I miss Talking Heads, and wish they would reunite. I also miss the honky tonks, Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens.

I remember when the AV Club used to live-chat these things. But I remember a lot about the AV Club. (I’m in a mood because I read the second-to-last entry in A History of Violence again earlier, and it reminded me of what things used to be like.)

That GIF is a masterclass in Bell’s ability to sell a line.

Unpopular opinion: I hate Adam Scott in everything, so I’d be really happy for him to never appear again in anything I watch. And I don’t know why I feel that way, either

Fuck you, it’s January!

I’m still willing to come to bat for season 8 of ‘The X-Files’. (Not season 9, though. That’s a trash fire.) I like Doggett a lot, and there are some really great episodes, like ‘Roadrunners’, ‘Via Negativa’, even that man-bat epsiode is decently creepy. And a lot of that is Anderson, who keeps giving 110% as Scully.

I’ll never - EVER - understand why some people care so damned much about what total strangers might think of them.

I would agree that in some cases it’s not especially mature to force yourself to enjoy something that you otherwise wouldn’t. But in this case, we’re talking about a critically lauded movie in a beloved series. You don’t have to love it, but you should be able to at least appreciate parts of it and enjoy the overall…

I was squarely in the 3-9 year old range when the original trilogy came out, so naturally I gravitated towards Luke. Sure, Han and Lando may have been the cool-as-fuck badasses...but no, Luke was my boy.

I really didn’t like what they did with Luke and was pretty disappointed with his whole story line.

You don’t want to hear about how this was grandma’s favorite red velvet cake, and then read about the blogger’s kids soccer team and how she made this red velvet cake for them after they won the division, and then how she wishes her grandma were still alive so she could see her grandkids play soccer and make this…

Can’t we just enjoy some awesome visual effects partnered with insane plans in a movie? I love how we are all brilliant tacticians when it comes to fantasy warfare...

I know the internet decide that he looks hot but I can’t stop being creeped out by it. It’s the way his waist looks very wide. It looks the same width as his upper torso and that makes his head look really tiny and I get that uncanny valley feeling.

I used to watch Benson all the time back when it was on, and saw Soap when it hit Nick at Night some time later. Guillaume clearly just owned the role. 89 is a hell of a good run, though.

Thanks! I guess I want Moose to survive because I would like to see him and Dilton as friends. Their relationship in the comics is one of the comics’ sweetest, most enduring aspects. I love that Dilton helps Moose with his homework so that Moose can keep playing football, which Moose is passionate about, and that…

This shouldn’t be that hard.

Put them all in. Have a big party concert and play the songs.

Make it a celebration, not a competition.

Maybe I’m not clear on what constitutes “Rock and Roll”...but Nina Simone surprises me. Granted, she is amazing in countless ways and deserves all the recognition she can get...but Rock and Roll?

Oh God, I found the best love letter in a used book one time (not just in the book, but written in the cover as a dedication) — it was already super intense, desperate, and creepy, and then the kicker, at the end: "Happy Two Week Anniversary, Baby." I laughed and laughed.

I can't count on one hand the number of times a guy has tried to, like, play a song for me on the guitar while I just . . . sit there trying to make approving faces, and it is never anything but horrendously awkward. Even if you like the guy, it still plays out identically to that Freaks and Geeks scene.