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I'm going to be the one to say that the problems with Crystal Skull can't be narrowed down to "Macguffin" or "Nuke the Fridge." In fact compared to the tedium of the three waterfall drops, the nuked fridge is an entirely forgivable attempt to satirize the era and bring the audience into the 1960s mindset.

"I will never recognize Valentine's Day! Booooooo! Would you like another cup of tea Mrs. Potted Plant?" said the AV club writer to the hollow echoes of his lonely one bedroom apartment.

If you watched the HBO Go version it has the Director talk about that fight scene. The director grew up knowing of Steve Buscemi as a wrestler before he ever knew him as an actor. Fire Fighter, Wrestler… he's diesel under that meek exterior.

Skylar's going down. As for Jesse and Walt. If they fucking use that cancer medicine truth serum again I'll blow half my face off in disgust.

I must admit to being moved by Declan choosing to send the girl he likes a sunset invitation over a smutty sex tape. It was a genuinely sweet and optimistic moment coming on the back of Emily's cold, calculated vengeance. What I don't like is how her magical rich friend and her father's hidden cache of inheritance

Yeah… that story wouldn't sell on Wall Street right now and those occupiers are looking for any narrative they can get their hands on that might fit.

This show needs to be smarter or stupider. It's way too middle of the road. This episode would have been great if they kept the story about Daddy exterminating a race of flying cokblockersaurs in order to get some cuddle time with Mommy.

GACKT. That is all.

This one seemed like a lost opportunity. I kid you not when I suggest that the horseshit gag should have been at the center of the episode. Caroline secretly showering at the socialite's house could have been a much more hilarious situation, and the show never even revisited Caroline having to wear a different outfit

The TV doesn't like it when I make it go away.

Pan Am has a bad case of who'sthemaincharacter-itis. We need a Don Draper to walk us through the doors and give us the grand tour of the era. Mad Men works because Don is always at the center of the action and the other equally fascinating characters are satellites to his story. Pan Am isn't grounded enough. It just

What does this key demographic stuff even mean any more? My generation has no money! We're jobless shiftabouts floating from paycheck to paycheck waiting for the economy to knock on our door with a big paycheck that says, "You Win!"

I thought the Japanese guy was great. Best Japanese guy since Human Centipede.

DISAGREE button. This is a story about a girl worth protecting and the three dudes who step in as surrogate big brothers/best girlfriends. I don't think the pilot was at all confused about that. Jess, in turn, acts as a catalyst in their lives that, in true sitcom fashion, will open them up to necessary change. What I

The 2 girls were funny and when things were real, the comedy was alive. Most of the one liners and one note characters were dead. The old black guy bombed out there. Ditto for the eastern european chef. Hated the mother socialite. The horse was the only side character I remotely liked.

Don't worry. VD already burned through 6 seasons worth of plot/relationship developments and a small stadium of characters in their first two seasons. If CW's track record is any indication, it'll be fizzing out just as Secret Circle hits its stride and then burns its stride to the ground in time for the teen Zombie

Selective memory. Last season was a freak show from day one. It started with the models walking across a half inch runway over a pool of water wearing high heels while encased in a bubble and ended with them serving tea, balanced precariously on their heads, while belly dancing.

Yeah! Fuck Christina Ricci and her dead career. It's not like she has any major network TV shows in the pipe line or movies starring opposite Rob Pattinson coming out.

The character designs in Allen Gregory are hideous. No one is going to want to watch these fugly caricatures move around or, god forbid, put one on a T-shirt. Did they learn nothing from Sit Down, Shut Up?