Thanks for focusing on the setup to my week joke. I couldn't be happier. :-)

I think taking the auteur theory too far would be crediting the person the reviewer considers most responsible for the content, as opposed to always crediting the director.

You're kidding yourself if you think the Republican backlash against Obama was the result of Democrats "pushing too hard." It started before his inauguration.

If only Kawaii had put "they're evil" in quotes.

The legbone connected to the dickbone.

So maybe the Marvel team isn't Eagles-level greedy, petty, and insecure?

Child Protective Services?

Nonsense. Children of all ages readily embrace the concept of rational self-interest.

This is one of the sweetest, funniest, most cohesive anecdotes I've read in a long time. You should apply for Dave Barry's job when he retires.

Well, technically it's a prequel-sequel. Not to be confused with the Alien sequel-prequel, which would be, I guess, Alien.

Eats panda, shoots Jayme Gordon, and leaves.

I wouldn't call it "evil", but apparently they're prodigious shitters.

Alternatively: you're at the point where studios are offering you Tony Rome instead of From Here to Eternity. And no one is flocking to see middle-aged Frank Sinatra kickin' ass and baggin' dames. I'm sure that punctured his comically inflated ego.

I'm not sure it would have been a life-changing revelation for him.

I thought it was a big steel pin tied onto a rope. But yeah, that was some sadistic shit.

And Keith Carradine is a moron!

Admit it: you got a little chub just thinking about slapping that sentence down on an AV Club comment board.

And Nicole Kidman's performance. Hell, all the actresses in that show.

Well, not if it portrays him as a lucky hack, he won't.

Yeah, had me like "Why wouldn't they just get Bette Midler to play Bette Midler?"