I'm not sure which 80's breakdancing movie you are talking about, there weren't that many of them released, actually. However, I don't see how you can apply what we've come to accept as fact about hip hop subculture now to a time when 97% of people didn't realize that breakdancing was in fact part of a subset of a…

I think your attempt to capsulize what his role in the industry was is spot on. However,  had his disposition been less reasonable, less accessible (and didn't have  an excellent foil on television) I'd say a great number of people would not give a crap about what critics had to say about film.

You trying for the Worst Time to Apply Snark on a Blog Visited by Film Critics award?

He was not a rational person.

Nah. Of course Merle knows what the Governor is going to do. That wouldn't stop him from trying, especially when he's returning with what the Gov. wants. And of course he knows what the Gov. If you seriously think Merle was taking Michonne himself so Rick wouldn't do it, you weren't paying attention. Merle explicitly…

Please. There is a history of decades of television where show runners chose not to kill off the most popular characters. You can't call that an "unwillingness to take risks." I'd wager that just about every instance in which a *popular* character is killed off is because of something to do with matters outside the…

@avclub-1a8ea13dd13302d361b6658b5db66143:disqus "At the top of their game" does not mean "when they are being highly sought after." It isn't as if Forster suddenly developed talent when he was cast, for example. I'd say three out of the four you mentioned were just underrated, and all four were simply out of the loop…

@avclub-d12ff6e4c3470008916a35920fd54db5:disqus I think AW HELL NAW works much better in that light, but oh well. I try not to dwell on things associated with Will Smith too much.

Merle doesn't change. Not one bit. I think it is important for you all to catch this in understanding how well this episode was handled. He does something unexpected, but that doesn't mean he changed.

The reason you have such a problem with the episode is that you think this is about Merle "changing." It is absolutely nothing to do with that. Merle does not change. This is about Merle wanting to give Darryl what he wants, which is the group safe in the prison. Merle knows that the Guv'nah is not going to let them…

That was a long time ago and it was Jazzy Jeff's joint.

While I'm not a fan of Smith, I agree, I mean, this meme is long past funny and is a tad racist.

Tarantino has been lucky enough to cast actors who are at the top of their game in the larger roles. He gives line readings, so either your performance survives that or it doesn't, seems to me. Depends on whether or not you have the skills.

Did it, really?

Yes, we were. ALL the time.

It isn't that they let everyone have dialogue, it's that the dialogue was seemingly meant only to provide the actors with a line or two that week. The minor characters either a)serviced the plot b) yelled out a warning or "Come on!" c) had a soliloquy before getting shot or bitten. I've said before around here, you…

I can tell you why I thought the Harvey bit was funny; Thompson nailing why Harvey is kind of ridiculous, Hart's absurd panic over an animal, something that Black people might well recognize from people in their lives or family. Why did you think it was shit? I don't know what it means that you "don't care about black…

I don't think the writers (they do have one or two black writers on staff now, don't they) are just pulling out the "urban" material. To wit: Seth McFarland was in a Steve Harvey show spoof. Especially when you have comic actors like Hart who are going to have input into sketches, you are going to see material you…

I don't want it to last the remainder of the season. Wrap it up in the next couple of episodes and set-up the inevitable cliffhanger for next season.

I think it was Milton. He came late to the party, and when Andrea spoke to him he was quite troubled, like "Oh shit, I have to drive a van load of zombies" troubled.