Hour Alien: Earth is a new TV spinoff of the Alien movie franchise, and as one might expect, it has plenty of Facehuggers, chestbursters, and dark metal corridors. The show brings the infamous Xenomorph to...

(Double) jawin’ about ALIEN: EARTH, an attempt to implant a feature-franchise embryo into a prestige TV host body, on today’s Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Analysis | ‘South Park’ and ‘King of the Hill’ take on the Trump era The two ’90s-era animated comedies may be TV’s sharpest observers of the current political climate.

I tried to take stock of how Clinton-era provocateurs Mike Judge and Trey Parker / Matt Stone (separately) deal with a satirical target whose more juvenile , crass, and insatiably attention seeking than they ever were or could ever be.

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Hear, hear. OZ will remain one of the greatest films ever no matter what these jokers do to enhance/degrade it, but as someone who saw the U2 show at the Sphere 3x, I promise you the clips do not convey the visceral / sensory experience at all.

Whether or not that sounds good 2 U is your business.

Never got to write about it, but I saw the U2 ACHTUNG BABY show that opened the Sphere in Vegas three times between September of ‘23 and February of ‘24 and those really were among the most extraordinary of the 500-ish rock shows I’ve attended in my life. FWIW.

Took a pal to SUPERMAN last night and it was cool to see a movie that’s been out for 3 weeks in a near-full house in which I was not the only repeat customer. When the marketing blitz has run its course, the FOMO crowd has moved on, & people are just there b/c they like film and/or heard it’s good.

For Superman, sequels are kryptonite James Gunn’s upbeat new blockbuster is an attempt to reboot a superhero with a dodgy screen history.

Gunn’s SUPERMAN? Doggy. The franchise Donner’s SUPERMAN launched 47 years earlier? Dodgy — but still preferable to the
Sturm und Drag of the Snyderverse, even though I like the non-genocidal parts of MAN OF STEEL. Anyway, here’s a history. Didn’t have room for the Donner Cut, sorry.
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For Superman, sequels are kryptonite James Gunn’s upbeat new blockbuster is an attempt to reboot a superhero with a dodgy screen history.

Gunn’s SUPERMAN? Doggy. The franchise Donner’s SUPERMAN launched 47 years earlier? Dodgy — but still preferable to the
Sturm und Drag of the Snyderverse, even though I like the non-genocidal parts of MAN OF STEEL. Anyway, here’s a history. Didn’t have room for the Donner Cut, sorry.
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He’s vast. He’s purple. He’s hungry. What more can I say?

Review | Finally, the Fantastic Four get the movie they (and we) deserve In ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps,’ Marvel Studios does right by its founding superfamily.

Me on FIRST STEPS: When it comes to putting the First Family of Marvel Comics in the movies, the fourth time’s the charm.

#484: Men of Steel, Pt. 1 — Superman (1978) — The Next Picture Show James Gunn’s new SUPERMAN begins from the assumption that audiences already have a working knowledge of the Man of Steel’s origin story, his super-skill set, and his romance with Lois Lane. Gunn’s fil...

I filled in for @scotttobias.bsky.social to talk SUPERMAN ‘78 with @genevievekoski.bsky.social, @kphipps3000.bsky.social and @tasharobinson.bsky.social on The Next Picture Show, and at no point did any one of us exclaim “Great Scott!”

Negligence. Malpractice. Calumny.

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SORCERER has zero jokes.

You! (kick) Spend! (kick) Too! (kick)Much! (kick) Time! (kick kick) On the Internet!

(Cruise had internet access in 1993.)

I’ve no idea how deep into the Oasis reunion tour we are but I gotta respect that each time Los Bros. Gallagher complete a full gig together without killing each other they issue a press release.

Still convinced he was cast at least in part on the basis of being named “Corn Sweat” (almost) the way Routh was cast at least in part for his resemblance to Reeve.

I’m addition to the fact these are both very fine and capable actors, no disrespect intended, etc.

Since the stroke of luck documented below, I’ve been turned down for a job I was a candidate for for 7 mos. and desperately need, been hit with $23k in medical bills, & am now handling things for my folks while my *dad* is in the hospital.

The karmic cost of a good Superman movie is too damn high.

Sneak peek at What’s Making Me Happy on our SUPERMAN episode of Pop Culture Happy Hour, funnily enough.

The fun part about these rates from my perspective, as someone who's been freelancing for 10 years, is that they almost never change!

Mr. Mxyzptlk isn’t in Gunn’s SUPERMAN, nor is the Bottle City of Kandor. But it feels like the kind of film where either one could show up, and that’s good.

It feels more Richard Lester than Richard Donner, and I still think there are others better suited to this than Gunn, but I’m pretty happy.

Why can’t Hollywood just let Superman be trad Superman instead of trying to inject their woke lefty bullshit into wait what