I needs mah VW California!!!

Good piece. I am going to comment on the Ultron “monster” line. To me it was pretty obvious that Romanov was alluding to sleeping with the targets before killing them or having them taken away to be interrogated. Hence, her being sterilized was part of her forced transformation into a monster - a point of connection…

I want to go to there.

A smart American manufacturer should look at this, and the original Beetle, and think of making a true entry level car at a $9,999price point. To make it a real cult item, it should be designed with the aftermarket in mind - easy to switch out parts. A car that is meant for the gadget lovers and tinkerers, hoonable,…

Is it wholly my creation? I see it as a common sense conclusion based on how my peers operate.

I have a Beetle, it is comfortable despite the space compromises forced by whimsical styling.

The article seems to be about Death Wish being a fantasia of white violence, is it not? If that’s the narrative about what the movie means, then the movie is toxic and people who like it are bad people. And, fair enough, if that is what the movie is about.

Oh really. So, if the consensus is that a movie is thematically pro-NRA propaganda, a racist fantasy of killing minorities, then neither you or I would be stigmatized by our proper-thinking peers were we to admit to seeing it?

I admired its pithiness but can’t comment on its accuracy, being totally unfamiliar with Roth’s oeuvre, other than “Nation’s Pride” within Inglorious Basterds. I understand he makes grisly horror movies - um, yeah, no.

Yes, and as with people who try to sell me salvation, I think the effort is fundamentally well meaning - just obtuse and condescending. It is harmless in itself. But as a sign of the yawning gulf between the tastes of those who make things, and those who scold people who make things, it is somewhat troubling.

It is interesting indeed when an audience receives a different meaning than that given by the text. I mean, my high school years were plagued by listening to the Police singing “Every Breath You Take,” the eerie monologue of a stalker, whereas it was seen as romantic and lovely by most of the consumers.

It is not at all controversial that the knickers are twisted, in the sense that of course they are. Plainly. What I am seeing is that they were twisted by the very idea of the movie - the movie itself being neither here nor there, given that the reviewer (with laudable honesty) acknowledged that the content of the…

Sending? Or do you mean the message that the viewer is receiving, or more accurately projecting? The reviewer concludes that while the movie shows the vigilante protecting people of colour, that it is really about white people. In other words, the internal evidence of the film is insufficient.

It’s important to review the movie’s “presumed” politics - to project our fear of handguns and of seeming uncool - and then to denounce that. I would like the Academy to start awarding Best Sentiment and Best Supporting Assumptions.

I started reading, laughed, nodded, wondered who wrote it, scrolled up, cursed myself for wasting time, went back to reading, laughed, nodded.

I really liked the Boston Review piece, which helped sort out my very mixed reaction to this movie. But I don’t think enjoying the review means that we find Killmonger’s horrific notion of a worldwide fascism (only black!) to be either practical or desirable. It just points out some of the possible political…

It has the face of an angry lil’piggy! I’m hoping it was intentional!

Very fond of the “Toyota Racing Development” designation, TRD, clearly not invented by a native English speaker.

We almost got the prev-gen Escape (the one that is also the Mazda Tribute) because we liked the idea of getting a hybrid. But it was a little tight for the family especially with luggage for road trips. I liked it though. I grew up with a meaningless prejudice against Fords but their lineup is pretty solid now (but…

That’s what I’m on about man. I want the terrorist mobile, the bush patrol car, the unbreakable utility Toyota!