It's funny, the Speed Buggy/Mac-5 scene was distinctly a Family Guy-type of gag - well, an early FG kind of gag at least, so it kinda surprised me to see that in this show. But it worked, mainly because Futurama isn't solely dependent on those type of gags.

"And you know who I hate the most? That monkey we haven't seen for years. Gunther."

For a show with a slashed budget, the animation in these episodes were top notch.

Be careful with EW with reviews of films like this. EW LOVES self-aware, celebrity-riffing comedies. They don't review the films in and of themselves, but self-fellate themselves on being "in the know" of all the in-gags and self-awareness. They kinda act like they're part of the joke, even though no one fucking…

The only real thing that disliked about Watchman the movie was the part where Rorschach killed the pedophile. In the comic, it's purposely ambiguous. I mean, we KNOW he did it, but there's the idea that maybe he didn't, which Rorschach ignores (and by proxy, our justice system) by straight-up killing him. But in the…

Also, the whole "how to I explain this to my kid" thing is stupid as shit. You're an adult. Explain it! What's skeet? It's slang for ejaculation. Time for the birds and bees talk. Also explain fetishes. Plop them in front of the XBOX and go to work. Jesus.

I always found this piece of criticism weird. Games for the most part are smartasses (more or less) killing a shit load of people. Why is Nathan suddenly this evil dude? Granted, I get the whole "story theme vs. gameplay" thing doesn't fit, but I buy it. I like to think of it as what you'd get if the The Mummy was…

I agree with all of this. The main problem is that the movie (and the ads) don't seem to indicate that the film is meant to be glib or tongue-in-cheek, like They Live. It takes the premise too serious. Even in Bioshock, the characters and premise were so larger than life - also the fact that it's clearly an alternate…

Huh. WAS the reaction lukewarm? I got the sense it was mostly positive with a couple of noted flaws.

It's sort of a weird thing that nepotism (which is essentially what "networking" comes down to) is accepted in the working industry of any field, but affirmative action is the one that gets all the shit. Meritocracy? HAH!

The thing about Minerva (and Lola, etc.) is that the animators specifically made her to be titillating. It's the "joke," definitely, but they had very much intentionally drew her to elicit… a reaction, physically and mentally.

There's nothing wrong with crushing on Robin Hood.

Besides, the British mastered the brilliant sport of Jiskefet.

Yeah, I may have made that statement in earnest, as Adams goes to dismiss that right after. Still, I have very severe issues with auteur theory, even in the general sense.

“This started off as a picture of a cat, but rare is an image that evokes that much comedy…"

"For anyone raised on the auteur theory or any of its watered-down offshoots, “personal” is an unqualified good."

Let's not be too hasty to say that Michael (or anyone else) "needs" their family. It's one thing to say that the family dynamics keep everyone in check - collectively, they're still pretty awful, even when together. They just happen to be a different degree of awful when separate.

This reminded me, oddly enough, of Bravest Warriors - that online cartoon by the Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward. It too had a weak couple of first episodes and weird structure and odd timing/editing choices, but eventually comes together down the stretch.

I think they should just drop the entire thing concerning plot, story, and characterizations, and just have all the characters talk shit to each other. The only promising things this show has left are their hilariously-delivered insults.

I'm amazed a lot more people didn't pick up on that. INDIFFERENT AMBULANCE ATTENDANT was fantastic. Please say there's a gif of him out there somewhere.