"The Dude’s oft-mimicked exhortation of “I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man!” in The Big Lebowski gave a whole new generation of haters a convenient way to brush aside the band without actually having to think or talk about its music." This is crazy true.

See? Bigtits gets it.

No, that's better. On cable you have to have 30 ESPNs and 69 religion channels just to get AMC. And then that number again to get TMC. I would pay JUST to stream AMC and TCM individually. Good, gosh, yes, give them their own dedicated streaming software if that's what it takes.

Good. I hope Netflix forces channels like HBO to let go of cable and let us stream direct.

Literally?

Rich people asking me to give them money for their creative outlet that they will in turn make money from.

"Ugh. Getting to go to the geek event of the year for free is such a hassle. Waiting in line and interacting with like-minded people is such a burden."

I watched a lot of Woody Allen films and was completely enamored with them. Then I started in on world cinema and after watching Ingmar Bergman films, I was no longer so enamored with Allen. They're still great films. Just not as innovative as I thought.

You'll notice I said nothing about the quality of this episode. Just that I was surprised.

In the book Batman Animated they talk about how they got a lot of spec scripts for the show that had your typical kid show plots like "super hero gets miniaturized" or "super hero gets turned into a kid". And these were tossed off immediately because they were trying to make something good, not derivative.

How is Offerman doing a voice the lede for this piece about two different shows premiering in a brand new format?

I am sincerely shocked that no one replied "no one is forcing you to read it." It's the pre-programmed answer from people who think any mild criticism of this site is paramount to being a "hater" or whatever.

Although The Old Dark House is absolutely a comedy, it isn't a parody. It's a remake of a silent film that is in turn an adaptation of a stage play which pretty much invented the sliding panel/secret passageway/haunted house subgenre. And it follows pretty closely.

I liked the slow bits from the first one. I like to call it "atmosphere".

With a cool, dry wit like that, I could be an action star.

The point is that the king sits on a throne that is more-or-less a novelty sized barstool? Weak symbolism aside, it's silly.

So I decided to watch this video:

And then that time he said Iron Man 3 was bad because it wasn't as exciting as The Avengers.

That throne pictured is ridiculous. You wouldn't be able to hear anyone else in the room. It looks like Dr.Seuss designed it.

Semantics. He's crying over something that every decent person should already know.