Michael Bay knows that he works on cynical exploitation machines. All of the technicians and craft people involved know they are working on cynical exploitation machines. The idea that any of them are "disheartened" by the entirely predictable response of "meh, cynical exploitation machine, fuck that noise" is,…

So I'm standing in line at the Trader Joe's where they have Ritter Sport Bars in the coveted "last second loss of impulse control" position which works its dark magic on me. And then I eat it and I'm all "HOLY SHIT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE I PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE TO YOU, RITTER, YOU BISCUITY BASTARD ."

It's an impressive act of mimicry and ventriloquism, but there's sort of an uncanny valley thing going on. I mean, obviously she's got great pipes, but I've never thought that kids doing spot on impressions of adult singing styles does anyone any favors, in that it perpetuates the cultural tendency towards…