Agreed. I will just note that if you go outside the real mainstream stuff, you will find leftists were not really enamored with Obama. (Maybe you already know that.) Whether it’s Jacobin or Democracy Now or Chapo Trap House, tons of leftist media isn’t afraid to handle him with something other than kid gloves. But it…

Phil Lamarr was asked about it and even he didn’t really care. He basically felt it came down to skill level and the character. 

Well, okay, but it better include the part where he handcuffs a male model to a wall fixture and brutally abuses him. 

Oh Jesus, I actually remember that cartoon, and how freakish it was. Trust me, it made its way to the states as well.

I was an older brother and yeah, I can’t imagine doing this. The Genesis was definitely mine and not hers, but she was still always invited to play Sonic and other games with me. One summer we just played Sonic 2 every day until we beat it; it was our daily ritual.

I mean, I think part of the concern is that as new formats come along a lot of old stuff gets swept away, or never properly upgraded. To mention those old fuzzy VHS tapes - have you tried playing one of them lately? It isn’t just that they look worse than newer formats we’re accustomed to, but also that they actually…

There also hasn’t really been a notable new format in that time. (I guess Mp4, maybe?) It will be noticeable the next time there’s a really major new format and an upgrade of all that material is impossible on it. There’s also presumably plenty of stuff that was lost that was never issued, or hasn’t been issued since…

I saw some bits of it and really found it unfunny. I appreciated that it tried to focus on some underdiscussed issues (in terms of nuance and tackling an issue that was only just starting to get real public discussion, I was rather impressed with a bit about UBI). But the actual jokes didn’t work. They felt like the…

In this case he’s right!

I’ve seen by far worse sequels but I honestly don’t think any sequel has actually upset me more than Alien 3 (and my viewing of the first four was all Blockbuster rentals close together, so it’s not even like there were years of anticipation that it was letting down). The utter disrespect it showed to the entirety of…

Lost World is overall pretty lousy, but I will say it has some things going for it. Spielberg is still great with setpieces and action scenes, and while some of them in Lost World really don’t work, there are some really fantastic moments here and there, like the scene with the raptors in the grass. It still has some…

They’re already making demo reels. That’s not the point. It’s whether they can actually get roles with or. There’s already only a very limited amount of voiceover roles in general and they’re essentially vanishing in favor of celebrity voices.

He’s not just mad on his own behalf though. New voice actors can’t break into the business anymore because all the roles are going to celebrities who mostly can’t voice act to save their lives. Besides, it IS making the actual films and shows worse. 

Somehow AV Club manages to misquote the Jaws line even though it’s quoted correctly IN THE IMAGE. 

I agree. It mostly serves to kowtow to centrists who insist that we never be critical of Democrats (except for Bernie, who they apply a different standard to for totally not anti-Semitic reasons). Sure, some of us will make that decision once that bridge is crossed but we’re months away from any primary. Now is the…

Maybe SNL shouldn’t have humanized Donald Trump, knowing that he was likely to install anti-choice justices to the Supreme Court, then?

Don’t quote me, but I seem to recall reading that other celebrity cat owners aren’t fans of the owners of Grumpy Cat because they felt they were mistreating her and parading her around in a way that was genuinely unhealthy for the cat. If you watch the way Lil Bub’s owner handles her for instance, he’s careful not to…

I had many problems with Obama as a president, but that said, he aggressively pursued a 50 state strategy which was good for him and for the party at large that year. The Clinton team absolutely should have followed that example. Even if she had some of those states in the bag, she was still going to need a Congress (a…

(I know you’re joking but) it really is amazing how lazy people are. The sets would cost them a lot less than paying for Netflix every month. 

That’s probably true generally but it’s increasingly not true with younger voters who have less attachment to him and are moving well to his left.