Yeah, I'm told the anger at Baldwin (in context) makes more sense than I give credit. I just remember some of the statements that came out when the most recent headline broke. Things like "No one would use that word without deep hatred in their heart." Which, in a world where Louis C.K. spent years getting laughs…

Patton's tweets are funny and all, but I feel like he purposely dodged the point. No one cares that Trevor Noah might have triggered incidental harm — it's that he used obvious stereotypes to make obvious jokes. "Butter" being a trigger word has nothing to do with punching down to "fat chicks". Now, if I were Oswalt,…

This seems as good a place as any to say that the first ep of Spontaneanation was just wonderful.

I have no citations, but I'm pretty sure he expressed this years ago.

I've seen plenty of shows solely for the openers, but I've never considered bailing on the headliner. I'm actually a bit surprised at how many on the AVC staff have done this for pretty huge acts — even when the band isn't good, the live energy of a popular group surrounded by fans is pretty damned infectious. Most…

I had to re-read that line a few times, but I convinced myself he meant "which pleases me [because if I'd known him I would have felt like there was competition and possibly not taken the role]"

I was always surprised when he would mention how long it took to craft a Pod F. Tompkast — I guess it's because my absolute favorite parts of any episode were always the stream of consciousness monologues. Sticking to those, and going to Earwolf to hopefully cut out any engineering / editing tasks, seems great for all…

It saddens me that Mulaney received such a beating, because Mulaney (the standup) is one of the best in the business.

UTU2TM was hilarious in person

Exactly: she's not saying they look up to him (her comments basically imply that, no, of course they don't), but he was a huge force in popular comedy. It's impossible not to see what he was doing, see how it landed with an audience, and not somehow absorb something — even if it's a firm conviction that you want to be…

Trans-lucent, an Amazon Original Series

Your answer of "what it is" sounds almost exactly like what you're saying it isn't: a belief that because the first was great, an attempt to make something new (and defiantly different — hence a cast that is nothing like the original) is somehow retroactively insulting. I don't think it's trying to top Ghostbusters,…

I can see why people like Lucy (though it drove me crazy), but I found Mockingjay unbelievably dull. And I loved Deathly Hallows.

I think the Transgender one should be made into an Amazon original series, Translucent

I'd almost forgotten about that one! Scarlet Johansson and Cobie Smulders both kicking ass, in a blockbuster that actually succeeded in being fun.

I'm all for big blockbusters having female protagonists, which is why I'm really, really sad that the two success stories everybody cites from last year (Lucy and Mockingjay) were total horseshit.

I saw the last leg of this tour in San Jose last month. (I haven't seen the special yet, but from the review it sounds pretty much identical.) Like everything Aziz does, I'm totally conflicted about it. On the one hand, he's a likable guy capable of some great observations. His crowd work in particular had me in…

I think Simmons deserved to steal the thunder, but I do think Miles Teller should have gotten way more recognition for his role than he did. Critics usually go ape-shit over physically demanding performances like that.

I hate being the guy who makes typo jokes on the internet, but dueling hosts would be way more entertaining. Audience at home votes on who is bombing less, winner gets to present Best Picture.

I've been bingeing Mad Men and only just caught up to "Commissions and Fees" this weekend. What's worse is, I'd already had Lane's fate spoiled for me in some article a while back. So I saw the whole arc of his character through the lens of "this person is going to kill himself." That made not only this episode, but…