It's especially useful as a point of comparison when certain adults (almost always men) get really, really angry about what Peter Jackson has done to The Hobbit.

It's especially useful as a point of comparison when certain adults (almost always men) get really, really angry about what Peter Jackson has done to The Hobbit.

[SPOILERS AHOY] (although obviously not for you) I think the ending of the movie was supposed to be their version of a scene which doesn't occur right at the end of the book, but is similar. In the book, V has just died, and Evie is contemplating taking off his mask to see what's underneath. She walks over to the…

[SPOILERS AHOY] (although obviously not for you) I think the ending of the movie was supposed to be their version of a scene which doesn't occur right at the end of the book, but is similar. In the book, V has just died, and Evie is contemplating taking off his mask to see what's underneath. She walks over to the…

Also of interest is Moore's afterward to the collected edition in which he addresses what he sees as the book's two conceptual shortcomings: that a global thermonuclear war was survivable, by anybody anywhere, and that it would take such an event to turn Great Britain into a fascist state. (In support of the latter…

Also of interest is Moore's afterward to the collected edition in which he addresses what he sees as the book's two conceptual shortcomings: that a global thermonuclear war was survivable, by anybody anywhere, and that it would take such an event to turn Great Britain into a fascist state. (In support of the latter…

They've usually always been a little behind the curve, though. I remember when they put Billy Joel on the cover, after years of pretending that he was the worst thing to happen to pop music, but by then he was already fading in popularity.

They've usually always been a little behind the curve, though. I remember when they put Billy Joel on the cover, after years of pretending that he was the worst thing to happen to pop music, but by then he was already fading in popularity.

The funny thing is that I can totally see that happening in the context of the movie. They'd all spent months in each other's close company at that point, and the night before they headed to the airport they were all getting drunk, not knowing if they'd be in front of a firing squad in twenty-four hours' time… all it…

The funny thing is that I can totally see that happening in the context of the movie. They'd all spent months in each other's close company at that point, and the night before they headed to the airport they were all getting drunk, not knowing if they'd be in front of a firing squad in twenty-four hours' time… all it…

Flowers do that? Really? I had no idea that "green thumb" was a euphemism. Now I feel bad for reporting the neighbor for what I saw him doing with his pumpkins.

Flowers do that? Really? I had no idea that "green thumb" was a euphemism. Now I feel bad for reporting the neighbor for what I saw him doing with his pumpkins.

Showgirls, rather famously.

Showgirls, rather famously.

All up in, amirite? Phwoar!

All up in, amirite? Phwoar!

The synths were only reproducing the sound of magical elf instruments that only elves can play because they're better than humans. Also, they sing like Enya.

The synths were only reproducing the sound of magical elf instruments that only elves can play because they're better than humans. Also, they sing like Enya.

@avclub-792b765aa995daf26cf6f17f519c949d:disqus : spot on. No Gawker blog will hesitate to publish the most egregiously link-baity post if it comes down the pike. Even the allegedly feminist Jezebel posted an account of someone text-flirting with serial partner abuser Charlie Sheen at the height of his meltdown. (I…

@avclub-792b765aa995daf26cf6f17f519c949d:disqus : spot on. No Gawker blog will hesitate to publish the most egregiously link-baity post if it comes down the pike. Even the allegedly feminist Jezebel posted an account of someone text-flirting with serial partner abuser Charlie Sheen at the height of his meltdown. (I…