For what it's worth (and I feel kind of stupid defending the logic of a movie series that really treated my favorite superhero so poorly), Superman Returns is essentially a sequel to Superman II, from 1982.  If you remember back in that movie, Superman briefly renounced his superpowers so he could be with Lois. …

Yeah, Rodriguez clearly had the spirit of 1970s grindhouse movies in his soul when he made the "Planet Terror" section.  Tarantino was just making a Tarantino movie.  I guess that shouldn't be a surprise, since he has never really made a straight-up genre movie, but has always synthesized elements of genres into his…

If nothing else, I think Man of Steel will get more people of younger generations to check out Donner's Superman and appreciate what he accomplished with that movie.

Had the afternoon off last Thursday, so I went to see Man of Steel.  For those who've seen the movie, I joined the discussion here:

Some of the nude statues are at the Vatican museum.

I'm quite serious — and demoralized because of it.  Rick Steves has even mentioned in a behind-the-scenes episode that they have to be more careful now about how they film when they're in museums; not because the museum officials are placing more restrictions on them, but because they don't want to cause trouble for…

I'm an aniphobe.  Judge Doom had the right idea.

@avclub-beddc9f9e1c9b438dc4246e494644ce4:disqus , yeah, that cooking-without-measuring thing is very real in just about every kitchen in the world, especially with recipes the cook knows very well.  In fact, I see cooks on PBS shows (I don't have cable, so I only see the Food Network when I'm in a hotel) doing it all…

Don't forget when he tried to bond with Hispanics by pointing out how his father was born in Mexico.

Maybe it was on purpose.  You know, like when Romney was accused of using a bunch of self-tanner before speaking to a Hispanic audience?

Not just crushed, I'd be totally surprised.

Also, what about AV Club commenter, Iron Chef Bobby Flay?  Surely he has some thoughts on this matter.

Seriously, though, why on earth are black people so under-represented on cooking shows?  Have these Food TV executives never actually been to, and eaten in, the South?

and decent programming = tits!

I don't know, some of the advertisers might go in for some nudity.  Budweiser, for one.  Hell, I don't know what the perfume and jewelry people would come up with.

And in 2013, PBS broadcasts of travel shows have to blur or pixelate the nude statues in the Louvre.  We're a nation of prudish philistines.

Such prosecutions must be rare, though, right?  I mean, there have been cases in the US of people getting reported to the police for having child pornography, and it turns out that an over-anxious photo-developer at a drug store got too nosy about someone's photograph of his infant in the bathtub — but those are…

My favorite term in the whole thing is "humble fisting."

Just for the record, I'm liking your story about Mr. Rogers.

Standards are slipping.