It seems like Jeff really wanted it to be "symbolic" of something larger, which it wasn't. That was a 7-1 vote (if I'm remembering the timing correctly). Everybody, Laura and Ciera included, knew that Laura was getting the axe. That vote, to me, was actually indicative of a larger problem with this season: Jeff…

I demand that Ciera play again. I adore her. She was smart, she was cute, she was plucky (even if she made a few gameplay mistakes), she always offered at least one or two eye-rolls or funny facial expressions an episode, she was very good at expressing her opinions, she seemed like an actual human being, etc. …

We'll get a bunch of balanced challenges, at least. Something like intelligence is so hard to quantify, though. It's not like you can't be strong AND smart. How, exactly, did they cast these tribes? My guess: If you wear glasses, you are on the Brains tribe. If you can bench press 200 pounds, you're on the Brawn…

Oh awkward Kat. I assumed she was referring to a boob job, but for all I know, she was referring to the fact that she enjoyed a sandwich that she ate before the reunion. Who knows. She was just saying words, as she is wont to do. Kat is the enigma of our times.

Yes. 9 times out of 10 (arbitrary numbering), there is no big move. Even voting out Aras—while a blindside to Aras himself—wasn't a big move. It was just a logical move. The only people who talk about big moves are those in the minority trying to sway someone from the majority alliance. While flipping sides could…

I haven't watched the finale yet, but I felt certain enough that Tyson would win that I read the review anyway. I have no regrets. One of these days, we'll actually have a close final vote. One of these days. In some alternate universe, Tyson drew the white rock a few weeks ago and the show exploded into awesome,…

I'm not going to knock AV Club for their (rather threadbare) books section. Unless you have multiple multiple reviewers, it's hard to post a ton of reviews, because reading is actually a time consuming activity. Even if you read for multiple hours a day, realistically you're probably not going to be reading more…

I am happy to vote 'The Americans' as most overrated show of 2013, if that helps.

No no no. Buzzfeed is the Internet for humans who really don't give a shit about "thoughts" or "intelligent discussion," because hey, here are some GIFs. I feel like I lose brain cells every time I go to Buzzfeed.

Replace the word "kinda" with the word "repeatedly" and the word "dog" with "son."

Well, maybe most of my credibility, but all of it? That's disheartening.

I don't think book/movie are rocket science in this case, not much to understand. All I know is what I enjoy in these movies. If you enjoy the other stuff outside of the doom and gloom, that's cool, and if it makes you understand 'The Hobbit' better than me, that's cool, too. I like the parts of these movies that I…

Nine downvotes, sweet. Could somebody please get me to double-digits here? Come on Hobbit fans, where are you? Work with me here.

I loved 'The Lovely Bones' when I started reading it. It didn't stick the landing, though, unfortunately. Interesting premise and could have been great, but it shared the same problem with a lot of novels—you get an engaging setup filled with potential, and then it's like, "Um…OK…um…where to go now…how about…

If we're comparing him to Lucas, Lucas's initial effects updates on the original trilogy weren't awful. They allowed a whole new generation to see those movies in theaters. Should he have made the tweaks? I guess you could argue no, but their actual impact on the films is minimal. I certainly wouldn't argue that…

Sure, you could make that statement about most movies. Most movies, even ones dealing with issues, have pretty people in them. I don't feel uncomfortable about most movies, though. I'm not so much of a freak that I can't just watch a movie for the sake of watching a movie. Perhaps it was the public reaction to the…

Agree on 'Silver Linings Playbook.' I understand why it was popular, but I feel uncomfortable with a movie that tries to put a pretty people sheen on mental illness (and no matter how you cut it, that's exactly what that movie did). Plus, the bet that DeNiro makes near the end is just silly absurd. Crowd-pleasing…

Given that it's Christian Bale, I'm guessing that thing is real. He probably started swilling PBR the minute he read the script.

'The Following' is a show I really wanted to love. I tried. I gave it episode after episode. I watched it drunk. I watched it high. I watched it in China. B-horror is one of my favorite genres, and this should have been that. Instead, it just sucked. 'Hannibal' destroys it. Yet somehow, 'The Following' is…

Who wants to have fun in Middle Earth? Admittedly, I am only an average fan of that section of earth, but the whole drawing card in this thing for me was that these movies can get really really dark and you're hit with a palpable sense of evil and doom and consequence. I don't care about happy hobbits or dwarfs or…