It’s certainly a turning point for the show, but it’s not even the worst episode of the season, let alone a show that got much worse soon after.

The new Melody’s Echo Chamber is such a goddamn mess that I feel like I wasted my time getting excited over its 4 or 5 year tidbits and hints of release. Desert Horse is an offensively terrible song and I don’t get how anyone is at all praising it.

I don’t recall Hostel being *that* bad, with a fair bit of dark humor (not quite to the same extent as Cabin Fever, but similar). I wouldn’t call it a good, but I’m not quite sure why it became the whipping boy of the torture porn horror trend (to be fair, I also haven’t seen the original since it came out).

Project X probably would’ve had more appeal if I was closer to the age of the cast, but as an adult, it all just felt assholey. I can’t say the same for the other movies I’ve seen.

I recall liking Batman Begins... but goddamn do I not remember a thing about it otherwise. Even then, it’s still better than B&R.

Probably in terms of overall quality, though a couple of those weren’t as visible. Oddly, I remember Spawn getting a lot of decent reviews.

I don’t know, a lot of that was middle of the road, but nothing truly offensively terrible. A lot of the 80s charts are worse.

I was thinking this as well. It’s a bit overstated how Nirvana-alone killed Hair Metal as other factors played into that... but that shit really was dead by 1993 at the latest. Some hair metal bands persisted, usually by changing their style, but they made almost no mark on mainstream rock at the time.

I think I’d be able to appreciate the more laidback approach of Wooden Shjips if if they would shake things up a bit more. I know that’s their shtick, but between this and Moon Duo (and the Vive Le Void album to a different degree), the formula is spread very thin.

That was the weird part about the Charlene Yi/David Cross thing. I mean, it’s not a stretch that Cross did an insensitive asshole thing... but it just got weird when it was revealed that they were friends to some degree (at least through Amber Tamblyn).

Politics aside (which is certainly disappointing as real-life Roseanne could certainly use take the morals of episode 2 of her own show to heart), for the most part I felt like this seasons flaws could be fixed with a longer episode order. As it is, aside from a bit of creekiness in acting (Roseanne herself was often…

that’s comparing apples to oranges

Disagree on the Simpsons in comparing quality. Simpsons at its best was consistently great and though I don’t think they’re as consistently great, S2 and S3 aren’t nearly as slack as a lot of their reputations suggest. I wouldn’t say Bob’s Burgers is inconsistent, but I find it a bit up and down sometimes with some…

I assume Carrey saw The Snowman and was really hoping he’d get a character named Harry Hole.

They should’ve just said “Hey, remember how this show has been on the bubble for like 3 years and went on hiatus last year? How is it a surprise it was cancelled?”

It’s funny because people don’t complain about those years anymore. The highs were still pretty damn high and over a decade of nigh-mediocrity have put everything in context, haven’t they?

The renewal will give Bob’s Burgers nine seasons, so if it follows the Simpsons model, it still has a few more years before it turns bad.

I think the producers saw the white supremacy aspect of Gilead as something that probably wouldn’t fly as people of color struggle for representation in media; like having an all-white cast “because it’s in the book” could be seen as convenient.

disqualified due to that Puff Daddy track.

I could’ve sworn that the Riddler was long rumored for the final Nolan Batman. It would’ve been interesting, but I think way too many people saw him and The Joker as not quite different enough from one another, which would already make the bar set by Ledger even higher.