I’m not in charge of what you pay attention to. I just wanted to say my opinion about Ghostbusters on an article about Ghostbusters. It’s easy enough to avoid if it annoys you so much. 

No, I don’t misunderstand the material. Venkman’s voice is the loudest in the room and his characterization/personality imbues the entire movie and pulls the tone in his direction.

I suspect a lot of people would disagree with this strongly, but I honestly believe the cartoon (and, yes, the tie-in merchandising) is a large part of the reason Ghostbusters has lingered in the cultural consciousness more than, say, Beverly Hills Cop (which made as much money as the first Ghostbusters film).

Dude, if you’ve convinced yourself that the older, kinja-less version of the AVClub would go any easier on this trifle, I don’t know what to tell you.

I’m obviously not one of the reviewers, but I would answer your question by adding an additional possibility. I wasn’t disappointed in the conflicts being unbelievable or that the show seemed less fun. Rather, for me it was that so much of this season’s plotting felt unearned. That speaks to a problem of structure and…

I think the underlying issues the show has faced is that it’s leaned too hard into creating separate tracks for its characters, when it really needs to about a team and, well, Ted Lasso. Running on separate tracks works better for some shows — a show about friends or coworkers at a big company doesn’t need a strong…

I know 90s nostalgia has been creeping in the past couple years, but after the 80s nostalgia has seemingly gone on for fucking ever it feels weird that all of a sudden everyone’s going all in the 90s now.

When are GenXers going to stop going on about this?

I think season two suffered more from a lack of conflict and clear goals. In season one, Ted wants to win everyone over. In season two, no one seems to want anything.

As a person who finds Ted Lasso okay, I’ve watched the season two discourse with wonder. It really surprises me that people are just now realizing Ted Lasso is a saccharin show where no one suffers real consequences. That’s been the show all along!

I think season two suffered more from a lack of conflict and clear…

I dunno if that’s necessarily because its a dog per se, more that it’s the hero’s dog and part of the family.

You’re not wrong that writing criticism is a personal journey, but there’s no such thing as overthinking a show. Not everyone agrees with that: trust me, I’ve been living with this claim for over a decade now. But as someone whose literal job—and my second job—is to analyze media in a way that many would claim to be…

Colossal seems like it belongs a tier above those other films.

Colossal was great. We saw a screening at the Cinerama Dome where afterward the director (Nacho Vigalondo) and Anne Hathaway were interviewed by... wait for it... Elijah Wood, who was not in the movie, but is a friend of Vigalondo’s (they made Open Windows together).

Colossal is so good

I too enjoyed Colossal, but yes. I absolutely forgot about it until you just said the title.

I’ll have to go back and watch a few of the WandaVision episodes to see if I agree, but yea. That and What If? are my top two by a long shot.

The AV Club comments (and pop culture website comments in general) would be a much better place if people would admit they just don’t enjoy the cognitive dissonance of a high status person (i.e., a professional critic) disliking something they really want to like. It’s always just motivated reasoning dressed up in…

Henry Golding!

I dunno, isn’t an “average” grade appropriate if something fits the template?