Agree to disagree, I guess, other than to say that, of course, not every trope is a crutch, but some are. Deus ex machina and fridging are two that come to mind.

but also never Kelsey Grammar.

Unexplained grief: Mutt died on the way back to his home planet.

I sure wish we could delete comments. 

Thanks to re-runs, syndication, and an apparent fondness for watching family programming in college, I know him from all three! 

Naming tropes isn’t criticism, but calling out weak writing that’s over-reliant on tropes can be.

Simins’ new band with partner Jilly Weiss is excellent.

“Art” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. As a devout, sincere MCU apologist, this show is a product, made to sell Disney+ subscriptions and tickets to The Marvels.

LMDs haven’t been well established in the MCU (outside of Agents of SHIELD, which has a tenuous connection to canon) and I doubt Gravik would have killed a fellow Skrull. I sincerely hope she makes a return somehow, I just don’t know how it could be managed.

This looks . . . kinda not great, but I love everyone involved, especially Bill fucking Camp. 

Yeah, I saw that and got all excited, but sadly, no, just more shockingly bad writing on the internet.

Well, they’ve put out ~50 original shows since the four years that ECW was broadcast there. Might be worth dipping your toe back in!

Loooooord this looks bad. If it weren’t for the threat of sexual violence and brutality (and, seriously, thanks for the heads up on that) it might even be fun to watch for a laugh.

TCM comes included with Hulu with Live TV, which costs as much as Youtube TV or a cable subscription. There’s no option to add TCM to a standard Hulu subscription.

Have they shown wrestling since 2010? I wasn’t aware.

Rocky Horror at the Franklin Cinema was a formative experience for me in the 90s. But jesus, people yell stuff out at the stage show? Stop doing that. 

TCM is my happy place, but I have no financially feasible way to get it. It’s literally the only TV channel I would watch live, but there’s no way for me to get it without paying $70/month for cable or Youtube TV.

That’s what TNT and TBS are for, though. 

Joysticks stands out from that pack IMO. It’s a sex comedy, yes, and most women featured in the film exist solely as sex objects. But they are also equal partners in the sex that’s portrayed, and there’s far less of the questionable consent that makes films like Nerds so hard to enjoy today. Plus, come on, Jon Gries…

The article closes with an anecdote about the director wanting to kiss his ears.