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The other issue with the Rice shooting is that the cop didn’t even attempt to deescalate. He raced up to the scene and immediately started firing without even giving Tamir a warning. Terrible policing even if it had been a real gun.

While I agree with your overall point, McClane is already pretty unrealistic in the first film. He jumps off the roof of a skyscraper away from a giant explosion holding on to a firehose and smashes through a plate glass window, all without getting hurt at all. Yeah, the harrier thing was ridiculous, but the first…

It depends on how you define a Christmas film, which is inherently subjective. For some, it’s more about the setting than the content. For some, it’s more about the content than the setting. Others are strict and require both to be directly Christmas related. Even then, you can argue what percentage of the film has to…

The rallying cry of the Napster crowd is that musicians would make up for decreased records sales with touring, merchandising, and licensing.

The Recording Industry Association of America absolutely filed lawsuits against individual fans. Obviously, Metallica doesn’t run the RIAA, but they were the biggest and most vocal artist railing against Napster and supporting the lawsuits.

The whole “was Polanski treated fairly” question is such a red herring. He was offered an extremely lenient sentence because he was rich and famous and the judge did the right thing by not accepting it. He had every right, both morally and legally, to do so. The fact that Polanski thought he was going to get a lighter…

The issue is less with not enjoying Citizen Kane and more in his “no films made before 1975" rule and his implication that there’s nothing for modern audiences in that film or others from its era. Personally, I think Citizen Kane is a helluva good time and I don’t need a breakdown of every new technique it pioneered…

I don’t I’ve ever heard of anyone other than Zoidberg do it, so I assumed it was a Borscht Belt comedian thing.

Charles & Diana: 1983, Boss Level (starring Frank Grillo and, ugh, Mel Gibson)

Affleck’s career seems to be doing alright, but I’m not really sure how that’s relevant considering the fact that the rumors of Spears’ infidelity didn’t hurt her career either. She had some of her biggest hits after her and Timberlake split. What I’m talking about is the perception that the public holds of them. The…

It’s his life though. He’s free to share those details with whoever he wants in whatever way he wants, not just legally but morally. Timberlake wasn’t a paparazzo digging through other people’s trash to expose their secrets. He was a man speaking honestly about his own past relationship. I agree that someone cheating…

If she didn’t actually cheat, then I suppose that would be true. But why are you assuming that she didn’t? You can presume her innocence if you want, but you’re presuming that Timberlake is guilty.

Oh I’m not saying it’s a good article at all. Definitely seems like it was written in anger by a hardcore Britney fan. I’m just saying that it’s a useful rundown of why people are upset at him. Whether he actually did the things he’s accused of in the article or whether it reads like it was initially scrawled in…

I never was a fan of his music. But people seem to like it.

That’s fair. I’m not against him apologizing if he feels bad about how things went down. I’m just against everyone acting like he’s history’s greatest monster and everything that happened to her was his fault.

I agree that it’s gross to joke about taking someone’s virginity. Though I’m curious as to whether you have an actual source for that because I haven’t come across those comments.

I don’t necessarily know that she did. But he’s made vague allusions that seem to point in that direction. Either way, it’s pretty normal to be bitter at an ex.

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The doc doesn’t really interest me. It’s still just tabloid journalism even if it’s a positive portrayal rather than a negative one. I read the Buzzfeed article though, so I think I have a pretty good idea what people are mad at him about. If “ was publicly rude to an ex who cheated on you,” is your worst sin, you’re…