I am a Gen X-er, and I liked Night Court, but I wouldn’t put it as one of the best sitcoms of its era. It was more of a “good if nothing else is on” kind of show. I really didn’t need a reboot of it.

I don’t know, as a GenX-er, I just liked it okay, especially early on, but I started drifting off around season 5 (coinciding with going out to gigs and having more of a social life, etc.), and don’t think I’ve seen the last few seasons, except maybe a syndicated rerun in passing. Also, I was always more attracted to…

The fact that it’s underrated sort of implies that people don’t like it that much, doesn’t it? I don’t think it’s really that well-remembered, if it’s remembered at all. It’s one of those shows that didn’t get rerun very much, and sort of vanished. The only time I can remember it being referenced is that one 30 Rock…

No its not in the first book. The whole Michael/Mona storyline happens in book 2. 

Interesting. I mean I’m sure he got it up in The Tale of the Body Thief while temporarily mortal but other than that the vampires were supposed to be perpetually flaccid. I stopped reading the series at The Vampire Armand, however, because I found the first half of the book incredibly dull and I only just managed to…

Well, it’s so long ago that I can’t remember but it might have been Lasher. I do think it was the Withcing Hour though. It’s the same one with a character having to wear gloves to stop their powers affecting folk when they touch them... I think it is the first one. Regardless, I always thought she was an amazing…

More than hinted - the Mayfairs were mentioned by name in Episode 1, I believe.

I was a hardcore Vampire Chronicles fan back in my mall goth days (who also really liked the first season of the show), but I could never get into the witches. I’m assuming their goal is future crossovers, but I wonder if it wouldn’t have worked better to introduce characters and concepts on Interview and then spin…

This could have been so soapy! (Harry Hamlin is right there..) Maybe down play the underage incest/rape and play up the cousin lovin. Plus you need Michael, he’s the warm heart to Rowan’s stone cold bitch.

So it sounds like a reasonably faithful take on the materials. I read this trilogy years ago and from what I recall it’s almost entirely mood and foreboding, with splashes of action thrown in. It’s a lot to push through over the course of three books. Sounds like this Ciprien guy is an amalgam of Talamasca characters,…

Tanya barking orders at Portia (such as go be in the bathroom) should tell you how much money Portia has. She’s not on a vacation, she’s w0rking.

The show will officially flood the eyes and ears of fans summer of 2023, ending two years of the destructive “Droughtlander.”

I kind of only care about her plot at this point in the show. I guess the point is that Eisenberg is a lot more of a misogynist than he realizes, but yeesh is his character getting exhausting.

Yeah, thinking it’s no big deal is true and reasonable. Being shocked that chuds find any excuse to get angry at the culture that they can is less believable, even if you’re not very Internetty. It doesn’t happen as often, but these assholes do sometimes venture into the light and I’ve not only run across them in…

Unsurprisingly, there's no response to the critique of “holy shit, the color grading on this is awful, why tf does it look so dull and ugly.” For chrissakes, even the screenshot for this very article is embarrassing.

I’m guessing the scale of those controversies feels different if you don’t regularly visit film websites. I don’t personally know anyone who gives a shit who’s playing the Little Mermaid, and it’s only a big deal to a smattering of Twitter weirdoes, emotionally stunted racists, and bored entertainment reporters who…

a brief snippet of star Halle Bailey singing

I love Aubrey Plaza but she’s probably doing the least on White Lotus. She’s good! I’d love to see some recognition for my personal MVP Meghann Fahy, who gets a vastly more interesting arc, or Sabrina Impacciatore for her delivery of Peppa Pig. 

Meh. He played John Cena really well.

Nice to see some love for Mandy Moore’s Rebecca. She really got snubbed hard this year. She was a spectacular revelation throughout the run of “This is Us.” But in its final season she was just amazing.