And on the other side of the Community renewal question, we turn to the AV Club, which presents five (objective, intelligent) arguments for why the show has a good chance of returning next season.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/ratings- … e-s,65685/

Ah, this was a great one. I think I mentioned this in the chat, but if you ever want a whole boatload of crazy (I won't ask why), look no further than Reddit's /r/Conspiracy board.

If Noir-month ever happens, you should explore talking about different types of noir. For instance, Memento is neo-noir, and Blade Runner is sci-fi-noir.

The word "noir" looks really weird now.

4) Use fake movies from that "Silly Title Game" thread.

I watched an episode last night for the first time since the show started. What immediately jumped out was how awful the acting was. Not a single person in that family gave a good performance.

The A-plot involved the daughter meeting her anthropologist hero, who is NOT WHO HE APPEARS TO BE. The twist is so blatantly obvious that it pissed me off a little. They didn't even try to hide it. The daughter character gave the worst performance, but the writing was partially to blame. They had to stretch her realization out over days, when a normal person would have taken an hour to figure it out. Also, she uses technology that you need clearance for in broad daylight during the facility's work hours. GAH.

The B-plot is about the son being stupid and getting medicine for Sixers. Did I miss something? Why do the Sixers want to live outside Terra Nova? They're barely surviving! And the C-plot is about Stephen Lang going fishing and saving some guy from a Komodo dragon dinosaur.

I can't believe that this show actually has defenders.

Oh hell to the yes.

I think that the Terra Nova episode of The Intermission proved that there is significant insight to be had into television by you guys. Are there any shows that you would consider doing episodes of, or are you sticking to movies strictly?

Okay. Round 2 is much better (Rowling's heavy involvement helps), but I agree with Dorkman. It would feel like the odd man out. I'd rather that Rowling wrote the book version first if she honestly thought that it was a natural extension of the story.

That said, if she decides to do little short stories set in the universe, I'd love the 30 page adventure of Harry tracking down the last Death Eaters.

Not even out of morbid curiosity.

I grew up with the books and movies; the two might as well be the same thing to me. I love them both, albeit for different reasons. But ultimately, as much as I do love the movies, they are entities that cannot and will not exist without the books beside them.

So, to answer your question, Potter can't have a life beyond the novels. Potter is the novels. The movies aren't their own thing. Or, to boil it down even more, Potter is Rowling. A film that isn't based on her material isn't worth making.

And even if Rowling wrote the screenplay herself, recasting most of the supporting cast would make a distracting film with a totally different feel. Could you imagine a different actor as Snape? Or Neville? (Well, maybe you could, but I couldn't). I feel like it would change the tone of the film somehow; it would make it feel cheaper, like a low-rent sequel made years later as a cash-grab. Even if the budget was almost as large as Deathly Hallows 2.

So, no. I would not see that movie.

Speaking of bad commentaries, the AV Club has a wonderful feature called Commentary Tracks of the Damned, which recaps commentaries for various awful movies. It's often very funny, and definitely worth reading.

There are moments of Daredevil that work, but I agree that it needs a reboot. I'd also like to see Fantastic Four get remade by the new Marvel Studios.