Yeah, Broad City, Selfie, Girls, etc. seem to draw a lot of anti-millennial rants in the comment sections and the lack of perspective is just maddening, because…it should be obvious that, throughout history, every older generation has felt that way about the current young generation. It's not like millennials are…

I loved it, but to be fair, I watched it when I was 17 and not quite as attuned to sitcom sexism as I am now. (Like, I was also super into HIMYM at the time, mostly for Barney's antics, which…ugh). So I wonder if I should revisit Kitchen Confidential to see how much of this criticism applies or just stick with my…

It's super weird that the happy ending of this episode was a gainfully employed dude in his 20s moving back in with his father figure (and I say this as a millennial!). But Barry and Joe's dynamic is maybe the best part of this show, so I guess it's cool?

So, do we think that the "new state of being" that Ichabod and Katrina will find together is going to be a polyamorous arrangement with Abbie and Abraham? Because that's what I'm getting from all of these speeches about redefining their marriage for the modern age.
(I do not actually think Sleepy Hollow will go there,…

I think you can find most of the episodes on YouTube, at least for the most recent seasons.

Yay Night Watch! The sequels are pretty great, too, if you want to keep going. And the movie version is…interesting. It's not super true to the book and yet it possibly does not make sense if you haven't read the book, but it has some cool sequences and was apparently the highest-grossing movie in Russia at the time…

Man, that first sex scene with the coughing-up-blood moneyshot…

Yeah, I was pretty indifferent to her when I watched season 1, since she was totally miscast as Narcissa Malfoy and Madame Kali didn't really do much, but now that I've seen Peaky Blinders, I AM READY.

Everyone (SPOILER) totally called Chandler being a werewolf.

Quiz Show: I've spent the past two weeks watching a lot of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Big Fat Quiz(zes) of the Year(s), so this seemed like an appropriate movie. I had no idea it was also about The Jewish Experience™, so that was a pleasant surprise! Solid movie, although I totally expected Van Doren to be secretly…

I'm not sure that Kalinda is more stripped of agency/purpose now than she has been at any point in the show's run. Archie Panjabi is great, but the writers have really struggled with all of her plotlines beyond her general investigative work. If she and Alicia aren't going to be drinking buddies again, then I won't be…

In the middle of marathoning Peaky Blinders which is a great antidote to Downton Abbey although not as good to knit during because it's hard to look away from Cillian Murphy's beautiful face.

Yeah, I felt like Cumberbatch was actually bad casting here, since he basically just reused his Sherlock mannerisms and it really took me out of it. This is probably more the screenplay's fault than Cumberbatch's, since there are only so many ways to play that particular antisocial nerd type (which is honestly getting…

You've pointed out most of the things that I liked about A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, but I still wasn't into it as a whole. It's probably great if you go in expecting a 99 minute music video or black and white photography exhibit, but if you expect witty (or frankly just any) dialogue/plot/characterization, it's…

I am only a young musician in the sense that I played in my college's orchestra, so I have no idea what it's like for people actually pursuing a career in music, but:
I actually found it refreshing that she accepted the job with minimal angst. I feel like we've seen the opposite (the starving artist refuses to accept a…

Nodame Cantabile is super fun! (And if the anime isn't enough, there's also a live-action drama version. I don't think I ever watched all of it, but the dude playing Chiaki was suitably hot.)

Yeah, that's totally valid. I do generally prefer books that emphasize character development/dialogue/FEELINGS over world-building (I mean, world-building's great! but not when it's like endless descriptive paragraphs and unnecessary jargon). For some reason, Snow Crash really worked for me, though.

I totally get this, but like…if it's not a classic or a bestseller, what would be a "better" way to learn about it? And if you plan on reading the book and watching the movie anyway, I always find it's better to see the adaptation first, so that you can enjoy the movie without constantly noting what's been left out…

I also finally got to Snow Crash this year, but couldn't get into The Diamond Age when I tried reading it off of my post-Snow Crash high. But ahhh this happened in Snow Crash and it is still so fucking relevant: "the all-male society of bitheads said that the face problem was trivial and superficial. It was, of…

Sergei Lukyanenko's Watch series is pretty excellent (or at least the first four books are; haven't read the last one yet). Very cool Moscow-based urban fantasy; the first one came out in 1998, so the protagonist listens to Mini-Discs.