Whenever a new apocalyptic TV show/movie comes out, I'll say to whoever's around: you've gotta see Survivors…it's so much better than this piece of crap.  It's become my annoying catchphrase.

Didn't see your comment as I was writing mine.  Yes, exactly.

Totally superficial comment: rewatching "Diversity Day," I'm struck by how Kelly is dressed in a very un-Kelly outfit. As if they hadn't decided yet what sort of character Kelly was going to be (the ditzy mall rat, or whatever).

I don't think the hysteria has much to do with love of these particular characters.  It has to do with the audience being trained to expect certain things from a story, and getting a little freaked out when things don't go down the way they're supposed to.  If we're watching, say, Die Hard, we expect that the hero is…

Can't remember who my very first pop culture crush was, but Sarah Jane Smith is probably close.  Eldrad must live!
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Now I feel like a deviant.  It was Ginger, no contest, for me.

I took a quiz on a dating site once, which purported to determine my "type" or ideal woman…it asked me, who's hotter, woman in Photo A or B (x100).  According to the quiz, my idea of a perfect woman is Alyssa Milano.

I thought no one had mentioned her, but then realized I was spelling her name wrong.  Hell yes, Lynda Carter.  In her satin tights, fighting for your rights.

When you were a kid, did you ever dream that one day, there'd be movies about wisecracking space raccoons, and deformed cats who look sorta grumpy?  Truly, we live in a golden age.

SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE!!!

"Novelty songs have no weight," says the guy responsible for a rap-metal version of Hava Nagila.

True, there's not much substance to this critique, though it's honest and I get where he's coming from.  Sort of like me explaining why I don't like mayonnaise (because it tastes like mayonnaise, and mayonnaise is fucking gross!).  As a Smiths fan, I totally understand the reaction vs. Morrissey's voice.  In fact, it…

911 is a joke that's not funny anymore

Watched this last night.  At points it seemed like a visit to the gay wax museum…but I definitely enjoyed it.  I've spent my morning reading bits and pieces about Liberace…amazing how enormously popular he was in his time.

Worst: the family from I Claudius
Best: the Barbapapas!!!

I was hoping for a tasteful, genteel discussion about pee drinking, and he totally ruined it.

Leap of faith = choosing to believe, without evidence.  There's no need to believe that a microscope works the way it does: we can demonstrate/observe it ad infinitum.  You seem to be saying that with that same degree of certainty, we can predict certain effects arising when readers come across unusual language that…

@avclub-78c86aa171e1ab86948a7e10c471fc63:disqus Derrida is certainly an intellectual, though perhaps not one whom you respect.  The idea that we need unusual language to strip away biases is an article of faith for pretentious intellectuals.  Without the unusual language and the pretense that they're challenging the…

GhaleonQ: let me google that for you…most of it seems to be plagiarized from Second Friends: CS Lewis and Ronald Knox in Conversation.

So he's not batshit insane…he just has the world's dumbest hobby.  Disappointing.