To me, though, it seems like even regular internet commenters with no skin in the game say things like “the actors did their best with the crap the writers gave them” a lot more often than the reverse.

Wonder if SNL will start its season September 14 so it can do a debate sketch.

Since you’ve been so willing to answer our questions: are you bringing back the annual 20 Years Ago Week? We’ve got most of the year left for 2004 Week.

I notice that of the 5 G/O sites left Jalopnik’s the only one with comments.

My account is permanently in the grays. Can that be fixed?

I hope The A.V. Club also brings back Page to Screen and One-Season Wonders.

Teach a man to get jiggy with it and he’ll get jiggy for a lifetime.

“recent”?

I remember a lot of people criticizing Ray for not being specific enough in his accusations. It was Charisma coming forward with specifics aplenty that really killed Whedon’s rep: https://www.avclub.com/charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-emotional-abu-1846239812

Sloane Grelt

I think Charisma Carpenter did more to kill Whedon’s rep than Ray did.

I think Daryl Davis would disagree that you can’t change minds.

“There’s this guy whose writing career started on it named Joss Whedon.”

That doesn’t mean a less subtle message will be more persuasive. 

I wonder how much that unsubtle messaging will actually change minds, though.

“My rule for all movie adaptions of books: if it’s not exactly like the book, it’s garbage.”

Who would’ve done that to him?

WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL.

I would like to have seen Paste-ana.

Good time to make a typo.