Not a single compelling, interesting, relatable, or even likeable character appears in any one of the prequels. Edit it however you like - there are exactly 0 good movies there.

Yeah, Normal Again is fine, kind of entertaining. As for the fictional ambiguity … well, the reason that TV is better than global warming is that, if you don't like something, you can just ignore it and it will cease to matter.

Yeah, Normal Again is fine, kind of entertaining. As for the fictional ambiguity … well, the reason that TV is better than global warming is that, if you don't like something, you can just ignore it and it will cease to matter.

SPOILERS, I GUESS? What with Faith nailing Xander, it also shows how they can concisely mete out important character/plot melodrama in ways that other shows would take entire episodes to deal with.

SPOILERS, I GUESS? What with Faith nailing Xander, it also shows how they can concisely mete out important character/plot melodrama in ways that other shows would take entire episodes to deal with.

Wrecked? Is it Wrecked? Even if that's not what you meant, I'm gonna say Wrecked.

Wrecked? Is it Wrecked? Even if that's not what you meant, I'm gonna say Wrecked.

KNEEL BEFORE … GROD

KNEEL BEFORE … GROD

Ok, now I'M confused.

Ok, now I'M confused.

A Tyler Perry-obsessed friend of mine FUCKING LOVED Dogville entirely because of that scene. Make of that what you will.

A Tyler Perry-obsessed friend of mine FUCKING LOVED Dogville entirely because of that scene. Make of that what you will.

Hey look - a torture apologist too cowardly to actually defend torture. Kind of makes me nostalgic for the Bush years.

Hey look - a torture apologist too cowardly to actually defend torture. Kind of makes me nostalgic for the Bush years.

Here's a 48 fps version of the Hobbit trailer. Note that it was interpolated from 24 fps source, but I was still surprised at how "stage-y" it makes everything look.

Here's a 48 fps version of the Hobbit trailer. Note that it was interpolated from 24 fps source, but I was still surprised at how "stage-y" it makes everything look.

This. You should have written this week's column, Disco.

This. You should have written this week's column, Disco.

My father-in-law's best story from the Korean war (he was 8 years old at the time, and also Korean): he's playing in a park when a group of about 10 North Korean soldiers bursts out of the forest. The soldiers rush up to him … and very politely ask for directions back to North Korea. He points vaguely north-ward, the…