Blockbuster was an evil company
Blockbuster was an evil company and I have no idea why anyone rented from them. Their prices were 2-4 times more than other stores and upper management made fortunes while average employees were wage-slave chattel. But one can't underestimate the appeal of uniform, "clean stores" to…

"Blockbuster Inc. is set to file for bankruptcy tomorrow in New York before the stock market opens, using a $125 million loan to reorganize so it can compete with rivals such as Netflix Inc. in renting movies online"

just ask the AV Club whether people are affected by pop culture
Are you seriously suggesting that movies/TV/books don't influence people? Seems like pretty much every AVQ&A is about how pop culture affected lives. Here's a few recent ones:

wtf pta
Meanwhile, another follower of mohammed's Krazy Kult of Peace just tried to plant a bomb in Chicago. Unfortunately the fact that he was caught will only help keep Americans blissfully ignorant as to what's going on in their country and the world. But by all means, Paul Thomas Anderson, we need your talents…

Neither of these author's views are "messed up" in the slightest. And Heinlein's views ranged from far left to far right and everything in between so the only way to call his views "messed up" is to say that all views are messed up.

The movie is fucking fantastic as are the songs. And that child catcher … creepiest movie villian ever! I always sing the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang song to my car when I need it to go a few miles more.

Actually, his description is spot on, except you have to replace "25 pounds overweight" with "50 pounds overweight" nowadays. What I do find hard to believe is that there are so many brain-washed, politically-correct nimwits today who are so eager to proclaim their political correctness by badmouthing things like…

Wow Mr. Greene, you sure know your mid-twentieth century gay British artists. And I have to imagine you wrote those names from memory because you slightly misspelled a few: Lucian and Forster. Evelyn Waugh was a particularly good call considering he was a born-again Catholic who married and had 7 kids; and yet he…

"Signs" merely asserts the existence of mysteries beyond (current) explanation and thus asserts the possible existence of god(s) or at least of greater purpose in the universe than just atoms bouncing around.

The hat is the least of his problems.
Those godawful baggy knee-long shorts that the man-children are wearing… those things have been an abomination for twenty years now, since the days of the Fab Four at Michigan. Dammit somebody make it stop.

"Inevitable live-action version…", "Wasn't there already a live action version?"

"but he certainly looks the part"
Nope, but I don't care much if an actor is the splitting image of the subject he's playing since it's more important to have a good actor. The "huge" problem with this casting is that Cohen is 6' 4" while Mercury was 5' 9". You can't have a Freddy Mercury that towers over his…

interesting background

Seriously, 3rd Prize; how about that Sri Lankan woman that had 24 nails driven into her hands and body by her Saudi employers: http://thelede.blogs.nytime…

First off, why on earth would someone named "Leonard Pierce" have a fascination with a-rabs?

get real, AV Club
There is absolutely NOTHING WRONG WITH RACISM!! Only a fucking moron would think that all human genotypes are equivalent. And this kind of liberal fascist groupthink is destroying the human race and ultimately the planet (as the least fit human beings become ever more numerous). I applaud…

I pretty much agree with that quote, so … right on Lee! You get 'em!

This site http://www.tedmills.com/200… has several images of the pug from throughout the movie, including one with Stewart.

stay far far away
I love The Who and love pretty much everything Ken Russell's done EXCEPT this movie. Haven't seen it in 25 years but remember it being one of the worst movies ever, probably because of the disappointment factor. Stay away from this shit and see Russell's superior "Lisztomania" instead — made the…

Yeah, it's like the other day I'm watching Showtime at the Apollo and I'm like all damn SatA can't you find any funny white people for your show?