“But the TV shows have mostly felt separated from the films, which is a problem from a structural standpoint.”

I like this comment. I will use it to jump on a landmine. I’m sure someone could use an excuse to yell at a stranger on the internet today.

But that also sounds like it’s kind of the point of the joke; this guy thinks he needs to work in a Blockbuster of all places in order to become a filmmaker when he’s got a plethora of much better options available to him.

Or they had m9vie geek parents, duh!

Hello, I used to work for Blockbuster back in high school (which thankfully means I have absolutely no nostalgia for the company, it deserves everything that happened to it) and I have a story.

Because I felt like commenting, and because providing that further context might have helped me understand more clearly where the reviewer was coming from. 

Yep. Which I felt was unfair since she basically became the face of derision towards the mediocre Les Mis movie. People laughed at Russell Crowe’s singing a bit but that was about it.  I never understood why she took shit for her Catwoman either, since I thought she nailed that character.

I think often if I were a man, a lot of this wouldn’t be the case.

Holy crap. I never heard of this game. I was in elementary School in the late '80s in Middle School in the early 90s. Is this a relatively new phenomenon?

I think it’s nothing to do with Braffe and is the more simple “she found the behavior offensive *and* it interfered with her being able to do her job.”

came here to say this. Appreciate you beating me to it. Body positivity unless we don’t like the person, than it’s ok to shame them? Do better Gawker...

I remember 3 or 4 rounds of staff ago when Jezebel used to believe that making fun of anyone’s body was wrong, regardless of how shitty they are. But the new Jezebel and it’s deranged commentariat love mocking bodies and calling people fat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Are we just straight up acknowledging that it’s the cops’ job to shoot people without due process now?