Comments on The House Next Door: Links for the Day (July 17th, 2008)

"Hipster Nihilism" may be the latest contrarian cr...

2008-07-18T10:08:00.000-04:00

"Hipster Nihilism" may be the latest contrarian critic catchphrase that needs to be retired for sheer laziness.

Then again, if that happened, then what would Armond White write about half the time?

The frightening thing about the negative Dark Knig...

2008-07-17T18:53:00.000-04:00

The frightening thing about the negative Dark Knight reviews (both Fauth's here and Edelstein's from a few days back) -- which has nothing to do with the quality of the reviews themselves (apart from their negativity, which perhaps "invites" the kind of responses they've received) -- is the out-and-out lunacy going on in the comments sections.

I'm at a loss for words. Is it even worth trying to confront such irresponsibly hateful, arbitrary and totally irrational gestures, or do you just keep letting them post whatever they want without any editorial interference -- freedom of speech and all that? It boggles the mind....

#2 The pic of Pope Benedict looks like an outtake ...

2008-07-17T15:58:00.000-04:00

#2 The pic of Pope Benedict looks like an outtake from one of Guillermo del Toro's movies. I loathe this Pope a little more every time he opens his mouth. His moral absolutism is a perfect model of the passionate intensity of the worst.

Ari - That mugshot of Mr. Dick is a spitting image of Steve Ditko's offbeat comic hero, the Creeper. http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=21987&zoom=4

Maybe they will finally revoke his license to be a celebrity.

Finally, thanks to THNS. This site led me Armond White. His essay contrasting Mama Mia and the Schnabel/Reed teaming on Berlin is a jewel and a delight.

I was really hoping the Emmy voters would realize ...

2008-07-17T11:52:00.000-04:00

I was really hoping the Emmy voters would realize their mistake all this time and reward the Wire. Guess not.

I am ambivalent on Mad Men, as I both strongly appreciate its artistic merits (much like the Sopranos), and yet I despise every character on the show (much like the Sopranos).

Re: #3Yay for Mad Men, which is an incredible show...

2008-07-17T10:48:00.000-04:00

Re: #3

Yay for Mad Men, which is an incredible show in that the first few episodes are tacky to the point of nausea; yet it changes into something truly grand, which, in turn, calls for a re-evaluation of the first few episoes, when one notices that one was an idiot to begin with for dismissing them in the first place. Nothing scarier in this world then a convert (apart from clowns).

Re: Andy Dick

He looks like The Joker. The one from The Killing Joke.

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Here is how shallow I am: I loved Batman Begins beyond reason. I was been looking forward to The Dark Knight almost as much as I was Mamma Mia (no kidding). Then this better-than-sex/cure-for-cancer/can-run-the-four-minute-mile-in-two-minutes hype started to engulf the media, and now I'm just bored.

Just sayin'.

You know, in the back of your mind, that awards ce...

2008-07-17T10:44:00.000-04:00

You know, in the back of your mind, that awards ceremonies are about politics first and art second, but you constantly give them the benefit of the doubt.

And then The Wire is passed over, again, its last chance at Emmy success lost within the fickle decisions of the voters.

Mob mentality wins again. Disgust ensues.