I absolutely did not!  I was at the video store with a friend and he said ‘this movie has Ben Stiller as a writer on ALF’ and I was like ‘that sounds hilarious!  Let’s get it!’

posts like this are why we have the internet.  Thank you.

No, it was just a theory by a cynical TV writer. While the podcast hosts weren’t fans of the show (neither was I) he was more referring to why it got greenlit in the first place.

A lot of old-school LBGTQ celebrities catch, if not actual cancellation, a fair amount of ‘okay boomer’ backlash from the younger generation - Ellen, Morrissey, Dan Savage, Martina Navratilova to name a few. In its own way, I suppose it’s a sign of progress that simply being gay and famous no longer feels like a big…

I don’t know how the book is but the movie was awful. Then again, I went in expecting something very different (the premise of the movie is ‘Ben Stiller is a comedy writer on an ALF-type show’ - was I supposed to expect a dark drama?)

It reminds me of when the Struggle Session podcast reviewed the HBO Watchmen series and Jack Allison matter-of-factly explained that the reason it was made was so that Warner could add more content to the Watchmen page on its streaming service. This series is like that times 10.

I know there’s a famous story where after the final episode was finished, Max Wright (the dad) walked off the set and left without saying a word to anyone.

I don’t think there’s a reason The Boys should have assumed Webweaver’s invite was for sex stuff. They *did* express confusion for why he was on the invite list at all, but they didn’t put two and two together. Which, honestly, is not unrealistic for an operation that doesn’t exactly run with precision. They’re mostly…

I’m glad the recapper made it clear we shouldn’t agree with the politics of Homelander and Victoria Neumann, the villains of the series.

There was a TON of Republican panic in 2016 as Trump steadily dismantled all GOP challengers and most considered him an embarrassment that would lose the election and cause long-term damage to the party. It’s easy to forget now, but conservative media (Fox News and talk radio) was very slow to warm up to Trump. Fox…

I don’t think there’s a single main character (that is alive) that didn’t come back. Of course, one of the weird things about the Karate Kid movies is that they only have like 5-6 characters in them.

I mean, that sucks for Padalecki, but... the audience for broadcast TV is OLD. CW was a youth-oriented network and youth audiences are completely gone. Networks are left scrambling for shows that are 1) inexpensive and 2) appeal to older audiences.  Game shows check both boxes, so I’m not surprised CW is investing in…

You could start with all of her Seinfeld cast members, who combined add up to like, three decent movie roles?  Wayne Knight probably had the best film career of the group.

I find myself running into this all the time. “What do you mean you’ve never seen ‘Airheads’? Comedy Central used to play it all the time *does math in head* um, 20 years ago...”

And why the hell would A-Train do something as risky as steal from Homelander just to help Huey so that... he’d forgive him? I realize A-Train is making a face turn and wants to help the greater cause of stopping Homelander and restoring his relationship with his brother, but Huey basically tells him ‘this is for me…

Oh, I’m not denying that Starlight haters would hold an abortion against her - But since they’re already accusing her of far, far worse, I don’t see why an abortion would really move the needle any further. They probably already assume she’s had a dozen of of them. And it wouldn’t hurt Annie’s standing with supporters…

I enjoy the parody of right-wing media but I’m also a little annoyed at how much it’s dominating the show at this point. Vought started out as a parody of American capitalist consumerism (basically a combination of Amazon, Disney, and Big Pharm), and seems to have morphed into Just Fox News at this point. It’s a ripe…

The very idea that Congress would approve not using supes in the military is utterly laughable.  Democrats wouldn’t even go along with that, let alone Republicans.  If anything they’d pass a law that supes can ONLY serve in the military.

It’s just not related to anything. Out of the blue Frenchie has a boyfriend (when he already has a deep connection with another character that’s been built out for three seasons.) that plays no meaningful role in the show (other than ‘guy who works at Starlight’s charity). He’s tortured by a dark secret that also came…

No, Sage’s ‘lobotomy and chill’ technique is not an explanation for why she joined Homelander and The Seven. If you remember, she was showing off her smarts for Homelander when they first met.