Thanks, but no thanks. The last TLJ “critique” someone posted here didn’t make it 30 seconds in before bitching about Mary Sues. 

Was Armand Assante in a Basic Instinct spoof, or did I imagine that?

“Topper, I can kill again! You’ve given me a reason to live!”

I mostly agree with the piece, but I detect the author slightly turning his nose up at the “anything-for-a-laugh” movies that came after Airplane. Some of my absolute favourite spoof movies are from that era, and I don’t think there’s anything necessarily wrong with prioritising the yuks over “character” or “theme”.…

I think my favorites are the mockumentary about the inner-city wizarding school, the duel between competing voice effects actors, and the one behind the scenes of Family Matters where Urkel’s actor is using mind control on people.

HUH? What the hell, a movie won an Oscar in the category that the film was strongest in? Why kind of madness is this.

Obligatory shout out to the AV Club forums for The Americans:

Uh, raises hand. I still play the first 3 records on occasion.

Def Leppard was actually one of the best shows I ever saw. Ended up working security for a show where the power grid went down, and all we had was the emergency lights which for some reason included these four purple spotlights aimed at the stage in the center of the coliseum. Instead of calling it a night since…

They’re actually doing an arena tour this Summer with Def Leppard!

Finally got around to watching these. These are good and the opening Dentist, Dentist joke was great. UFO are very underrated in the US.

Me too! I found myself rooting for him!

I’m surprisingly invested in Voq’s plight.

I agree, I like how they fleshed out the Klingons. This way it isn’t simply Federation vs. antagonists of the day; Klingons. The Klingons have their own story, personalities, motivations, they have flaws and strengths and like the humans have people they do and do not get along with. Voq ended up being too trusting,…

Yeah, I don’t think it could be any more clear that Lorca is a villain. He has a standing desk!

Tom, I’m getting depressed since we’re drawing close to our current year and while I look forward to reading this column through your pick for 2017 I’m not sure I want to live in a world where I can’t read your analysis of action movies every other week. So, either pitch a Dig Deep Into the Runners-Up column or start…

It would be nice if more online publications had any metric beyond clicks for realizing how little dipshits like Yiannopoulos actually matter in the broader cultural conversation. It’s a small niche that gives a fuck about this idiot. That this small niche is particularly vocal and belligerent should not affect how…

And the ones I know who like him couldn’t convert an ice cube to water

This is a dumb idea.

I kind of feel the opposite about Battle Born. I’ve been listening since shortly after Hot Fuss came out. While I really liked that Hot Fuss, I loved Sam’s Town. Day & Age had some good songs, but didn’t resonate nearly the same way that either of the first two albums did for me. So when Battle Born returned to that…