Evangelicals read the Bible and think they see themselves represented there. And they're right. The only missed one detail: they see themselves as the apostles, but they're actually the pharisees.

Looks to me like he's talking up her attractiveness to make himself seem less strange or creepy for being turned on by her. It backfires because it just makes him sound really enthusiastic and even creepier.

True, but only only because it has no verb.

They're not his tactics. It's how the Republicans who want to push through horrifying legislation have pivoted to use the Trump situation to their advantage.

There was a Rocko's Modern Life game on Super Nintendo that was like this. You had to defend your dog. He was vulnerable, you weren't. It was pretty good.

I'd say charisma is the key trait, not intelligence. Our archetype for this sort of character is a blatantly sinister, dead-eyed creep. But no one is ever going to trust or follow a guy like that. They trust and follow handsome, likeable people like Jon Hamm. The discomfort we feel about the character because of that…

The original actors are done. The original four kids only show up as adults in cameo from here on out, and the only character returning for the next movie is Eustace. If they're going to lose the thread and pick it back up, between the third and fourth movie is the time to do it.

They could lean into it and hire Alexandro Jodorowsky to direct.

She wasn't killed off, she just didn't want to come back to Narnia because she preferred makeup and boys. Everyone wants to make this some regressive shame and punishment for her wanted to be a sexual woman, but it's not. It's about how sometimes people lose their sense of childlike wonder and imagination as they grow…

You need villains who have powers that counter Barry's in interesting ways, or who are smart of enough to think of methods to neutralize or sidestep Barry's advantage. Many members of his rogues gallery have the potential to be this, but it takes a lot of time and work (and smarts of your own) to write a really…

Hey now, that's not fair: we have all kinds of bright flashing screens and lights to play with now. This is clearly the apex of human civilization.

If you're not a completionist, you can look on those checklists as options rather than obligations. Despite what you'll hear, you don't need to do very many side quests to keep up with the recommended level for the main quests. So do the things that interest you or make sense for your character and don't bother with…

That shift makes Easy Rider read kind of strangely. Peter Fonda's character would be a big hit in the rural south nowadays.

A lot of Trump voters were Hank Hill types who thought Trump was a jackass and wished they had someone better, but had really been sold on the idea that Clinton was so odious that voting for him was a necessary evil.

Perhaps this is a reverse of that situation. All the good stuff in Iron Fist might be in the back half and it's reputation will increase once everyone's seen the whole thing. Since a quality dive in the later episodes has been the one consistent criticism of all the Marvel Netflix properties, it makes sense they would…

Death isn't the handicap it used to be in the old day.

I love that movie for being every genre of movie at the same time.

I liked that song better when it was "Piano Man." And not very much even then.

I haven't seen that one. In fact I didn't realize it was by Bluth. I take it it's pretty dire? If it has even a few moments of that atmosphere Bluth is seemingly able to create at will, I'm sure I wouldn't consider it a total waste.

I like All Dogs Go to Heaven. I won't pretend it isn't flawed, but even a sub-par Don Bluth movie has a magic to it that appeals to me more than many better-constructed movies.