The Quran is more of a reboot or a reimagining than a sequel.

And then he came up with an in-universe explanation of the changes and why they were made.

"But only Clive Cussler could dream of having Clive Cussler step in to lend ol' Dirk Pitt a hand."

The awkward bit is that the dwarves are, in many ways, deliberately inspired by the Jews.

Really? I've never gotten any indication that she's a drama queen. She's got resting bitch face and a very … non-chipper personality, but she seems pretty chill.

This was actually much, much, much less terrible that I thought it would be. I was fully expecting Simmons to talk about how terrible the guy's music was or to berate him for his gender non-conformity or something like that.

She looks like she's playing Jesus in a youth group passion play.

Bloom fake-fired those arrows so it would look like he was doing it faster than any human could (what with his being an elf and all) - which he was, since you can fire an arrow a hell of a lot quicker when you're only pretending to notch it and draw the string back.

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Snoopy: *Suddenly, a shot rang out.*
Lucy: I wonder if "suddenly" is the right word in this instance?
Snoopy: *Gradually, a shot rang out.*

Which is exactly why Bill Watterson's reasoning for refusing to merchandize "Calvin and Hobbes" is much more than him just indulging his penchant for being a luddite …

It's basically the scene with all the kids getting injured on the trampoline in the Simpsons' backyard but as an entire theme park.

Yeah, the thing is that Columbus DID discover America.

It can be two things.

Cruz is the Zodiac Killer; Trump is the Corinthian.

The dialogue in that movie was so stilted. It was patented Whedon banter™ but it just didn't hit home. It sounded like an off-brand imitation of witty, quippy Whedon dialogue that just didn't work coming out of the characters' mouths.

Yeah, but supporting literal terrorists in third-world countries is very different than supporting those kind of things in your own nation …

I think these militias were sort of like Trump and his anti-GOP establishment Tea Party supporters today: the GOP created a monster they didn't want and couldn't control by pandering to anti-government sentiment amongst the kookier elements of the American right.

This is a rather toxic and particularly dangerous kind of activism, wherein it's assumed that because the criticism you're making is true (and often, as in this case, it isn't even actually true at all) you're allowed to be self-righteous and condemn people for not knowing things that they couldn't possibly have known…