I'm going to the Trump rally in Chicago tomorrow (not a joke), so I've got my bases pretty well covered.

Huh, just watched it again, and you're totally right. Well, shut my mouth!

Oh, I realize that. I think suspension of disbelief is a really interesting thing — there is so much in every movie that we just accept, it really almost never makes sense to criticize based on plausibility grounds. I mean, the whole "bitten by a radioactive spider" thing is on its face absurd, but I'm perfectly happy…

So, I know I'm a hopeless pedant, but it kind of takes me out of the movie when they show Spidey's costume eyes narrowing. I mean, Spidey's costume is a costume, right? Is there any explanation for this kind of thing, other than it looks cool? (Yes, I am also very bothered by the Hulks pants paradox.)

I plead not guilty. I'm fine with a reboot of Ghostbusters. I'm happy about the all-female cast. I like Paul Feig. But that shit still wasn't funny.

Don't sweat it. Girl Scout Cookies really aren't very good, they're just a nostalgia trip. I like Samoas well enough, but honestly you're just not missing very much. People eat a lot of shitty food. End of story.

Yeah, this movie simply wasn't as good as it should have been. I mostly enjoyed it, mostly, but it didn't come anywhere close to its monsters-vs-robots potential. Not sad to see a different take on the idea at all.

Clickhole is funny. This is not funny. I know that "Great Job, Internet" has a pretty, ahem, mixed track record, but finding funny shit on Clickhole should not really be a big challenge.

Thanks, the context helps a lot. Anyway, getting back to the topic at hand — the movie Risen — I must say that the reason I turned away from Jesus was that his teachings are so explicitly Marxist. He strikes me as just another Jewish leader fomenting a hatred of wealth and agitating for class-based revolt. Sure, he…

I replied to you up above. I had nothing to do with the crackpot comment you attributed to me. If you're going to make IQ jokes, you need to put in a little effort here…

I dunno, I found Foucault's Pendulum a bit of a heavy lift. It was so many years ago when I read it, but aren't there 100+ pages in the middle that just go down this insane rabbit hole of conspiracy theorizing? I haven't read The Name of the Rose so I can't really give it a personal recommendation, but given its…

Hey, how did I get dragged into this? I recommended people check into your writings. I'm starting to wonder if you're not the thoughtful commentator I took you for.

You're not from around here, are you?

Are you for serious? I'm 42, and horror movies scare the living shit out of me. I prefer ones like this, that aren't that scary, because the scary ones can be too intense. I loved The Conjuring, but that was right around my limit.

Ahab a feeling we'll be seeing more of this young talent…

So there's a person named Harvey Scrimshaw associated with this, and he's an actor, not a character? I'm all for period authenticity, but this may be a bridge too far.

Kim Kardashian reportedly made $85 million from her game, so I think the family can afford a few more years of chlorine tablets…

> thoughtful, ethically nuanced space exploration

Um, hello?

While I would definitely not describe him as likable, Wiseau comes across in the book as strange, sad, and damaged. And he certainly invests himself completely in his, um, artistic vision. Miraculously, that vision results in a success far out of any reasonable expectation, although, again, it is a strange,…