Umm, you've been in those circles? Because I have and it's pretty fucking easy to have a "lilly white" close circle of friends (yes, even in the arts). And there's crtiticsms of her personal narrative choices - which are fair and to which I respond (also fairly) that she speaks of what she knows and it'd be far worse…

I'm sure your post comes from a place of genuine frustration, but come on. Grow a skin. Who went chasing you with pitchforks and torches?

I would totally see the "half space-Nazi, half Yeezus tour."

MEESEEKS ARE NOT BORN INTO THIS WORLD FUMBLING FOR MEANING!

I loved the hell out of Tideland. I haven't tried to watch it twice, in part because it's a genuinely hard movie to get through, but that's part of what I loved about the experience.

I know this is from the first film, but anytime someone points out something incredibly obvious that I missed, I can't help deadpanning to myself, "I realize that … now."

I'll always remember this episode fondly for making my generally stoic dad laugh harder than I remember him ever laughing before at something on TV. As I recall, it all came down to these two lines-

Does John Murdoch from Dark City count? I'm not sure it's telekinesis he develops at the end.  They call it "tuning" and it's a little more like "re-writing reality", but the visual effects are much the same.

There's a beat when Jess tells Nick that Schmidt claimed to major in "Nickology" (or whatever) and Nick's about to respond - but doesn't fully get out - "There's no such thing" … that is just perfect comedic timing.  I'm going to re-watch the episode just for that.

@avclub-f5fc0943a2d597c869afec4103a54605:disqus I certainly don't mean that Bob's Burgers or The Simpsons are as treacly or as stale as Family Circus, and I also wouldn't denigrate anyone who's ever enjoyed a Family Circus cartoon.  My point is that it's a let down for me when yet another animated family sitcom…

I wouldn't insist on aging the kids in real time (as if I had the power to insist on anything), but once a show declares that they're basically going to run the same stories over and over again without growth or character development, I tune out.  It all becomes Family Circus to me.

Another cool idea. Why not let these shows play around with the format? Shouldn't that be one of the benefits of an animated series?

Futurama made a point for a while of showing the passage of time.  To give just one example, Fry only had to learn that Xmas was celebrated "differently" in the future once, and the next time Xmas came around, the show didn't pretend that Fry had no idea what was happening.

I really didn't need another reason to love Ed Wood … but I'll take it.

I love this show, but why not let the kids age?

Radiohead's "Life in a Glass House" … so maybe not electronic surveillance per se.  Still, nearly all of Radiohead's catalog conveys such dread and paranoia, it just seems odd that they're not represented on this list somehow.

"While sister show Futurama could boast the literally infinite storytelling possibilities of science fiction", like Bender becoming a chef, Bender becoming a folk singer, Bender becoming a mobster, Bender becoming a soap opera star, Bender getting a sex change, Bender becoming a fireman, Bender becoming a folk singer…

That's a fair criticism (and a lot milder than a lot of the disdain posted here, wow), but it's never bothered me any more than a TV show with commercial breaks has ever bothered me (even if the repetition of the "before" and "after" beats stick out a lot more when you're re-watching episodes on DVD).  In the context…

Radiolab is why podcasts were invented.  It's the venn diagram sweet-spot of science, poetry and entertainment.

No "Anthology of Interest"?  Really?  I mean, Futurama's body is still warm …