Judging by the blurbs they have describing every show, Netflix is just extremely bad at promotion in general.

I get that, I'm thinking mainly the immolation scene kinda killed believability. The rest was so subtle in comparison it was kind of jarring.

Overlong with a worthwhile payoff is a pretty good description of Ti West films in general. The exception being The Sacrament, which had a fantastic foreboding buildup, a good initial payoff, and a final 20 minutes or so that were way too over the top.

The alien abduction short (I think it was in the second?) was legitimately frightening to me and well shot. In general I think the problem is that they mostly have terrible endings. The cultist one is great up until you have a goofy demon staring down the camera.

It doesn't usually bother me but the indoor scene at the beginning of Cloverfield almost made me puke.

I've never really understood that criticism. There are plenty of artists I'd put in that category (good, interesting, but challenging and not something I'd listen to regularly) but I've always found her music to be pleasant in a pretty immediate way.

I always thought quoting Biggie in "Fall of the Star High School Running Back" was a great way to describe the cocky attitude (and subsequent carelessness) of young affluent suburban drug dealers who still like to see themselves as gangsters. Like the kid who sells cocaine out of his bedroom in his parents' gated…

I enjoyed this episode but it kind of felt like an episode of ATHF crossed with South Park. Not enough of whatever quality it is that makes Rick & Morty unique.

But are they negative memories of him? Or just in general? The family's negative memories are all of them doing bad things to one another, not just of them being present in bad situations.

I saw her at a music festival in Santa Ana called "Beach Goth" so this is probably a lot more accurate than you'd think.

If you haven't seen her live you owe it to yourself to do so. I've seen her open for metal bands and play festivals at sunset, and it's always been the highlight of the evening.

There's also Yamask, which is the spirit of a dead human who carries his own death mask and remembers his former life. So in the Pokemon universe, there's a very real chance that after you die you will be enslaved by a child.

That's always been my interpretation too.

GR is like watching cartoons on acid. Once you realize that it's a fun book more than it is a serious book, and that it's more about the moment than how the moment fits into the plot, I think it's a lot easier to let go and enjoy the ride.

The trailer was enough for me. Well, that and We Bought a Zoo.

Awesome Show is a fun late-night diversion but I feel like their work on other projects is where they really shine. Eric's video for Beach House is probably my favorite thing either artist has done.

Crash is the book that got me into JG Ballard. It's excessive and kind of one-note but it's also beautifully written.

The Artist was a delightful movie that I saw twice in theaters and haven't had any desire to watch since. The Academy loves movies about their own industry.

So I can usually buy the excuse that *maybe* someone did blackface out of pure ignorance, but if the most defining attribute of Ricky Ricardo you can think of is "not white" that seems, like, undeniably racist.

I'd say the best album this year named after a numeral is III by Follakzoid.