Carter is a good and admirable person. I lived through his presidency, and while I greatly admire him, he was not the POTUS the country needed at the time. He worked very hard and tried his best but he did not have the political capital to accomplish much.
Naturally, I also lived through the Reagan regime. Reagan…

If, as the critic states above, the focus has shifted from the 1980s "Moral Majority" right to the 2010s "Red Pill" right, it can be made to work within the story.
In the book the regime's racism is unavoidably sort of pushed to the background, beyond Offred's very limited view, as the society is segregated, but it's…

Atwood is a writer for the ages, but goddamn her work is depressing as shit. I'm trying to recall if I've ever re-read any of her stuff…I don't think I have.

Near Dark is an underappreciated gem for several reasons; but for me the creepiest, squickiest thing was when the "boy" vampire started obsessing over the little girl.

Magnolia was a waste of everyone's time—both audience and cast.

For me, it's a tossup between Prometheus and The Patriot.
I went into each with higher-than-normal expectations, and each one disappointed so badly that I was literally enraged.
You expect a bad movie from cheap stuff and/or actiony/explody stuff, or from certain actors and directors. I was expecting prestige,…

Twenty or so years ago I was a member of PETA. That was when they were sane…They WERE sane once upon a time. Then, somehow, they were taken over by nutbags, and today they're just a half-assed money-laundering outfit.
The same thing happened to the NRA during roughly the same time period.

PETA is one of those "charities" where nearly all donations go to salaries, with enough going to advertising to keep them out of trouble with the law, and a token amount to "shelters" which literally only exist to deceive the public. https://www.petakillsanimal…

All these years later, still one of the most twisted stories I've ever read.

Some years ago I kept reading this sentiment all over the Internet. Imagine my disappointment.

Now THAT is a great scary clown story!

I'm sorry; Thomas Ligotti is not the least bit scary, and his prose style is that of an overbright college sophomore whose mama has told him far too often that he is a genius.

“No clowns were funny. That was the whole purpose of a clown.
People laughed at clowns, but only out of nervousness. The point of
clowns was that, after watching them, anything else that happened seemed
enjoyable." - Sir Terry Pratchett

The visuals in Legion, while arresting, are rehashes of stuff we've seen before. I loved the cast, but there was not enough plot, and I was irritated by all the praise the thing received.

I know exactly what you are referencing. It was a major irritant but fortunately not referred to often.

It is worth it JUST for Kirsten Dunst. However, there is much, much more about S2 that is great, including the entire cast but especially Jean Smart. And I have never loved Ted Danson until I saw him here.

Nothing against the man, but he does have the sort of face you aren't surprised to see staring blankly at you from a mug shot.

Yeah, I remember that now, he was intense.
Comedy performers seem to "cross over" with better results than dramatic actors. I guess it's true that "comedy is hard" so maybe shifting to drama is easier for them than vice-versa.

Gaffigan was a guest star in an ep of L&O: Criminal Intent. It was fascinating to see him in a (somewhat gruesome) dramatic role. If you haven't seen it, try to hunt it down.

Thank you, Werner Herz—er, Ben Grimm.