Yeah, my theater nerd wife thought it was perfect and hilarious.

…a completely ridiculous Avengers musical number that Marvel Studios definitely thinks is funnier than it actually is. (It’s not not funny, to be fair.)

Same. Exact same age when it came out, and I still remember that, somehow, Wendy’s secured the kid’s meal toy tie-in - mainly because there was a Wendy’s right next to the theater where I saw the movie for the first time, and we immediately went and got some right after. Loved, loved, loved that movie and will defend…

The novels are so bad and almost entirely unrelated to the movie. I suffered through all three and can never recommend them.

Crews’ take on BLM has been something of a mixed bag. Not sure if he’s as universally beloved as you think he is. 

I actually enjoy it more than I think I did as a kid. (Except when Marv slips on the icy stairs, the aging adult in me is terrified for his back)

Of all the chefs who became celebrities, he always struck me as the most surprising. Zero charisma, charm, humor, the list goes on. 

If it’s for touring purposes, I’ve got no problem with it. But if they start releasing new music, no thank you. New Alice n Chains songs, for example, are just annoying. And if I went to a concert for them all I'd want to hear is their Layne era stuff.

This! Raichu fans always get screwed over. Why? Because it didn’t want to be Peter-Panchu for every? 

give us raichu you cowards

Oh, absolutely. The Friday columns (“When Romance Met Comedy” is really equally great, even though its subject speaks a little less to me) have been one of best, if not the best thing on the AV Club for a while. Also one of the rare places left with consistently interesting and active comment threads.
I really hope…

Tom, all three of these series of columns have been appointment reading for me the last few years. I really hope you've got another one in the works. Otherwise, I'll have to go back and start Age of Violence over again.

and that’s what just really has me puzzled. zapdos would’ve been captured, we’d be REALLY STRUGGLING to keep up, and the whole team would be underleveled. why wouldn’t you just at least try to surrender? you could end that trash match, get the game over with, and move onto another one

So a bartender is opening up at like 4PM, so the whole place is dead, and a guy walks in. He’s got a suit that could feed a family of four for a decade, and it’s on a body that would put Michael Phelps to shame, and he’s also got a red balloon for a head.

4:28 in: [starts explaining what “White Boy Summer” means. This may be the most awkward thing I have ever witnessed.]

2:22 in: “People assume that I just live this super privileged life, like Richie Rich, and that just wasn’t the case. It was actually the opposite.” [marina in the background]

1:31 in: “I’m not even mad, yo” [yelling, cursing, neck and face are turning beet red]

So I am 23 seconds in and what is fascinating to me is that he is clearly, genuinely, proud of that accent. Like, he worked on it, or maybe he feels he has a natural gift, and I think on some level he wants some recognition, some praise for doing such a good job (in his mind) with that accent.

If there is an underwater, bomb defusal level, I WILL CRY

If it’s a prequel they should really be filming it in plain old Zealand.