I saw it twice in the theater and haven’t watched it again yet, but I’ve thought about it a lot ever since last October. It’s one of the most gorgeous looking movies I’ve ever seen. I could watch it with the sound off and still enjoy it, and the fact that it’s long and slow just means I have more time to just soak it…

There are a couple of songs that remind me of people who died way too young, and there was a stretch of about a year after I quit drinking that all my emotions were all fucked after being numb for so long, I don’t think that really counts either. (It was like when your foot prickles and gets extremely sensitive when…

The Land Before Time. I wore that movie out when I was a wee lad, and I remember it being sad in a couple places.

I don’t need to know their backstory at all. But if their character in the present is defined solely by their function in moving the plot, I’m going to have a hard time feeling anything about them. 

I was a terrible person and didn’t watch the show until it was already cancelled, so I can’t speak to your memory, but that sounds more like “Afternoon Delight,” when Gob threatens to pull down his pants and [bleep] in the mouth of “anyone who even looks at” his sister Lindsay. 

If by “Two Americas”, you mean divide the country, a la North/South Korea or East/West Germany, I’m on board. I’m even willing to cede the name “Real America” to the other side if it’ll help speed the process along.

To be fair, commenting systems in general are still in their infancy. It’s only been, what, 15 years since they become absolutely universal? You can’t expect them to have every little nitpicky thing worked out, like being able to log in and use it. 

Is anyone else having trouble with Kinja on mobile? After several months without issue (aside from its being Kinja and all), I got logged out, and I’m unable to login using Safari, Firefox, Firefox Focus, or Chrome.

For sure, it’s a subjective thing, and I don’t think there’s a wrong place to draw the line (or not). I’m just feeling a little defensive lately due to a couple of IRL conversations I’ve had where people have tried to make it out like there’s some bright line of morality that I’m on the wrong side of. Not that I’m…

I’m looking forward to the tech-demo aspect, since I was too broke the first time around.

Your edit is especially relevant. Wealth, power, and fame don’t usually serve to enable people’s best selves. I don’t remember any episodes of Behind the Music where selling a million records suddenly allowed the band to settle down and kick their bad habits and stop exploiting people, like they did when they were…

Sure, but a fraction of every dollar you spend on anything will end up supporting a crime of some sort. The government will use their cut to kill people at home and abroad; energy companies will use theirs to destroy the environment; banks will use theirs to finance it all and squeeze the poor. It’s just the nature of…

Whether it’s funny or not is subjective. The joke lands for me because of the seasonal tie-in, like an abortion is as common a summer activity as a trip to the lake or grilling out. (Also tying into that is phrasing... “have an abortion” sounds much more genteel, like a garden party.)

Yes, yes, fuck Roseanne, but...

I thought Donald Glover was the only exceptional part of that movie. The rest of the cast was fine, but I thought the script was kind of a mess. Part of that is just the priblem with prequels—like, okay, no one has ever made the Kessel Run in under 20 parsecs? I know what’s about to happen during this lengthy, tedious…

Season 3 never made me yell “Oh FUCK you!” at the TV, so in that sense, it’s a return to form.

You missed a golden opportunity for “first.”

I could have sworn Peter Serafinowcz voiced Darth Maul.

Peep Show and Mad Men were already covered, so I’ll add The Wire. Like Peep Show, the source material for The Wire will never run dry.

I like to think I’m a fairly angry person, but holy fuck, you have a problem.