It’s definitely not just Showtime, but Showtime has been the worst and most consistent offender.  I can’t think of much of anything that’s aired on that channel that wasn’t renewed and renewed and renewed until it became a zombie version of itself.  7 seasons of Ray Donovan?  I don’t even know how many seasons of…

It’s not moving past the book per se that I worry about.  It’s just that Showtime has a proven track record of letting a show go on WAY past the point where it’s stopped being any good, and I don’t want to see that happen.  Homecoming could have been an amazing one-season show.  Dexter would be at least fondly…

This is one of my favorite books, so please Showtime, please let the story run its natural course and then let it be done.  I don’t need 10 seasons of this.

If only the Avengers had known about Thanos’ secret weakness, so much suffering could have been avoided.  Except for Thanos’ suffering, that is.

Thank you!  I couldn’t for the life of me remember Nudeador’s name.  His posts towards the end were a genuinely Lovecraftian short story.  They were great.

Here’s to the best of AV Club gimmick commenters (mostly) past and (some) present.  Here’s to Cookie Monster, who can drop insightful comments on whatever topic is at hand in the perfectly rendered diction of the blue-furred crumbly dessert fiend.  Here’s to ZMF, who taught me all about ownage, and what Statham movies…

The record that she made with Paul Westerberg a couple of years back as “The I Don’t Cares” is really solid.  I’m convinced that he wrote most of it as a ‘Mats reunion album before they split up again.

Sorry to see Sesame Street having to stoop to using one of those off-brand Moopets for their programming.  Hoped HBO would fund them a little bit better than this.

I can see where you’re coming from, but I’d still have to go to bat for Mystery Incorporated being the best thing that’s ever been associated with the property.  Fred’s obsession with traps all by itself makes it good enough for that title.

Consider this my shameless plug for the Mystery Incorporated show that’s ... sigh ... almost 10 years back now. It was great! An ongoing plot! Smart writing! Linda Cardellini playing a character named “Hot Dog Water”! Harlan Ellison playing himself! Michael J. Anderson as the Dancing Man!  Show got slept on, and…

This is great news!  One thing I worry about though - and I think this will be something of an issue for the inevitable FF movie, too - is that Kamala’s power set looks cool on a page and as mentioned in animation, but for a real person, I always feel like it’s going to look absolutely freaky and borderline…

Listen Durex, there was a perfectly good “Peter Tingle” joke just sitting there on the table waiting to be used, and you just left it sitting there.  I’m not mad at you, just ... disappointed.

Her a cappella movie themes are friggin’ rad. I don’t understand how it can be, but her version of the John Williams Superman theme is good stuff.

Double dammit.  Pete’s my favorite superhero, and he’s fit into the MCU really well.  This sucks.  I don’t trust Sony to handle this well, and it also creates the first REALLY awkward intrusion of the real world into the MCU.  I guess everyone’s just going to pretend that he’s not around right now?  “Oh Pete just…

Bandit from We3?

My single favorite arc from Astro City, and that’s saying something.

I remember the lesser Savage being in it, but I have no memory of melting people.  I wonder how hard it would be to track this down and watch it (legally).  Now I’m curious.

I’m fairly sure I don’t really remember it very well.  Mostly I’ve thought about it lately when I happen to run across that talent show that Mandel is a judge on, and wonder why he ended up with the career that he did.

I have vague, fond memories of this movie, and I’m pretty sure I never want to see it again so as to not be disabused of that notion.

Howie Mandel and Fred Savage or GTFO