"Okay, this is like that episode of Star Trek where they go to the alternate universe where everything's the same expect everyone is on heroin."
"Again, there was no such episode…"

It's got that upstate prison flavor* that'll make your feet stank all night long!

The most I've gotten thus far is D'Orazio mentioning sentiments along the lines of "You gonna cry, little girl?" back in the day. Which is definitely crossing a line.

"- Jamal is like a shonen protag: he doesn't have any real flaws and he gains the respect of anyone he happens to talk to"

All jokes aside (yes, I know where I am), the show has been vastly troubled for some time. For years, the writers for the show were technically paid on a "freelance" basis that saw them making pennies compared to the writers for other talk shows, resulting in something of a dead lock between them and Joan Rivers. And…

It was probably to prime the pump and maybe throw some fanboys off the scent. In the current comics, Singh is gay… but he's dating The Piper, who's less of a dick than he is on the show. It may indicate they get together after Harley pulls his Heel-Face Turn, or it may just be something to trip up those who know the…

The art is striking, I can see why others would think it in bad taste, I'm iffy on it, and those who are crying "censorship" need to learn a hard fucking lesson.

Oh, God, I remember that one. It had some bad music, Heathcliff as a rock star, the Osborne child who didn't show up on The Osbornes as a scheming bitch, and some weird ending where Catherine stuck herself in a cliff at low tide and… had an out-of-body experience to lead Heathcliff to her? I don't fucking know.

I remember I was on a bit Douglas Adams kick, so my parents got me Carpe Jugulum. But the first time through, I just couldn't. I can't even remember why, it just didn't click. Fortunately, a cousin of mine didn't get the memo, so I got Good Omens for my birthday. And that set me down the road to Discworld fast.

Witches Abroad had its nasty delights, too. Like the explanation of the downsides of mirror magic:

No dispute on the more unfortunate qualities of Knocked Up. I just think people would find her concerns more legit if she didn't springboard off of that and into flicks like The Ugly Truth, which makes Knocked Up look like The SCUM Manifesto by comparison.

Every article I read on US House of Cards tells me it's not for me. Just the mangling of political dynamics alone… I mean, you could compare it to sitting down with a physician to watch House, but that assumes there's an episode where House endorses the medieval theory of the four bodily humors.

Nah, it's gotta be The Smiler. One of the core conceits driven home in Transmetropolitan is that The Beast is a familiar bastard - the kind of utilitarian who believes the best you can aim for is making sure 51% of the populace are okay, even while 49% suffer, and exalts that as a maxim. The Smiler is just somebody…

Ellis's Thunderbolts had its moments, but that last arc was one hell of a note to go out on. Especially when Norman goes on a rampage.

The music during the mini challenge - was that a dubstep remix of a Two Steps From Hell song during a reality show about drag queens?

Well, sure, I can understand the outsider discomfort and how a horror movie can play on that. There was a trend in American remakes of Asian horror flicks where the main characters would be Americans living in Asia, having to deal with culture shock while also dealing with the supernatural phenomenon stalking them…

It sounds like he might also be saying "Welcome to Lhasia!" or something like that. In which case, that's a lazy-ass name for a made-up Southeast Asian country, but it's slightly better than the other possibility - which brings to mind that infamous Resident Evil 5 trailer that opens with a voice shouting "This! Is!…

When I saw people talking about this on Twitter, I thought they were exaggerating. They're not. The political matters behind the coup are effectively boiled down to "swarming Asian people are killing white people wherever they can be found." The movie may actually dive into the local concerns, but goddamn, THAT…

I think the show may be trying to play him as the "Blue Dog" model of Democrat that tends to come from the Southern states, with a little bit of the pundits who wonder why the Democrats won't take a liiiiiitle cut to entitlement spending in the name of bipartisanship. Problem is, that model of Blue Dog is almost…

"t's like they read in their research about how violence towards animals is common in serial killers' childhoods, and decided, "Ooh, neat! Let's put that in! That'll shock people!""