This never would have happened if they'd branded it Oregon Trail: Origins

Simpsons did it!

Contestants Must Wipe Down Wrecking Ball After Each Use.

It's exactly as South Park predicted, except that the world was taken over by sentient Simpsons quotes rather than sentient advertisements.

Yeah. "Groovy."

I type in 'Generation X' and the first result is a sign saying 'Now Entering Spittle County, Birthplace of the Loogie'. Clearly, this site is run by millennials.

Dave: Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL. Hello, HAL, do you read me?

If Red Dwarf has taught me anything, the other ship will contain an eccentric robot and a bunch of skeletons.

There's also that upcoming police procedural set in San Francisco's Chinatown, Ching Cheung: Chinaman

Or Skeet Ulrich.

I have this theory that Winona had a much bigger mental meltdown in the late 90s/early 00s than anyone ever let on - that the shoplifting and boyfriend troubles were just the tip of the iceberg. She seems broken somehow.

From what Lev Grossman has said, it appears that his input was fairly minimal - consultative rather than creative. Maybe he should have thrown his weight around a little more.

No doubt I've told this story before, but I once took a cab ride and the driver turned out to be a roadie for the Dandy Warhols.

You know, even in the 90s this is exactly how I pictured Liz Phair ending up. I found her highly overrated.

The consensus is growing that it's a bit hard to be both a fan of the books and a fan of the series, because they're so fundamentally different as to kind of cancel one another out.

Right? I saw the original production in high school, and it actually felt like a proper slice-of-life story. Someone could give this sucker a really enjoyable gritty reboot.

Yeah. Which makes it all the more disappointing that they didn't try and do something a little different. I shouldn't be as surprised as I am - if the choice is between challenging the audience and permitting the audience to bask in the steady lukewarm glow of nostalgia, they'll go for the latter every time.

"Grease is a terrible musical"

It's one of the few songs where if it's playing in a store, I will up and leave. I find it physically unbearable.

1) Still listening to Blackstar nearly daily. Still can't get over it.
2) I'm thinking of dyeing my hair pink. I used to go color a lot when I was younger. It's probably my last chance of doing it again without looking like an old fool. Well, I am an old fool, so what the hell.