I kind of agree with this take. Not that all progressives need to like soccer, but it’s hard to be a serious soccer fan/player in the US and not be a progressive.

I don’t want to just reflexively be snarky about the whole idea, but I’m struggling to think of too many types of shows that could be good in such a short format. Sketch comedy immediately comes to mind, but what else? Maybe reality shows that are already broken down into parts that focus on different participants or…

This seems like a pretty dumb idea for a movie. It is sometimes fun recounting trips with the actual people who were there with you at the time and who were tripping as well. But it’s usually pretty boring listening to people go on about their experiences with drugs when you weren’t actually part of it. It’s like…

I wouldn’t go as far as saying that it hasn’t been good, but I do think the hit/miss ratio has been trending in the wrong direction. 

Is it too late for HBO to pull the plug on season 4 and give that money to some of their other “in-house” talent who have more interesting ideas and a better ability to execute them? Westworld just seems like a waste of acting talent and great sets/cinematography at this point.

I started watching Ozark after putting it off, because it just seemed like an inferior Breaking Bad knockoff. After getting to the end season 1, I think it is, indeed, an inferior Breaking Bad knockoff. Not that it’s not still enjoyable, especially as I’m running out of things to watch.

I couldn’t bring myself to complete everything absolutely 100%. Sometimes I just wanted to know what happens next in the main story, so I’d rush ahead and maybe leave a warehouse full of goons standing, and then wouldn’t be motivated to go back and finish it off later. I also found Screwball too annoying to listen to,…

I already played the DLC missions :(

Yeah, I bought a PS4 at the beginning of lockdown, even though I hadn’t played video games in over a decade. It happened to be a bundle with that Spider-Man game. I went in with no expectations whatsoever, but quickly got addicted. I was so sad when I finished it a week ago. It was just a great Spider-Man story aside…

I’m not sure. I only did 1 year of Latin in middle school. I debated looking it up before posting, but I decided on taking the lazy route. 

I’ve always liked Maeve better than Dolores, but this season seems to have forgotten Maeve’s character. She was always extremely thoughtful and suspicious of others’ motives, even before being upgraded. The Maeve of seasons 1 and 2 would never so easily agree to do Serac’s dirty work. Why is she doing it now? Some…

Yeah, of his line readings last night fell pretty flat. I remember the one in particular when they were surveying the vast array of frozen outliers, and he was like, “They’re people. How could you do this?” It’s supposed to be this big revelation of the true horror of what Serac has been doing, but Caleb sounded like…

I don’t say this with any pride or joy, but I think I might be joining the ranks of the black hat commenters who find more to criticize in the show than enjoy. It’s still nice to look at, and there are some very good acting performances, but the plot, the world-building, and the character motivations just seem very…

I live in a somewhat gentrified neighborhood in Pittsburgh, where my street in particular is resisting gentrification and still has the corner boys and back alley drug deals. I’ve noticed some of the corner boys are wearing masks now, and every time I see that, I imagine some Stringer Bell character having a sit down…

I got into an argument with a college acquaintance on Facebook who keeps posting links to people like Diamond and Silk talking about how the death totals are inflated to keep us scared and dependent on the government...and he’s a physicist who works for NASA. He was never the brightest bulb (he was a C student and…

I kind of wish the episode had been a little more ponderous. I think the writers are throwing out potentially interesting ideas but then not spending enough time working through them on the show. For instance, especially in this particular moment, I think it is an interesting question to ask whether we should trade…

Yeah, my ranking of the Brosnan films is Goldeneye>The World Is Not Enough>Tomorrow Never Dies>>>>>>>>Die Another Day. I feel like people just talked about the absurdity of the Denise Richards role and that groan-worthy “I thought Christmas only comes once a year” line to end the film, and that overshadowed the…

I support critical comments in the show reviews, even if I don’t agree. The comments of the people hate-watching the later seasons of Dexter were some of my favorite AV Club experiences.

Yeah, it feels a bit like a warmed over The Office coupled with a lazy dig at Trump, but damn, that is a great cast

There is certainly a danger to this, but I think it’s time we seriously considered putting more restrictions on what can be said on social media and “news” outlets. I’m not saying to go the China route, but other liberal democracies have stricter rules on free speech than we do, and they’re doing fine (arguably better…