Adam Riff™ rages against the dying of the light

During a trip to the Warner Bros. studio, NBA Superstar LeBron James and his son accidently get trapped within a world that contains all of Warner Bros.' stories and characters, under the control of a malfunctioning, all-powerful force named Al G (played by Don Cheadle).

With the help of Bugs Bunny, LeBron must navigate through a never-before-imagined world filled with iconic movie scenes and characters as they re-assemble the Looney Tunes to rescue his lost son.

Now to get back home, LeBron and the Tunes have to unravel Al G's mysterious plan and win an epic basketball game against digital gamified super-versions of the NBA and WNBA's biggest stars as the entire world watches.

So…Warner Bros.' Ready Player One × Warner Bros.' Stay Tuned.

Rory: Warner Bros.' Kingdom Hearts.

LeBron should show up in the Snyder Cut with no explanation, and then in Space Jam 2, you see how/why he showed up.

LeBron stands in for Green Lantern?

Stay Tuned TV Series Based On 1992 Film In The Works At AMC Studios

The Stay Tuned adaptation should be a Netflix series with Roy and Helen trapped in Netflix.

Whoosh, my head is severed

on 19 Oct 20 19 Oct 20

With consumer demand for hotel rooms down on weekdays, Encore Las Vegas decided to reduce its hours starting on Monday, October 19. That's when the resort closes at 2 p.m. on Mondays and reopens at 2 p.m. on Thursdays.

The reduced hours also affect the restaurants and bars at Encore.

Customers can check into the resort at 2 p.m. on Thursdays and must depart by noon on Mondays. [source]

Something something Broadway flop.

Has Wynn Resorts courted television productions?

Love Island shot in a production bubble at The Cromwell and Rio. Shark Tank shot in a production bubble at The Venetian/Palazzo. Daily Wager shoots at The LINQ. Hell's Kitchen will shoot at Caesars Palace.

Surely some reality show would shoot at Encore Beach Club or XS.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

on 18 Oct 20 19 Oct 20

42. Furious and Fast (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)

Honourable Mention

Sexual choking (Fargo, S04E04)
Anderson Cooper's face when he hears they are playing "Macho Man" at Trump's rally (Anderson Cooper 360, 12 Oct 20)

Stray Observations

"Whizzes is extra." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)
"Coloreds turn the tables on one another all the time, just like white folks. The only difference is the white man put his treachery on paper. Coloreds put theirs in their mouth." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)
"No, I'll be back for you, Onion. You got to trust me. And you find us when the fight is done."
"How? Where will you be?"
"We'll be the only ones left drawing breath." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)
"Had you succeeded, the streets would run red with blood."
"You have no problem with blood unless it's the blood of white folks." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)
♫: Nina Simone – "I Shall Be Released" (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)
"Onion, have you kept your nakedness covered?" (The Good Lord Bird, S01E02)
"The computer needs a motherboard to give it instructions."
"What's a motherboard?"
"Me. I'm-a jack into the machine." (Lovecraft Country, S01E09)
"Look at the nigger faggots." (Lovecraft Country, S01E09)
"I took your bullshit, your beatings, your berating, forgave Mama and Uncle George for not protecting me from your ass, now—'cause I thought you was my father." (Lovecraft Country, S01E09)
"Thomas won't mean much. He's just the first in a long list of sacrifices I made to be your father." (Lovecraft Country, S01E09)
"When my great-great grandson is born, he will be my faith turned to flesh." (Lovecraft Country, S01E09)
♫: Sonia Sanchez – "Catch the Fire" (Lovecraft Country, S01E09)
"On the street I hear this phrase. You know this phrase: 'American values.' And I think, 'What does it mean?' Financial values I understand. Money. What a thing is worth. Human values, this also makes sense. The Things we love. Family, i bambini… But this American values: land of the free, home of the brave, this I don't know. And then I learn the history of this country. Your slavery, the smallpox in the blankets, how you stole the land from the natives. And I realize…to be an American is to pretend. You pretend to be one thing when really you are something else." (Fargo, S04E04)
♫: Jeff Russo – "Little Drummer Boy" (Fargo, S04E04)
"Sell 200 to Mort Kellerman." (Fargo, S04E04)
"I'll be a minute." [grunts rhythmically]
"Is this the minute?" (Fargo, S04E04)
"'I don't believe in God…' Do you know why you don't? Because you're a little…sheep. A little sheep who goes along with all her little friends, wearing the same clothes, swapping Pokémons, and…looking at stupid little screens." (The Third Day, S01E05)
"You're a believer then."
"Nah. Not like these people, but I do know when a place is special."
[chuckles] "You're a believer. Places aren't special. They're just places." (The Third Day, S01E05)
♫: Florence and the Machine – "Dog Days Are Over" (The Third Day, S01E05)
They're descendants of Jack the Ripper? (The Third Day, S01E05)
"Michiko Kakutani." (We Are Who We Are, S01E05)
"Dev Hynes isn't just a musical genius." (We Are Who We Are, S01E05)
"All the most creative people were bullied in school." (We Are Who We Are, S01E05)
"This is not what I had in mind for you."
"Surprise, I exist outside of your mind." (We Are Who We Are, S01E05)
Ouija: Origin of Evil (We Are Who We Are, S01E05)
"These days, fathers only matter to those who don't have one." (We Are Who We Are, S01E05)
"Be grateful for your pain. Means you're still alive." (Warrior, S02E03)

Still the AR™TV World Drama Champion: P-Valley
Still the AR™TV World Comedy Champion: What We Do in the Shadows

Morphogenetic Sorrow

on 16 Oct 20 15 Oct 20

Jumbo
When the new amusement park attraction, The Move It, arrives at the local carnival where she works, Jeanne's life is forever changed. With Jumbo, her pet-name for the twirling machine, what's not to love? He's pretty, fun and single. But how can they be happy when the world around them doesn't understand?

'Jumbo': Film Review

Can a misfit girl fall in love with a carnival ride?

A 25-foot-tall carnival ride seduces the amusement park janitor as she spit-cleans his bulbs.

An erotic scene between Jeanne and Jumbo drips with oil. Kudos to cinematographer Thomas Buelens for lighting the ripples as Jeanne licks a spill.

Objectophilia — lust for the inanimate — is real. In 2013, a Florida woman married a Ferris Wheel named Bruce, after a three-decade courtship. More famously, objectum sexuality spokeswoman Erika Eiffel, took her spouse's last name, and when she separated from the Parisian tower, rebounded with the Berlin Wall.

Jeanne's cellphone nearly causes her to slip off her boyfriend's fulcrum before the machine lowers her down like Superman rescuing Lois Lane.

With Margarette lamenting that her vibrator would have made a better father than Jeanne's mystery dad, can she blame her daughter for swooning over a pylon?

This year there have been three thrillers that share the same moniker: Vladislav Khesin's Alone; John Hyams' Alone; and Johnny Martin’s Alone.

Hyams' Alone is the remake of a Swedish thriller called Gone but, in an ironic twist, those involved with the film opted to zero in on a new title because they felt there were too many films with that title already.

They settled on Alone, and it wasn't that long ago when Hyams logged on to Facebook to see a friend of his, Martin, promoting his own thriller called Alone. The two titles are being released within weeks of one another.

"Hopefully we all benefit from having the same title."

Hyams is alone in his reaction. The other filmmakers did not respond to requests for comment. [source]

Blue Bird Lamentation

on 15 Oct 20 15 Oct 20

Look at this fucking packaging for Oreo mooncakes:

I thought that was cheese ice cream at first.

It tickles me that crackers named "Ritz" are paired with peanut butter and processed cheese.

Stern created the name Ritz, which appealed to individuals suffering in the Great Depression, offering them "a bite of the good life." [source]

Buttery stimulus checks.

Shelf-stable cream cheese?

"Natural flavor with other natural flavor flavored filling."

Vive Hodie

on 13 Oct 20 12 Oct 20

A Revamped D.C. Hotel Opens With a Female Empowerment Theme

Hotel Zena commissioned a massive pointillist portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg that's made out of 20,000 hand-painted tampons (organic tampon company CORA donated them all).

Cita Sadeli paint[ed] a pair of warrior women who tower five floors tall on the building's exterior.

There's a curving wall appointed with 8,000 protest buttons representing feminist events.

Cocktails come in names like "Empowermint" and "HBIC." [Lesbian]-owned Republic Restoratives' Civic Vodka makes its way into several drinks.

Mena isn't the deranged homeless lady?

Republic Restoratives » Spirits »

Long finish.

Die Very Rough

on 12 Oct 20 11 Oct 20

The Great Truce has stopped dog and cat hostility for a decade. But the long-standing peace is threatened when a supervillain parrot discovers a way to manipulate wireless frequencies that only dogs and cats can hear. [source]

2001, 2010, 2020 – the Lakers have won an NBA championship every year a Cats and Dogs film has been released.

Michael Apted should check in on fans of the first film whenever a sequel is released.

Robert Downey Jr. Plans MCU-Like Universe for 'Sherlock Holmes'

"At this point, we really feel there's not a mystery-verse built out anywhere, and Conan Doyle is the definitive voice in that arena to this day, so to me, why do a third movie if you're not going to be able to spin off into some real gems of diversity, and other times and elements?"

'Batwheels' Animated Series Picked Up at HBO Max and Cartoon Network

The action-adventure show features the most heroic and iconic vehicles from the DC universe as they defend Gotham City alongside Batman, Robin, Batgirl and other DC heroes.

Netflix Lands 'Elf On The Shelf' Brand For Film, TV Live Action and Animated Projects

In a big seven-figure deal, Netflix acquired the rights to develop original stories from the company's entire portfolio of brands; including but not limited to: The Elf on the Shelf, Elf Pets, and Elf Mates.

Adam Riff™ Clip of the Week

on 11 Oct 20 18 Oct 20

41. Wild and Crazy Kids (We Are Who We Are, S01E04)

Honourable Mention

Metamorphosex (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
Battle Hymn of the Retuglic (Fargo, S04E03)
Here's Trebek asking "Who is DaBaby?" in case you need it (Jeopardy!, 09 Oct 20)

Stray Observations

"He was a real white man." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"Pottawatomie Rifles ride for redemption, not crackers." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"Gird your loins, Onion." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"If I was your nigger, I wouldn't be your nigger for long." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"Owen? Isaiah 5:22."
"'Though by dawn's early light, the heathen souls were eaten by ravenous goats.'" (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"John Brown always said: 'Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, rough to the ruffian. With a liar? Be a thunderbolt.' What that meant was, you can lie your ass off to anyone who doesn't believe all people's equal." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"Slavery was a poisonous snake. Everybody knew that. But freedom, the kind that was being offered, with no home, no food, and not a friend in the world? That snake was just as poisonous. One snake pointed north. One snake pointed south. And they both bit the nigger." (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
♫: The Zion Travelers – "The Blood" (The Good Lord Bird, S01E01)
"You don't have enough whiteness in you to sell that entitlement." (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
♫: Alice Smith – "I Put a Spell on You" (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"I want you to feel what I feel right now – heartbroken, scared, furious, tired, so fucking tired of feeling this way over and over. And I want you to feel alone and shameful, 'cause I'm here, feeling this, and you will never understand it. I want you to feel guilty 'cause—for feeling safe next to you and your privilege." (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"You wanna know why I took that potion? Because today, of all days, I didn't wanna be a black woman fucking a white man." (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"Familial love is the strongest kind." (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"Fuck you, pig." (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"Why would anyone wanna die like that?" (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"I'm just sick of forgiving every space that I enter 'cause it's not for me. I wanna create my own space." (Lovecraft Country, S01E08)
"U.S. Marshal Dick Wickware." (Fargo, S04E03)
"You blaspheme more than any man I've ever met, and I've been to Cleveland." (Fargo, S04E03)
"We had some spaghetti eaters in Salt Lake before the war." (Fargo, S04E03)
"Girl, you got a panty on your head." (Fargo, S04E03)
Ricki Lake (Black-ish, S07E01)
"Okay, how am I supposed to enjoy secret cake with you here watching me?" (Black-ish, S07E01)
"You think I got booted because we have the same name? You know, like, maybe they thought it was a duplicate?"
"You really think it's that simple, son?"
"Nah, it was definitely something sinister."
"Yeah, that's my boy." (Black-ish, S07E01)
"White men don't know how to be bored. That's why they're always opening up vineyards." (Black-ish, S07E02)
"You're probably right, Jack."
"I'm Junior."
"Uh, sorry. Kinda been on my own show." (Black-ish, S07E02)
Desus and Mero (Black-ish, S07E02)
Kenya Barris (Black-ish, S07E02)
"Take your fucking twink and get the fuck out of here!" (The Boys, S02E08)
"I can't lash out like some raging, entitled maniac. That's a white man's luxury." (The Boys, S02E08)
"It's called 'white genocide.'" (The Boys, S02E08)
♫: Nazi Stormfront / Hitler's star / Run her over with a car (The Boys, S02E08)
"As long as no one ever loves you again." (The Boys, S02E08)
"I'm back too, right? I'm anti-Nazi." (The Boys, S02E08)
"Fuck Fresca." (The Boys, S02E08)
"Now remember what I told you."
"Don't be a cunt." (The Boys, S02E08)