"…the most pointed criticism that can be made of it stems from general reboot fatigue. And that fatigue is justified. Must everything old be new again?"

2016 and we still can't have a James Bond who's a trans WoC. Shame on you, Hollywood.

They'll talk about them every bit as much as the Louis CK allegations. "Listen and Believe", unless it's a guy we like.

Everything is about race. And if it isn't, it's about gender. This review does an excellent job on both fronts. If you have a problem with this, you're probably just another whiny white man baby and I gorge myself on your tears.

I, for one, am shocked that your lazy narrative didn't play out like you thought it would!

He's written three books.

I forget who it was but the director of a recent film that cast a Brit in the role of an American said that the US just doesn't produce actors that are classically masculine badasses anymore - we're better at "Jesse Eisenberg" types.

I feel like AV Club editorial meetings are now just filling in Mad Libs with various buzzwords, like the manatees who write Family Guy.

This is the most read article on the site right now, because of course it is. And we longtime readers wonder why the AV Club has devolved into bullshit outrage clickbait. I clicked on it just so I could leave this comment so I guess I'm getting what I deserve.

"Alright guys, we need a thousand words on why this Facebook thing isn't a big deal. And try to sound like as much of an asshole as possible."
"I got this, Chief!"

As a sexually confused, emotionally stunted adult with severe mental health issues, I couldn't be more excited!

This is a textbook example of cultural appropriation and I can't believe a progressive site like the AV Club would endorse it.

Haha the AV Club acting like stirring up stupid moral outrage is an unpleasant chore for them

I get that content aggregation is like 70% of what you do now, AV Club, but at least aggregate shit that isn't a) 5 years old and b) dumb as fuck

I remember an incredibly mean-spirited Mad TV sketch where "Louie" was hosting Family Feud and everything revolved around how pathetic and suicidal he was. It didn't take long for me to feel bad about laughing at it, and I feel even worse that I did after reading this. Also, fuck Mad TV.

Sadly, I think you're 100% right.

The thing is, Gawker (and the blogs it influenced) changed the entire identity of the left by realizing that hate and hysteria = clicks. And now that attitude defines an entire ideology, which fucking sucks because we used to be the good guys.

The right has always been toxic and unhinged. Gawker just helped the left down a similar path.

I stay here because I've been reading it since the 90s. And "Random Roles" is still good.

Gawker forever poisoned the well by pioneering the cynicism, snark, commitment to lazy narratives, vendettas, selective fact checking, outrage baiting, and outright hackery that will forever define online "journalism". The AV Club is mad because they have only begun to adopt Gawker's tactics.