oh, and…
Jason Heller killed Ian Curtis and tried to make it look like suicide.

@ bakken hood
Voiding baby's warranty = classic.

Has there been a backlash against joy division yet?
Seriously, when are we planning for an uninformed 14 yo's opinion about these musicians to be adopted by The Hipster Hivemind, suddenly but with a surprising degree of viciousness? It's supposed to happen once each decade after the band's legacy is grossly inflated…

jason heller
Is actually Marilyn Manson aka Brian Warner. Once his career tanked he washed off the makeup, got some skinny jeans and slimed his way into a position as Contributing Smug Hipster at AV Club.

the ai conclusion
Whoever wrote, directed or rushed any specific part of this movie is irrelevant. Ultimately, it feels hokey and not quite thought all the way through. Therefore AI = crap.

Noel
Shut up. I demand that you recalibrate your reviewing system with each anonymous commenter who criticises it.

whoa
Noel is slapping down some mofos lately! See also his response to criticism of the letter grades on the We Own the Night reviews. I like to see it, and I note he, unlike some other contributors, doesn't have anonymous commenters come in and defend him fiercely out of nowhere. Could some of the other contributors…

The most important feature of this film goes unmentioned…
…which is, how much exactly of Cate Blanchett is on display?

What's really inappropriate
is the teacher I lent my copy of Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters to, who kept it!

Evil george
Like a great film with a shitty sequel, what comes after doesn't take anything away from the original.

Daily dose of misogyny
My theory is that it's a conspiracy to slowly pressure actresses into actual penetrative sex, starting in art cinema and moving slowly into the mainstream.

Just so we're clear
That wasn't an angry post. I was trying to be funny. Hopefully this was obvious, but the tongue-in-cheek sensors seem to be in pretty poor shape lately.

Ooh, that's harsh
That's like calling everyone in the stripclub sweaty groping perverts. We know it, but you're not supposed to fucking say it.

This thread is the best thing ever
Also, this is like the fifth time this site has misspelled Joss Whedon's name. Everyone makes typos, sure, but many publications have copy editors who correct them. You guys should splash out, treat yourselves!

clavis
The FBI guy being a serial killer seems plausible, but so far he seems to be coming out pretty hard as a "no judgements" father-figure type, the kind of guy who could be patting you on the shoulder with one hand while he slips the bracelets on you with the other.

shit head
That would have real-world consequences and alert people to the existence of magic/the devil. In this hypothetical world, given the existence of a God/Satan duality, God would do better every time people realised he really existed, Satan better the more people thought that was all bullshit.

i want to jump in on this racism stuff
This highlights exactly why I sort of hate Slate.

moderation
I don't know, I guess I just have that inner voice that is convinced that we're mere seconds from a police state at any time. Any time someone can easily be cast as "The Man" I decide it's time to pipe up.

re: salary for soul catching
Bocephus, I thought of this too. The devil would have plenty of front companies to pay people through - Nestle or Halliburton, for example.

Hey
I can't believe you deleted that wankbot who posted a comment saying he wanted it deleted. Clearly this "light touch" I've been hearing about is some old bullshit.