I actually liked the part of Sandy Passage that Armisen is trying to distance himself from. The turn at the end isn’t really unexpected when you know you’re watching a parody, but it is chillingly effective and, for me at least, actually works as horror. Armisen’s flat affect (having been played for laughs throughout…

I have to say that this sounds like a promising development for the Pop Culture Recycling Behemoth to pursue — allow creators to reboot established properties, but force them to do it in a different genre.

Maybe Agent Liberty Jr. doesn’t know the code-word for “bring guns.”

I could’ve sworn I heard an F-bomb on this week’s episode of Broad City. Anybody else?

The Zune also didn’t use iTunes, which meant it was a much better device for playing and organizing music than the iPod — but not as good a device for buying music.

(It’s a little frightening that this is still true 15 years later, but that’s what being the Industry Leader gets you.)

If you’re not watching Corporate, on Comedy Central, you’re missing the next best thing to a Better Off Ted revival.

I swear upon my life ‘tis so.

It’s been a day so I’m probably not the first to suggest this, but — is Adler a meta? The editing of that sequence strongly suggested that Nora was using her super-speed to invisibly open the door to the cafe and thereby give Sherloque more personal stakes in the Cicada investigation.

About 15 years ago I purchased a subscription to Entertainment Weekly as a surprise* gift for a friend of mine for Christmas. Since it’s through Amazon, it’s a pretty good rate and kind of a no-brainer to renew every year.

The trouble is, it’s such a no-brainer that we never discuss it, and thus I have no idea if she’s…

Directed by Abbi Jacobson, like last year’s “Witches” and “House-Sitting”!  Like a boss.

Government shutdowns and related crapulence had me hungering for some optimism lately, so I started rewatching Parks & Recreation on Netflix a few weeks ago — remembering to start with Season 2 because S1 sucks; but forgetting that S2 starts with a long romantic arc between Leslie and Louis C.K.’s cop character, sigh…

To borrow an analogy from Dungeons & Dragons, a remake of/sequel to a beloved property is like being promised the resurrection of a favorite character — a chance for old friends to reunite, and newcomers to form their own relationship with a truly legendary figure out of the past.

Thor and his people live in Asgard, which is distinct from Valhalla.  There’s been no indication that Valhalla is anything other than a Viking myth in the MCU.

Damn. I knew that TMNT-baddies The Foot were an obvious parody of The Hand, but I never thought to connect the goop that made Murdock Daredevil to the Turtles, Splinter, etc.  Deep cut!

I just don’t understand this idea that the late-night formula is in desperate need of reinvention. It’s the 12-bar blues of television — plug in a great performer and it’s as enjoyable as it ever was — see Stephen Colbert’s show for proof.

Also why do they have next-gen stun weaponry, body armor, etc. and still keep the top-secret files on Mark 1 legal pads, physical photographs, etc.

Related: the word “victuals” is pronounced “vittles” and always has been.

See, this is why socialism will never work in this country. You turned a $70M job into a $10M job in less than twelve hours. Solidarity, people!

A ballad of buffoonery!

Yes, it was that dastardly McGuffin rock that was be-Heimdall along.

Sorry Sam, you had a kid and you’re not cool now. The next 10+ years of your life will be spent in restaurants that feature chicken nuggets and birthday clowns, not craft beers and flirty waitstaff. And you’ll manage to get out to them maybe once a month. Let go of that brewpub single-person lifestyle; that person is…