fascination dump

Here are some YouTube vids that have nothing to do with politics, but that piqued my interest for various reasons:








This video is by far the most fascinating, for my money:








Amazing, eerie, and also sometimes sad in how it evokes the past:




Watch this, and pay attention to the comedic insight...


Then watch this, and pay attention to the analysis:



I am decidedly not a fan of the altered music being used in the final trailer for "Rise of Skywalker." As Charles Cornell points out above, there are some very un-John Williams-ish things going on with the score. Cornell politely expresses appreciation for the music, but I suspect he's holding back, and that he really wants to shit all over the pop-music makeover that Williams's score has received. Don't groom a Doberman to make it look like a poodle.