pretty much. Dramatic Adam Sandler is basically Interview Adam Sandler, he's basically playing himself. At most he's surrounded by actual talent, which makes him look better than he really is.

I hear a lot about how Sandler was a good actor in some films, but:

I was under the impression it was at least partly true. I know I saw the pilot to this series about a year ago and was surprised to see ads for it recently.

I recall liking the first act or so, but it got pretty stupid very quickly. The whole In the Navy thing was a definite touchpoint for a lot of the stupidity that would follow in the next few seasons. That it comes from Jean & Reiss instead of Scully is even more disheartening.

Not sure why there's a recent attempt at "Othering" Nowhere's place in Shoegaze as it's very indicative of the genre at the time. The genre wasn't "All MBV and Slowdive All the Time" like it is now.

he's clearly been waiting 7 years to accuse the other side of being racist.

I've met quite a few fans, a lot of them are inexplicably very young. The only explanation I can offer is that they're one of the last original Alt. Rock bands still around and anyone clamoring for that era has few actual options.

it's sort of weird because I don't really dislike RHCP, yet it seems the sort of Legendary Band status they have is just… odd. Like I really can't imagine it being 2015 and being excited over RHCP, of all bands. Back in the 80s and 90s sure, but now it's like a "Fuck, my music interests have become too narrow"…

they have some decent stuff, quite a bit of shit too. Both got overplayed to fuck in the late 90s though.

Season 2 is a much better season than 10 or 11. How on earth it gets lumped in with season 1 is beyond me (and even that season gets more hate than it deserves)

despite its flaws, I liked It Follows and did not like Drive. I'm convinced the latter is a joke I'm not in on; that's the only way to explain the love for its really godawful soundtrack.

It doesn't derail the movie, but it's just an odd choice to make it very clear to set things in the past and then not.

I felt like Babadook worked once it got closer to the end, but was a huge fucking slog to get through. Otherwise fairly standard-stock PG-Horror that gets released like once a month. My guess is that it got a critical boost mostly through appealing to critics' tendency to look into deeper(ish) narratives.

1. Do DVD commentaries
2. Write down gags for later reuse

No kidding. There's far worse examples, but considering how much of this episode made minor callbacks, there's definitely a huge lack of self awareness.

it's not that bad, but it definitely felt like the start of latter-day Simpsons silliness and previews Jeans' eventual run (while being disheartening coming from Jean/Reiss in general).

kinda my impression too. I otherwise like what's currently going on, but it's so obviously disjointed and with no real plot. Though even worse is that what plot is there (Bentley/Sevigny's plot), is generally the least interesting portion.

It's a very immediate song, I suppose, but it's lost a lot of its appeal to me personally as I get older and less prone to groundings.

I like the episode, but its skewering of Hicks/Carlin-like humor, doesn't quite come off as fully Simpsons-like and feels a bit off. It also doesn't help that the hip comics have been largely irrelevant since the late 90s. Overall it's the first episode to come to mind of the Golden Years(ish) run that's dated in its…

well, there's always Frank.