We probably shouldn’t expect AVC’s half-assed summaries of articles from other publications to have something as basic as antecedents for pronouns, not when there’s still more work to be done perfecting snark as the house style.

Big Mouth is on the list--#16.

So Contest of Champions, Avengers Academy, Strike Force, and now Battle Lines. It sounds like you’ve tried almost every Marvel-based phone app game except Marvel Future Fight (?). If so I’d highly recommend checking it out. In my opinion it has the best roster of characters amongst Marvel games, the best graphics, the…

Nah. I’m the gasbag that throws around “intertextual” and “Arnoldian.” My students just have to put up with it.

Yeah, I think that it’s a good example of how I am just old now and have to accept that what was a beloved classic for me growing up is just another old movie that younger folks probably haven’t even seen.

So I was talking to one of my lit classes about intertextuality the other day, and as a go-to example I chose Once Upon A Deadpool and The Princess Bride, thinking that they would make for an easy Arnoldian touchstone. No dice. Only two or three of the students (out of class of around 20) had even heard of The…

“Tina is definitely supposed to read as a total loser.”

I’d agree with all of that up to saying that distinguishing Susmita as book smart compared to Tina and her siblings was the point. Wilkins describes Tina’s “weird ignorance” as “embarrassing” compared to Susmita’s book smarts, even more so than "when not paired with her siblings or still dumber kids." To me it was a…

Like what? The only one that comes to mind is Tammy’s bat mitzvah, and that’s because it was Tammy. Tammy is usually behind any attempts to exclude Tina, and it usually backfires on her (like with her bat mitzvah). Even when Tina initually thinks that she’s been excluded, it’s usually a misunderstanding, like when in…

“That’s a sweet ending—or at least as sweet as an ending can be with Henry involved—and it does a nice job of demonstrating why Tina isn’t a total loser.”

“Liz Lemon numbers among my employees.” — Jack Donaghy, on the back cover of Dealbreakers

Thanks for the catch. 

Looking at header image, I reflexively thought that was Homer dressed up as a clown, rather than Krusty dressed up as a slightly different clown. That abandoned season 1 storyline of Krusty turning out to be Homer in disguise pays off again.

You’re currently relegated to what’s called “the grays” (or “greys”). If I recall correctly, new users’ comments will automatically be considered “pending” until/unless someone chooses to look at pending comments (which are “grayed out”) and gives the comment a star and/or replies to it, after which the comment will…

I think that you did a fine job with it. Your affection is clear and your praise is effusive. I just wanted to post an addendum for the unfamiliar.

“...one of his longest roles, a casino operator in the first season of HBO’s Deadwood.”

An Irishman would do in a pinch.

RLM did an episode of reView about Hackers (with special guest commentator Macaulay Culkin!) just last week:

No love for Walter and Donny so far. Shame. They’re worthy fuckin’ adversaries.

Pffft. Big deal. When I turned 31 I got drunk and passed out. Top that!