Hell yeah, it was propulsive and understood it had to earn the viewer’s investment. Any original show has to make a case for itself. But shows based on IP you already know can get so lazy...I think a lot of Disney+ series are like this.

It was hubris. I’ve noticed a lot of shows like this are written assuming they’ll get 3+ seasons, so the first is absurdly glacial and inert. They’re stretching out mediocre material, assuming brand recognition = loyalty, and refusing to get to the damn fireworks factory.

Yes. I have never purchased a new car, and I don’t know that I ever will because every dealership experience I’ve had has felt like this: a bunch of liars who put way more energy into obscuring details than in adding any value to my experience whatsoever. I got close to buying a new Mazda, and not only did the dealer…

I agree, collectors need to start buying multi-reel 35mm prints for the home.

Yes, I can only think of those edits of old sitcoms with the laugh track edited out, and aside from the meter of the performance being insane, the jokes are so goddamn painful. It’s nothing without the framing of an audience who’s been heavily primed to have a good time.

Sadly, I expect it is logarithmic. People who fuck around a little get slapped down, hard. But a lot of people fuck around to an extreme degree, and the amount of finding out they face never feels like enough for how much fucking around they truly did.

Sure, probably quite divergent, but somehow I doubt this girl would be able to tell. Likewise, a Hasidic Jewish person speaking Yiddish might sound kinda German to her. Which is an even more possible interaction on NYC-area metro transit.

I’d bet this is exactly what happened. She heard spoken German and lost her shit because she’s an insane xenophobe. Alcohol lubed the slide but the words were always there.

For real. If our shitty, profiteering healthcare industry is going to place profits front and center, and our government is going to dismantle civil liberties because they want to live in the Handmaid’s Tale, the only recourse is to sue doctors like this into oblivion and make their employers hurt.

Makes sense, like “Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters.” I can already see the horny, kind of exploitive key art of a mostly bare leg covered in leather straps peeking out from under a red Assassin’s Creed-looking hood/cape thing.

“The spirit of the offer.” Lady Gaga’s dogs were stolen and her friend nearly murdered. Honest offers went completely out the window when a group of sociopaths made this series of choices.

Infinity Pool is amazing. I wouldn’t call it a horror film, but it’s definitely upsetting and has a lot to say.

Not to pick on you in particular, but people always say “Game of Thrones budget,” while GOT spent between $6M and $15M per episode. The last season was the most expensive, which was apparently just under $100M in total.

This season of Sex Education suffers from the exact same problem as later Big Mouth: both shows started as frank and somewhat unpolished explorations of pubescent confusion and shame surrounding sex. But whatever point either wanted to make about self-love or empathy or acceptance has already been made.

The best point I’ve heard someone make about Pierce Hawthorne is this: Pierce is a wealthy, racist, sexist, out-of-touch Boomer portrayed by Chevy Chase. Chase doesn’t get what’s funny about Pierce because he is Pierce. He doesn’t get what’s funny or absurd about Pierce because he doesn’t get what’s funny or absurd…

It’s Tupac Shakur and John Lennon.

Yeah, I’m confused about the logistics of the scam. I usually prepay inside because I had my credit card skimmed a few years ago, but even at the pump...if you stop pumping for more than a minute or so, wouldn’t the transaction end? Does the cashier really not have information about active transactions, like not notici…

Respecting Howard Stern’s opinion is somehow the most surprising development of recent months.

In Rudy’s defense, he was drunk with confidence, believing that the government was about to be overthrown and he was to become consiglieri to a fascist dictator, thus unaccountably powerful enough to grope whoever he wanted.

I also feel this way. This guy was insufferable and his understanding of politics and the legal system and basic civics was absolute trash. But the fact he’s a shitty dude with stupid beliefs doesn’t override relevant questions about the use of deadly force by police; Philando Castile also had a gun and I don’t feel…