I think what Grrr is saying is that you are absolutely free to have valid critiques of the show itself, but if you have valid critiques of the show itself and then say that no one can disagree with you without calling you sexist…well then it just shuts down discussion. People can try to convince you with arguments…

Theory: That was not Fuzzy Hamm. That was Time Traveling Younger Mandy Patinkin.

I dunno, I can see an argument for why he might be trying to dress up advanced chi-blocking as a gift from the Spirit World. For one, as mentioned above, it makes it seem like his cause is completely in the right. Then there's the fact that if it is just advanced chi-blocking it's potentially learnable by anyone; By…

Are movie theaters providing vibrators for "The Lucky One" or should we bring our own? - Sarah Schaefer

I wouldn't say out of nowhere. In the penultimate episode they had a 'behind the scenes' bit where they talked about how Blackadder went out on a depressing scene and everyone still talks about it, so they should do the same (it's the sketch where they keep saying "Sod Cancer!" over and over). Then for the final…

Dismemberment goblins was the one I focused on for some reason when I saw it. I think that refers to the "Blue Angel & Red Devil" things that tear the guy apart during the Carnage.

Something that just hit me: At the beginning of the movie Whitford says the only time they failed was when Acker's Chem department fucked up. Then when we get to the end Acker says that Chem found out the pot hadn't been properly laced which led to the whole thing unraveling.

@avclub-d9fea4ca7e4a74c318ec27c1deb0796c:disqus I think with/for is closest, they weren't really 'against' the Elder Gods aside from making sure they were appeased enough to not wake up.

Ah, I see what you mean by palatable. I can see that, but I sort of looked at it like the world presented in Starship Troopers: Sure, state-sponsored torture is presented in a blaise manner, but for me the fact that she basically 'reminisces' about watching children starve to death in the cold heightened the…

I dunno, I think a lot of these points get explained or at least have logical answers presented in the books. (A) never bothered me because they talk a lot about how the Game runners and Capitol treat this as being more attuned to ratings than consistency (they mention in the first book actually going in to detain the…

I guess I can kind of see what you're saying, but I think they do tap into their geek reservoirs frequently, it's just only sometimes related to what they just watched.  Case in point, the awesome Zardoz-rant Elliott went on while (ostensibly) talking about Conan.

I guess it really comes down to why we listen to the podcasts then.  As you say, the Flop House is much more dedicated to using the movies as a way to fuel riffs, but since I'm listening to it solely to laugh that's all I really need (and I would probably be delighted with a movie-free/pop culture driven show as…

I could see Flop House replacing HDTGM, but why would it affect your enjoyment of Who Charted?

Has there ever been an Inventory about stars of movie franchises who get too big for their britches, skip a sequel, and then have to come back to the franchise after it turns out they weren't quite the draw they thought they were?

Even though I can't recall the name of the "Faux-cop documentary …with ZOMBIES!!" show, I do remember looking it up on IMDB for some reason, seeing all of the episode titles, and delighting that someone managed to come up with an episode called "Who, What, Werewolf, Why"

Oh man, if this show could get a deep episode-by-episode run down with the creators, that would be amazing.  Even if(/because??) all they would do is describe which horror movie/poster/soundtrack they had were absorbing while writing a particular script.

If you've seen it, what are you feelings about Southland Tales?  Because AHS is basically the television equivalent of that movie (As measured by craziness, misguided "what we're saying is important, dammit" 'message', tone deafness, pacing trainwreckitude, acting disparity, camp value, etc.)

I'm assuming that the dog was hiding out in a lush, offscreen forest for 98% of the season, so maybe from there?

So, does anyone else watch this show for the laugh factor, but also watch it alongside people who actually think the show is legitimately good?  Because if so, I want to compare notes on the instances where I laughed at the show, only to be immediately shushed by someone who thought I was being 'disrespectful'.

Well, that's a nice interpretation, but he also included the 'real' grades (the "Actual piece of compelling television" grade) at the bottom of the reviews most of the time, which make the 'legitimate' grade distribution look something like