I agree. This season was lifeless by comparison. It was still enjoyable in some ways - mainly for the cast, but the joke ran stale quickly, the 90's movie tropes were too familiar so it didn't seem like smart parody or satire. Maybe it's my age, but the 90's just aren't as interesting to me as the 80's. Or at least,…

That's a great point. I have spent recent days lamenting that I share very little with anyone because everything from movies to music to news feeds is personalized. I come to the AV Club because it's the only place I know where other people may have heard about or care about thoughtfully discussing fragments of pop…

I can't wait until The Strokes come along and briefly convince people i
that rock and roll is still alive and vital.

I'm going to see Raiders of the Lost Ark tonight. My wife and I have gone to see a few old favorites and blockbusters that we missed the first time around. Some people in my life ask why we'd pay or bother to see a movie we've already seen or in some cases own. Besides being cheap (cheaper than seeing a first run…

Harmy Despecialized Edition Blu ray. Shhhhh!

Maybe everyone should just be ashamed of themselves about everything. Don't worry about this guy. Worry about yourself. How have you failed everybody today?

In the Pat sketches, the Joke wasn't on Pat. It was on/about people who are too timid to offend somebody because they don't want to seem insensitive. It's about awkward situations and ambiguity. I never once thought we were making fun of transgender people, fat people, effeminant sounding men or masculine looking…

As it turns out, it was actually Rosanne who died. This will all be explained to us by Sandy Duncan who was called in to help the struggling Hogan I mean Connor family.

I watched so much Inturned into a can!!!

They made a Paul Blart Mall Cop 3???!!!

Cast your own film!

Seconded!

Just let me fix it. I have no interest in what kids want. Because what they want only matters right now, and will not matter tomorrow. Let the kids be disappointed. Let them always be disappointed. So I will disappoint them by playing music videos because I'm old and I know better. my goal would be to make them…

Too much to respond to. Maybe later? I enjoyed your take!

Maybe Orin has species reassignment surgery?

"Wtf? That last text was something I sent to Peter like a week and a half ago. Thanks, phone!"

It's an amazing song. All of his albums show a progression in style, to the point where From a Basement on the Hill is an experiment in texture. I'd love to see where he would have gone next.

It's really nice to do it without any other distractions. I've bought a lot of new music in the last 6 months and found that I wasn't really absorbing them when I listened while driving. I've been so busy and distracted (the lead up and follow through of getting married) that I wasn't really connecting to the music I…

XO was the album that changed everything for me, and Waltz No. 2 was the song that lured me in. I thought I was a music fan until I heard that record. I've spent the last (I can't believe its been that long) 19 years absorbing that album and savoring every decision Elliott made. When I heard it the other day, I was…

I mentioned somewhere else that I'm doing an uncomfortable home remedy to help with some health problems. Ive gotta lie still on my side for a half hour so I've been listening to records in their entirety during this time because I haven't had a lot of time for that lately. Here's what I've listened to the last week: