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Linda Codega
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Staff Writer, io9 (they/them) Talking 'bout games, film, tv, books, and other nerd shit.

well people can be writers in multiple genres it happens all the time. often people rebrand with a different name but tingle decided to just keep going, and good for him. also he wrote a horror novella in 2021, so like... he’s been interested in the genre for a while.  Read more

you’re right! but, I wasn’t that frustrated while i was watching because again, the whole VIBE of all of it is so disarmingly charming that i was just happy to watch it all happen. Read more

Again, regardless of the fact that we have covered biopics in the past, we only make occasional exceptions outside of our remit, which is, pretty firmly “genre sci fi and fantasy” and there is nothing about Oppenheimer, the film, that is either. Read more

no, i’m being earnest: we will not be covering Oppenheimer, it is a historical biopic, and neither science fiction or fantasy.  Read more

this show is for Hot Lesbians and Women Who Love Women and Trans Nonbinary Folks Only and also the people they take to bed with them which is nobody’s business but their own but i hope they have a WONDERFUL TIME BEING GIRLIES (non gendered) Read more

they are unionizing their production studios, not animation studios.  Read more

well, as this is a science fiction and fantasy vertical that often covers toys... no... we have literally zero plans to cover Oppenheimer, which is not in our remit at all Read more

wrong you will get laid by the hottest babes imaginable and it’ll just be a babefest and you won’t be invited timothander Read more

i didn’t find it exhausting! There was a lot of lightness, even if at times it was overwhelming.  Read more

yes which is why i said millennial adults and not adult millenials lol Read more

it very much is in the same vibe as the lego movie with barbies. add in a little bit of Life Size (2000) and you’ve got the gist. Read more

you are right on every point except the fact that this was ‘limited’ by budget — it was 200 million for 6 eps. for comparison, Everything Everywhere All At Once cost 10% of that — 20 million. but to be more fair falcon and winter soldier cost 150 million (also 6 eps), and captain marvel adn shang chi both had 150 mil Read more

yeah i can totally see how going from my normal writing to how i do recaps is weird, but it’s not because of the show. (If you’re interested, my first episode recap of Interview is here: https://gizmodo.com/interview-with-the-vampire-amc-recap-sexy-vampires-1849612018 You can see a similar structure, if a very Read more