I wasn’t super into Clone Wars, and I’m needlessly annoyed they brought Maul back from being chopped in half, but that duel was some great Miyamoto Musashi bush I do stuff.

I’m going to say I really enjoy the final Obi—Wan/Anakin duel. It peters out a little anemically once they land on those hover platforms, but up until that point, I think both actors really brought it. They come across as being truly pissed at each other’s betrayals, and I really enjoy the contrast between the…

It sure does. It also reminds me of the work of illustrator Wayne Barlowe.

That’s fair. It would be nice if any depiction of the character presented the chill, deadpan comic version temperament. That said, Perlman had more of the rumbling bass presence I associate with the character.

I’m generally a big fan of swears and gore, but I gotta say it all feels really misplaced here. The whole tone in general is off. Also, Perlman’s Hellboy is real tough to escape, and the betraying your people for your adopted species theme is played out.

As a middle-aged dad, I’m pretty happy for a band that’s making actual good music about middle-aged dad stuff.

This is tangential based on your comment, but lord, I’m bothered by how much critical analysis of art these days seems to conflate presenting a dynamic with condoning it. With the caveat, of course, that I only know your friends account as you detail it here, I can’t imagine why actually taking the time to tell the sto…

Or how her home planet is destroyed in front of her and she briefly looks sullen at her boots before everyone movies on.

Another effect of that 90% white guy representation, is that as a straight white guy, I’m starving for the new narratives that can be told with different protagonists. I’ve been playing straight white guys for 30 years now, and get really excited when a game introduces a different perspective. And granted, game story…

Yeah, I’ve used up my allotment of LiA complaints, so I’m glad someone else said it. Such convoluted and overly fussy setups for such anti-punchlines. If the art wasn’t so good, I’d assume the strip was some kind of excercise in Adult Swim-style non-humor humor.

Yikes. Hearing stuff like this makes me super-glad I thoroughly workshopped #Bloodengorgederectiletissue before revealing it as our team motto.

The important thing is, either way it’s a fascinating bit of lore how invested vampires are in Ethan Hawke’s and Julie Delpy’s long and intricate relationship.

Reinforcing this movie as a lead-up to Hellboy, Del Toro had Mike Mignola contribute to the production design as well.

For $4,000, I’ll send you a Blu-Ray disc from which I’ve meticulously digitally removed The Departed.

Everyone is doing it? Currently, approximately 6% of the U.S. identify as vegan. It’s hardly the go-to fad that all the kids are hopping on so that huffy randos on the internet can impugn their reasoning. You offering up your disdain for a decision that 1. Doesn’t affect you a single iota, and 2. Doesn’t have anything…

Even if every single vegan on the planet were as obnoxious as they’re made out to be, they would statistically be a mere drop of water in the ocean of insufferable meat eaters that represent an exponentially larger component of society.

Back when the A.V. Club ran The Hater, Amelie posted an ad for Trump steaks where Trump, wearing his signature confused and constipated interpretation of machismo facial expression was angrily jabbing his finger at a pile of horse meat. Underneath, she wrote “The only man capable of ruining meat just by pointing at…

Jim Henson died of pneumonia at fifty-fucking-three years old and Rush Limbaugh is still goin’ strong after a lifetime of sitting in a chair and stuffing prescription painkillers up his urethra. Anger keeps the heart ticking, apparently.

Not having a TV immediately makes me more favorable towards a place. Even with the sound off, they’re such a visual black hole. The eye is naturally drawn towards it, and my shit attention span can’t really tolerate more distraction. Plus, just one TV affects the overall aesthetic and tone of a place, taking something…

I’ll kvetch about LiA with the best of them, but I’m happy to give them credit for getting really fucking weird with this one.