Jesus, the post-kinjapocalypse AV Club is overflowing with cynical hipsters.

Simply because many people find him amusing. I certainly found his Joker video amusing. It doesn’t have to be any deeper than that.

I’d personally take hipster celebration of something over hipster cynicism any day.

I liked the basic plot and worldbuilding of RPO a lot, I just wish it hadn’t gone off the rails. Personally, I would have liked seeing more exploration in the virtual MMO. Those were my favorite parts of the book. 

I liked the book as a dumb fun adventure book, but one thing I hated about it was how it put nerd pretension and elitism on a pedestal. In that book, every nerd’s fantasy about their esoteric trivia knowledge being revered came true. But what was worse was how damn smug all the characters were. If you couldn’t quote…

It’s Spielberg, so I assume it will be competently made. I want it to be a fun movie myself, but The Post was really terrible and dry. But Bridge of Spies was amazing, so who knows.

Honestly, I’d argue that Dave Filoni manages to capture the feel, heart, and sense of wonder that the original movies had that, thus far, the Disney movies simply have not been able to replicate. Both Abrams and Johnson created a product that looked and sounded like Star Wars, yet felt like a hollow shell. They’re…

But what if they made Luke Cage a ninja?

Honestly, the Morgan fatality was my favorite part of the episode. Because at this point I’m hate watching it, so I’m treating it as an extended B movie. So the more outrageous, non-pretentious stuff the better

Eh, just because something is very visibly awful doesn’t’ mean it shouldn’t be pointed out any more.

I know the Grand Internet Hive Mind is somewhat mixed on it, but I personally loved Altered Carbon. Perfect mix of big, mindbending sci-fi ideas and insane visuals, with good old fashioned B-movie fun.

Firefly is one of those shows I rewatch at least once a year

I’m the same way. ADD is a bitch.

Batman v Superman doesn’t depict Batman as killing at all; rather, Snyder clearly frames it as the “moral” thing to do. You can see this illustrated by Batman, after the scene where he “comes to his senses” and agrees to help Superman, immediately guns down several thugs in his Batplane. This is not portrayed as…

Even in the Frank Miller comics, though, the “no killing rule” was a central part of both Batman’s character and his psychological makeup. He even suggests that Batman’s obsession with not killing people like the Joker, people who honestly need a good killing, is part of his damaged psychosis, and after seeing his…

In this day and age, I feel like it would be terrifying to teach a kid how google works.

Your name is Country Mac. You don’t make days worse, you make them better

Part of me wishes I understood the references in these comments, part of me feels divinely blessed that I don’t.

That’s filtered through a modern lens, though. In 1912, girls entertainment was knitting and dolls. Boys entertainment, however, could range from the usual outdoor activity we see today, but could even include, gasp, reading books. That didn’t mean that young girls didn’t read or engage in “intellectual” activities-…

I’m really not sure what moron came up with the “grey comments” system. It’s so dumb, and really antithetical to having an actual discussion, which is what comments are supposed to be for