Weirdly actually, three, if you count Ant-Man and Wasp as the first MCU woman to have her name on the marquee... However, I’d also say that it being temporally the closest to the events it was flashing back from definitely helped it tension wise (also happens to be my favorite of the three, but that’s more taste…

AOA really is something else, and doesn’t get its due! Love to see the love. I’m reposting the following from a thread a few weeks ago bc it never made it out of the greys, but:

“HUGE Prince fan here, just here to say I think his last record. HITnRUN Phase 2, is massively underrated (cut a track or two, and it might…

Man, I need those hypothetical Might Get Loud sequels like yesterday... I too was taken in by that movie when it came out and would love to see more in that format.

Yeah it seems difficult to find a person that isn’t primarily a solo artist, but I think re-examination of a collaborative past is part of what makes this interesting. I was trying to think of people like Macca who have been a driving creative force in multiple projects (Wings, Firemen etc.) without the collaborators…

As far as living songwriters with catalogs varied enough compositionally and worth unpacking thematically, it’d be Nick Cave and Elvis Costello for me, but struggling to think of more off the dome that could sustain a series of that length.

HUGE Prince fan here, just here to say I think his last record. HITnRUN Phase 2, is massively underrated (cut a track or two, and it might crack his top 10 for me, personally), and would definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn’t dug into late-period Prince (or a relisten for those who haven’t heard it since…

Their marketing/partnerships have been pretty gauche to be sure, but honestly on the music front, I’ve been surprised that the two posthumous albums they’ve put out so far have been relatively tasteful in concept and well curated (found Originals in particular very enjoyable). At least this new album was also a fully…

Jackass 4??

Haven’t seen that ad, but I’d bet it’s meant to be a play on this cut from her Folklore album last year! The “cardigan” is referenced again in another song later on the record (“Betty”) so I suppose that was enough to make her the cardigan-girl for synergistic ad purposes. Hope this helps!

Your last point was the thing that seemed like the biggest missed opportunity for sure! I mean, I understand the Maels not wanting to delve deep into their production/writing processes, but I was disappointed that they got so many of the big-name producers like Rundgren, Visconti and Moroder and they didn’t have much…

Upvoted for the most iconic Carl quote of all time.

Reid?

Nothing good.

Not to dump on you specifically (because I usually find your comments insightful, and hopefully will deem to ungrey me!) but... why tf are we still doing shit like this?? Can we please not fall prey to this specific kind of neoliberal backpatting? Or like, if the commentariat and the site itself insists on taking a…

Haven’t seen that yet, but sounds interesting! My fav recentish TMNT related thing was this short Jhonen Vasquez made for SDCC a few years ago... Wish they’d made more!

Seems like these are just glorified hunting rifles (10 of them total), and all the prizes are just tailor-made to get some nice PR so people to get back to normal hunting rates (which dipped below the 5-yr average in WV in 2020). Prolly the same reason the youth prizes are scholarships to state schools, to remind ppl…

For real, its no “maybe it’s actually good” flop, but a “so bad its fun” movie at best. Interesting and ambitious for sure, but not quality. Definitely doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Speed Racer, which gets a drive-by here, and imo is a legit masterpiece (I fully believe it’ll be viewed as a…

Welp, David Gordon Green went ahead and did the one thing that could surprise me from him filmmaking-wise: pivot to acting. Genuinely weird casting here, and I hope the finished thing reflects the taste/work of some of the folks in front of the camera.

“AV Club is really doubling down on this forgettable mediocrity, and it’s just not the hill I would have figured they’d be willing to die on.”

It’s because Gizmodo’s discovered this comment section’s favorite thing is debating Snyder’s merits and bonding over mutual dislike, and they also do numbers on social. There’s…

I’m not saying people can’t criticize art; I’m saying what *you* specifically did is not criticism, but a personal attack and subjective opinion surrounded by irrelevant gear talk. I could spam plenty of links to pieces published during my years as a working arts journalist/critic to prove I grasp this concept, but…