This recap is a step-up from last week, especially the first third. But by the middle it gets too bogged down in a beat-by-beat retell. I think you’re at your best when you summarize instead of recount every step, and do so within the context of analysis, instead of offering up the analysis at the end of a sequence.

Yeah but info like this makes a re-watch fun for a new reason.

I liked that article, but the how-to part of it felt a bit lacking. The how-to part for this article is much more useful.

You gave an answer earlier describing your interpretation of the politics of the movie - I dont know why but it appears to be gone.

I was thinking about your answer and why I didn’t read the film the same as you. I saw it more of a satire of Westchester NY suburban culture. Kind of a stepford wives take. 

12 year old me was SO disappointed (and more than a little traumatized)

Wasnt Temple of Doom a prequel? That means they went into it knowing that Short Round’s absence in Raiders was a question left unanswered. Sadists.

Is it so hard to list platforms for these games? 

Is AVClub being sponsored in some way by Avatar? All other news outlets reporting the box office as disappointing and below expectations, but not this site, instead saying it did well and pushing YET ANOTHER James Cameron/Avatar feature on its front page, in addition to the relentless random pieces over the last two…

LOL the _Fabelmans_? Lost me there, bud.

Agreed, ave never understood this. It should be the FIRST piece of info on ANY ARTICLE related to the game. Just a quick nod in parens, like “Blah blah game (PS5, Xbox, PC), ...” IS IT SO HARD? 

It’s called AVclub. What did you think the AV was for? Audio/Video?

Honestly, more often than not, they are kind of fucking boring.

I still don’t get the use of “we” and “us” in articles like these. Who the hell are all of you? Are you a hivemind? Do you ALL realize that phrases like “We are salivating to play” conjures an image of 20 dudes in an office simultaneously drooling all over the place? Is this a club you’re advertising me to be a part…

Oh I havent checked since earlier this year, dang. I’ll have to take a look.. 

Kermit’s voice is really off these days. Weren’t the original Henson stand-ins better than this?

I strongly recommend checking out onw of the snow/xmas episodes of Sesame street from the first seasons, where Bob is trying to get to work but instead gets waylaid by Oscar the Grouch, who seemingly has an infinite amount of stuff in his can he wants Bob to look at.

That one friend of Isildur - the redhead? Has the most amazingly comic/cartoon expressions throughout the series. We had many laughs freeze framing him throughout the show

This is a good take. Although I’m wondering if it was possible that Sauron “devised” the “chance” encounter on the seas. Hard to imagine how, but possibly a hole season 2 will fill in. 

I agree with you, but I think there are plenty of examples in Simarillion and BoLT that show the Elves’ “maturity” doesn’t’ always align with their age.

I really liked it, and im a big Simarillion/Book of Lost Tales nerd. I think I had low expectations, but I enjoyed how they referenced and mashed up stories in a way that indicated they understood the themes/feel of those books without necessarily honoring the technical details.