Honestly that sounds like a very Conan thing to do- come across extremely genuine but make no secret of the fact that it's all fake, top to bottom.

Maybe that's why "Matilda" as a novel always seemed a little half-baked and unfinished… both major adaptations of it are superior to the novel, as far as I'm concerned.

Gene Wilder's dapper deadpan is brilliant, but utterly out of place in Dahl's somewhat Pythonesque aesthetic. It's a highly American figure- the quiet, reprehensible genius clown who gets away with whatever he wants because of charm and power. A Ben Franklin. Even the more American-seeming Depp Wonka (you say unfunny…

If you look up the lyrics to "I Love the USA" on Genius, Rivers Cuomo has "annotated" the whole thing with sprawling poetry much more critical of the country.

The Riddler, even more than many characters, has always seemed somewhat pathological. Never has the link between superheroic noir melodrama and mental health been more closely linked than Batman in general, but nothing is as explicit as "Gotham" making the Riddler pretty clearly an autistic savant, ignorant of social…

What I want the most is for Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland to make the "Howard the Duck" movie.

Honestly, I had the immediate thought "animated series. Eden Sher. Squirrel Girl. Go."
Then I remembered that Eden is (was?) providing the voice for a Squirrel Girl-esque space princess superheroine on another TV show already.

Oddly enough, this might be the reason the ripoff app Evil Apples has a leg up- constantly updating, usually free or "winnable" expansions.

It depends on the group you work with- who your players are and who your DM is. Your setting dictates content, but your cast and crew dictate tone. I've played many serious campaigns with one group, but another group I've long associated with tends towards absurdity and constant back and forth quipping. (I think it…

Based on the unexpected popularity of this post, I've decided to contact the record engineer of "SONIC: INTERVIEW INSANITY" to see if he still has the master.

Maybe the Han Solo solo film will walk the character back in his old direction of "morally repugnant antihero" by having him commit undeniably evil acts with a devil-may-care attitude and lots of quips. That's what kids like, right?
I'm picturing a scene with young Han and young Lando, where Lando accuses Han of going…

Oh, absolutely. Takes the whole thing from "cool movie soundtrack" to "one of the only two reggae albums you need, ever." Most of the stuff on Disc 2 isn't even in the film, but it functions as an "expanded universe" of the pre-Bob Marley reggae diaspora.
I've gotta say, Bob Marley and the Wailers both saved and…

Daario - Action.
The Hound - Bernardo.
Pod - Anybodys/A-Rab teamup.

I've been calling him Pope Yellowface…
Google "Jonathan Pryce, Miss Saigon."

I'm not OCD in any technical sense, but I enjoy certain elements of meaningless ritual. There are certain albums I feel compelled to listen to in certain situations: if I'm on a cruise ship, I'm always going to have to bring along the three albums by The Dream Academy for pacing about on the top walking deck. Should I…

Political unrest is brewing and I'm scared, even though the closest I come to the UK is summering in Bermuda. I remember, the night of the Paris bombings, I was with a group of friends watching movies, and someone put on V for Vendetta. At the end, I just looked at my friends and we all agreed- "this movie isn't as…

I just got the "Sound System" complete expanded discography set two weeks ago, and between that and "The Harder They Come" expanded soundtrack, June has been a month of music immersed in rudeboy culture.

I've looked. I suspect it was destroyed before release- either because it was bad, or offensive, or just too weird. Some more highlights:
Robotnik, the only Sonic-original character I did not play, had a Serbian-Russian accent, and was forever accompanied by a balalaika playing a Serbian folk song. When he "smashed the…

The funny thing is, despite how many varied and usually acclaimed things he has done post-Potter, Dan Radcliffe will always be most famous for being Harry Potter. Conversely, Emma Watson hasn't done all that much by comparison, and mostly forgettable, but she's arguably become more famous for being Emma Watson than…

I feel obliged to mention one of my guilty pleasures: Sonic R. A platforming-racing hybrid exploring 3-D versions of the most iconic Sonic-style landscapes, set to a soundtrack that can only be described as a dying gay man's dream of Nineties Night at the nightclubs in Heaven.
Better than it sounds? Depends almost…