Smokin' Aces 3: Back 2 the Garden State

Wait a minute, they're bankrupt and their solution to their financial problems is to have ANOTHER kid? What the fuck?!

Well, yeah, I mean, any subject can be good material for a movie if it's honestly-realized, detailed, and well-executed. It's the stuff about phoniness and lack of consequences that you mention that bothers me as much as anything else. That, and the whole MPDG trope, or at least its flipside, the "white manchild who…

I think people are misinterpreting Noel's inclusion of LMS in this article. He's not saying it's a bad movie (I don't think); he's saying that it's a movie that people can connect with despite its lack of realism, because the emotional beats feel real (unlike something like Wish I Was Here, which is more "realistic"…

Yeah, this said a lot of stuff I'd been thinking, but more articulately. I've reached my limit on no-stakes dramas about well-heeled white adults who can't find sufficient meaning in life.

"One more thing: I'll just say I'm glad Randy Marsh wasn't a contestant on this episode and leave it at that."

Well, "A to M" is just not catchy at all.

Including the shit going out of McShane? Just wondering; I'm working on a pilot script called Ian McShane Takes a Shit.

Something I learned recently: certain mezcal distilleries make a "mezcal pechuga", where a bag is suspended in the still during distillation with a proprietary blend of spices and a piece of meat (usually chicken breast, hence the name). Supposedly the meat acts a sort of filter and rounds off the rougher flavor edges…

Always got a giggle that he wants to be something famous, "like an actor," and "doesn't want to remember any of it," and his name in the Matrix is "Mr. Reagan."

I don't really agree with this. I can't think of a specific reason, other than that it seems like a hypothesis that didn't jive with my experience of watching the show. I thought a panel was a great format for Jeselnik, as having other comedians onboard not only lightened up his Prince of Darkness schtick a bit but…

I didn't even have to click the link to know what you meant. I noticed it too; really nice touch.

And regarding the law angle, my problem there isn't so much that he's a lawman who breaks the law; it's that none of his colleagues or superiors especially seems to give a damn (except Art, who's basically retired now).

I guess I'll put it this way: Raylan is a guy with tremendous anger inside, who has shown a persistent pattern of using excessive force and baiting people into situations where he can shoot them justifiably. Over the course of the series, he has become, IMO, increasingly arrogant, reckless, and prone to…

Yeah, and Vic Mackey murdered Margos Dezerian because he threatened his team and his family.

Raylan committed conspiracy to commit murder in the season 4 finale. The Shield wasn't real life, either. It was darker than Justified— although I disagree on the charge that it lacked humor— but Justified's ending would still be very unsatisfying if Raylan's actions neither had consequences nor led him to change.

I'm a simple guy. Butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth, signing internet posts with a witty parenthetical aside. That's just me. That's just something I enjoy.

-Raylan Givens

Raylan Givens, the abusive boyfriend of federal law enforcement.

"NO COLESLAW"