Yeah Russ! Next time, instead of actually taking the time to explain the mechanics (using two paragraphs to do so); describe the art style and tone; and then communicate how those elements create an immersive and emotional gaming experience, try JUST explaining the mechanics in dry, textbook style prose. Anything else…

It could have been the Battlestar Galactica of dinosaur shows.

Eric Khoo's recent tribute to Yoshihiro Tatsumi  (Tatsumi) is worth checking out. It interweaves adaptations of Tatsumi's stories into his biography, including a really unnerving one that starts out as a meditation on reactions to Hiroshima before going to a really dark place. Mind you, if you think some kinky sex…

Definition of MEDIOCRE
: of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary, so-so

Aren't you just doing the thing that everyone accuses hipsters of doing? ie forming an opinion on a piece of art or an artist based on its image or notoriety rather than on its actual merits?

Waltz with Bashir

Sono has said that it was inspired by a friend of his that started taking upskirt pictures but, yeah, the "based on a true story" card in the trailer - which might be what gave you that impression - is a little misleading.

That's what we thought about Emos in 2007

I don't normally do this and I'm no great speller myself but "alot" is not a word; ya just write "a lot".

Nah, it doesn't make it any more narrow; it just broadens it further to make it about war and colonialism.

Which begs the question as to why he just didn't, I don't know, cut some holes out of a potato sack.

Apparently the doctor had an interest in French history which makes it slightly more explicable, but far less interesting.

I thought it was common knowledge that Pitchfork reviewed every album according to how similiar it was to Ok Computer thus making them the only music reviewers to be totally objective.

Noir dialogue has its own syntax which sounds over-elaborate to many peoples' ears, and certain oft-repeated noir quotations have become clichéd through time and overuse but neither handicap has anything to do with the deficiencies of some of the writing in this ep.

It's not bad but I think it really does lean too heavily on the familliar cop getting sold out by his partner storyline. Of course a lot of other Bebop episodes riff-off or pay homage to classic noir plotlines but they tend to either not follow the expected plot-line quite so slavishly or do a better job of…

It's clear Abrams likes and appreciates the show but some of the more rabid fans are bent out of shape about it not getting the kind of critical love-in that Avatar: The Last Airbender and other TV club classics are getting.

And the first commenter is Jaime Christley, ie the guy who does Unexamined Essentials/The Filmosaurus, so it's not just a random guy talking out of his ass.

Hah! Yes! That was my favourite show in primary school. I wonder if they'll borrow the idea of doing the minute freeze frame bits.

He does mention the episode title about five times in the first paragraph. Honestly I like that he doesn't waste time on plot recaps: either you're following along and have just seen the ep or you can google the title. It's great that he gets straight into his critique (which is really on-point this week).

I'd like to clarify that my like was for the 9-fingers. Not so much the wife-killing bit.