Better that than canceling after three seasons. Looking at you, SyFy.

Getting mashed in Paris.

Honestly, I think the ambiguity of the ending is a necessary part of the story. (I hated the ending when I read it, but in the years since I’ve come to really appreciate it.)

Really? I kind of want to see a sequel. How does Sammy Clay’s Hollywood career turn out? What happens with Joe and Rose and Tommy?

Rappin’ Jake Sisko brought the straight fire to the DS9 recaps.

There was a “Riker” commenter who recounted lewd backstage bacchanals from STTNG in the DS9 recaps.

All great ... even better when we could post with different, made-up user names every time if we wanted for great username-comment synergy.

I still think about Horsefellow and laugh quietly to myself from time to time. 

There was a comments section where RepostedAvengedSevenfoldFan got into a long-running thread with another gimmick account (I want to say RepostedDailyMail?) and it was like the consummation of a glorious destiny that we were all privileged to behold.

The entire damn Parks and Rec Reviews ecosystem was brilliant!

BONG! on 4ever, you beautiful bastard!

When I think “gimmick commenter”, I usually think of the “reposted comment” accounts. But if you’re talking actual writers, another worth mentioning is Nureador Viking the Third[?], who I think arrived later than most of those.

Leslie Knope Headlines. Damn those were good.

Have you ever watched Mystery Incorporated?  That show also has Blue Falcon, as a riff on Frank Miller Batman (but Dyno-Mutt is still exactly the same).

I thought it still worked on that ground. After all, skepticism is about staying open to the possibility of your beliefs being disproven - if the most rational, empirically grounded explanation is “aliens” then you should go with that. Plus, I mean, there’s a talking dog, so some level of “weird thing that doesn’t…

I really enjoyed this show. I would also like to plug the book Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero which is far more heavy than you think it’s going to be (mental illness, suicide, etc.), but still manages to be fun. It does end with an explanation for why the dog’s so smart, BTW.

See, I don’t mind that because it’s at least something new. There’s how many Scooby-Doo shows and direct-to-video movies? And they’re all pretty much the same.

I did think it was very clever, but I didn’t like Mystery Inc’s implication that, while most ghosts and monsters are fake, the supernatural still exists. I don’t mind “real” monsters on Buffy, etc. but Scooby Doo is supposed to be training for rationalists.

“Wait, we lost a Black Widow AND a Spider-Man?"

Coming soon to the MCU: