"Your stepmom is cute. Remember when she was a senior and we were freshmen?"

"Your stepmom is cute. Remember when she was a senior and we were freshmen?"

in that case this column should be called "CD," or possibly "laserdisc"

in that case this column should be called "CD," or possibly "laserdisc"

I also want to add that it's because of this movie I still use "merde" when I need to swear in polite company

I also want to add that it's because of this movie I still use "merde" when I need to swear in polite company

Triomphe, Napoléon!

Triomphe, Napoléon!

This exchange is sorely underrated:

This exchange is sorely underrated:

Part of my issue with season 7 (and to a lesser extent 6) is that the gags increasingly lack the weird lateral thinking you get in the earlier seasons. "Homer Goes to College" has some great examples. Having Homer kidnap the mascot of a rival school is a fun idea, but not that "zany" no matter what Homer thinks — it's…

Part of my issue with season 7 (and to a lesser extent 6) is that the gags increasingly lack the weird lateral thinking you get in the earlier seasons. "Homer Goes to College" has some great examples. Having Homer kidnap the mascot of a rival school is a fun idea, but not that "zany" no matter what Homer thinks — it's…

Season 7 in general was a letdown for me. There's not really any bad episodes and a few are classics ("A Fish Called Selma," "Radioactive Man," "22 Short Films About Springfield"), but on balance it felt…off. Something like "Lisa the Vegetarian" or the Christmas episode I can take or leave. In hindsight, season 6 was…

Season 7 in general was a letdown for me. There's not really any bad episodes and a few are classics ("A Fish Called Selma," "Radioactive Man," "22 Short Films About Springfield"), but on balance it felt…off. Something like "Lisa the Vegetarian" or the Christmas episode I can take or leave. In hindsight, season 6 was…

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"…thirsting for a way to name the unnameable, to express the inexpressible…"

"…thirsting for a way to name the unnameable, to express the inexpressible…"

@avclub-4c562a922dda29172f86955ed505472e:disqus There is a difference, but Dragon isn't part of the "main-line martial arts" genre (which actually grew out of the wuxia genre, not the other way around) and it doesn't purport to be. The title in Chinese (and in most of the world outside the U.S.) is just Wu Xia, as if…

@avclub-4c562a922dda29172f86955ed505472e:disqus There is a difference, but Dragon isn't part of the "main-line martial arts" genre (which actually grew out of the wuxia genre, not the other way around) and it doesn't purport to be. The title in Chinese (and in most of the world outside the U.S.) is just Wu Xia, as if…