The irony of this is that, at the time, Tucker was one of the more vaguely respectable conservative pundits, bowtie affectation notwithstanding. One of the reasons Stewart’s bomb hit so hard was that Carlson was one of the few right-wingers who would actually be affected by it, as he actually gave some tiny it of a…

It’s dialogue written by someone with, like, a 90 percent grasp of English. 

Evil Lincoln, this is your time.

To this day, even out of context, “Happy birthday TO THE GROUND!” cracks me up. 

This is a good post and good analysis, but I also think it illustrates why the turn with Villanelle this season didn’t really work for me: it feels more like a device to justify the Eve-Villanelle relationship than it does like organic character growth.

Here’s the thing this season made me realize: I don’t care about Villanelle. I don’t care about her tragic upbringing and I don’t care about her occasional pangs of conscience.

Worst commercial of the year? The Trump campaign hasn’t even started airing ads yet. “Trump 2020: Upskirts for America” might well end up being the campaign slogan. 

I would say read the first two books. The Gunslinger is short and spare and easy to read, while The Drawing of The Three is where the whole thing really starts getting into gear. If you’re not into it by then, it’s probably not a great fit for you.

Do any of these people confirm their kills?

Lana Del Rey’s music doesn’t really do anything for me, which is fine - you’re not going to speak to everyone with your work. But man, her whole...thing just seems exhausting.

Honestly, as great as she is on B99, the show hasn’t really given her a lot to do since her big coming out arc a few seasons back. She got to win the big heist this season, but beyond that she’s basically been on the sidelines of each episode’s main story. Which she’s great at - Rosa basically made the Wuntch funeral…

I was - still am, really - stunned at the effectiveness and emotional weight of the ending to Wolfenstein: The New Order. It was the perfect culmination of the experience, in that it reflected the way those involved turned what could have been a generic cash grab (“Oh, wow, another Wolfenstein reboot. Yay.”) into both…

The whole meta-plot of the AC series got hopelessly convoluted and increasingly meaningless pretty much right after this point, but the ending of AC2 was a genuinely awesome...well, to quote Desmond, “what the fuck” moment. The games never successfully paid it off, but at the time it really was a hell of a thing.

Glover’s always seemed a little embarrassed by Community and Troy Barnes, which is a tragedy, since his performance is such a perfect combination of hilarious and heartfelt. I mean, I understand that Atlanta’s a really good show and it seems like a great expression of Glover’s creative energy, but his performance on…

The Romanian politician is dead, right? After Nico managed to survive a pitchfork through the neck I guess we can’t ever be sure about these things, but he looked pretty toasty when Villanelle fled. 

Willard had that wonderfully useful comedic trait where he never came off as cruel or mean, no matter what he actually said. Put the harshest possible line in his mouth, and somehow it would be funny without making the audience dislike him. Some combination of his tone of voice (always enthusiastic, always sincere)…

I was just thinking the other that I’d kill for a Dragon Age re-master for modern consoles. 

I’m playing Civilization VI for the PS4, which is the first Civ game I’ve played since III - and I barely played that one, so my best-remembered Civ experience is II. It’s fun to get back into some of those old rhythms, and it’s always cool to hear Sean Bean. I’m playing on Chieftain level, so the game is bending over…

I think this is right on and really good analysis. The extent to which people think “Aaron Sorkin had Bartlet slash Social Security and solve the Middle East” is pretty striking.

That’s what it says on my driver’s license, yes.