so true. in this day and age it’s a herculean task to find sincere media unbeholden to concepts like profit or industry. which is why i turn to such fonts of organic sincerity such as the avclub and...the barbie™ movie.

you can tell the king has a good sense of humor because the jester gets to make fun of him when commanded.

My larp experience is limited, but I’ve played D&D and been to a few cons; and in my experience my own ability to forget myself and have fun hinges a lot on feeling comfortable and safe being the “right” amount of into the shared fantasy. Paying a lot of money for the experience and being thrown in with strangers…

so you’re saying just a four-minute ovation at cannes 

gotta be effective at more than just chopping at peoples’ knees

ye best be believing in advertisements, TheUnnumberedOne, yer reading a website that’s nothing but ‘em!

Mad Max isn’t a film series about “continuity” (well, up ‘til now). It’s a feature imo; the focus is on the story you’re being told in the moment.

you’re projecting a lot reading an acceptance of bad plot, dialogue, and characterization in my comment here (and c’mon, “NPC?” Are you 15?). But, to extend the metaphor simply: I’m arguing for building a complete, habitable house every time. They aren’t giving us a complete full bathroom with toilet, sink, and shower…

imo a franchise’s canon should be messy and inconsistent. Art/media means different things to different people, and Star Wars especially has a bunch of influences, ideas, and themes with no one really comprising what “makes” Star Wars. Placing that under the purview of one person who’ll then decide what Star Wars “is”…

people in my screening were giggling.

The leadup to Phantom Menace coming out was so electric for a twelve year-old such as myself. Growing up through the late 80s and 90s, there was so little Star Wars content beyond toys and action figures. I’d eat up every EU book, rent every tangentially-related work (looking at you Ewok Movie and Caravan of Courage),…

Yoda hopping and jumping around was downright silly.

“If everybody keeps talking about it maybe everybody will stop talking about it.” Kinda sounds like you just wanna keep reading about it as long as the tone’s snarky

checks calendar Ah, it’s time for two weeks of complaining about the Cannes standing ovations while reporting on each and every one of ‘em

you know you’re straining for that word count when you’re writing “Paul McCartney, the second-eldest living Beatle”

harps on matters of grammar and then rails against “academia” when it’s suggested they learn even a little bit about grammar. nice.

Based on the review, I can say for certain it’s a movie.

crack an MLA guide much? Don’t think ya do

One of my favorite things about Mad Max as a franchise is the utter lack of continuity. It’s just impossible to believe things would change so drastically over one man’s life (half of it, really), and there’s so little concern for any sort of through line beyond “Max used to be a cop, and a terrible loss in his past…

Dude’s gonna be 99, pounding out Max movies. We love to see it.