For sure - I often learned more about a subject from the comments than the article, or was introduced to new movies, bands, etc.
IIRC the reason G/O switched to Kinja is because the owner at some point owned the IP. As long as Kinja didn’t go with the sale, which I would doubt, they should be free to choose a decently functional comment system.
Where you live impacts whether or not a small film will show up in a theater near you, but I only clicked on this to see if it’s streaming or not. And oddly enough, the answer to where and when you can see this is in the article, at the end. The answer is nowhere and maybe some day, unless you live near Lincoln…
Totally agree, I just watched Multiverse of Madness and I think it’s the last Marvel movie that I actually enjoyed and could rewatch. I’m a big Thor fan and could hardly get to the end of Love and Thunder it was so bad.
I think there are a few things going on with Marvel post Endgame.
I would argue that Winter Solider is where Marvel showed they could successfully shift their formula into broader genres, and then almost immediately abandoned that experimentation to make everything more generic.
That is, in my opinion, why we’re seeing so much talk of doom and gloom around the MCU currently. It isn’t …
I see a paywall for comments coming, and I don’t think I’ll be taking that particular plunge. On the one hand, it at least would make the trolls pay for their weird pathos, if they wanted to stick around.
I don’t know what the cost aspect is, but I’d be totally fine if they just went back to Disqus. It’s simple enough, easy to follow threads, basic upvotes if that’s your thing, block functions, etc.
Agreed. Maybe getting rid of slideshows is the first step in getting things back to being somewhat respectable. Of course, I saw Paste is relaunching Splinter, which I’m curious to see how that turns out. Will it be full of comments about the actual articles/topics like when it started, or will it be like it was at…
Wait, the comments sections are getting shuttered? I’ve been posting here for over a decade. Was the disappearance of the avatar I’ve had since I started here and is my avatar on every single other site a sign of what’s coming??
I don’t recall hearing that before either and it makes complete sense. I miss the days when NBC had a can’t-miss comedy night and AV Club had a great TV review section. It was a lot of fun to read every Thursday/Friday.
it’s 2024 i’m reading an av club newswire about joel mchale and chevy chase fighting on the set of community
It presumably hasn’t hit streaming yet because it’s still in theatres in Japan, and they’re worried about piracy hurting the theatrical run there.
Sure but using the word “snubbed” gets clicks.
Many Bothans managed to be left out of this information.
comment/username synergy.
Damn right you do. You also hate Shane Gillis. You hear me?!
As the bodies descend into the waters beneath them
It was freak avalanche! You know, the kind where you take all your clothes off when you see it headed your way.