“he even puts on the kid gloves with the Nazis, depicting them mostly as incompetent goofballs or neurotic drones—no more detestable, really, than Colonel Klink”

I don’t care about the things I argue about, I only care about arguing. ;)

Right, and GalvaTron was responding to me, and I was not specifically talking about this website but pop culture adjacent criticism of the sort, and as a result the premise of GalvaTron’s response depends on misreading my statement, ergo get fucked and learn to read.

This feels wrong. A review of this film that isn’t primarily about the hypothetical wrong crowd this might resonate with and why it should be docked a grade for that alone? It’s as if the film is being judged by its merits pertaining to the art of cinema and it’s place within that canon. How am I supposed to know if…

I guess to me it seemed clear that in the end, Richie was queer and was ok with it, without having a giant neon sign and flashing lights announcing THIS CHARACTER IS GAY AND LOVING IT

The real mystery is how he was 12 years old in 1992 but 43 in 2019.

The last season is pretty explicit about “This show, all this time? It was actually about THIS” and does a pretty good job of making it feel organic. But then you add in the Flash Sideways storylines and people get to point and say “SO THEY WERE IN PURGATORY THIS WHOLE TIME? WHATTA RIP” which...that’s not exactly…

Here’s the only comment I have for you: you’re an utter and complete, farcical asshole.

It’s people like you that are complicit to the racism and sexism in this industry and country. You obviously didn’t care to check Adele’s 17 years of writing experience before whining like a little man-baby.

so, i’m currently undergoing cancer treatment. i’m very very lucky, in that it’s a very curable kind. that being said my coworkers do know about it, as being bald (no head/eyelash/eyebrow hair) kind of gives it away. i’ve just had 5 people ‘pop in’ to see if i’m ok because i sound and look like i’m sad crying.

That’s uh.. AN interpretation, for sure. For somebody with critical reading skills, it sure sounds like he’s saying “If you want to make this movie political, that’s your prerogative. But that comes secondary to acknowledging these guys as heroes.”

I interpret that as more “say whatever you want about politics around the event, just do it AFTER you praise the guys who actually died in the attack” more than “CONNECT THIS TO CLINTON!!!”.

As long as they keep the telephone exchange joke - F-E-llatio - I’m okay with this. And the king can of 50 also.

His small role in Hot Rod is even better when you learn he based the character on a friend, and the tripping/welding accident/eye injury happened almost beat for beat in real life. The best part is that when his friend saw the movie, when that scene happened his friend was like, “that’s weird man, the same thing…

And if you take out all the words with an ‘e’, it becomes “A turn from Bill It Two sinks of floating”.

I’m Gen X (or Xennial if you buy into that further distinction) and there’s no way I or my peers would have felt okay about seeing a clown just out in the world. By my generation they were already getting the Gacy creepo vibe in the collective subconscious. Bozo might have been *around* but not like he was in the 50s…

I saw the first It movie with my wife’s 12-year-old cousin, and her one thought after the movie was, “it was fun, but it wasn’t a scary.” A 12 year old kid not thinking it was scary summed it up for me.

But now you know it’s the best scene.  You’ll be ready.

Counter-point: The It miniseries was hamstrung but is still quite good, especially casting.