I wonder if one of the dragons will be killed fighting a giant and a cave bear for no apparent reason.

For my money, SCOM's main solo is the best hard rock guitar solo ever (amongst solos that are actually part of a studio-recorded song). It's the perfect blend of "feeling and technique," with the initial section of quite pretty melody followed by the absolutely ripping, anguished second part.

I feel like the bearded prompt guy looks like Jason Manzoukis.

The name Parquet Courts seems like part of a micro-trend in band-naming toward hyper-specific yet almost pointedly generic nostalgia. Pseudo-evocative.

Even as a fan of at least the first three AC games, the giant innate flaw that struck me wasn't the morality thing- though that's also a problem- but the way the series abandoned the stealthy "blade in the crowd" thing almost completely after the first game. On one hand, it makes sense; the first Assassin's Creed game…

They should call this movie "Before Sunrise On the Day You Were Born, I Was Fucking My High School Girlfriend (Because I’m 48 and You’re 30)"

Interestingly, though, Dean Strang seems to think the whole "jury intimidation" thing that came out this week is, realistically, a non-issue: http://www.slate.com/blogs/…

He shouldn't just be let out of prison. But, even if it is an edited documentary with an agenda, I find it hard to believe that Making a Murderer's portrayal of Wisconsin's finest as a bunch of corrupt fuckwits is actually inaccurate.

Also the fact that, despite his racism slash general condescending amusement at people who aren't European royals, he's actually the focal point of a Vanuatuan cargo cult: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

Honestly, it was really these people's dimness that struck me the most. The corruption is shitty but, I guess, relatively unsurprising. I was more flabbergasted by how not actually very smart a lot of them seemed. I mean, I'm not naive enough to think that the sheriff or even the DA in some random county in rural…

Also, it's very interesting to me that, over the last 15 years, TV has developed such a broad range of legitimately interesting and worthwhile content while radio has become almost completely moribund and by-the-numbers. Both are quite old broadcast mediums at this point, yet they've gone in completely opposite…

Sometimes I still feel like Rachel Bloom's performance is a little broad and stage-y, but this show is settling into a nice groove. I felt depth to both her character and Greg during this episode that weren't there before.

If Hollywood ever makes a live action Far Side movie, it needs to star Brian Posehn and Eric Warrham.

The comedy/humor distinction that Alex makes is important. Nothing against the Scream movies, but what makes TCITW so unique and entertaining is that it's almost the opposite of Scream- it's not haha "comedy," it's not winking satire. The premise is just an extremely literal (and original) explanation of common horror…

I told my wife that I thought Jimmy's description of "Unbuckle Your Shoes" was 5% too ridiculous to actually be a UK sitcom. I think that's literally accurate.

You're not allowed to have bees in here.

Pavement. And a lot indie rock in general. If a friend had given me a CD-R of "Slanted and Enchanted" when it came out and told me it was just their band dicking around in the basement, I would have believed it.

Yeah I guess I didn't focus on that part as much… The bit about the high heels is pretty gross, now that I read it again. It almost sounds church-y.
Admittedly, my point about being able to have a logical conversation about something as horrible as rape is far less important than speaking out against blaming women for…

I don't know exactly what happened to her, but you're focusing unfairly on one part of what was a much larger, more nuanced comment. My overall point was:

From an ethical standpoint, human conduct can always be divided into "what I should do" and "what you should do." What "I" should do is be responsible and have common sense. What "you" should do is not rape me. The latter is the more important principle, ethically and legally. Unfortunately, though, principles don’t…