Pierre LabatMar 5
Chris Petrilli
The perfect movie review doesn’t….
Jan 28 at 7:05pmWeb
Show threadGreem (Graeme. Not Graham!)Jan 28
@petrillic that's worthy of an award by itself!
Show threadArcadiagt5Jan 28

@petrillic @kcarruthers Although I appreciate this for how topical/current it is, my personal favourite remains the review someone gave the abysmal sequel to the anime OAV series Bubblegum Crisis.

The sequel was called Bubblegum Crash.

The review in question: “And it DID.”

Show threadArcadiagt5Jan 28
@petrillic @kcarruthers To be fair, if I must, had it been an original and not a sequel to a beloved series, Crash would probably have received a “meh” response and been mostly forgotten. It was only because it WAS a direct sequel to Crisis that it achieved such infamy in anime fandom…
Show threadphraktalzJan 28

@arcadiagt5 @petrillic @kcarruthers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqKiqTfXuA

Spinal Tap -- "shit sandwich"

YouTube
Show threadArcadiagt5Jan 28
@phraktalz @petrillic @kcarruthers Chortle. Sometimes less is more indeed. :)
Show threadMatt HallJan 28

@petrillic

"I only regret that I have but one boost to give!"

Show threadAutistiCriticJan 28
@petrillic @UKFilmNerd 😙👌
Show threadKevin P. FlemingJan 28
@petrillic There's one on Netflix too?
Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarJan 28

@petrillic Correct: it literally doesn’t exist.

- Variety has not reviewed the film, as far as I can tell

- The same quip has been a meme about poorly-received movies for years, at least as far back as the Ghostbusters reboot

Show threadJ. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:Jan 28

@neilk @petrillic

They did this gag literally in one of the Charlie's Angels movies (the good ones).

It's still funny.

Show threadBat Triple SevenJan 29
@jrdepriest @neilk @petrillic I first heard that joke in a 1980s Ducktales episode… and I doubt it was new then.
Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarJan 29
@FNTBat777 @jrdepriest @petrillic “Urmah told this tale and so distasteful and poorly spoken was it, I exited, heedless that the barge be upon the water” – some Sumerian probably
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Jan 29
@neilk @FNTBat777 @jrdepriest @petrillic I bow before your genius, sir.
Show thread🇨🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🌍🔬🧬Jan 29
@neilk The oldest version I saw was Bill Hader, talking about Sam Raimi's "Crimewave.' It's still a solid bit.
Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarJan 29

@NicknamesOfGod Yeah. Jokes, for non-professionals, should be shared and copied and reused.

but then just…. do the bit.

Don’t wrap it in one dull meme form (the perfect X doesn’t exist…) and then screenshot another meme that tried to make it sound like there was an eppppicccc clapback in a major news site, that neither you nor your audience read

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

Show threadsoftwarecoderJan 28
@petrillic
in Spain lots of publicity for the propaganda movie. Of course this movie is set to get a lot of Grammy award nominations and win a Grammy
Show threadRuss CheshireJan 28
@softwarecoder @petrillic ...from FIFA?
Show threadDeacon JerichoJan 28
@petrillic It is a bribe from Bezos, therefore Amazno, not Netflix.
Show threadLio NovelliJan 28
I wonder when the CAM version is going to hit the pirate streaming services?
Show threadJuan Per¢ent,🇲🇽 🍉,🇻🇪Jan 28
@gregorSamsa @petrillic The ticket sales have been so poor that there might no banyone to cam it.
Only one ticket sold to the UKs premiere...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/melania-trump-documentary-uk-cinemas-vue-soft-sales
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’

Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy

The Guardian
Show threadWashington IrvingJan 29
@dacig @gregorSamsa @petrillic IDK what are you talking about. Trump said tickets are selling FAST! and it's the best documentary that ever was, is and will be. Small print: In the category of documentaries made as a bribe by Bezos.
THANK FOR YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MATTER!
Show threadLio NovelliJan 29
my point exactly :)
Show threadxs4me2Jan 28

@petrillic

😬

Show threadPatJan 28
@petrillic Nobody does it better than Variety. Their best line since "Hicks Nix Sticks Pix"
Show threaddaria-andreaJan 28
@petrillic why waste time on melanie when we have one battle after another
Show threadChris Combs (he/him)Jan 28
@petrillic I wish I could find the cite for this! Anyone got a link?
Show threadschuelermineJan 28
@petrillic the what documentary
Show threadkwyxzJan 28
@petrillic it actually doesn’t exist. "Melania" is not from Netflix, and Variety never posted this.
Show threadAriaflameJan 29
@kwyxz @petrillic Yes, it's a joke.
Show threadBob TregilusJan 29
@petrillic Lol!
Show threadLoriJan 29
@petrillic
I know that’s an old joke, but it still made me laugh!
Show threadMusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 Jan 29

@petrillic

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Show threadʙᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴇяɪʟʟJan 29
@petrillic Thought it was Amazon / mgm?
Show threadAsbestosJan 29
@petrillic
Show threadpadeluun ⁂Jan 29
@petrillic @aigiko In the 1980s, I wrote the following record review for the music magazine “Sounds”: “This record is so bad that we haven't even listened to it yet.”
Show threadtlarivJan 29
@petrillic
When Barfly came out in 1987 my college paper's review was "Is this supposed to be an adverb?"
Show threadkellogsmustardFeb 2
😂 savage, I love it!