...and the AV Club hits a new low, when the commentariat has to explain jokes to the writing staff.

Okay, she’s not explicitly saying it now either, but it’s clearly her attitude towards widely derided tentpole and future cult classic Madame Web, which she was in despite her quip to the contrary (“you definitely did not see me in Madame Web”) last week on Saturday Night Live.

The prequel trilogy is as despised as it always was by the people that despised it. The difference is that the opinions of 8 year olds who loved the movie at the time didn’t count and now they’re in their 30s and are counted as part of the conversation. I would guess the number of adults who saw it in theaters and…

No, the prequels haven’t been “normalized” or redeemed. Showing them on regular cable a lot doesn’t make them better. Excusing them as “children’s films” or pointing out that Rise of Skywalker is worse doesn’t make them better or justify their low quality.

See, that’s the movie we need. Turner D. Century comes forward in time, and teams up with his great grandson, Turna Da Century, a white dude in an over-size baseball jersey, JNCOs, wallet on a chain, Yankees cap, and Converse sneakers who speaks with affected African-American Vernacular English and drives a…

Climactic battle set at Woodstock ‘99?

Problem being, the turn of the century now sort of means that Turner would be a big fan of Limp Bizkit and Surge soda.

do you have a macro for these written or is this all bespoke posting

I suspect you may have missed that after what some felt was unjustified criticism of the first couple episodes, someone set up an entirely new subreddit, TDNightCountry, that made it a point to moderate the dogwhistling and was generally filled with positive comments about the show. It apparently became the the…

Half of True Detective’s appeal was the idea that there was always something deeper and weirder to the mythos.

Thank you. I don't know what others in these comments were watching. This whole season was a hot mess. I hate sticking with a show hoping it gets better, only to watch it totally crash and burn in the spectacular fashion I suspected it might.

Seeing how many creators of smash/cult hits then crash and burn without doing anything of note afterward (Nic Pizzolatto! Marc Cherry! Mitch Hurwitz! Come on down!) begrudgingly makes me appreciate Chuck Lorre.

Thank you. Every single season so far has thrived by creating an atmosphere of lurking dread that’s a little occult in nature. Each season then undercuts that atmosphere with “reveals” near the season’s end.

Knowing this I stilll come back each time! That’s how much I love the vibes and take each season’s weaknesses…

I think a lot of people tuned in to the finale hoping for an answer about what the hell was going on, only to be left with about 90% of their questions unanswered.

Let’s see...Streep, Williams, Dominguez, Delevigne...now which one looked completely out of place and ground the show to a halt every time he or she turned up...

You may not be aware of this but all those terrible laws in Saudi Arabia that are used to oppress people. Those only really apply to the commoners. Its an open secret that the Royal families are hedonistic hypocrites.

In response, Qatar reached out to Amber Heard.

Honestly I would be surprised to learn any pop culture news writers were taller then 5' 6"   

It IS low budget, especially for a period piece. Typically anything below 10-12 million is “low” budget.

Great thread. Yeah, I don’t get the Baldwin-must-pay-at-all-costs drive people have. Is he an arsehole? Probably. Doesn’t mean he should do time for a death he wasn’t responsible for. There is, rather famously, no law against being an arsehole.