@ElDan- I don't usually like to do anything flame-like, but are you fucking serious? The humor of The Office and Extras- and Gervais' humor in general- is almost entirely derived from self-awareness and people's lack of it. I'm pretty sure Gervais couldn't do what he does if he himself wasn't relatively self-aware.

Gareth on Tim's plan to study psychology at uni
"All right then, Einstein, if you're so clever, what am I thinking about now?"

There's a bit in the DVD commentary where Gervais and Merchant answer questions about the show, one of which was something like, "Why are all the characters so unlikable?" Gervais answers that he didn't think they were- other than Chris Finch, because he's a laugh but he's genuinely mean-spirited, and you never know…

Holy shit, yeah- I like that phrase too. It's very apt and doesn't sound unnatural at all. I am going to start using it- as much as I can work a phrase about working out one's obsessions into normal conversation, anyway.

Just to spite him…
… I'm going to go see this in the shittiest second-run theater I can find.

I'm having trouble understanding how adults can still be fans of comic books. This phenomenon seems to be part of a larger nostalgia for childhood that I don't really understand.

Reboot
What exactly is being "rebooted" here? The last reboot that came out, like, four years ago? I really hope we're getting close to the end of Hollywood's awful fucking "superhero/reboot" phase.

Huh. Well I know that when I take a girl out on a date to an Ethiopian place, I do expect her to be so taken with my boldness that she will give me a handy under the table as we're eating (hard to do, I know, since you really have to get in there with both hands when eating Ethiopian)… So you're telling me that such…

Yeah…
… I'm still waiting for the remake of "A Thoroughly Polite Dustup" (not starring Jamie Kennedy).

Unnecessary snark?
I'm not saying it makes one the most cosmopolitan person on Earth, but, to be fair, how is going to an Ethiopian restaurant NOT exploring the world of ethnic cuisine? It's not as though Ethiopian food is the most common thing around. To me, the snark of "…Timberlake's pride in boldly exploring the…

Star Wars quote?
"… taking (your) first steps into a larger world"? Doesn't Ben Kenobi say that to Luke Skywalker in A New Hope?

I'm sure this game is not good, but…
… this review is also pretty horrible. That first paragraphy is really awkward and clunky, and the whole thing hits the whole rap-rock thing in a way that's heavy-handed, arbitrary-seeming, and unnecessarily mean.

The proverbial men in black are currently en route to your location.

It sucks that comic book nerd nostalgia for youth evidently trumps the fact that the internal logic of comic books is often completely fucking retarded.

Best Lindsay sex euphemism: "… see if I can get (a) Wrench to strip my nuts."

Sorry, but
Grown-ass adults taking comic books- and comic book characters' ridiculous, convoluted back stories- seriously needs to stop.

"… Jerking Horny Teens Off…"
You know what? I'm starting to think they chose that wording on PURPOSE, you guys.

Alex, Aldo, and (possibly) El Cid aren't on board…

When this show first started airing, I also felt like it was too Adult Swim/Family Guy-ish- that it was shallow, full of random gags, and that all the characters were one-dimensional shitbags.

sarCCastro's not on board.