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Re: Bates Motel Season 1, Episode 10 Review: “Midnight”

Hyok Kim — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:12:52 -0000

You got it wrong. Norman didn't kill Miss Watson. It was Bradley. She had the info to find out who 'B' was (thank to info provided by Dylan) and the motive to kill her. (It had already been shown that how upset Bradley was about 'B'. In fact, Bradley might be blaming 'B' for the death of her dear dad. What I think may develop in the future is 'Eric' the zealous ex of Miss Watson found out about Bradley's dad's relationship with Miss Watson and set the fire in the warehouse that killed Bradley's dad.

Re: Bates Motel Season 1, Episode 10 Review: “Midnight”

Jamie Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:27:40 -0000

awesome recap! thanks!

Re: Rumor Mill: A New Report Claims Jeremy Renner Could Be Recast For The Avengers 2— But There’s No Way In Hell That Will Happen

Wednesday Lee Friday — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:51:59 -0000

When I saw Renner in Avengers, I felt totally cheated that we didn't get a Hawkeye movie. Worse, we got Hanzel and Gretyl instead. Boooo!

That said, I was glad I could finally admit to thinking he's sexy. Telling people you have a crush on the guy who kicked ass as Jeffery Dahmer is creepy even for horror writers. ;-]

Re: The Office Season 9, Episode 24 & 25 Review: “Finale”

Ovidiu Boar — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:45 -0000

Nice write-up man and very spot on. I basically agree with everything: an all right episode, but strangely emotionless and downright moronic at times.

Re: The 20 Best Episodes of NBC’s The Office

Jeremy Mauss — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:07:22 -0000

Good list, but I think "Office Olympics" should be much higher. I think it is a top-10 episode, if not higher.

Re: Halo 4 And Why I No Longer Care About the Future of the Halo Franchise

The Demihuman — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:11:18 -0000

I liked the campaign, but hated the multiplayer. The fact that I was limited to only Spartans (I'd much rather play as an elite) really irked me. Plus, I don't want to pay only character model points for weapons I could just use normally. Not only that, but the multiplayer has balancing issues. The DMR is more broken than Psychic Types in Pokémon red and blue. The bloom does not affect the DMR's accuracy at all. In fact, the rounds ALWAYS fire in a straight line. This has made the DMR my most hated weapon in the entire Halo franchise. Thanks, but I'd much rather play Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Re: Trailer Breakdown: The Prodigal Son of Comedy Has Returned In The First Trailer For Arrested Development Season 4

Matthew Legarreta — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:53:19 -0000

Vulture, that makes so much more sense!

Re: Halo 4 And Why I No Longer Care About the Future of the Halo Franchise

Tam B — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:15:13 -0000

Harsh bro! But sadly true. I can't remember anything about the campaign at all. Too similar to Halo3. And this new universe history is lame. Try reading one of the novels! Yikes! And the new bad guys are pointless adversaries. If I wanted to kill robot dogs I'd look for some kind of mutant skag in Borderlands! There has to be one in there somewhere! It looked wonderful but so what? I yawned and traded it in for Bioshock Infinite after two weeks! And I'm yawning through that as well! Reach and ODST are my favourites in the series. I hope 343 can start saying something with their next installment. Please do! Dump the universe and get masterchief his girlfriend back! That's what it's really all about, and it's all we really care about. Just being honest.......

Re: Trailer Breakdown: The Prodigal Son of Comedy Has Returned In The First Trailer For Arrested Development Season 4

deadlyporpoise — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:50:08 -0000

Vulture....

Re: Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 7 Review: “The Bear And The Maiden Fair”

Jared Russo — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:41:52 -0000

BEAR FIGHTS

Re: Saturday Night Live Season 38, Episode 20 Review: “Kristen Wiig”

Done — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:02:48 -0000

Your reviews are awful and pointless as ever.

Re: The Office Season 9, Episode 9 Review: “Dwight Christmas”

Boy — Sat, 11 May 2013 07:59:15 -0000

I was serieusly sooooo angry Zwarte Piet who he mentioned has nothing to do with christmas and second this isn't dutch in any way

Re: Community Gets Its Fifth Season Renewal…But Does It Even Deserve It?

Jared Russo — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:49:50 -0000

The answer to the article's title is a predominant NO

Re: Community Season 4, Episode 13 Review: “Advanced Introduction to Finality”

Tony Ponce de Leon — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:42:07 -0000

Put me in as the second person in the world, I guess, who absolutely loved the idea of the dark timeline. I always hoped for some sort of showdown, and was totally okay with the way it was used in Abed and the S3 finale. A revist? I was totally pumped.

Let me backtrack first, though. We've seen all of Season 4 now. I'll admit, I'm probably one of the bigger S4 apologists out there. I feel like there was theme this season (HISTORY) and it was stuck to VERY well. A lot of looking back for our greendale 7 and growing because/out of it. If you wanted to talk about it at length, except for maybe one or two episodes, I can link each one to the theme of History and why it worked as a S4 ep. A lot of people felt this season become stale. Too many callbacks. Too much fan service. But really, a lot of that can be linked back to the show's decision to "look back" and sort of stay in place while contemplating just how they got here and coming out of that anew/with growth...

But let's talk about this one. An episode that focused on Jeff's inner struggle to leave Greendale. Something that'd been talked about, but not really worked on. And as jarring as it was for seemingly everyone to have him grapple with this decision of his, not only in his head, but through the darkest timeline story, I found it more than fitting. Jeff's a changed man from the Pilot episode. He's someone who has found a new family in the Greendale 7. He's someone who will never forget the absolutely bonkers adventures he had with these guys. I found it downright perfect that the way he broke down his decision to leave was through a very Abed way of thinking of things. Darkest timeline. Doppelgangers. Paintball. (all things from the past... Community's HISTORY). It was him, going all out with his best friends one last time. And to come out of that dream sequence, learning something? A dream sequence he never would have had had it not been for the life long friends he made the past 3.5 years? It just was... a great way to end the series.

I won't get the dislike for this episode. I can't. It connects to well with the theme of this season, and as an end of journey for the show's main character? Works as good as it could have. (I'd only take off points for that battle sequence that could have been greatly improved with more time, higher budget, better direction). I guess I'll have to be in the minority here, but boy do I feel great. If this is the way my favorite show for the past couple of years goes out, I'm happy.

(thanks for reading, anyone who did! That's too many words for me to read.)

Re: Community Season 4, Episode 13 Review: “Advanced Introduction to Finality”

JeremySollie — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:39:52 -0000

All the reactions to the dark timeline I've seen have been that it started off as a funny aside and got worse as it was drawn out. You're the first I've seen that's thought otherwise.

Re: Community Season 4, Episode 13 Review: “Advanced Introduction to Finality”

Guest — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:35:46 -0000

"but it was a subplot that almost everyone responded negatively to."

A little piece of advice: In future reviews, don't speak for other people. Especially not when it's both unfounded and a massive generalization.

Also, I think the idea for this episode was to act as a "greatest hits" of sorts for Jeff; a way for him (and us) to reflect on his time at Greendale and its highlights (paintball, timelines, etc.) on top of delivering a new story about him struggling with whether he wants to evolve as a person or know who he is (season 1 quotes, amirite?). It also nicely concluded Dan Harmon's story circle, as he is now back where he was, but changed. Obviously you're entitled to your opinion, but that was just my take on it. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Re: Rumor Mill: Is This The Name of The Next Generation Xbox?

Jared Russo — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:27:18 -0000

I actually like this name. Fusion sounds dumb, and just calling it "Xbox" would be really dumb.

Re: Six Horrible Lessons I Learned From the Films of Pixar

Eric J. Murillo — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:22:03 -0000

The author of this is trying WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too hard to find negative themes and his/her lack of basic thematic comprehension really shines in this article. I would be ashamed to have this garbage on my website.

Also, proofread your shit. If you can't; have someone else do it. I write for a living, too - it isn't that hard.

Re: How I Met Your Mother Season 8, Episode 23 Review: “Something Old”

Jeremy Mauss — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:22:52 -0000

The episode was pretty bad, and with the wedding next week I expected much more. There were a few funny lines but overall not good.

Re: [UPDATED:] Even More Anchorman 2 Cameos Have Been Revealed

Matthew Legarreta — Wed, 08 May 2013 00:10:28 -0000

God damn I can't wait for this movie.

Re: The Following Season 1 Review: Preposterous Show is Preposterous

Ted Ywinkle — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:55:12 -0000

Nice review, except for the constant reminder that James Purefoy is hot, which he's not. Scruffy middle aged brits are an acquired taste I guess.

Re: Bates Motel Season 1, Episode 8 Review: “A Boy And His Dog”

Jeff Gray — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:59:55 -0000

I agree - I think the big boss will turn out to be Romero

Re: Predicting The 10 Highest Grossing Films of Summer 2013

Gene DeAngelo — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:58:53 -0000

Man of Steel will beat Iron Man. When this happens feel free to contact me and ask me how I know!?!? Oh wait....Don't bother because here's the answer....

Steel is stronger than Iron.

Seriously though, it's obvious that Man of Steel is a better made movie with a better cast and up to date look and feel. Records will be smashed and bars will be raised. We will have a new king!

Re: Bates Motel Season 1, Episode 8 Review: “A Boy And His Dog”

Erika Noebel — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:54:50 -0000

Plus Norma delivers a humdinger next wee: "the face dive off a cliff that is living in t his town". Ooooh, well said. I like Farmiga's portrayal of compassionate insanity. Can't wait for the next two!

Re: Bates Motel Season 1, Episode 8 Review: “A Boy And His Dog”

Erika Noebel — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:52:43 -0000

Plus that bitch had TP on her shoe. I loved Emma. I love how everybody on this show has a crazy side. I guess you can't be Norma's kid and turn out normal. Even Dylan is prone to fits. Oh and I think it's Romero. The Big Kahuna.