Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture

Battlestar Galactica open thread: The Last Supper

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Ampersand

Use this thread for any “Battlestar Galactica” related comments you’d like to share. No spoilers of not-yet-broadcast episodes, please, but spoilers for already-broadcast episodes are fine, and so is speculation. (There are a couple of spoilers of the January 16th … Continue reading →

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"Caucasian or any other ethnicity"

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Ampersand

Derik Kirk Kim has been posting about the upcoming movie based on the animation Avatar: The Last Airbender. Although in the original series the four lead characters seemed to be Asian, in the movie the parts have been cast with … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 15 Comments

I'm Sure His Coffin Will Be Lined With Rich, Corinthian Leather

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Ricardo Montalban, dead at the age of 88. This, of course, was his greatest triumph: Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (Trailer)by zocomoro

Posted in In the news, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 4 Comments

Eleventh Doctor: Another White Dude

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Mandolin

I’m sure he’ll be great. But can we please have a doctor who is non-white or non-male, or, I dunno, maybe both? At the VERY least, I demand Rowan Atkinson.

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues | 25 Comments

Quote

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Ampersand

From A. O. Scott’s review of the movie “Wendy and Lucy”: “Wendy and Lucy” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It has some swearing, a little drug use and a brief implication of violence, but … Continue reading →

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"Roseanne" is 20 years old

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Ampersand

Possibly my all-time favorite American sit-com. ((My all-time favorite sit-com is Black Adder. Although this is always a bit hard to say, because the truth is I have five or six different all-time number one favorites.)) It fizzled out towards … Continue reading →

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A bit more on the Watchmen movie

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Ampersand

Years ago, I argued that any eventual Watchmen movie would be full of suck, because I didn’t imagine that a major studio would be willing to finance it as a period piece, and the story only makes sense during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 7 Comments

Watchmen movie not so faithful

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Ampersand

The creators of the forthcoming Watchmen movie have been emphasizing that it’s faithful, faithful, faithful to the graphic novel, even going to the trouble of releasing teaser posters recreating the comic book’s teaser ads from decades ago. Judging from those … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 18 Comments

Watchmen movie

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Ampersand

“Watchmen looks like it’s going to be The Matrix all over again.” So says Alex at FirstShowing.net. And the weird thing is, he intended it as a compliment.

Posted in Popular (and unpopular) culture | 28 Comments

Surely You Can't be Serious!

Posted on August 12, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

This movie sounds like the worst movie ever. Beyond Showgirls bad. Beyond Gigli bad. Beyond even Can’t Stop the Music bad, and that’s a movie starring Bruce Jenner and The Village People. I mean, for God’s sake, David Zucker, why? … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., In the news, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 13 Comments