Ironically, I thought Jessica Jones’ first season ended like four episodes before it actually ended.

It’s just weird to place the trends brought on by the Golden Age and streaming at the feet of raw episode counts. Like, a counterpoint is that instead of getting one good season of Queen’s Gambit followed by seven increasingly-bad, legacy-ruining subsequent seasons, we have one single miniseries people can return to…

I *do* think the category itself is the problem. For one, a big motivation for adding a category is being able to invite more appealing guests to be in the awards audience, but it’s not exactly exciting to see a standup sitting at a table. Secondly, of course big names are going to get nominated; the Globes are about…

It’s been holding on screens admirably since November, but it seems a missed opportunity not to put The Holdovers on streaming right before Christmas.

Ah, didn’t catch that; thanks for the correction.

you’re telling me

you’re twelve years in the past bruh

Yep, down to the failed music career.

“How can I hate women when me own mum’s one?”

Maybe I’m still salty from the new Indiana Jones but knowing Hollywood they’ll only cast one person and use awkward aging techniques.

probably for the best, considering Evelyn’s Cuban.

Beyond the people in the room, yes. The morning after, reddit and facebook were falling over themselves to praise him for showing those Hollywood bigwigs what’s what. Heck, Tom Hanks’ grimace was the thumbnail for the very popular youtube clip of the monologue.

Heck, when the black employee says he knows what joke Brent is telling, Brent backtracks and shames the employee for making the joke. Brent helps steal Tim’s shoes and throw them on a pub. He witnesses his employees pantsing another employee and starts cackling “tickle him! Tickle him!”

damn that’s like the second-oldest video on youtube

He wasn’t exactly a villain; he didn’t make crass and racist jokes because he was ideologically driven. David Brent tells jokes because he just wants people to like him, and he often knows when he’s crossing a line.

People were so laudatory of his Golden Globes monologue a few years back, treating his digs at streaming services (which he works with) like some huge truth-to-power moment; as though he hadn’t been invited and the monologue certainly vetted by the network beforehand.

People already are moving back towards physical media. Or taking to the friendly seas.

That’s certainly fine; I think we both know this article isn’t predicated on that generalized, overarching disappointment. Maybe an earlier incarnation of the AvClub, but we’re in the “kicking ‘em while they’re down” phase of this site.

The Flash is a really good example of a movie which, with every step of the production and release process, there were clear signs one’s expectations couldn’t be low enough. 

Sadly, this quirky, ultra-specific genre is fast becoming an anachronism as more viewers opt for ad-free viewing.