Well given the fact that he wraps that argument in some kind of conspiracy theory about how dumb pop culture distractions are there to zombify the population so they can't resist Obamacare and socialism, I'd day his being marginally right there is irrelevant. "Amusing Ourselves to Death" is the smart version of this.…

Prove to me that misogyny is the root of sexism. Show me how historically sexism is rooted in hatred of women, and not the division of labor, perceived physical differences, mate selection, male domination of war and conflict, the rise of slavery and notions of private property, etc. You're basically arguing that the…

Well, I disagree. I think degrees are important in language. Someone doesn't necessarily hate dogs or cats because they hold them to have less intelligence. You can love something that you think isn't as capable as you are. Some nineteenth century sexist doesn't necessarily hate women; he may be deeply in love with…

It does seem be be slowly becoming synonymous with sexism. You can think women are inferior and need to be "protected" without hating or distrusting them. You may be a sexist prick, but that doesn't mean you hate women. You may think women are precious snowflakes who must be kept safe in the home at all times—a…

Going on my own memory, those weren't nearly as misogynistic, and the female characters were generally shown to be strong. Kit, Laurana, Tika, Moon-whatever-her-name-was, Silvanasti princess chick, black pirate lady, were all pretty tough. Granted they usually had strong men around, but most of them defined themselves…

I wanted to say some assholish snarky thing about it (somehow I own and enjoy yet disdain in the abstract every film Wes Anderson has directed), but the trailer somehow won me over… again. I feel like I should hate him as I generally hate all precious things, but his slick compositions, charming characters and…

Someone's been playing Sleeping Dogs. Except you're supposed to shove the head INTO the air-conditioner.

I've heard that the Romans took a lot of slaves during the Pun-ic Wars. Wait, I think I did that wrong.

edit: never mind, nothing to see here.

Yeah, remember when SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Grohl planned the gassing of all the glam metal bands at the Walla Walla Conference in 1991?

Punk didn't die, it just lost its verve and vitality around 1984 and was supplanted by better stuff.

I watched it recently. I thought it held up okay. It's nothing spectacular, but the good scenes are still good, and I love Dabney Coleman's creep in it (including his attempt at a Long Goodbye).

It's Spaceball 1; she's gone from suck to blow.

To be honest, I'd rather have Spike Lee direct since he demonstrated himself an able biopic director with "Malcolm X" (even if the film leaned too heavily on the hagiography of Alex Haley's Autobiography). Oliver Stone has done some biopics too, but his cinematography, conspiracy mongering and editing was distracting…

Why even read about music anymore, really? It's not like there are any critics out there who can talk technically about music, so all we're left with is a lot of purely subjective "this is the way this makes me feel." And really the only appeal of that is a feeling of solidarity ("that's how that makes me feel too!")…

A lot of that Spinal Tap concert footage was shot with a real audience that wasn't in on the joke. In a way, the performances in the film straddle the line between reality and fiction.

Saul should make Jesse his paralegal slave, or butler (as some kind of restitution). Also: laugh track, or GTFO.

It's strange to me how many people here are critiquing the clothing and looks of the actors. These are mostly glamour casting shots. They're not going to look like this in the show (necessarily).

This is missing Death's "1000 Eyes" (off their 1995 album "Symbolic")

Some might call that skillful.