I gave up at a certain point and skipped to page 2, hoping that perhaps the later posters would be even-tempered and/or actually answer the questions that Sean posed. I, too, was wondering if the "Quickening" had any meaning outside of Highlander. I also thought, at first, that one of the Geniuses was supposed to be…

Yeah, Toby. I'm something of a Lovecraft fanatic, but last year when Barnes & Noble published a complete works hardcover, I looked up the table of contents and thought 'this is ridiculous.' Published in chronological order, that's A LOT of pages for newcomers to flip through before they even reach 'The Call of…

Wow
I know this comment's nearly 4 years overdue, but I have to say, as much as I like to rag on Pitchfork & Rolling Stone for their general ineptitude towards metal, this review takes the cake.

I love in the 'Dawn' commentary when Savini tries to give the film credit for changing the mall's policy on sliding down escalator railings.

Chariots of the Gods, man. They practically OWN South America.

The Escape From New York commentary is the least funny & least energetic. I love the commentary for The Thing, how Russell cracks up during all the gore scenes. "Whoops!" Give it another shot a few months down the road when the Big Trouble commentary isn't as fresh in the memory.

It's weird and pissed off.

@Mr. B Um, I think you should rewatch the scene.

"Some time between then and death, she seems to have regained her dignity." More like some time between bodily death & decomposition. Like other high-level "celebrity eccentrics" such as Marlon Brando & Michael Jackson, she's yet another for whom death has changed her status from living laughingstock to posthumous…

Audio Commentary
Not to mention, "The Thing" has one of the best DVD commentaries ever with Carpenter + Russell. There's nothing like hearing Russell laugh his ass off at the goriest scenes. "Woops!"

Yeah, my prior mental voice for Rabin's articles was sort of like a raspier Robert Evans (or a more nasal Abel Ferrara-meets-Woody Allen).

Generic praise
I enjoyed this & look forward to more. Ignore the YouTubers. It seems some Onion readers can't handle AV Club. "OMG, I don't get it, they're not being satirical!" Maybe AV Club should start a separate YouTube channel. AV Clubbers can handle both irony and sincerity. In a Cronenbergian sense, we're…

"If Oswalt hadn't mentioned it there wouldn't be anything about this article worth talking about."

Patton Oswalt ought to do a commentary with Joe Bob Briggs or something.

@Oven Dodger "But who's the Mel Gibson of jazz?"

Speaking of unfunny comedies…
I'd like to see Mr. Rabin tackle Krippendorf's Tribe, and how it fits into Lily Tomlin's career trajectory.

Agree on both your posts, RTB4. The film belongs more in "Films That Time Forgot" or perhaps "The New Cult Canon."

The Fall of the Gates of Onion
The Fall of the House of Usher is the best place to start if you're into atmospheric Lovecraftian fiction. Lovecraft himself singled it out for high praise in his essay "Supernatural Horror In Literature".