1y ago

First released clip of the Trump biopic his campaign really does not want released, The Apprentice

The man sitting next to Trump is his mentor, one of the most horrible people who ever lived, Roy Cohn.

Here is a review from Entertainment Weekly, which gives it a B+.

https://ew.com/the-apprentice-review-sebastian-stan-jeremy-strong-donald-trump-roy-cohn-8704980

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The first thing that stands out to me is that they got a ruggedly handsome, well dressed man to play him, instead of a fat blob, with freakishly weird hair, and a bald spot. So unrealistic.
- Apparently he gets fatter and uglier as the movie progresses.
  
  LOL, that's a nice touch, but he's never been fit or handsome, not even as a young man.
This movie sounds like the tell-all that helps explain the origin of the worst president in US history. Can't wait to see it.
I wonder how it will stack up against the W movie
Somewhat unrelated, what the fuck is up with Lemmy not auto-loading YouTube thumbnails on new posts? I have to fetch the thumbnail PNG image each time, and not everybody knows how to do that. This is not a problem with any other link type.
- Lemmy has had a weird relationship with YouTube for a long time. For a while, it was doing the auto-description in various languages that seemed to change over time. I'm sure it's entirely on YouTube's end.
  
  It's not. I can easily pull the thumbnail image of any YouTube video. Same with yt-dlp.
  For some reason, Lemmy can't figure out this simple template: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/hq720.jpg
After Succession, I'm so looking forward to watching Jeremy Strong play another sleazy businessman.
Don't promo this crap!
- Nah, I think I'll absolutely promo the "crap" that Trump desperately doesn't want people to watch.
  
  I think we're now at the point where an advertising company saying someone "doesn't want you to watch it" means that person desperately wants you to watch it, no?

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