And even the philosophy was fifth rate. Humans are inherently violent!  What is consciousness, like, really?  It all felt so surface.  

Rome was cancelled because the BBC were a major funder of it and pulled out.

Westworld on its best day wasn’t on Deadwood’s level.

I always liked Westworld more in theory than execution, although the first season really did nail the positive side of puzzle-box storytelling. (But there’s always the negative side, which is that it’s nearly impossible to make the payoff live up to the buildup.) If you ever wanted a poster child for storytelling that…

I miss when this site would possible reconsider calling anyone involved in a domestic abuse case a ‘sore winner’. It doesn’t matter who’s in the right, the snark just seems...too flippant and casual. If Depp is in the right, this is cruel. If Depp is in the wrong ‘sore winner’ still manages to trivialize what Amber…

Clutch those pearls any harder and you might hurt yourself.

You definitely come across like the insane moms that thought Silent Night Deadly Night was going to ruin Xmas forever 

Clutch your pearls some more you puritanical fool

Nothing like a post about Terrifier 2 to bring out an AV Club commenter’s inner uptight evangelical movie censor.

I thought this was going to be about Letterman being a dick, but I stead 8ts just a celebrity"s bruised ego. 

There are probably 20 women on the entire planet right now who can legitimately identify with Taylor Swift’s body image pressures on the same scale. Nobody...especially not an AVClub “critic”...knows what that woman is going through on a day-to-day basis in terms of body image, and the minute she tries to do something…

Jesus Christ, fat people need to shut the fuck up about other people’s experiences. I have gotten fat in recent years, and I hate it. I used to feel strong, fast, and healthy, and now my clothes don’t fit, I’m slower to do most things, I can’t even carry groceries into my apartment without tiring myself out. Being fat…

yeah, really disappointed with the backlash to that scene... it’s her experience, which she’s allowed to talk about, and it’s an indictment of all the things that lead to stuff like eating disorders and fatphobia.

This is one of the most obnoxious, bloodthirsty, self-righteous articles I’ve read on here. This almost rivals the Ellie Kemper fiasco for ‘AV Club author desperately reaches to impugn artist’s character’ vibes.

Body issues can happen to anyone, even the thin and fit. Despite being one of “the beautiful people,” they can see themselves as not. I am guessing that is what the scene is trying to portray. And it is accurate for some with this disease, as many who are thin see themselves as “fat and disgusting,” leading to things…

I usually don’t take too much stock in the order of lists like this because generating controversy is part of the fun. But this is honestly one of the worst lists of anything I’ve ever seen. The Wire and The Sopranos being one and two is fine, but everything else is bonkers. How could Curb Your Enthusiasm not even…

I mean, it seems pretty obvious what people are annoyed about, even if they’re erroneously denying the ‘objectification’ part.

I don’t think glibness in response to these kinds of stories is a good idea. But, being honest, I think allegations 3+4 (as they appear in the article) basically amount to what bfred said. They were in their twenties, they weren’t connected to Butler professionally, the whole thing started over the internet. Saying…

I just watched the globe salesmen again and even though I’ve seen it about five times, when the kid tells Fred’s character he smells like pee, I lose it.

I don’t know enough to comment on the 2015 allegation, but how is years later deciding you wish you hadn’t had sex with a rock star assault??