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Will Leitch
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Oh, I didn’t think it was winking at Austin Powers: It’s winking at the early Bond films. That’s the point of that. I guess I just don’t like these Craig Bonds films really doing much winking at anything.
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I also like Life Aquatic! It made my top 10 that year: Read more

I will stand for a lot, but I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS. A “g.” OBVIOUSLY.
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It’s not a joke. They also sing “Blitzkreig Bop.” I don’t know why they did that either.
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I was explaining to Harvilla — who asked the same thing — why this was a D rather than a D- or an F. It avoided a D- because it has one good scene — a quiet, otherwise pointless scene toward the end involving Danny’s father that feels true — and it avoided an F because it’s not actively repulsive or somehow offensive Read more

I don’t actually hate him. The NFL column is a obviously stuffy and unintentionally revealing, but his old-school political writing is essential.
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False. Oh, wait, you said “at least.” In that case: True.
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I do not believe “we’ll be nice to the Cardinals if you do” to be true.
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Oh, I was really talking to all Cardinals fans rather than you, specificially. I could tell from your question you understood what I was talking about.
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Wait, wasn’t he on my panel? Whatever the hell *I* was supposed to talk about. (Whatever that was.)
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I would have never imagined it, no. Remember, I just wanted the site to my little place to write funny sports stories and jokes that would hopefully get me a real job once Gawker realized I had no idea how to grow traffic and fired me. It has exceeded beyond my wildest expectations. And I continue to benefit from its Read more

I was surprised myself. I was very saddened by it.
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