The Harry and the Hendersons and Shrek star said the role will define the last chapter of his life
    • Microw@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      I fully intend on not watching this show on a monetized service that would give her money

      • boaratio@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        15 hours ago

        Before the S hit the F, we bought the entire movie set and the entire book set for our kids. We’d regularly read them to them before bed, and now it makes me throw up in my mouth. As I always say, she can fuck off into the sun. There is absolutely no financial benefit for her to be a tankie, but I guess once you’re rich you can just go full mask off.

        • ochi_chernye@startrek.websiteEnglish
          6·
          14 hours ago

          I’m only acquainted with her being a TERF. Is she a tankie, as well? That seems like an unlikely ideology for a billionaire to espouse.

          • boaratio@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            13 hours ago

            Not gonna lie, I don’t know the difference between terfs and tankies. I’m old. I just know both are bad. Protect trans people.

            • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              11 hours ago

              TERF is trans exclusionary radical feminist.

              Tankies are “leftists” who align themselves with “communist states” like Russia and China.

  • lath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 day ago

    Oh Harry, Harry, Harry… Did you, lovable little magical crotch goblin, place your silly little name in my shiny flambee chamber pot?

    • Stalinwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      1 day ago

      I blew past this comment not even getting the reference at first, even though I watch Harry and the Hendersons with my daughter all the time. I actually got about five or six posts down my feed before it dawned on me and I had to come back to let you know.

      • Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Thanks for pointing it out. I would have blown past it too. Harry and the Hendersons was a show I watched on repeat as a kid. How’s it hold up today? I might give it a shot with my kid now.

        • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          15 hours ago

          It’s the sneaky ones that get ya’!

          IMO it still holds up, kinda the same way that “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and “Honey, I Blew Up The Kid” do — but that may be more due to the feelings of nostalgia that they all still up for me.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    131·
    1 day ago

    Wait… Why the series if the movies exist and already do the same job perfectly well…

    • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
      6·
      21 hours ago

      Do you know how many huge companies make money on keeping this franchise alive to sell merchandise rights and theme park tickets?!

      And those 2 are worth more than any artistic integrity ever.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        20 hours ago

        Right, I’m just surprised they would remake the same stories instead of just expanding on the same universe

        • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
          5·
          20 hours ago

          Same but expanding has been a bad sale lately because it pisses off old nerds or only appeases them because they focus on stories we already know the beginning and end to.

          And apparently we can’t trust to tell a completely new story in the same world as that would kill the merchandise already made of characters you wish to keep around forever in their collectors packaging.

          Basically people are scared to step in any direction in case it is wrong and impacts the profit.
          So remake, that isn’t too different but younger.

          • Coldcell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            3 hours ago

            So instead of writing competent, coherent stories and letting the creativity that caused the huge fanbase flourish, their reaction to fan rejection of by-the-numbers low effort cash grabs is to… make more remakes?

            These decision makers need to leave the industry.

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    When I see him with a beard, I suppose it’s not the worst choice. Still, this series seems as though it will be a little unusual and not something anyone had asked for.

    • freamon@preferred.socialEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      I’d be surprised if he used anything like his natural accent - American voices seem to be against the rules for fantasy shows (though there’s probably exceptions I’m not thinking of).