“Giving a damn about the child” means taking Samantha Geimer’s perspective in account. I’ve worked in an NGO where, amongst other things, we helped victims of racist violence. There had been a very mediatized case of a young Afghan kid beaten up by Golden Dawn thugs. All the NGOs were on him, using him as a flag, as a…

What I’m saying is precisely that people like you cannot process more than one variable, just want their on/off toggle switched, and run with it. Whereas actual fairness would require the consideration of the many, many elements that you trim out (as “verbiage”, “murkiness”, or “headache”) in favor of twitter-friendly…

Excellent illustration of what I’m saying, though.

The complexities of Polanski’s case lie elsewhere. Disagreements on whether he “paid” enough or not for the S.G. rape, on whether the trial was fair, on how to deal with the fact that she really wishes him to be left alone with that story, and, what is way much important in my eyes : the veracity of the other accusatio…

There is nothing “obvious” one way or the other in this speciic case, but apart from that, I see your point. It’s distressing to the the AVClub rate so high a documentary that openly looks at only one side of a dirty, complex, emotional story, and it’s distressing to see the tweet-level crowd hurling itself at a…

Out of curiosity, what made you go from considering Moses’ testimony as a “proof” to the polar opposite ? That is, “definitely believing one side” on both cases ?

For a show that feels like Torchwood but good, it’s amusing to have a Harkness but bad.

Alright but let me take this goalpost and replant it a bit further over there.

But you could argue, all the same, that Star Wars has a teenager discovering his adopted parents slaughtered by soldiers, a whole planet genocided in front of an inhabitant, a heroic mentor figure killed by the baddie in front of his surrogate grandchild - the same baddies who supposedly murdered his dad, and who gets…

Fair answer, but if you think about it, Empire Strikes Back isn’t that “dark” apart from the sole fact that it doesn’t end on a victory (but on a cliffhanger, which isn’t even the same as a ‘bad’ ending). The whole rest of the film is the same joyous romp as the other star wars and their mandatory “nooooo” scene.

Where does the stupid idea come from, that “going dark” could be a redeeming factor for a film ?

Wait, Sub-Zero is about to say something interesting.

Provided the object is sincere.

three-stone [42 pounds]

Yes, I kinda liked the movie, even tough I dislike the casting of Keanu Reeves. And oddly, while I’d love an Idris Elba James Bond, a non-blond Constantine offends me. Maybe because his hair defines this comic character like Tintin’s, in my eyes. I also disliked Terence Hill going white duster for Lucky Luke, and a…

I feel a bit behind the curve there. My first reflex was genuinely “woah americans are still sour about pearl harbor ?”.

Should be a documentary about the public having super strong opinions because because.

I’m not very good on american traditions. Is it related to Happy Have Al Capone Judged By A Jury Made Of All The Members Of His Own Gang Day ?

For instance ?

Yes. He wasn’t allowed to film it in black and white, so he ensures we’ll watch it so.