i’m just Ben

Once again asking how the Sardis portrait artist still has a job

@NandovMovies I’m scared the answer is just: AI

Feels like a particularly stupid move considering 2026 should be Marvel's year. Wonder Man was a surprise hit. Daredevil is doing great. People are hyped about Spider-Man. And everything coming out about Doomsday suggests it rules. So why the fuck do this now?

@REseth_bingo @netflix Yea this makes the most sense to me in terms of the explanations people have offered, but I still wish they had just fully committed to the Charlie Bucket is evil I think we still would’ve been able to understand this is not supposed to be a canon story

@ItsRainingBen @netflix I think it's supposed to be like a "alternate universe" thing. "Paley" it's clearly a play on "pail" as a nod to "bucket"

CHARLIE VS. THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, a new animated film starring Kit Connor and Taika Waititi, is coming to Netflix. Willy Wonka has returned to his factory after years behind bars for the crime of turning a child into a blueberry. Determined to add a little sweetness to a bitter world, only one thing stands in his way: teenager Charlie Paley and a new generation of "rotten" kids.

@JoeHughes_2099 Oh sorry I didn’t realize 5 years doesn’t qualify as “years” 🤦‍♂️

@ItsRainingBen "after YEARS behind bars" mostly likely over a decade or 2. So, Charlie Bucket would've grew up and had a kid during that time.

@heyitsjeffreyc Very Cathy in The Last Five Years coded

Orpheus at the matinee today lol

@georgiem2000 The Olivier should count for the O tbh

she’s only at emmy right now but lowkey i’m calling EGOT status within the next 10 years

Now come to Broadway and get that Tony girl!!!!

Okay but we all remember where we were when this episode dropped, the Glee fandom was shook to its core

People saying she’s not qualified to host, but when you think about it: Shows with Sondheim songs on Broadway right now- 0 Shows with P!nk songs on Broadway right now- 2 She is a prolific Broadway composer- the data doesn’t lie!

@postproctorism I am a big fan of “from square one I’ll be watching all 64”

favorite Tim Rice lyric is objectively: Where do we start with a man who is bigger Than John was when John did his Baptism thing?

Ya’ll I know she’s done theatre before this was just a silly pun on her name 😭😭😭

Considering she’s never done theater before, do we think she even has the stamina to perform Knightley?

@shane5664 Oh I was just making a pun on Kiera’s name lol

@ItsRainingBen I thought the same thing about Mariska in Brilliant Little Things. Like that’s not even a normal show, there’s so much more to it than just the acting.

Really cool full circle moment, as for those who don’t know Mariska was actually in the final two to play Harry Potter, ultimately losing to a young Daniel Radcliffe- and now she’s replacing him on Broadway 🥹 These two just can’t help going after the same roles!

@Ransu_33 They should line up better with the head and tail! That’s what I ended up doing for mine!

やっとプテラの化石が揃ったから前からやりたかった天井から鎖で吊るしてる感じにしてみたんだけどなんか惜しいな

First Look: The Lost Boys on Broadway merch line 🧛🩸

@ThickLongCurve Tom did musicals as a kid and Zendaya is a literal pop star- they can both sing!

@ItsRainingBen There’s um There’s QUITE a bit of singing, no?

So we all agree if there’s ever a Two Strangers movie it should star Tom Holland and Zendaya, right?

@TheWrongCatDied Technically we don’t know that the planet he visits ISN’T the Heavyside Layer

@ItsRainingBen I read the book but don’t remember him going to the Heaviside Layer

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME RYAN GOSLING WEARS A “CATS” T-SHIRT IN PROJECT HAIL MARY???