Lol, you think Garfield made 'millions' from those two films? He was a nobody when he was cast.

Has 'based on a true story' ever actually encouraged anyone to see a movie where they wouldn't have otherwise? I've never understood it being used as the main marketing hook.

I actually appreciate how meta it's become. But I'm not sure it's that sustainable.

I think 'unlikable but compelling' characters who don't suffer consequences are easier to pull off on film than in a long-running TV series. For all the talk of anti-heroes now, but Don Draper and Walter White are punished severely for their moral failings.

I've rewatched it, and never felt that. I mean, Don has to be handsome to be as sexually successful as he is, but beyond the brief vicarious thrill of seeing a guy do whatever he wants I felt no sense of collusion on the part of the writers. By the second half of the series they hammer home how fucked up he is too…

Season 1 was meant to be gothic and operatic — I doubt anyone thinks people like Rust actually exist. Season 2 was meant to be… erm, noir-ish? I guess? But fuck me, what a swing and a miss.

The XFM shows and the prodcasts are great. It's everything he did afterwards which sucked. I feel like because he got famous quite late in life he's on a mission to do as much as he can quickly but Jesus, less is very often more in the comedy world.

True Detective season 1 holds up brilliantly, but it helps if you were more interested in the leads' relationship and the southern gothic aesthetic than the whole whodunnit to begin with. The show was certainly never as interested in the conspiracy as Rust was.

Breaking Bad.

"How is Scientology not labelled a dangerous cult and quashed? Seriously?"

As a huge (Stanley) Kubrick fan stuff like this is rather depressing. It can't be easy having an acclaimed genius for a parent, but turning into a scientologist truther? Damn.

Sincere question: if it was a popular vote alone, why would states be relevant at all?

While I credit Greenday for at least being consistent with their on-the-nose coservative-bashing, perhaps most bands today realize that protest songs and speaking out don't work that way anymore, because in this Bizarro world liberal values co-align with the Establishment boogeyman.

Both sides are pretty goddam annoying when they get into it at a social gathering, but yeah: the masculine 'hey, I'm just telling it like it is, sweetheart' attitude is uniquely insufferable.

I kind of feel that way about both the leads, to be honest, but I'd almost give Noah points for being unintentionally funny some of the time. Even after two seasons I'm still not convinced the writers really know who they want Alison to be.

I'm not that long out of college, and still find myself in social situations where I'm with current students. Trust me: as weird as it sounds, on-the-nose gender politics comes up a lot — especially the consent conversation. That scene was excruciating to me because it was true.

"Season 4 racist comments"

Put in a good word for your old friend Klint!

Is there a precedent for a politician (I guess that's what we have to call Trump now) vying for that much power while having skin this thin? How do you not go out of your mind being that famous while also taking everything that personally?

Ginny was awful in the movies. 'Can't win 'em all', the casting directors must have though.