I think it would be better if people stopped looking so hard for biological connections, and instead made those connections with the people they have. If you find out that your father couldn’t possibly be your father, so your aunt isn’t your aunt, and that means you can’t talk to your aunt about things, that’s a sad…

I’m talking about black people here...

“Beck’s history can easily be tracked down and his “alternate earth” lies disproven.”

Right? I can’t think of a single role I’ve ever seen Stephen Root in where he’s been disappointing. And Jimmy James is pretty much the greatest “office boss” character ever committed to film.

A beautiful discussion of Ophelia’s “madness”

I would like to like folk horror, but I’m more drawn to the folk than to the horror.  The original “Wicker Man” was one of the few non-gory “Pagans win” films. I kept hemming and hawing about seeing “The Witch” but didn’t because I don’t want to see graphic gore. I’ll have to wait until it’s on TV and then I can cut…

Hereditary more or less bore me to death, so is this better?

A big part of the reason that Cap 1 and Cap 2 are among my favorite Marvel movies is because they aren’t Marvel movies.  They are a WW2 movie and a thriller that happen to set in a world with superheroes.

Hey there My AV Club Twin!

FOUR SWEATER-VESTS!

Deke’s girlfriend also does the weird stuff.

Yeah, there’s something about the whole “somebody actually built that! That was really there, and people actually stood next to it!” thing to those pre-CGI sets and spectacles (sure, maybe a few matte paintings for the farther backgrounds) that just gives me an unequalled buzz.

I love practical effects, which is why I lament that that Scorsese’s Gangs of New York was the last major Hollywood picture use human extras (instead of the CGI standard we get now).

It really depends. Was the McDonald’s doing the McRib special at the time? Because that changes everything.

Let’s get that on a tray.

Nice.

Bah, whatever. If Steve1989 taught me anything, expiration dates are just a suggestion right?

“As far as we are concerned, they’re just another article of clothing.”

Break-ups and rejections aren’t personal affronts, they’re the natural result of the trial-and-error that goes into living your fucking life.

It’s also not about the ability to attract a woman, it’s about the ability to not be ‘given’ the ‘right’ woman by society. For your 60 year old friend, a 60 year old woman wouldn’t be acceptable, she’s past her prime while he is still a virile man!