Why do we need the backstory for an unrealistic metaphor about the effect of greed and corruption on our planet? The train is an unworkable nonsense idea that is a stand-in for the lengths the haves will go to in order to outrun the effects of their actions. What more do we need than that? It’s already spelled out…

Fury had a Blockbuster card since ‘86. Dude was all about the Beta.

I feel like the phrase “plot hole” get overused. I realize this is a bit like screaming about Alanis Morisette’s definition of irony, but “plot hole” doesn’t mean “literally any question I have that isn’t perfectly answered to my satisfaction.” It means a logical contradiction or gap in the story. So, if Superman dies…

Except that’s not what’s described here. It didn’t say Whole Foods moved in, it said Hooper’s Store got a renovation. Oscar starting to recycle and them having a community garden isn’t big cookie cutter buildings/chains moving in.

Man they’ve just been hate-watching for decades (before it was cool, I should add).

But we’re not talking about Whole Foods here, though. Unless Katharine saw something in her research. She’s saying that because Elmo is living in a brownstone home and Oscar recycles, this is tantamount to gentrification. Seems a bit reaching, IMO.

So any community moving up in life and doing better for themselves is considered ‘gentrification’ nowadays? K.

That’s exactly what she was doing. Read it again, and tell me how that is in any way framed as a subjective opinion. It’s presented as an acceoted, blanket fact. And then, the link to prove that the fact is true. It’s actually really annoying and very poor writing...

It’s more embarrassing to get all snippy with a reader for making a critique like that. Instead of explaining it like “we just like to give our fellow writers’ props, this whole thing is an opinion” you have to insult his intelligence? From my experience, that only happens when the critique hits too close to home for…

It’s blatantly obvious that the intent of that first sentence was to present the idea that the show is bad as a fact. That’s why the phrase “it’s no secret” or “it wasn’t at all a secret” exists: it’s a turn of phrase that means “it’s very obvious”. You can’t use a phrase that has an accepted meaning and then turn…

I’m not sure a subjective statement looks like this:
“It wasn’t at all a secret that ABC’s new Muppet show isn’t, well, good.”

Paradise Lost by John Milton is hands down the best fan-fiction ever written.

Just think of the joy and catharsis of killing your own Jar-Jar.

But I don’t know if I like this character yet. It’d be like watching the Episode I trailer and building my own Jar-Jar.

Some things to consider:

Yeah, I don't think he "simply" tried to show the double standard. I think he went well out of his way to provide some insight to people who are naysayers or who just don't get it.

I love you for pointing this out.

Are you kidding? I got paid to make fun of Frank Miller. My job is AWESOME.