The Life Of David Gale is the most intellectually bankrupt movie I've ever seen.  If you explain the plot in 30 seconds, the major, gaping, impossible-to-miss hole in the plot is instantly obvious, and any person of remedial intelligence sees that it destroys and actually dis-proves the supposed point of the movie.  I…

The Life Of David Gale is the most intellectually bankrupt movie I've ever seen.  If you explain the plot in 30 seconds, the major, gaping, impossible-to-miss hole in the plot is instantly obvious, and any person of remedial intelligence sees that it destroys and actually dis-proves the supposed point of the movie.  I…

@avclub-64f027640f63616a277e92096313264f:disqus Catholics do get extremely upset when Matt Holliday says anything.

@avclub-64f027640f63616a277e92096313264f:disqus Catholics do get extremely upset when Matt Holliday says anything.

Vanilla Ice would say those beats are totally different.

Vanilla Ice would say those beats are totally different.

No way, Smells Like Teen Spirit is in F-minor and is a I-IV-III-VI progression, whereas More Than A Feeling is in G (major) and is a I-IV-VI(minor)-V progression.  Really only the I and IV are the same, and I would venture to guess that every single song ever written has the I and IV chords in it.

No way, Smells Like Teen Spirit is in F-minor and is a I-IV-III-VI progression, whereas More Than A Feeling is in G (major) and is a I-IV-VI(minor)-V progression.  Really only the I and IV are the same, and I would venture to guess that every single song ever written has the I and IV chords in it.

I actually have never seen the movie, but the album has remained one of my all-time favorites even after my The-Who-as-favorite-band period passed.  The album is stirring, funny, quiet, rocking, and repeating themes are strung throughout the music.  It really is an impressive feat, and I think it takes the idea of…

I actually have never seen the movie, but the album has remained one of my all-time favorites even after my The-Who-as-favorite-band period passed.  The album is stirring, funny, quiet, rocking, and repeating themes are strung throughout the music.  It really is an impressive feat, and I think it takes the idea of…

He also plays a wimpy cop who gets blown away in the opening scenes of 48 hrs. That was a fun surprise the other day

He also plays a wimpy cop who gets blown away in the opening scenes of 48 hrs. That was a fun surprise the other day

I feel confident that it would not be humanly possible to use the term "gay panic" more than this write-up does.

I feel confident that it would not be humanly possible to use the term "gay panic" more than this write-up does.

If you're looking for a place to start with MST3K, the absolute best place is the short films.  Check on YouTube for Progress Island / Puerto Rico, Mr. B Natural, Ice Circus, What To Do On A Date, or my personal favorite Hired! ("Can you turn down the music, I can't hear a thing you're saying!).  There are many, many…

Saved By The Bell.  I have no further comment.

Saved By The Bell.  I have no further comment.

Also I think it is all-but-impossible to have any kind of stakes when we already know exactly where all these people end up.  Character in the original movies?  Not gonna die.  New character?  Gonna die in a light saber battle.  In the originals, of course you know that the main characters aren't going to die, but you…

Star Wars is a pretty perfect case study.  I remember watching Episode 1 and thinking, "This just doesn't feel like a Star Wars movie…but why?"  It was all spectacle and flying cars, but I didn't know who these people WERE.  (Well, I did, but you know what I mean).  It was all slick, and no substance.  Maybe they…

I chalk it up to a generally unidentifiable quantity I call "slickness".  A lot of action movies today seem unbearably "slick", even though I can't necessarily pin down exactly what that means.  I am wary however, because I do wonder how much the lens of nostalgia colors my memories.  Is Total Recall, Top Gun, the…