The film exists as a vehicle for a white actor to take a lead role in a film about the Japanese Yakuza. Yes, he’s a caucasian character played by a caucasian actor, but his presence casts the Japanese as Others for him to appropriate and supersede. He even gets tattoos. It’s a power fantasy for the caucasian audience…

OK. Soooo....

I hear the one saving grace in this is Emma Stone as the big-mouthed singing geisha ...

Meh. “I like late-picked apples because they are sweet” is kinda the same as saying early-picked apples aren’t as sweet.

I would like to add to your response to MILF that his saying ‘I worry that she has spent her whole life relying on her looks to gain validation from men’ is a patronising and sexist assumption.

That’s not true! My dog cares what I think about whether it’s time to feed her.

Except for all the people who did, but, sure.

It’d be nice if there could be a single AV Club article where some assclown in the comments doesn’t jump up and down screeching “YOU’RE OFFENDED! YOU’RE OFFENDED! YOU’RE OFFENDED!” as if that’s supposed to be some sort of meaningful point.

“Is this cloud of toxic poison bad because it actively wants to kill us, or does it just not know any better?”

All the talk about family reminds me of something I’ve been thinking for a while, which is that nationalism and other forms of tribalism allow people to behave selfishly while believing they’re being selfless. If you think you’re doing good for a larger group you belong to, it’s easier to ignore the issue of whether…

I think dragons work best in one of two ways.

1) Reptilian forces of nature. Sort of like Godzilla, or Jaws for that matter, they are nigh unto destructible entities capable of great destruction. For me, they are not necessarily inherently evil. They are just creatures, like a crocodile or a shark, acting on instinct…

Kind of reminds me of back in the day when Mythbusters would do movie myth episodes and re-enact movie scenes to see if they were really doable.

What I’m really looking forward to is that guy who posts every week to reiterate how much he hates the fact that every week, the A.V. Club posts a recap of Last Week Tonight’s central segment. While, yes, simply recapping something that was on TV as “news” is kind of lame, I fully appreciate the A.V. Club reminding me…

Whoopi Goldberg, with that tattoo, is now a more qualified lead for that Jared Leto Yakuza movie than Jared Leto.

Prince, I generally agree with your takes, but I can’t get over your dumbshit defense of Omarosa:

“There’s no hate like the hate white male liberals have for any black woman who chooses not to share our politics.

You’re speaking volumes more about your character than hers. What a fucking prick.

You’re definitely coming off like a major snob, despite protestations otherwise.

If a female-led company will restrain themselves from things like slapping “Kung Fu Fighting” on the end credits of Shaolin Soccer, then bring ‘em on.

You seem so badass dude.  Tell me more about your how scared you are that you need to own a bunch of guns.

No one knows or cares what that means, but it sure is funny how I keep getting likes whenever I point out how much of a dumbshit you are.