“why someone as brilliant as Norm MacDonald hadn’t yet been given his own talk show” — plus, he’s a male. And white!

It was just a mistake by the reviewer to call her Grace. The mistake is pointed out in the review of the second to last episode that featured MiB. The name’s always been Emily.

...That’s because it’s not over. Season 5 is being released in two halves.

Selection bias is a huge problem with all user rating systems. Even the genuine reviews, you only get from people who thought they would like it and so invested the time to watch it. What kind of person goes to Power Rangers on opening weekend? It’s not a random sample. It’s an issue with Netflix ratings, too,…

It’d be a shame to lose the show. I found the first couple episodes of the new season to be a bit rough, but I had some big laughs over the remaining episodes. 

He’s part of a JJ-verse of producers who’ve been involved with a lot of stuff that I’ve liked, particularly including Alias, Fringe, Limitless and MI: III. I also genuinely really liked the first new Star Trek movie, and at least liked the design aesthetic and special effects in the subsequent ones.

I think it sort of makes sense, based on evolutionary theory.

I think paranoia is how we’re supposed to read it rather than a cliffhanger. They showed us the shot of the security guard brain-scanning him and getting a green result (which I presume means “human” - since the guard didn’t flip out when he saw it). If the show really wanted to tease us that MiB might not be human,…

I don’t deliberately pay attention to ratings, but saw a summary recently that had Family Guy doing awful numbers (sub 2 million) that would spell cancellation for almost any other show. And it’s not like it’s a critical darling, either.

The A.V. Club Presents: The Takeout

Why you’d lump Bond and Fury Road into that list I have no idea. Both were (still are, in Bond’s case) famously committed to practical effects.

What I think is great about Kenan is that he exudes such persistent joy and silliness, and its contagious. He has a sort of Jimmy Fallon-like quality of always seeming to be on the edge of cracking up; but whereas Fallon often did crack up, Kenan keeps his composure, and is able to sustain bits much more reliably.

Val Kilmer has been teasing the return of Ice Man for years. What’d you think the scarves were all about? #viralmarketing

What a time to be alive.

This is a bit disappointing. I have a reserve of Leathal Weapon episodes on my PVR, and sometimes watch when I’m procrastinating. It’s not a bad show. Crawford impressed me, as an actor who I’d never seen before, but did a very capable job capturing the charm and charisma of the Riggs character.  

That’s a legitimate sacrifice for Wanda, given that her career isn’t exactly booming. There aren’t that many people that can let go of the gravy train that is a hit network sitcom already in syndication.

In fairness, one person watching the show on their own will always misinterpret or mis-remember or altogether miss little details from an episode of TV exactly like this one. Different people will miss different things, but every week you’ll see comment threads filled with people correcting reviewers, or answering…

Except they’re more susceptible to the beanbag bullets, which has always led me to assume that they’re mushier. But maybe this is one of those “best not think about too much”, types of things.

I think Facebook would have been directly influential of these types of posts. Back in the old days, you may remember that every Facebook post was pre-fixed with “I am”. You see that in a lot of the posts above - they start mid-sentence with an active verb. I know for sure Facebook still had the “I am” when I joined…

Wouldn’t it be great if “I really wanna take an iron pipe to Kinja’s kneecaps” was secret code programmed by a disgruntled Kinjaveloper that automatically got you out of the greys?