Yep, make it a volunteer military. The American public only rallied against the war because it was perceived as a threat to middle-class white folks. Once we shifted to a military that is only manned by officers and poor people, anti-war activism evaporated.

I am not familiar with "Outbreak" but that could not be farther from the truth. FDR was an anti-colonialist and had no interest in propping up the French in Indochina. One of the more interesting what-ifs of American history is what might have happened if FDR had served out his fourth term and the French did not get…

I thought The Incredibles really missed a chance to call their guy "Black Frozone."

The opening to "Zero Dark Thirty"?

Just horrifically chilling. Farting around in the street investigating a gas leak, pan up to show an airplane flying way too low…

I just watched "Three Days of the Condor" yesterday, and the CIA's office is in the WTC. Robert Redford waits for Faye Dunaway on the balcony above the lobby where Naudet filmed. A little disturbing.

So you're saying murder by plumbing is a Middle Eastern cultural thing?

Maybe they were thinking they used the wrong mob show as a template. "You know what people loved about the Sopranos? Killing people with no consequences. Let's throw in some rape and they'll really love this guy!"

Eh. Sofia Vergara once wore a dress so tight it split. I think she's on board with objectification.

It's called being 21.

I think I'd like to stare at Sofia Vergara being objectified for a while.

Coming back here from four years in the future to say that I saw this movie on TCM and liked it. It's so Seventies it hurts, of course, and all the girl students are incredibly wooden. But as a bizarro version of "American Pie", and a satire of the sexual liberation movement, it was pretty good. And God Almighty…

I'm pretty sure the inequity was the whole point.

Seems okay to me, an hour later.

I didn't know fire benders could manipulate electricity, or is that Mako's new power? I watched the scene a couple of times and he wasn't using one of Asami's electro-shock gloves. A stormbender?

post hoc ergo propter hoc then

Ronin was great in 1984, when i wasn't really aware of Moebius or Lone Wolf and Cub yet.

Well, look at who got to watch a show before anyone on AV Club! We'll just call you Mister Spoiler Alert, then.

Overreacting much? Lots of anachronisms on that show—I saw a screencap of an antenna on a house once, Cora says "have gun, will travel", and oh yeah, there was that story about an outed homosexual keeping his job.

It's set in the 20s.