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Chumbawamba? But I barely even know'a!

Hmmm. See, I don't think the human voice can actually hold a k sound like that.

Don't give him shit. He's rex reed.

Don't give him shit. He's rex reed.

Walt! Freakin! Whitman!

Walt! Freakin! Whitman!

I appreciate his consistency and the fact that he has people mulling over his posts, rather than just laughing or ignoring them.

I appreciate his consistency and the fact that he has people mulling over his posts, rather than just laughing or ignoring them.

Given that this article is about new York culture in the 80s it strikes me as knee-jerkiness to suggest that the article is holding up new York as an ongoing paragon of culture.

Given that this article is about new York culture in the 80s it strikes me as knee-jerkiness to suggest that the article is holding up new York as an ongoing paragon of culture.

He's Rex reed. I thought it was self-explanatory.

He's Rex reed. I thought it was self-explanatory.

True, but I think in some cases that we've reached a point where cgi characters, even if they're not totally realistic, are believable as characters. Hulk, like gollum, looks like an effect, but they're both instantly recognizable as characters (unlike generic monsters or battleships or transformers that have loads of

True, but I think in some cases that we've reached a point where cgi characters, even if they're not totally realistic, are believable as characters. Hulk, like gollum, looks like an effect, but they're both instantly recognizable as characters (unlike generic monsters or battleships or transformers that have loads of

False analogy. Refusing to engage with a work at all is different from making compromises when you do engage. Nevertheless, the notion that enthusiasm for a medium requires a particular set of behaviors and opinions seems overboard. The author hedges a bit by focusing on his own neuroses, he clearly believes that

False analogy. Refusing to engage with a work at all is different from making compromises when you do engage. Nevertheless, the notion that enthusiasm for a medium requires a particular set of behaviors and opinions seems overboard. The author hedges a bit by focusing on his own neuroses, he clearly believes that

Die, bad robots! Die!

Die, bad robots! Die!

Someone just recently linked to that sctv sketch where John candy plays Welles in liberace's christmas special, and I was stunned by how perfectly he nails it. You think of Lamarche as the end of the line as far as Welles impersonations, but candy really captured the physical presence and the outraged, imperious

Someone just recently linked to that sctv sketch where John candy plays Welles in liberace's christmas special, and I was stunned by how perfectly he nails it. You think of Lamarche as the end of the line as far as Welles impersonations, but candy really captured the physical presence and the outraged, imperious