I always ask people where in the film does it show its “self-satisfied” nature and can never get a cogent answer. It’s not a parody, it’s a dark as hell comedy that says audiences shouldn’t be treated like catatonic idiots and won’t sit through the same tired tropes every time.

Every pretentious twentythirtysomething critic thinks that writing lambasting a story about a guy writing a story—and “elevating” a genre by pointing out its clichés—is a stroke of genius

and is why I don’t get paid to write for a living.

If this was done today, it would last five minutes and involve some asshole HuffPo or UpWorthy “contributor” copy-pasting the Globe’s story, writing a snarky and grammatically-incorrect aside at the end, and laughing at himself.

It looks a lot like All the President’s Men, where the focus is on good journalists doing the meticulous work necessary to break a scandal and get it right rather than moralizing about the “4th estate” or the bad guys. Will definitely go see.

The illegal defense rule was horrible too. That’s what encouraged so much iso-ball because it made running zones nigh impossible. Once they eliminated that while implementing the 3-second rule, it forced teams to open up and use three point shots more.

But the Veep position is pretty much powerless anyway. John Nance Garner once bitched that the position wasn’t worth a warm bucket of piss because he essentially stepped down in influence from his previous role as Speaker. Although I loathed him, I actually liked the way Cheney - theoretically - operated as a VP. Act…

If John Kerry or Barack Obama pulled this sort of shit, how many news sources would’ve outright ridiculed them for such a move?

If they’re on a reserve (another commenter pointed it out below) then no, it is not a tough bird at all.

I know you’re getting undue crap from the weekend warrior and Cleetus crowd, but I’m with ya. Getting a kill while hunting is the reward for patience, practice, and perseverance. Baiting another animal for the thrill of blasting another living creature at close range, while popular, is a waste.

That’s close goddamn range for a pheasant. Pheasants/waterfowl are usually shot at around 35-40 yards with a 16ga for an experienced hunter. Huck looks to be about half that distance, maybe less. Could be he’s really good or got really lucky, but it looks painfully staged. It’s not nefarious, he just looks like a…

If that’s how you deer hunt, be prepared to receive a ration of shit from every deer-hunting Midwesterner. You set up your tree stand in an area with a lot of deer. You wait for the deer. If one comes by, you damn better make sure you get the shot off and get the kill, otherwise your sorry ass is tracking a bloody…

Those pamphlets are more helpful than random YouTube videos made by guys who may or may not be attorneys, aren’t giving legal advice that could be useful in court, and aren’t providing contextual information based on state law. That’s cool Florida does that, I’ve never heard that elsewhere.

Troll better. And maybe actually watch “White Men Can’t Jump” because it bags on the stereotype that white dudes can’t ball.

you seem fun at Halloween parties.

Wouldn’t it depend on how he’s dressed up? Like, if he’s just in Short Round’s clothing and that’s it, I don’t see the problem. Apply yellow makeup and/or put shit on his eyes to make them look slanted and I can see the problem. Then again, I’m not your family and don’t have to put up with their yelling. My wife’s…

In terms of insane challenges that require endless retries, none compare to the Velisus boss fight from Final Fantasy Tactics. And why yes, I’d love to immediately save beforehand that doesn’t let me back out and upgrade my squad!

The fucking Deathstroke boss fight definitely induced me to stop playing that game for a long time.

This was literally how I beat the last mission in GTA 4. After a million fucking tries, I quit the game for a few months and nailed it on the first try back. I think it has to do with not overthinking it, not feeling pressure like you do after multiple failures, and not getting into that “flow” Stephen was talking…