It’s a good example of someone looking for something to be offended by.

Everything I mentioned was in an episode that aired during Seasons 1-9, which is technically within the first 31% of the show’s episodes. Also, at the beginning literally other character was a stereotype too—Burns was a generic rich guy, Smithers a generic toady, Skinner a generic authority figure, etc.—so it’s not…

Some individuals have cultivated a co-dependent relationship with their anger and resentment. I guess Hari is at least making money off it.

Anyone who does see themselves reflected in a Simpsons character should seriously reconsider their life.

If someone asks me about Bumblebee Man, I don’t fly off the handle. Fuck these assholes, Apu is great.

“little thought has been given to the Apu character beyond the accent, that Apu is his ethnicity (and a blatantly distorted one at that) and that’s it.”

Ebert’s Law: No good movie is too long, and no bad movie is too short.

I like long movies so long as the time isn’t wasted. I don’t get why people complain so much about it. Then again, I don’t understand why so many people complain about most things.

I think the Fellowship movie is a lot better than the books, and the Return of the King book is probably a bit better than the movie. 

Any time Sonny’s penis is not on screen, people should be asking themselves, “Where’s Sonny’s penis?”

YES. And Lucy getting vaginal-tightening surgery and all that. I was 12 when I first read that book, and even then I was like, “Um, really?”

I would add The Godfather to this list. Mario Puzo’s book is great and all but 1) the movie is a masterpiece and 2) at least the movie knew better to cut the whole subplot about Sonny’s huge dick.

Whenever people complain that the movies aren’t faithful enough to the Tolkien’s books, I argue that a perfectly faithful adaptation would have to be the longest musical ever made.

What got me about the dog, and the thing that told me these guys were going to show me a great film, was the way the dog died. We didn’t see the dog get injured, we just heard it. We didn’t see the dog die - it was already dead when John woke up.

The LotR movies better than the books? Not especially.

Edge of Tomorrow, don’t you mean Live, Die, Repeat? God what weird decisions made by that studio.

As much as it killed me to have the dog die, I think that was actually part of what made the movie so successful for me. Rarely do I go into a movie when I am that much in favor of watching someone get brutally killed in retribution. Killing the dog put me on John Wick’s side in a HUGE way.

It’s the matter-factness that Viggo delivers the speech with that completely sells it. “He is creature of focus, commitment, and sheer will. Something you know very little about.”

The scene with Viggo and his son, and the lead up to it (“oh”), is also my favorite part of the movie. Usually the rule is “show don’t tell”, but they do such a masterful, fun job of building up the legend of John Wick that you know everything you need to about this world when all hell breaks loose. The structure of…

Don’t let the nostalgia get to you. The prequels looked bad, too. Not as bad as the plot or dialog or acting, but there was a whole lot of weightless bouncy animation and some shoddy blue/green screen work... Force Awakens and Rogue One look a zillion times better.