Lists! Lists all the time! Here’s what I have to say in response to this paint-by-numbers men-are-icky listicle: 1. They know how to wire 17 devices through one surge protector… Is that difficult? Put the plug in the socket. This is beyond female ken? Really? 2. But have no idea how to put down the… Read More Oh, Good. MTV is Getting into the Buzzfeed Market.
Yes, it’s the usual feast of gifs and OMGLOL, but they have stumbled upon a point. The Emperor’s New Groove is so unlike any other Disney animated film, that I often have to remind myself that it’s Disney. In the first place, it’s not a musical. Not really. There’s a quick song at the beginning,… Read More Examining The Emperor’s New Groove: Because Sometimes Buzzfeed is Right…
The “Disasterpiece Theater” series at The Decider begins with a good choice. In a lot of ways, Dune has a lot of the same problems as Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Hear me out… Both were made for a rabid science fiction audience. Both films boast beautiful production design and talented casts. However,… Read More David Lynch’s Dune is So Bad it’s Hypnotic
Earlier this month, when some highly educated matron or other had to reach for her smelling salts upon hearing “Under My Thumb” whilst shopping for groceries (the Trader Joe’s manager who refrained from saying “Lady, I’ve heard that song so many times in the last month I don’t even notice it anymore. All possibility of… Read More Fun With Camille Paglia
As part of my The Western Ain’t Dead collection. View at Medium.com
I hope so. At least, the end of SBIG as an intent. B-Movies are crap (to be perfectly blunt, so are most A-Movies. Now get off my lawn). But if they’re done right, B-Movies can transcend the idiocy of their storylines and become at least entertaining. And then there’s Zombeavers: Zombeavers tried to embrace its stupid premise… Read More Zombeavers: The End of “So Bad It’s Good?”
Heh. The sads in the comment section makes it even better. I’m a bad person.
Reaction video to the lastest out-of-the-blue death in Westeros. Spoilers, obviously. Basically, if you find yourself at a wedding there, RUN. Who did it? The books explain it, but honestly, I’ve forgotten. In the final analysis, it doesn’t really matter. Nothing good will come of it. Well, some good, maybe, but really a whole lot… Read More Game of Thrones Turns Us All Into Monsters
They’ve pretty much become the Slate of music magazines (NSFW-ish at link): throwing up outlandish nonsense to boost sales. Ace thinks this editorial ignorance, or even a prophylactic error, a case of “If we don’t put John Hancock’s signature on her butt, people will give us crap for getting it wrong, even though it’s not wrong.”… Read More Rolling Stone Trolls Us All With Naked Julia-Louise Dreyfus, U.S. History Fail
Sitcom finale’s always disappoint. Always. They either go full maudlin and forget to be funny, or they work too hard to provide finality and so screw up the chemistry, or they don’t do anything at all (hi, Seinfeld!). This happens because sitcoms are built on the idea “these people, in this scene, are funny.” Ending… Read More Let the #HIMYM Fans Rage, Crack, Blow Thy Bellyful.
Content Blues 