Avengers: Endgame is the 22nd feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the fourth Avengers movie and the fourth MCU entry directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. It is the 10th film in the MCU's Phase Three and the last part of its Infinity Saga. I didn't understand very much of that stuff I just wrote, but I totally get this last bit: Avengers: Endgame may well be on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie ever made.

And then: Taylor Swift's new single/video, "Me," is setting records of its own. Never mind that the duet with Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie is maybe kinda... terrible?

And terribleness just might be the new trend in movie trailers: There's Sonic the Hedgehog and his creepy human teeth. There's Will Smith's weird blue genie in Aladdin. Or the "live-action" Lion King and its new-look Scar. The Sonic backlash has been so bad that it looks like they might even redesign the character.

Avengers: Endgame is the 22nd feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the fourth Avengers movie and the fourth MCU entry directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. It is the 10th film in the MCU's Phase Three and the last part of its Infinity Saga. I didn't understand very much of that stuff I just wrote, but I totally get this last bit: <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4507&amp;p=.htm">Avengers: Endgame may well be on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie ever made</a>.
And then: Taylor Swift's new single/video, "Me," <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-vevo-record-me-video-premiere-828482/">is setting records of its own</a>. Never mind that the duet with Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie is maybe kinda... <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/taylor-swift-me-song-review/588118/">terrible</a>?
And terribleness just might be the new trend in movie trailers: There's Sonic the Hedgehog <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/30/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-trailer/">and his creepy human teeth</a>. There's <a href="https://screenrant.com/aladdin-will-smith-genie-blue-bad-why/">Will Smith's weird blue genie</a> in Aladdin. Or <a href="https://qz.com/quartzy/1474573/the-lion-king-2019-trailer-animation-is-worse-than-the-original/">the "live-action" Lion King</a> and its <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a27102767/scar-the-lion-king-trailer-best-twitter-reactions/">new-look Scar</a>. The Sonic backlash has been so bad that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/03/sonic-the-hedgehog-movie-trailer-criticism">it looks like they might even redesign the character</a>.

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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