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Daniel Fienberg

@thefienprint.bsky.social

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Chief Television Critic, The Hollywood Reporter. General social media dabbler. Most of my content/writing/word-spewing can be found here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/the-fien-print/

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 10h

This is the way the game ends
This is the way the game ends
This is the way the game ends
Not with a bunt but a single.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 10h

That's some Oregon Trail shit right there.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 10h

Predator arm-wrestling meme with "Male Porn Stars" on the left, "Starters Relieving in the 14th Inning of a Playoff Game" on the right and "These Guys Can Give You Some Length" in the middle

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 11h

ESTRAGON:
Well, shall we bunt?

VLADIMIR:
Yes, let's bunt.

They do not bunt.

Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 11h

This is the baseball equivalent of Waiting for Godot.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 11h

Oops. It's AJ.

AJ Pierzynski as a festive gazebo decorator: Have you considered bunting?

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 11h

Adam Wainwright as a German Baker: I'd bundt here.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 11h

Adam Wainwright as a German Baker: I'd bundt here.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 11h

I don't care what they say. You're bunting.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 12h

I understand the principle, but... I'd honestly prefer ties! Well, maybe I wouldn't. But I'd almost prefer ties.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 12h

Is there anybody who watches extra-inning games in the playoffs and says, "Man, I sure wish the ghost runner was still in play in the postseason!"?

No. No, there is not! [And if you say you think that, I'm blocking you.]

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 20h

While hardly disqualifying... It's a gross order.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 20h

I still haven't seen the movie in question — this afternoon! maybe! — but my problem is that I absolutely cannot get the title to stick in my head in any way. That, then, is when I think of it as "The PTA!" but I understand I'm not one of the people mentioned in your post.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

I've never, for a second, wanted to join the Marines, but Netflix's "Boots" made me think, a few times, like maybe I should have wanted to join the Marines, which is odd for a show that is about how scary and discriminatory the Marines is/are/can be.

‘Boots’ Review: Netflix’s Gay Marines Dramedy Is an Odd, Entertaining Mix of Discrimination Exposé and Recruitment Ad

Perhaps Norman Lear's last production credit, the eight-episode adaptation of 'The Pink Marine' features Miles Heizer as a teen learning about himself in basic training.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

Apple TV+'s "The Last Frontier" has a fun premise and the execution is a lot of fun until it becomes bizarrely boring. Unfortunately, it becomes bizarrely boring by the second episode.

My review:

‘The Last Frontier’ Review: Jason Clarke in an Alaska-Set Apple TV+ Western Throwback That Goes From Fun to Tedious in a Hurry

A plane full of inmates — with one special prisoner — goes down in the wilderness, sparking a manhunt, in this 10-episode thriller.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

At least it presumably ate up less of your time!

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon character named marvin the martian is standing in front of a building

Alt: Marvin the Martian

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

So you're... not psychic?

This is very disappointing.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

Against the Nobel rules. Winner must be alive at the time of the announcement...

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

That's as good as it gets.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

In Ryan Murphy's adaptation of the song, the Piano Man definitely masturbates in the younger man's clothes.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

Apple TV+'s "The Last Frontier" has a fun premise and the execution is a lot of fun until it becomes bizarrely boring. Unfortunately, it becomes bizarrely boring by the second episode.

My review:

‘The Last Frontier’ Review: Jason Clarke in an Alaska-Set Apple TV+ Western Throwback That Goes From Fun to Tedious in a Hurry

A plane full of inmates — with one special prisoner — goes down in the wilderness, sparking a manhunt, in this 10-episode thriller.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

"You're probably wondering how I got here..."

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

The best part of baseball is the two or three minutes when players mill around fiddling with the pitch-calling gizmo pitchers now wear in their hats and the announcers tell us that the mistake is usually user-error, basically blaming the clubhouse attendant for not plugging in the charger.

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, man. Extrajudiciary assassinations of random Venezuelan fishermen (or even Venezuelan drug dealers) needn't disqualify you for much, but it does disqualify you from eligibility for the Nobel Peace Prize. [I chose one thing that marks a clear line in the sand. There are one or two more.]

Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

I never know where to rest any of my limbs and, as Linda mentioned, I've NEVER figured out how to access water.

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Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.social · 1d

I did an Emmys thing with our video team and I issued a LONG protest against director's chairs. I was ignored. Well, not "ignored" so much as "ineffective."

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