Melvin Potter aka the Gladiator made his comic book debut in Daredevil #18. One of Daredevil’s first enemies, “Melvin Potter was a costume designer who held a grudge against costumed superheroes and dreamed of one day defeating them. He constructed … Continue reading The Night Thread of the Gladiator
Talk about the Emmys here. This will be the place where we will all be flabbergasted by how Game of Thrones won somehow, and that once again The Good Place was denied. [spoiler title=’Category Nominations’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’] Outstanding Drama Series … Continue reading 71st Primetime Emmys Live Chat!
The month of September continues to be a decent if light month on films depending on your interests as I’ve only managed to get enthused enough once to use my Regal Unlimited card. But that’s how this period goes! The … Continue reading Box Office: September 20-22
I often say that this show’s most underrated virtue is its worldbuilding. Not only in the sense that so few sitcoms go out of their way to develop the feel of a specific place that Springfield does, but in the … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Seven, Episode Fifteen, “Bart The Fink”
Journey into Imagination was one of the original dark rides created for EPCOT Center. It opened in March 1983, around six months after EPCOT’s opening, and was intended as an all-ages dark ride that provided a bit of whimsy to … Continue reading The Day Thread Has One Little Spark
Weekend Rest Stop Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sun 9/22/2019)
Just make sure no one gets hurt! Continue reading Anything Goes. Sunday Food Thread 9/22.
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Quiz Note: Select the mythical figure NOT associated with the clue. Or … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, September 22, 2019
You wait patiently for the night’s kills to happen. One of you gets out a set of cards, and plays Love Letter. It’s a great game for waiting in line, FYI. One of you notices a letter on the ground. … Continue reading Werewolf 100: The One Hundreding – FINAL DAY
Heya AvoGamers! Episode #53 of the GamesCast is here to melt your face off! Well, not exactly. But we did talk about classic gaming experiences and what it’s like to be late to the party. Tune in to hear Lovely … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #53: I Could Have Mined Bitcoin
This was originally featured as a Comic Book LoveFest spotlight that was spearheaded by Team Zissou at the AV Club. In the early 1990s, I used to get the Entertainment This Month catalog in the mail. I was always excited … Continue reading Batman: In Darkest Knight Thread
How are your pets? Adorable? We’ll be the judge of that! (PS — Yup! It turns out they’re adorable!) And in honor of the great pup Percy Harvin, if you’re so inclined to donate to the National Canine Cancer Foundation, … Continue reading The Pet Thread Leaps into Autumn
Welcome to the weekly Styling & Grooming Thread. This thread is for: giving and receiving feedback and recommendations; discussing skincare routines, product recommendations, hair cuts, clothing, etc. from our community; diving into fashion-related topics at a more more in-depth level; … Continue reading Weekly Styling & Grooming Thread
Hey folks! Welcome to another edition of Colour Outside the Lines, your semi-regular discussion space for people of colour. Thread rules: We ask that only those who identify as people of color participate in this discussion. White Avocados, while valued … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #7: I Guess We Have to Talk about This
According to DC Comics and their publicists, September 21 is Batman Day! Why? I have no clue why. Different websites have different Batman Days. Sometimes it’s May 1, sometimes it’s in July, sometimes it’s this month but on a different … Continue reading The Batman Day Thread (9/21)
Classic Throwback Saturday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sat 9/21/2019)
The early ’70s offered one explosion after another. Investigative reporters released world-historical bombshells: Seymour Hersh’s reporting on the My Lai Massacre; Daniel Ellsberg leaking the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times; Jack Anderson exposing Richard Nixon’s relationship with ITT. … Continue reading The Paranoid Style in Cinema: The Parallax View (1974, Alan J. Pakula)
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results in the … Continue reading Triviacados: Saturday, September 21, 2019
The big story: on Friday, millions of young people held a strike, skipping school and joining protests around the world against climate change. Or more specifically, about the refusal of so many governments and industries to @#$@%^$ DO SOMETHING ABOUT … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Likes a Habitable Earth
The 2019 Marble Rally is finally here! Viewers are used to watching these round racers compete in tournaments where teamwork and sportsmanship play important roles. Not so for the Marble Rally, a solo event that is anything but good, clean … Continue reading Marble Rally 2019: Race #1
“The Bottle Episode” is the fifth episode of the 4th Season of the USAmerican television situation comedy Dad’s Casa. The plot centers on Dad and Horatio being stuck in the Casa because the Casa is inside a giant bottle. The … Continue reading Dad’s Casa S4E05- The Bottle Episode
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