Also, the sense of shock/betrayal isn't comparable. Bush won a comfortable victory in 2004 after *losing the popular vote* in 2000 (this is not contested) and almost losing the electoral vote before an incredibly controversial intervention by the Supreme Court.

I remember being surprised that Canibus' Channel Zero wasn't meant purely as some kind of ironic joke.

I remember being surprised that Canibus' Channel Zero wasn't meant purely as some kind of ironic joke.

I think it's just that the last season is so over-the-top stupid that even the final Brazil-like twist doesn't actually redeem all the wasted time and stupid garbage (like Roseanne becoming a goddamn action hero).

I think it's just that the last season is so over-the-top stupid that even the final Brazil-like twist doesn't actually redeem all the wasted time and stupid garbage (like Roseanne becoming a goddamn action hero).

No, she develops but she doesn't age (two different things). Once she reaches full adulthood she's going to stay that way for all time, because despite being human enough to have a pulse and eat food and walk around in the sun without sparkling, she's biologically immortal.

No, she develops but she doesn't age (two different things). Once she reaches full adulthood she's going to stay that way for all time, because despite being human enough to have a pulse and eat food and walk around in the sun without sparkling, she's biologically immortal.

It's not really an exaggeration — this is what is implied by the fact that Jacob's overwhelming attraction to Bella instantly vanishes and is replaced by an "imprinting" on Renesmee as soon as Renesmee is born. He was never really in love with Bella at all, just fated to fall in love with the as-yet-unborn Renesmee…

It's not really an exaggeration — this is what is implied by the fact that Jacob's overwhelming attraction to Bella instantly vanishes and is replaced by an "imprinting" on Renesmee as soon as Renesmee is born. He was never really in love with Bella at all, just fated to fall in love with the as-yet-unborn Renesmee…

Yeah, it's not like The Cosby Show's defiant embrace of affluence meant it took place in a total bubble — the show frequently talked openly about class, and about the intersection between race and class. The Cosby kids were apparently constantly haunted by the "high expectations" of being the spawn of two super-rich…

Yeah, it's not like The Cosby Show's defiant embrace of affluence meant it took place in a total bubble — the show frequently talked openly about class, and about the intersection between race and class. The Cosby kids were apparently constantly haunted by the "high expectations" of being the spawn of two super-rich…

I swear to God in those photo ops of Barack Obama hanging out giving candy to trick-or-treaters they dressed him EXACTLY like "hanging around the house" Cliff Huxtable — the tastefully muted sweater and slacks ensemble was like a perfect match for the wardrobing on that show.

I swear to God in those photo ops of Barack Obama hanging out giving candy to trick-or-treaters they dressed him EXACTLY like "hanging around the house" Cliff Huxtable — the tastefully muted sweater and slacks ensemble was like a perfect match for the wardrobing on that show.

…But the ending was the only way there could be a "reward" for all of that. If all that shit had been presented as having "really happened" it would've utterly trashed the realism of the setting that made the show worth a damn in the first place.

…But the ending was the only way there could be a "reward" for all of that. If all that shit had been presented as having "really happened" it would've utterly trashed the realism of the setting that made the show worth a damn in the first place.

One of the things about the Asshole Sitcom Dad that makes him so frustrating is that he's generally given a pass to be the world's biggest asshole because he's also emasculated and powerless — he doesn't seem to give a shit about his wife and kids but he also has no power to actually *harm* his wife and kids, and as a…

One of the things about the Asshole Sitcom Dad that makes him so frustrating is that he's generally given a pass to be the world's biggest asshole because he's also emasculated and powerless — he doesn't seem to give a shit about his wife and kids but he also has no power to actually *harm* his wife and kids, and as a…

The ending of the show almost seems to have the message — if you take the last season as a meta-commentary on how becoming a Hollywood celebrity totally changed Roseanne's life and destroyed her grounding and whatnot — that part of the real-life Roseanne is wistful for the crappy ordinary life she used to have, filled…

The ending of the show almost seems to have the message — if you take the last season as a meta-commentary on how becoming a Hollywood celebrity totally changed Roseanne's life and destroyed her grounding and whatnot — that part of the real-life Roseanne is wistful for the crappy ordinary life she used to have, filled…

That's the thing. Married With Children and its ripoffs like Unhappily Ever After literally *were* about how all men were pigs — Al Bundy shoves his pigness in your face every single moment of the goddamn show — and male viewers ate that up.