I suppose it would be possible to cherry-pick, but I would recommend against it. The earlier seasons are goofy, but they help you get to know the characters enough so that it matters when they start dealing with really serious dilemmas. Plus, the point of the show isn't really the plot, it's more the immersiveness of…

I didn't say that, I said I couldn't tell. Loving the Spiderman cartoon is a perfectly valid view, it just seemed very odd to me to claim that it was the greatest superhero cartoon ever. Batman TAS and JLU are MILES ahead of Spiderman, IMO.

No.

Agree to disagree, then. I meant more that looking back on it, it's all one, long, continuous story moving in one direction. As opposed to even something as ambitious and grown-up as Breaking Bad, which kept finishing things and then picking new places to go.

But…really? I mean, does the DCAU just not exist in Drew's world.

I know I've been saying this all over the comments section and must be coming across as the most pathetic fanboy, but Adventure Time is brilliant. I've watched a lot of television. I've watched Firefly, Breaking Bad, True Detective, Louie, Arrested Development, Twin Peaks, season four of The Simpsons, and they're all…

As another person who loves Adventure Time more than Steven Universe, I agree. Steven Universe is much more self-contained on an episode-to-episode basis, Adventure Time is more about the long cons.

Go ahead. No, keep going. Keep talking shit about Adventure Time and Steven Universe. See where it gets you.

I never understood when other commenters made replies along the lines of "I really can't tell if you're trolling or not." Now I get it.

I'll drink to that. It might be the most well-paced television show ever made, too. It somehow manages to stretch a three-act structure over as many seasons, taking breaks from the story just often enough to keep it from feeling rushed, but not so often as to drag it down. It feels more well-planned than any other…

Hi, Noel Gallagher!

Meanwhile, Gareth is trying to take over the world, and David Brent must form a super-hero team with the other former members of Forgone Conclusion to take him down with the power of dance.

That's the definition of anecdotal evidence. Again, no one here has a problem with you not enjoying the movies. But there are people who unironically love them and it would be nice of you to acknowledge that. Your whole point about the article in your original comment is based around the premise that the AV Club knows…

Also, the writer outright states several times that he is a fan of the movies. At least, some of them. How is it pandering to different sides for a person to state that he enjoys a franchise, but admits that something like this is a little extravagant, and that some parts of the franchise's fanbase can be a little…

Except "The fanbase for these movies is probably an action movie fanbase much more than an comic book reader fanbase" is NOT what you said. You said that people only see them for explosions and shirtless dudes, and that only people under fifteen actually think they're great movies. You have no right to complain about…

No, it's not automatically condescending to dislike something other people like. It's condescending to judge the people who like it and assign stereotypes to them. See the difference? And I'm not some fanboy who's mad because these movies are super-special to me. Full disclosure: I've seen one. The first Iron Man. And…

Here's a question: what, to you is an example of an artistically successful example of a movie based on a pre-existing comic book super-hero(s), is any? No sarcasm here, I am genuinely interested to read how you believe this stuff should be done.

But you gave no reason for your stance that all of these movies are mediocre other than the fact that they are fun and not much else. If people make a movie to be fun, and people go see it because they want it to be fun, and they have fun, where's the failing? You WERE being pretentious, because you were being…

So, let me get this straight. This franchise brought us a movie about a green lady, a walking tree voiced by Vin Diesel, and a wise-cracking talking Racoon going into space to save the universe. And its main problem…is that it takes itself too seriously?

Apocalypse Now, at least, is somewhat fun. But that's not its primary goal, the main reason Apocalypse Now is great is because of the themes it deals with, the fascinating characters it uses to illustrate those themes, and the superb craftsmanship is was made with. It would not be considered the masterpiece it is if…