Welcome to the Author Archive for Rob Payne

• 13 Terrific Trios in Film and Television
• True Confession: Why I'm (Mostly) Done with Superheroes
• The Heisenberg Masculinity Principle
• Imagining a Batfleck Spin-Off Movie to Soothe the Savage Fan
• Let's Get Real About the Cultural Impact of Violence in Media
• Seven of Hollywood's He-Man Woman-Haters
• 12 Ways to Make a Mr. Show Fan's Dream Come True with AMC's Better Call Saul Spin-Off
• 15 of the Best Recut Movie Trailers on YouTube
• Race-and-Gender Bending Pop Culture Icons: Nightmare Fuel for Hate-filled Nerds
• Norwegian Television is Better Than Ours: Ylvis' "The Fox" Answers an Age-Old Question
• Is Hank and Marie Reacting to Things the New Angry Hitler Meme?
• 25 Reasons Why Miami Connection is the Real Best Worst Movie Ever
• An Open Letter to Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover
• Five 7s that JJ Abrams' Star Wars VII Should Emulate, and 10 Sevens that It Should Not
• Would You Rather A) Watch Would Your Rather or B) Live It?
• Meta-Dream Casting Arrested Development: The Movie in "Arrested Development"
• 3 Reasons Why the Terminator Reboot Needs Another "Sarah Connor Chronicle"
• One More Pajiba 10 Consideration Post Before the Polls Close
• 10 Directors and the 10 Movie Ideas for Which They are Perfectly Suited
• 26 Ways Team America Isn't a Patriotic Movie, It's the Most Patriotic Movie
• Five Great "HBO" Shows that Were on TV, Not HBO
• Pitting Hollywood's 20 Most Derivative Movies Against Each Other
• 15 Best Remixes of Our Favorite TV Show Opening Credits
• The 10 Historically Best Reasons to Spend Your Hard-Earned Cash on HBO
• Six Predictions for "Game of Thrones" Season Four by a Mostly Non-Book Reading Fan
• Who's Responsible for Lucille Two's Fate in "Arrested Development" Season 4?
• Magic, Religion, and "Proof" in "Game of Thrones"
• Dream Casting Marvel Studios Phase... What Are We On Now, 3? 4?
• The Most Reasonable Reactions to Dan Harmon Re-Hired on "Community"
• The Most Ironic and Comically Understated HBO Episode Descriptions for "Game of Thrones"
• From Hell Graphic Novel Companion Reveals Adaptation that Could Have Been
• Honey, We Love Rick Moranis: Celebrating the (Hopeful) Return Of Our Favorite Hollywood Dad and Nerdy Best Friend
• So, Community Doesn't Need a Wake, It Needs a Wake-Up Call
• The Drollest Local TV Commercial Series Of All Time
• The Best of Ken Cosgrove on "Mad Men"
• What Can Marvel Do To Make "Daredevil" Work? Copy "Arrow" (Or, "Angel").
• Examining Two Scenes Translated from A Clash of Kings to "Game of Thrones" Season Two
• 10 Classic Movies from the Modern Era That Never Got Old
• TV Didn't Kill the Movie Theater (Yet)
• 10 Retroactively Awesome Cameos and Supporting Roles
• Five Iconic Hollywood Deaths That Created Vacuums of Talent
• Five Things That Make "The Dana Carvey Show" Oddly Relevant (and Five That Don't)
• Six Predictions For "Game of Thrones" Season 3 By A Non-Book Reading Fan
• How Mass Effect Helps the Understanding of Unequal Gender Portrayals in Mass Media
• Eight More Franchise Crossovers Ripe for Hollywood's Picking
• Five Ways Joel and Mike from Mystery Science Theater 3000 are Better than Each Other
• Marvel vs. DC and the Amalgam Universe: The Logical Next Evolution in Superhero Cinema
• HENRi Brings the Fire with a Post-Post Modern Prometheus
• 10 Non-Fictional TV and Movie Presidents Who Can and Will Break Your Funnybone
• Justice League Movie Ought to Be the Easiest Superhero Ensemble to Cast Ever
• NBC and Sony Can't Market for Sh*t: Predicting Tomorrow's "Community" Reviews Today
• The Good, the Bad, and the Fugly: Guide to Marvel and DC Female Superheroes
• The Short Film C 299,792 km/s is Old School Sci-Fi at Its Finest
• Hollywood's 11 Most Inspiring Female Ass Kickers
• An Open Letter to the Artist Behind the "Lady Avengers" Starring Alison Brie and Amber Heard
• An Advanced Dan Harmon Fan's Journey into Harmoncountry
• A Pop Culturist's Guide to Time Travel
• Cinema's Most Dynamic Duos of 2012
• 9 Performers Who Could Believably Answer the Bat-Signal in a Post-Bale Gotham
• Going to Infinity and Beyond: 13 More Space Suits That Could Help Inspire NASA Engineers
• 8 Great YouTube Videos Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson
• 7 YouTube Documentaries about Our Universe that Won't Make You Dumber
• Five Ways Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings are Better than Each Other
• The Walking Dead Game Review
• 11 TV Actors Who Could Replace Chevy Chase on "Community"
• Double-Feature December: Movies for Every Day of the Week
• A Tale of Two TV Pilots: "Wonder Woman" and "Arrow"
• My Pop Cultural Thanksgiving
• Forget About Triplets, We've Got "Leaked" Scenes from the Un-Produced Kindergarten Cop II
• Comparing the Season Five Starts of "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation"
• Why Do All the Best Bond Girls Have All the Best Worst Names?
• Dream Casting Disney's Star Wars Episode VII from a Certain Point of View
• Why Trick R Treat is to Halloween as A Christmas Story is to Christmas
• The Best "Stephen King" Movies to Kickback and Enjoy This Halloween Season, Unless You Suffer from Any of These Seven Phobias
• Godwin's Lawbreakers 2012: The Laziest Analogy in the Entertainment Industry
• The Superhero Yin and Yang: 10 Ways The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises Can't be Better than Each Other
• The Superhero Auteur Theory
• Joss the Beloved Character Slayer: Deconstructing One of the Director's Most Common Tropes
• What If 2012 Was 1982? The TV Show Edition
• See You, Space Cowboy: Wherein I Dream Cast a Live-Action "Cowboy Bebop"
• What If 2012 Were 1982? Re-Imagining Three 1982 Classics As If They Were Made Today
• Twinsyndrome: Photographic Evidence that the Guy from "Ghost Adventures" and Michael Cera are Genetic Duplicates
• Guilty Pleasures, Schmuilty Schmleasures: Or, Only the Penitent Man Will Pass (Judgment)
• Labor Day Pains: Celebrating The Hardest Working Men and Women In Movies and TV
• The Nolan Brunette
• And Here We... Go! (Again.): Why Rotten Tomatoes Closing Its Comments For The Dark Knight Rises Is A Net Good
• Wherein I Nightmare Cast A Firefly Reboot That Would Make Even Reavers Give Up The Black
• A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot That Wouldn't Make Me Gag
• Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut: The Review: This Time It's Personal(er)
• Our Cinematic Autobiography: Jurassic Park
• Planning Against The Sequel: Why Not Every Genre Movie Needs To Be A Franchise
• Six Pseudo-Spoilerish Reasons Why You're Wrong To Doubt Ridley Scott And The Women Of Prometheus
• The Most Reasonable Reactions To The News That Dan Harmon Was Fired From "Community"
• Songs Covered For Movies That Are Better Than Their Original Recordings
• The Most Deplorable Comments On The Only Negative Review (So Far) For The Avengers
• Celebrating 4/20 With Our Favorite Potheads In Film And Television
• Saved By The Community: The Truth Behind The Meta Behind The Truth
• More Avengers Clips Than You Can Shake A Demi-God's Hammer At
• 10 Reasons Casting Ben Kingsley As The Next Iron Man Villain Doesn't Mean A Damn Thing
• Scientific Accuracy? Schmientific Schmaccuracy!
• If You Have To Ask, You're Streets Behind: The Best Of Pierce Hawthorne On "Community"
• These Amazing Spider-Man Clips Are Complete And Utter Sh*t, Technically Speaking
• Will Happy Endings Get A Happy Ending?
• Watch The Official Bollywood Music Video For The Avengers!
• The Mass Effect 3 Endings: In The Eye Of The Beholder?
• Queen Of The Internet Felicia Day Formally Requests You Watch Her New YouTube Channel
• The Beautiful Destruction Of Mass Effect 3: Review
• "Community" Is Back Tonight And That's Nice! Pre-Game It With "Abed's Master Key" And Dan Harmon's Tilted Bean Can...
• Should The Oscars Ban Sacha Baron Cohen From Attending The, Er, Oscars? You Decide!
• Profiles In Courage: The 10 Most Inspiring Fictional Presidents In Film and Television
• The Best Superhero Movies Not Based On A Comic Book (Or Other Source Material)
• Five Wolverine Comics That Should Be Adaptated After The "Frank Miller One"
• Lego Captain America Came To Kill Nazis And Smoke Lucky Strikes
• This Ain't No Donkey Semen: The All-Time Top 10 "Community" Clips On Hulu
• How Is It Possible That The Help Is Viola Davis' First Leading Role?
• Hi, Hitler! The Nine Movie Nazis We Most Love To Hate To Love
• The 15 Best Character-Driven Fight Scenes In Movies
• 7 Reasons Why The Dark Knight Rises Won't Be An Epic Fail
• Five Ways Star Trek And Star Wars Are Better Than Each Other
• David Cross Warns Us Against Seeing Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
• You Can Watch The First Ten Minutes Of Tonight's "Revenge" RIGHT NOW!
• You! Shall! Not! Pass... Up! The Chance To Watch All Five Of The Hobbit Video Diaries
• Merry Not-Christmas Christmas From Netflix And Hulu
• The 10 Least, And 5 Most, Surprising Hollywood (Registered) Republicans
• Why We Need "Community" Now: Pop Culture Homages Dan Harmon And Co. Haven't Gotten To Yet
• Six Batman Movies That Hollywood Should Adapt After Nolan Finishes Showing Everyone How It's Done
• Real Comedies That Could'a Been Oscar Contenders
• Five Episodes Of Television For Which We Can Be Thankful
• The 5 Best #SAVECOMMUNITY Campaign Posters Made To Avert The Darkest Timeline
• Six Advanced Modern American Filmmakers (And One Advanced Actor)
• 10 Movie Characters Who Should Have Died When They Had The Chance
• Hagrid Lived, So Why Did These 10 Movie Characters Have To Die To Manipulate Your Emotions?
• Ron Weasley Almost Died, And Five Movie Sidekicks Who Should Still Be Alive
• The Worst Offenders Of Godwin's Law 2011: Celebrity Edition
• Should Obama Be More Like Spock Or Kirk? And 10 More Film/TV Dynamic Duos Who Make For "Unfair" Presidential Comparisons
• It's Uncanny, This Valley: The Ups And Downs Of Cinematic CGI (In)Humanity
• The 5 Best Trey Parker & Matt Stone Musical Numbers (Sans Comment)
• "How I Met Your Mother" Season 7 Trailer And 13 Things I Learned About HIMYM From Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
• Organic Produce And Birthday Cakes Are The Two Most Common Types Of Terrorist Acts In The U.S.: "NTSF: SD: SUV::" Public Service Announcements
• Wonder Woman Came Here To Leak Clips From Her Failed TV Pilot
• The Walking Dead Season Two Preview Is Mostly Meh