Colbert's new show isn't as good as his old one, but his material is still really strong, and the man himself is just incredibly likable.

I couldn't have been less interested in some Planet of the Apes prequel when the first one came out, and now I think it may be the strongest blockbuster franchise going right now. The two movies so far are kind of on another level. Smart, relevant, fun but kind of terrifying.

I'm gonna try out this new Paper Mario game. I've enjoyed them all so far and it's been awhile since I've played a Nintendo game that wasn't Smash. And it's been awhile since I've played any game that wasn't a remaster/remake (Twilight Princess HD, Uncharted Collection, Bioshock Collection, and Elder Scrolls next…

One on hand, I love Star Wars. All of them. Even the prequels, with all their flaws, are still incredibly imaginative and distinctly the work of one man's vision (even though it takes however many thousands of people to realize that vision)

I had never seen Meyers' show until recently, and I gotta say I really enjoy his Closer Look segments. They're very well-researched, thoughtfully organized and, obviously, pretty funny.

Why this works, for me, is that the battles are very fast-paced, but retain the satisfying mechanics of the previous Paper Mario games. Jumping on an enemy in a Super Mario game just has an indescribable, perfectly calculated satisfaction to it. And the battles in Sticker Star have that. Timing the jumps and hammer…

Yeah, where many are disappointed in the direction of Paper Mario, I'm disappointed in the direction of Mario & Luigi. Dream Team wasn't my favorite, but it was still super solid. The newest one was such a bummer though. Those papercraft battles just weren't fun, and Toad mini games got old real fast.

It's funny that Zelda fans complained that Nintendo wouldn't mess with the formula for the longest time. But Paper Mario fans complain that they keep changing it (to be fair, way less PM games). I totally get it, but I like that they use the series as a springboard for weird ideas for subverting RPG tropes, even if…

Since it's bound to come up, I just have to say it: I loved Sticker Star. It was a weird, intentionally obscure mishmash of genres and ideas that felt thoroughly Nintendo, and I hate that its legacy is so negative.

I just began watching it, and started with the Thom Yorke episode since I'm a massive Radiohead fan. And even devoid of context, Space Ghost yelling "Banjoooo!" killed me.

I love Benoist (I'm catching up on the show via Netflix), but something about this guy's face is just…unsupermanny.

But he's also a human being with, ostensibly, passion for other human beings. I understand where Fallon is coming from, but he clearly missed the point. Colbert made fun of Trump on the very show he was on, and it was criticized for not being hard *enough*. Fallon treated Trump the same way he treats Kermit the Frog.

I was often someone who would defend Fallon around here. His humor is lowest-common denominator, inoffensive and bland, but I do think he's incredibly energetic, charming and good at what he does (compare that to Jay Leno, who was unfunny and bad at what he did).

Sorry I didn't see the compass question originally. Pretty sure you edited it in after I had already started my response.

Now, just to preface all this, I think you have to keep in mind that the show is about a magical island. You know how "the force" is ambiguous in Star Wars? The Island's magic is somewhat ambiguous in Lost. You may not like it, and that's fine, but Lost is clearly very inspired by SW from the beginning.

I would argue that every mystery was solved. Name a mystery, I'll point you to the answer.

I honestly think the 4th and 5th seasons are the best seasons of the show.

They weren't dead the whole time.

Oh yeah, his short stories are still genuinely entertaining; chilling, darkly humorous, inventive. But I do wonder how well that would translate to long-form writing.

Why do you think it was "bullshit all along"? You know they weren't dead the whole time, right?