I was with them until the Comic Sans.
Yeah, I'd say all of these are more critical than financial flops. Though I did not realize The Last Airbender made as much as it did. You people are just encouraging him, you know.
Well, NC-17 movies aren't *banned*, but you'll never see one at the local cineplex.
Spock made a laser out of a light bulb and a transponder he dug out of his own arm - then used to break out of a Space Nazi jail. No offense to the Miracle Worker, but Scotty never did nothin' like *that*.
Honestly, Mr. Bissell, the most offensive part of that piece was:
"I read the other day that Dungeons & Dragons has been making a comeback, and not just among ironists. If you don't believe it, head down to your local comic-book store."
Why, I hear those crazy kids are even playin' their crazy "video games" on the Internets, too! Look, I get that as a writer for a sports-oriented site you require a certain quota of "har, har, nerds" jokes, but that whole piece was already redlining the douche-o-meter...and then you had to make sure to crap on the dice-chuckers.
"I read the other day that Dungeons & Dragons has been making a comeback, and not just among ironists. If you don't believe it, head down to your local comic-book store."
Why, I hear those crazy kids are even playin' their crazy "video games" on the Internets, too! Look, I get that as a writer for a sports-oriented site you require a certain quota of "har, har, nerds" jokes, but that whole piece was already redlining the douche-o-meter...and then you had to make sure to crap on the dice-chuckers.
I'd like a fix for the bug that causes all videos on all Gawker sites to autoplay. How does one fix that?
Huh. I totally thought this one was all about Junior Bush until I got to the end, and I realized it was just another right wing troll.
Ahem. I believe that would be simply, "The Curse of Fatal Death," no extra "the" in there. That's the joke (or one of them at least)--that the only death a time lord really fears is *fatal* death. (It was also a riff on "The Deadly Assassin" and other redundant titles from back in the day).
Pretty sure that was "his head in the sky," but yes, in total agreement about Godzilla and Thundarr. And I passed over Batman because while it was used well, that theme was from the movie first.
Holy cats, I thought exactly the same thing. I can't watch Mean Streets anymore, either.
I think it would have to be. Too bad, I was hoping they'd go with the good ol' Herb Trimpe-designed Behemoth from the Godzilla series (recently seen in Herc) but any helicarrier is better than none!
Saw that this morning. Who 'shopped out the photo credit embedded in the image?
Damn, beat me to it.
If one. More. Person. wants me to watch Big Bang Theory because it's "my kind of show" or "my kind of humor" (i.e., nerd/geek/SF/whatever the speaker doesn't really understand) my head will explode like that guy in Scanners. That's not an in-joke, that's a reference.
That said - I totally thought this column was going to be about last week's Fringe. 'Cause that was a fantastic in-joke, that was.
That said - I totally thought this column was going to be about last week's Fringe. 'Cause that was a fantastic in-joke, that was.
Not to mention that it was essentially a really long McDonald's commercial clearly trying to ape the success Reese's Pieces had just had with E.T.
I'm guessing no. Jay Sherman was not a drunken movie critic. Kids these days don't remember the classics, I tell ya.
@giantstone: Yeah, I imprecisely used "virus" for "disease." And I could be wrong...it's been a long series. But I thought at the very least Kirkman had put the kibosh on infection via bite (again, other than ordinary but potentially deadly blood infections). People die, they come back. What was shown in the CDC research seemed much more like the Dawn of the Dead remake or Brooks' solanum virus.
That said, the reality check angle is a good point I hadn't considered. It definitely does put this show on its own course, though I think they'd be nuts not to pull back toward the comic story a bit next season, maybe with as much attention as Mr. Darabont gave the pilot.
That said, the reality check angle is a good point I hadn't considered. It definitely does put this show on its own course, though I think they'd be nuts not to pull back toward the comic story a bit next season, maybe with as much attention as Mr. Darabont gave the pilot.
TS-19=Midichlorians. They sucked in the Phantom Menace, and they suck here. I am baffled as to why Kirkman, who took such care to avoid the virus explanation in the book went this way, unless AMC suits just insisted on it.
And in the comic, there is no virus. It's just like Romero. You die, you rise, and nobody knows why. That's why Rick had to eventually return to kill Shane a second time, a scene we can't logically get now.
Regardless, in the comics, the apocalypse is still a mystery, and one of the driving mysteries behind the story. Maybe it will never be answered, and that's kind of elegant. Much like the Force used to be, until we learned it was just a bunch of microbes that get handed down on the father's side.
Oh, and the explosion. Jesus, Darabont. I have a lot of respect for you, but you are not Michael Bay, and you did *not* need a big, fakey explosion to show everyone it was the finale. You know what would have been a great finale? "DON'T HURT MY DADDY AGAIN!" But no, looks like we have to drag that out for at least another season.
I just wish I could stop thinking of this as a metaphor for the Obama administration....
And in the comic, there is no virus. It's just like Romero. You die, you rise, and nobody knows why. That's why Rick had to eventually return to kill Shane a second time, a scene we can't logically get now.
Regardless, in the comics, the apocalypse is still a mystery, and one of the driving mysteries behind the story. Maybe it will never be answered, and that's kind of elegant. Much like the Force used to be, until we learned it was just a bunch of microbes that get handed down on the father's side.
Oh, and the explosion. Jesus, Darabont. I have a lot of respect for you, but you are not Michael Bay, and you did *not* need a big, fakey explosion to show everyone it was the finale. You know what would have been a great finale? "DON'T HURT MY DADDY AGAIN!" But no, looks like we have to drag that out for at least another season.
I just wish I could stop thinking of this as a metaphor for the Obama administration....
@fury161: Unless they're BKV. In fact, he doesn't seem to be too busy lately...
Apollo 18? Well, I have one thing to say in response to the image on that poster: "What's that blue thing...doin' here?"
