If I remember correctly Kojima originally wanted people to think Snake Eater was a reboot of the series set in the 60's and the Big Boss reveal was supposed to be a twist ending, but he gave up on it once people put two and two together.

To be fair to EVA, she's clearly supposed to be a take on the hyper-sexual femme fatales of Bond films a la Pussy Galore, so having her be sexualised feels pretty natural to the tone of the game (not to mention the end twist that she was just trying to seduce Big Boss for her mission anyway.)

The Tarkin novel that just came out confirmed Tarkin knew Vader was Anakin, but he didn't know what a "sith" was, persay. He probably assumed Vader was just a drop out who served the emperor in exchange for not getting Order 66'd.

"The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who…

It was mostly a response to critics of the day who accused him of writing weightless pop music, but the actual phrase "silly love songs" came from a comment Lennon himself made, or so the legend goes.

Bill Maher influences politics by being an obnoxious and racist assclown who got shut down on his Islamophobia by Ben Affleck of all people. I wouldn't call him better than Stewart at all, since at least Stewart tries to influence politics without also saying shit like vaccinations should be questioned.

I know this is a bit late, but since you asked if this was a reference to something I feel like I should at least put forth my theory:
The play portion of the episode seemed heavily influenced by Revolutionary Girl Utena (a favorite of the showrunners and a huge influence on the show's fight scenes, specifically…

Both West End Games and the short story collection Tales from the Cantina established two of the dumbest precedents of the old EU:
1. Every movie character, no matter how small their part was on screen, gets a name and at least a two-paragraph backstory
2. half of these backstories will involve wanting to kill Han Solo…

My favourite mutation of the Minions meme comes from "ironic" facebook pages writing awful, pessimistic messages like "your mother and I are getting divorced" and watching middle aged folks stumble upon them.

I never thought I'd say this, but Imagine Dragons really make me long for the dulcet tones of Gene Simmons.
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Look man, while I don't agree with you about the white people thing being racist (jokes about white people are, at their worst, unfairly prejudiced, but "white people love hackysack" is pretty damn tame.)

Not "direct" sequels persay-rather, an ARG the author wrote in response to positive reviews from 4chan users. It fleshes out the background of BEN and introduces a cultist angle, which is normally poison for these things but I think it's subtle enough here that it still remains effective.
http://jadusable.wikia.com/…

It honestly gets better once you start reading the sequels the author wrote for it, which unlike other creepypastas manages to expand on the story without diminishing its mystery or spookiness (the creepy old dude at the beginning, for example, still goes unexplained.)

You know what? I'm genuinely interested, if only out of the vain hope that they'll convince Nintendo to adapt Ben Drowned for Season 2. I mean, it won't happen, since half that story relies heavily on how creepy the original Majora's Mask is, and I doubt Nintendo would allow an official adaptation of a story about a…

That's too bad, since the timeline of the first Harry Potter movie meant that it would have been Gilliam's first project following Fear and Loathing. Would have been fascinating to see him shift from one end of the literary spectrum to another and see how similar they are under the same lens. I'm just imagining the…

Considering that I was about a year older than the intended audience when it came out, AND it was part of the awful French/Canadian anime-looking ripoff shows that replaced Toonami, I consider Ben 10 and its affiliated spin-offs to be the face of Cartoon Network's worst impulses during the late aughts of shoving…

While I can see a lot of this as Buzz simply distraught over not knowing everything about one of his oldest and dearest friends, I can totally buy him disproving the story about the mentally handicapped girl-as he says in the actual article, if her father raised a big of a stink as Cobain says he did, everyone in…

Get outta here, Lucas. You only have yourself to blame.

Has James Harden apologized yet for insulting our Lord and Saviour Lil B THE BASED GOD?

"Old Brown Shoe" is one of the best Harrison tracks and I REFUSE to let you A.V. DUMBS tarnish its funked out vibe.