Eh, I think Depp is still one of the most beloved actors - it's the snarky pop culture nerdsphere that's gotten sick of him, not the casual moviegoer.

It's a singles/EP compilation album.

Ditto "I Want The World To Stop".

…well observed?

Um, yeah? That is a reaction to how tedious and dragged out the films are. Why are you treating that as some sort of esoteric complaint?

I thought An Unexpected Journey was the worst of the films. They're all kind of mindnumbing, but the amount of time the first one devotes to the "hilarious" antics of the fucking dwarves makes it actively irritating on top of that.

The decision to have three movies instead of two was made really late, right? Because this film feels as if they had an overlong part two that they just cut in half, with very few adjustments. There's no buildup or chance to get familar with the characters again or anything, which was a pretty big problem for me since…

I had that feeling the time Patrick Stewart was trending on Twitter. But then it turned out he just wore a giant lobster costume.

The first comic book I worked on as an editor got published this year. Getting to choose the stories for a Donald Duck Christmas album = nine-year-old-me's life dream achieved. (Who am I kidding? 27-year-old me's life dream achieved.)

His huband is Richard Glatzer - aka the other director.

She was rumored for a while for The Hateful Eight, which I would have loved so much. Geena Davis in a Tarantino film? Yes please. Though Jennifer Jason Leigh is awesome too of course.

People talk about the actress swith all the time, but at least that's something that happens very often on shows. On the other hand, I can't think of another sitcom that just replaced its entire set between seasons.

Fresh Prince was nowhere near as formulaic or corny as Full House - outside of the Very Special Episodes (of which there aren't really that many), it was straight up comedy most of the time, so no wonder it's held up better.

It's interesting how Fresh Prince also did much better in foreign countries than Seinfeld - the latter never became more than a cult show outside English-speaking countries, yet Fresh Prince was really popular all over the world

It was pointed out in the comments back then that her claim that Smith allowed nobody else to be funny was pretty much bullshit since at least four of the main characters (Phil, Carlton, Hilary and Geoffrey) were allowed to steal the show from him on a regular basis.

No argument - but the fourth season, the first with the new Vivian, is still the absolute best. It had the episodes where Phil sues Will and Carlton over the poolhouse party and the one with the Halloween curse back to back! That's gotta be one of the greatest one-two punches in sitcom history.

…is there anyone onboard that knows how to fly a plane?

Cramston was nominated in 2012. His Emmy record is won-won-won-not eligible-beaten by Damian Lewis-beaten by Jeff Daniels-won.

Other than Bart The Mother, I can't really see for what episodes Marge Be Not Proud would be a template for. It's an episode that's somewhat somber and character-driven, which is pretty much the exact opposite of the Scully Era.

Individual writing credits may not mean that much on a committee-written show like The Simpsons, but it's still a bit weird how little of Scully's writing record would reflect his work as showrunner. This episode and Marge Be Not Proud in particular are so different to the direction the show went in when he took over.…