Ain’t that the truth. As soon as I saw the word “problematic” in the sub-heading I knew that’s what this review would be about. Not the episode, which the reviewer doesn’t seem to understand (her comments about the show being boring are testament to that), but just because a gay character died.

I think some of the “backlash against criticism about representation” is about the fact that it sometimes feels like it’s the only subject critics are interested in. This was, by far, the best episode of House of the Dragon. It managed to create a tension the show has been lacking, and ended with a scene where all the…

Mad about pronouns, every time.

It’s funny to think that Gawker (or whoever owned them at the time) thought Kinja was going to be adopted all over the internet and rival Disqus. They’ve literally never gotten it to work properly.

After watching the trailer for this- I have a STRONG feeling there is absolutely no other reason we are hearing about it other than this “controversy”. It looks like a *TERRIBLE* movie. The makers could not have been more lucky than to have it pulled. 

If it WAS free on YouTube instead of a paying screening at TIFF, this would’ve been fine.

This is a cliche at this point, but “go woke, go broke”. You alienate at least half your audience in the first couple months and expect no consequences from it? I hope they got rid of Sessler more than anyone. He is as toxic as they come and even wished death for people who don’t think like him politically via his…

It’s worse than that, they found out “football” was called “soccer” in the UK and the majority of the English speaking world until the 1980s, but they changed it to give pedants something to post about on the Internet so they can feel snobby.

That photo exists in some liminal space between bad Halloween costume and that one episode of 30 Rock.

They finally discovered Soccer has been criminally impersonating Football for decades?

When you’re using a well-established character like that it seems like you’d work out those licensing issues before you released (hell, before you made) your film.  But I guess this is a good way to drum up publicity and make yourself look like a downtrodden underdog.

Jersey Girl always felt to me like his one attempt at making an “real” movie that wasn’t entirely propped up by his worst impulses as a writer/director...and it failed so hard that he’s seemingly never bothered to put the effort in again. Which is a shame, both because I think the film is solid despite its flaws and…

Problem is watching this trailer has the opposite effect on me of seeing Hawke and Delpy or Rocky Balboa age naturally and logically with their characters. This just makes me sad because the whole idea of Clerks seemed to be that yeah they’re fucking around for now but would eventually figure it out.

You’re thinking of “Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.” I saw it in Tucson with a live Q&A afterwards with Smith and Jason Mewes. I’m glad I went, enjoyed seeing the film with a raucous crowd, but have had zero desire to ever watch it again. Jason Mewes’ comeback from the hell of drug addiction has been inspiring, but his Jay…

I’d rather you starve too.  :)

I dunno, like, whatever.

Maybe you’re too young to know, but it’s human nature to slide into self-reverential nostalgia as you enter the back stretch of life. Boomers did it, Gen X may be doing it, and in twenty years, you’ll be doing it too. 

I don’t think I’ve ever heard Kevin Smith shit on a film. Granted, I limit my exposure to him talking, but he seems pretty positive about every film he discusses.

It’s people trying to sell stuff to us GenXers.  Don’t worry, we’re still apathetic and haven’t sold out...much.