Half John Carpenter, half John Woo. Old School. Not ironic. 
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Life is good. This exists.

@avclub-ba55c5c7f48491e1370ea8f921d99f62:disqus Now I get it. Thanks

Huh?

I was about to say the same thing. Why do this when Battle Royale already kicked so much ass? Also, I think it's been recently showing in theaters stateside as well

Exactly. Sincere joy is the what matters. Troll 2, Maniac Cop, all these films can be enjoyed without lazy sarcastic comments about how ridiculous it is. Enjoy the insanity. Maniac Cop would also make my list. Leprechaun: In Space-excellent choice. Leprechaun in the Hood-too self-aware.

Elias Koteas takes up the mantle of Casey Jones once again!!!
…please?

Caught Tinker Tailor one month ago at a tiny theater in Daegu, South Korea. Maybe six couples in the room, average age around 40. Two couples left within the first half hour. Another one left during the last five minutes. I'm sure they were expecting some kind of straight up Hollywood spy thriller. Oldman! Hardy!…

Nice. I love this review. It's not about smirking for an hour and a half about how terrible the film is. There is a sincere charm to these kinds of movies that can make them appreciated. I'm tired of ironic viewing (re: The Room, Troll 2). This looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Cool.

Engaging the themes is NOT what a critic does. A critic gives enough of a synopsis to offer some context to the audience. A critic weighs the merits of the material. If you want someone to "engage the themes", whatever that means, go to features or essays. A good critic shows some goddamn restraint, regardless of…

@avclub-100a2a14a7f2903d29db0dc435c0cfe8:disqus Played through the SNES version and the PSX version of 2 ages ago. Pretty damn funky. The scissors guy was appropriately freaky, but the second game may be one of the ugliest things I've seen on the Playstation.

Yeah, I'm also skeptical when a franchise is handed off to Western developers but I'm hearing nothing but good things about this.

I was thinking back to the original anime. Does the Korean drama have any relation? That Jackie Chan flick was the one with the Street Fighter sequence, right?

See, that's the issue I take here. It doesn't seem so out of place because that's what people expect now. That's not right. Criticism is a fluid thing, but this kind of review is participating in the habit internet reviewers need to ween themselves of: preaching about the material instead of reviewing it.

Nope. Keep snarking away at me, but nobody would get away with this much flowery prose if it wasn't a game review. Maybe a Hugo would, but that's about it. Reviewers see a game like this or Bastion or Braid or whatever and they see it as their chance to wax poetic. There are games and then there are the games as ART.…

Wow. I'm sure the game is lovely and I loved Flower. But, Christ, reign in the hyperbole,Russ. You're doing a REVIEW. Game reviews won't get taken seriously until writers stop falling in love with their own prose and attempt some objective criticism and explanation of the mechanics. Definitely picking this up, but…

Deep Cuts: I Love a Mystery! Great drama serial. 10-12 minute segments that went on for 30-40 episode arcs. Great atmosphere and fairly quick pacing make this an easy series to pick up. "The Thing That Cries in the Night" is definitely worth checking out.

I'm saying an interview should only involve a brief objective explanation, and any opinion about the material should be left to the actual site review. Tasha's write-up clearly takes a stance that opposes Rabin's. Maybe they could do some kind of Dueling Reviews section, ala Why Don't You Like This. Just came across…

Favorite part is Samberg's THRICE repeated homeboy hand gesticulations. Get on with your bad self, you shitty, shitty comedian.

That's hot.

Ugh. This is more what I expected. Tasha was laying it really thick in her interview about how enjoyable this film is, and that a. The good news is I think we're getting to the saturation point for self-awareness. "Look at all these tropes we know about! Watch us comment on them instead of developing an original film!"