Shall we wait to see if Gentle Herpes shows up to explain to us how the racist ventriloquist is clearly the superior comedian, a consummate professional who knows exactly what material to serve up to this audience to make them laugh, whereas Kinane is an elitist who thinks he's better than everybody because he's…

So you're suggesting that the reputation of Jaws as a masterfully executed film is largely due to childhood nostalgia? I don't think that position is going to find much support.

So you're suggesting that the reputation of Jaws as a masterfully executed film is largely due to childhood nostalgia? I don't think that position is going to find much support.

To be fair, Lovecraft primarily focused on sinister and subhuman Asians (and Pacific Islanders — scary yellow people).

To be fair, Lovecraft primarily focused on sinister and subhuman Asians (and Pacific Islanders — scary yellow people).

No, I know that particular ultra-crisp style for action films (and I don't like it). But that's not the jutter I'm talking about. I'm noticing this usually when the camera panning a bit too fast and the effect is not "motion blur" but stuttering. I used action movies as an example in my post because they do frequently…

No, I know that particular ultra-crisp style for action films (and I don't like it). But that's not the jutter I'm talking about. I'm noticing this usually when the camera panning a bit too fast and the effect is not "motion blur" but stuttering. I used action movies as an example in my post because they do frequently…

Maybe it's because current editing styles for action movies and thrillers have gotten so frenetic, but over the last few years I've found myself very conscious of jutter in theaters. I feel like I'm watching a computer game where the framerate is dropping. The image is very clearly and nauseatingly stuttering as the…

Maybe it's because current editing styles for action movies and thrillers have gotten so frenetic, but over the last few years I've found myself very conscious of jutter in theaters. I feel like I'm watching a computer game where the framerate is dropping. The image is very clearly and nauseatingly stuttering as the…

I would posit that complicated (and expensive) practical effects forced directors to really work to get their money's worth. You pay big money for an amazing prosthetic mutant, you're going to be sure you give it the kind of proper, loving treatment it deserves. You're going to make sure it looks good and that it…

I don't know. Wouldn't the corollary to "a bunch of little doubts don't add up to a big doubt" be "a bunch of little pieces of weak evidence don't add up to strong evidence"? The latter seems to be precisely opposite to what Mike is arguing, but it has a soundness to it.

I don't know. Wouldn't the corollary to "a bunch of little doubts don't add up to a big doubt" be "a bunch of little pieces of weak evidence don't add up to strong evidence"? The latter seems to be precisely opposite to what Mike is arguing, but it has a soundness to it.

I think I'm a candidate for one of the top ten most plausible and awesome porn names: Watson Netherwood. (No kidding! And I never realized how suggestive my childhood street's name was until I first played this game.)

I think I'm a candidate for one of the top ten most plausible and awesome porn names: Watson Netherwood. (No kidding! And I never realized how suggestive my childhood street's name was until I first played this game.)

@avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus I see it as kind of like environmentalism. Do I only look at the quality of the product and ignore the pollution generated by its producer? Why should ideological "pollution" be different?

@avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus I see it as kind of like environmentalism. Do I only look at the quality of the product and ignore the pollution generated by its producer? Why should ideological "pollution" be different?

I made a comment above about framing this discussion not in terms of if a movie is "good" or "bad" but whether you as a viewer feel like you have confidence in the director. You've brought up very much the same kind of thing. As a viewer (or a reader), you enter into a kind of relationship with the artist. You're…

I made a comment above about framing this discussion not in terms of if a movie is "good" or "bad" but whether you as a viewer feel like you have confidence in the director. You've brought up very much the same kind of thing. As a viewer (or a reader), you enter into a kind of relationship with the artist. You're…

I know entertainment is, for the most part, not a life or death matter and the stakes aren't that big. But whenever I hear this kind of attitude, it just sounds to me like the people who say "I can't give you a treatise on what's right and what's wrong. I just know in my gut what's right." (Which is usually followed…

I know entertainment is, for the most part, not a life or death matter and the stakes aren't that big. But whenever I hear this kind of attitude, it just sounds to me like the people who say "I can't give you a treatise on what's right and what's wrong. I just know in my gut what's right." (Which is usually followed…