It's funny (as in sad funny), because can you imagine a major studio making such an adamantly pro-choice movie these days? There's talk of remaking dirty dancing, I wonder if they're gonna sweep perhaps the most important plot point under the rug...

That series is probably one of my favourite of all time. I've read them all at least 2-3 times, and there's something new you get every time through. It probably also helped that I first read them as they initially came out when I was a kid and I got the "cool adventure story angle", but didn't totally grasp some of…

I'd have to closely examine their study to be sure of it, and there's no way I'm paying that much attention to something put out by the PTC, but I'm skeptical of their claims. Not that I think TV does a good job portraying teenaged female characters, since I just did a quick brainstorm and failed to come up with any…

Best joke I've seen on this so far:

To be fair (actually let's not be fair to racist assholes who appropriate the culture of others, but for the sake of an informed discussion at least) depending on the history and politics of a given group, there may indeed be many chiefs running around. For example, some First Nations distinguish between "hereditary"…

In Canada, or at least on the West Coast, the preferred term in a formal setting is First Nations. "Indian" is generally considered impolite but not racist, as it has legal meaning (the law governing the Crown's relationship with aboriginal groups is the "Indian Act", this Act refers to their governments as "Indian…

Agreed. White House Down may have been a bro-fest about two bros bro-ing out, but it was not as actively anti-feminist as Despicable Me 2, which manages to hit all the retrograde cliches of mainstream film: Introducing female character solely so she can be a love interest for the protagonist? Check. Taking that love…

I believe the opposite. While what Spitzer did was illegal, the only person he really betrayed was his wife, anything else that happened was between consenting adults. What Weiner did was sexual harassment, which in my mind is clearly worse. Spitzer's moral failing affect his marriage, Weiner's actions actively…

It's a common misconception that all football and basketball programs are cash cows for the schools. Sure they bring in sponsorship and donor dollars, but they also cost a ton to run (take a look at coaching salaries just to start, let alone travel and facilities costs). Only a handful of schools (mostly the big-time…

I'm with you on that. It took me three (and a half) tries to get through LoTR. Couldn't make it past Tom Bombadil on my first try, and on my second I barely made it out of Bree. Third time (again from the beginning) I reached Frodo and Sam's aforementioned long boring camping trip, had to put it down and cleanse my…

I will take the unpopular route and declare my support for grilled cheese in the oven! (well, partially in the oven...)

Winnipeg supported the AHL, and they ended up with the Jets. Funny how that works.

To be fair, 4 bucks today is less than a dollar fifty in 1980 dollars, so when people accuse comic of increasing in price they're mostly just angry about inflation. Now, a digital copy should be cheaper than the physical book but that's a different issue.

Was just going to say this.

Nope, I'm clinging to my belief that because Daredevil was awful and bombed at the box office all male-centered superhero movies do poorly.

Indeed, it's a far more interesting boom, although some people say it seems to be petering out. In addition to Hunger Games I've also really enjoyed Divergent, Ashfall, Dark Inside, and the book I forget the name of where there are like Zombies and they all live underground in the subway and there's also a sequel…

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At least Pirates—at the start, anyway—was powered by this strange, funny Jack Sparrow character.

Hey Sean, do you always just jog for your training or do you mix it up with days where you do intervals or hills or stuff like that? I've found that's a great way to break up the monotony of "fuck I'm just jogging another 8k today?".

"It seems possible that Messier joins the front office of one of his other former teams, moving to Vancouver"