Not at much, but it definitely does happen, and once some kind of remote public attention comes up the issue snowballs. Twitter has its uses but it can be a really evil place sometimes.

To simply assume that without nuance or question is the problem, but it seems willfully obtuse to me to act like any of those trends are simply coincidences. You shouldn't just look at something and think, "Oh, I can't dig into this, that's racist/sexist", you should ask why that's the case, and wonder if it's a…

My one problem with that admittedly very nice sentiment is that it assumes that people and their behavior are independent from the groups they belong to, and in almost all cases they aren't. That doesn't mean they're 100% shaped by said groups' "typical" traits or should be judged wholeheartedly for the actions of…

Very good point...this shit happens all the time with far fewer consequences, if any, because "nobody" knows who the victim is.

Riiiight, because the last Call of Duty game and the very, very violent Shadow of Mordor got such shitty reviews from Kotaku...

I can understand that as well. I suppose he felt it more appropriate in this case since this one very specifically positioned itself as the self-aware, fun alternative type of film, so the perspective was automatically laid out for any viewer.

In defense of not using "The MLS", we don't say "The MLB" either, but we do say "The NBA/NFL/NHL. My best guess there is because we're referring to "the league" in all of those cases, with National and the sport all modifying "League", but in those cases we're not talking about "the soccer" or "the baseball" because…

Without getting too in-depth here, I'd personally argue the college case is different, though the NBA handles it wrong. One and done makes a mockery of both systems; the player is held back from a paycheck for two seasons while not receiving any kind of valuable education.

Late response, I know...

Um...look, Hollywood has a lot of issues with race and gender, sure, but in this case I think you might be protesting a bit much, as neither factor is ever really seen as important to the characters and like ArbeitMachtFries said, he's a very smart tycoon. I'll take more minorities as powerful people to begin with,…

Many years, that's basically the full name for Best Original/Adapted Screenplay, especially Original, which frankly is where Whiplash should be anyway. It's the place where they nominate/award movies they're not bold enough to give a Best Picture nod or win. Recent winners include Her, Django Unchained and The Social…

Eh, not so fast with 2., often the biggest pop stars aren't even nominated, like Lorde this year or Springsteen in 2008 for the fantastic "The Wrestler", which still annoys me. And recently we've seen U2 and Pharrell lose to Idina Menzel, Randy Newman to Ryan Bingham, Peter Gabriel to A.R. Rahman and Beyonce to…

Eh, don't be so sure there...last year I went 22 for 24 and one of the only misses was Best Animated Short, where I assumed voters would pick Disney's Get a Horse! because it was likable, from Disney, and in front of the juggernaut that was/is Frozen, but instead they went with Mr. Hublot.

Wow, that just sold me on watching Ida as I have My Summer of Love on my shelf and very few people seem to have heard of it. Thanks for the connection!

Eh, I just made fun of the Jags because I thought that particular combo looks bad, frankly I think it would be fun if more teams had the mindset of a college or arena team instead of using the same staid colors and styles as the last half of the 20th century. Sure, we'd get some ugly ones, but there'd be something dif…

FTFY

+100 proof

Hell, since there seem to be tons of reboots nowadays, if nobody will fund a new IP I'd be 100% fine with giving them the reins to Turok.

That's also why I brought up Famitsu, which has averaged less than one perfect score a year since they came into existence. Or the A from 1Up, or the 9/10 from Edge and Eurogamer, or the 9/5/10 from Destructoid, Game Informer and GameSpot. I suppose those are also all Nintendo-owned reviews?