Indeed, apparently it was too subtle.

Hopefully these guys can next take a crack at explaining how, now matter what Jonathan Swift says, you really shouldn't eat babies.

Thank you for the response, but I don't understand the mindset that leads to replacing the website before core functionality is implemented. It shows no consideration for the people who were already here using the site.

This. I DVR a bunch of stuff and watch it late, and now I have to manually search if something isn't on the front page. Who actually removes user-customization functionality when redesigning a website in the 21st century? What a bizarre decision.

I'm surprised to see the action sequences getting praise in the review. The shootouts were horribly staged, neither exhilarating nor tense. After a weak first episode (understandable in a pilot), the character are coming together (except Skye, she's awful), but the action lacked even Joss Whedon's barely-functional…

You've got it backwards. In Man of Steel, Superman kisses Lois before killing Zod, not after. After killing Zod we see him fall to his knees and scream, then lean against Lois for support. We don't see how long it takes for him to get over it because he's still on his knees when we cut to some later time with him…

Seems sort of odd to claim that killing Zod is un-Superman-like when he does so in the comics for similar reasons (Superman (vol. 2) #22 (October 1988)) and in Superman II. Heck, in Superman II he kills Zod after removing his powers and he's no longer a threat, and he gives Lois a big smile when she kills Ursa. In…

"One" doesn't need to see absolutely everything he's made to get the joke - I didn't - but it helps some people. Some people may simply be incapable of getting it - I'm not saying this is you - as most people aren't particularly film literate. Someone who can't read English could stare at Blood Meridian for a year and…

It seems totally unfounded because, as you admit, you've seen less of his movies than I have. It shouldn't be controversial to suggest that makes you less well-suited to judge his work. It's okay, his movies can be satirical and you're still allowed to dislike them. But the idea that they must not be satirical because…

Yeah. The Transformers films can be hard to read because the satire heavily leverages the visuals. It's what makes them so impressive as films, but it makes it harder to apply the analytical tools that most people interested in this sort of analysis build up through reading literature. As good-looking as it is, you…

I'm not too concerned with intentionality. And, yes, I could describe anyone as doing anything. The question is whether that description is supported by the text. And the answer in the case of Pain and Gain is that the most coherent reading of the film is as a satire. The Island is explicitly so, you can see elements…

The movie is a comedy about people who think that just because they have huge muscles they must be doing something right and will therefore be rewarded with wealth. This is directly and explicitly equated with America's big-dick military, American exceptionalism, and the hollowness of the American dream. It's a…

That is precisely the mindset to see this movie in. Once he gets past the first sentence, Rabin seems to have lost track of the fact that this movie is a comedy, and a very funny one at that. The fact that it is a "loud, brash, unapologetically vulgar celebration of aggression divorced from intellect" is precisely…