Marvel: Hey, Christian Bale, would you like to be in a Marvel movie? We’ll give you money.

It’s hard to decide who, of our worst narcissistic givers of ill-informed bad takes, will be president in 20 years: Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, or this piece of shit.

Are people really this unaware that polygraph tests don’t work. They are only about 50% accurate, which makes them literally useless. The fact that we use them in court cases is truly scary.

I finished Ken Follett’s A Column of Fire while I was on vacation last week. Almost 1,000 pages long, it reads fast, like all of the Kingsbridge books, a series of historical fiction that all take place in the fictional English cathedral town of Kingsbridge. What I like about them is they are equally plot- and…

Queued up before the cull. The intent was indeed to leave out of solidarity, so you can imagine my frustration when it got bumped to a run date that was after everyone else from the old guard had already left the building. That said, I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised to see that the piece ended up being…

Not to sound snarky at all, but I thought Gwen already left.

Not gonna lie; out of all the departures, this one really feels like a personal loss. I’ve greatly enjoyed this column, ever since the Christmas where I stumbled onto the site only to find myself reading, in some bewilderment, a review of an Australian horror movie about an aborted fetus called Cletus who became a…

My mom hated onscreen child death. Until she had me.

Awww… I’m sad to see you go. This series was always a favorite. Thanks for dipping into the bins!

Can someone with more video editing skillz than me (which is to say, can someone with any video editing skillz) doctor the balcony clip to put Alex’s head on the hockey player and Spanfeller’s head on the kid he sends flying? The world wants this, so who are you, video editor person, to withhold your ability to make…

Sad to see you go, these (and your other articles) have been fun to read and will leave an obvious gap in their absence. It was always nice to see something original and thoughtful on the site. Hope the pastures are greener at your next stop.

Vaya con dios, and good luck. I think your closing lines could be a mission statement around here lately, for the writers and for some of us long time commenters. 

Gwen, you’ve been one of my favorite writers across all the sites for a while.  Maybe it’s being a fellow old in watching shows that don’t have splosions and shallow characters, or maybe it’s that you put an awful lot of work in to whatever you do.

I can’t guarantee it 100%, but I strongly suspect this will be my last ever comment at this site, after near two decades. I will miss your work, Gwen, and this site as it was.

It is! Hello to your sister

I’ll admit, it’s getting harder to visit the GMG site, now that all the best writers are leaving nearly every week.

Thanks Gwen, for all the articles over the years and particularly this one. Columbo is the all-time greatest in comfort food TV. It’s filling and reassuring, and even those rare times when it’s not all that great, it’s still good.

*stops & slowly turns around* Uh, Gwen . . . just one more thing.

It seems like every time I get genuinely excited about an article lately, and then see who wrote it and get more excited, it’s another farewell article.

Great article about a great episode of a great show.