I don’t think this is going to be at all related to the original. It sounds like a complete remake.

Once again, thank you for the reviews. Hope to follow you somewhere else.

I’ve said before these SNL reviews are one of the first things I read on Sunday mornings, often before I’ve watched the episode. I’ve been worried they weren’t long for this world since word came out last December of what G / O was pulling...so this week’s news was expected but no less disappointing. I’m glad at least…

Is this a new trend on The AV Club: when someone has a different opinion, the people who disagree claim they don’t know what they’re talking about? Or is that just America today?

In many cases I would agree with you, but in this instance the original character and show received such an unsatisfying ending, he deserves...well, to have them put right what once went wrong, and that would be helped greatly by an appearance by the original actor.

Yes, “Rebel Without a Clue” in season 3.

That’s always been my rationalization as well.

The vampire one followed the Dr. Ruth one. “Dr. Ruth” ended in the waiting room after she talked to Al, so when she leaped out, we saw the person who leaped in take off her glasses and bare his teeth to reveal he had fangs/was a vampire.

You must not have read the same A Little Life then, because the one written by Hanya Yanagihara is exactly as described by this reviewer: emotionally manipulative and disgusting misery porn.

Certainly not an ideal show, but I definitely appreciated the effort and that they went through with it. Like the SNL at Home episodes, it was comforting in these weird times to have the show on in any form. I hope everybody in studio was safe.

The phrase “Only in Theaters” has indeed been there for decades. The phrase “Only in MOVIE Theaters” hasn’t. As recently as the Spider-Man: Far From Home poster, Sony believed “Only in Theaters” was enough to tell audiences where they would exclusively find the film. Now they have so little faith in the intelligence…

Which is exactly my point. The phrase “Only in Theaters” worked successfully for decades. At what point did they decide it wasn’t specific enough and it needed to be “Only in Movie Theaters”?

My point was that the phrase “Only in Theaters,” which they used on numerous posters over the years, including the Spider-Man: Far From Home poster, would seem to cover that. But enough people have responded that I’m dumb (and liked comments to that effect) that I accept I was wrong. “Only in Theaters” will not…

And using the previous phrase, “Only in Theaters,” that appeared on posters for years, wouldn’t get that point across? They have to specify it’s movie theaters? That was my point.

I’ve never noticed that “Exclusively in Movie Theaters” line on posters before, but a Google search turned up other recent examples. Are they worried audiences might get confused and try to see films in other types of theaters? Open air? Arena? In-the-round?

The review was obviously posted early, but critics usually get screeners so they can write a review before the episode airs and post it when it does. In this case, most of the reviews before the show started noted that critics were given the first 7 episodes upfront.

The Movie Spoiler has a plot summary up:

It’s an industry term. There are currently five majors — Disney, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, and Sony.

I think the distinction is that Fire Island was made by Searchlight, which isn’t considered a major studio (even if it is currently owned by Disney. But Disney isn’t sticking its name on it).