Did we really need to know about Snoke though? I think the whole message of TLJ was that the tropes and “cycle” we’ve seen before is silly and it’s time to break free of that, in-universe and out. Snoke was just going to end up being some regular old bad guy who was either burned by the Jedi, or messed with the dark…

I dont want to get into the whole “JJ and Rian didnt work together on the story” bit because that seems muddy right now but..

The reveal about Rey’s backstory is absolutely the most satisfying answer they could have possibly given us, precisely because it’s unsatisfying to Rey.

You mean like say... Emperor Palpatine? From the original trilogy?

What happened to the A.V. Club?! This article is complete self-righteous garbage.

He’s not a rapist. I appreciate his honesty, understand his behavior and enjoy his work. I’ll look forward to paying to see the new movie whenever it becomes legitimately available.

This looks dumb as hell.

One thing they need to do is make Superman an actual character rather then a blank slate for other characters to project their philosophies. This has been a problem since Superman Returns and has gotten even worse when Snyder took the helm and injected him with Objectivist philosophies that contradict who Superman…

I might catch some flak here, but I’ll go for it. Does this make anyone else feel uneasy? We’ve used Franken as the posterboy of our ability to kill our own darlings, and now that we’ve managed to destroy his career — a career he would have continued to use to speak up for women — I feel like we’ve only managed to…

I think you’ve got your timeline wrong. Ultimate Fury was made to look like SLJ just because they thought it’d be cool. It was several years later that the MCU came together.

Nope. Oliver brought up harassment allegations against Hoffman while they were discussing a movie centered around harassment allegations. It’s literally the perfect time to ask Hoffman about them.

I mean, it’s not like I’ll stop watching. I still hope it’ll be good. It would be really sad to lose one of the best new shows over something like this.

I don’t think Charlie Rose abusing women made him better at being a journo.

This may be a little late, but may I suggest Lawrenofsky?

I’m angered that CK went and did this reprehensible shit, and in turn depriving us of what would no doubt be another great comedy special. I feel for the victims and they were right to speak out. I’m still upset we will lose quality art, but that is solely CK’s fault

Complicating matters is the fact that the last allegation (so far) is from 2005. That was before ANY of his mainstream fame, really. It was before Chewed Up, and Hillarious, and Louie. It was back when he was still married (gross), and when he only had one infant daughter (grosser.) It was 12 years ago, and a lot can…

Is there any salvation for these men in the industry to atone and attempt to restore their careers after some kind of absence? Or are they done?

“How scary can a fat man sitting or lying down ‘bating be?”

Hotel had Liz Taylor, Denis O’Hare’s finest turn out of many great things he’s done in the franchise.

This review/recap is absolutely off. I binged 6 episodes today and it’s great.