not for straight white dudes, maybe.

This presupposes that Superbad is, in fact, a good high school movie.  I think that’s open for debate.

Don’t ungrey ncbo. He’s a troll marvel incel. He harasses me constantly with racism and sexism. I just dismiss his hateful comments.

I started watching this series since I needed some treadmill TV. Honestly, I like it better than GOT. The scope is much smaller. It’s all about the succession. Far less violence, nearly no sex, and everything makes logical sense.

This show had no business being as absolutely fun as it has been.  Watching Johnny and Chozen go back and forth on their Daniel fights and man-praise was hilarious.

The one thing Netflix has to really stand out from other streamers now is how international their offerings are. I love that I can watch shows and movies from places other than the US, UK, mostly anime from Japan, some Hong Kong movies, and a couple things from Canada.

It’s subjective. Many people never loved him; some of us were amazed at the hipster enthusiasm where people had Bill Murray bumper stickers on their vehicles and whatnot. Whatever your nostalgia is for Meatballs or Ghost Busters.

To be fair, that’s a pretty low bar. Especially for a series based on a game that is essentially already a cinematic experience.

Counterpoint: The Last of Us was already basically an interactive film, versus being a video game first and foremost (Sony seems to focus on those with their first party games, from Naughty Dog’s recent output to the God of War reboot). If you just cut the gameplay segments and create one of those “video game movies”…

Love how this site is predictably ignoring the currently most wishlisted game on Steam and one of the surefire blockbusters of 2023. Gotta love politics. Anyways, I have my copy pre ordered, can’t wait to play it!

You may not like it, or want to promote it, but the hogwarts game is at the top of this list. I’m not paying for it, but to leave it off the list is telling.

I loved his performance, personally. And he’s right about one thing, at least: That is one of the best makeup and prosthetic jobs I’ve ever seen.

And the term “nepo babies” is thrown around at anyone who has a famous parent in the business, whether there’s evidence of wrong doing or not. This is literally someone who tried to have his wife hired and quit when the network wouldn’t.

I’ll cop to not really getting what the article’s “intended inferences” are, but I’m aware of the facts and I stand by my interpretation. I will stipulate that I should have said that Sapochnik was trying to throw his weight around to get his unqualified wife re-hired, however.

As with many newswires, the tone and point of view expressed in the article are...difficult to interpret, but I’d argue that the phrase “spousal solidarity” has inherently positive connotations. “He’s sticking by his wife!”

It’s murky. She had a producer credit in season 1, but that could mean anything. Reading between the lines, I’d guess he he wanted her to take on a more hands-on role in production and HBO balked at the expanded responsibilities. 

Fine, he attempted to throw his weight around and failed. When matters have escalated to such an extent that mediators need to be brought in and you quit in a huff when you don’t get your way I think you’ve moved beyond merely asking. Either way this is, by definition, nepotism.

So, to be clear, the AV Club is anti-“nepo baby,” but throwing your weight around to try to get your unqualified wife hired as a producer is an act of “spousal solidarity.”

I imagine if she were even remotely qualified and performed the bare minimum during season 1, they would have had no issue allowing it. Sounds like that wasn’t the case.

Not every show needs a season long overarching plot. On procedurals like this it’s usually some tacked on, tired conspiracy plot or a lame supposedly “boss level” baddie that takes time away from character development and making an actually interesting main plot.