THIS. That was my thought as soon as I saw the first one during the Olympics. Apple used to be the company that promoted the *ease* of computer use - now, they're not-so-subtly presenting a system where even iPhoto is too damn hard to use without a blue shirted assistant.

So glad you referenced Roberta Pearson and William Uricchio's "The Many Lives of the Batman" as it too has been difficult to find in print recently. I ran into Roberta at a conference two years ago (she and William had been professors of mine at one time) and asked her about the possibility of having it made…

Not that this will be seen with the new commenting system (buried more that 100 posts down), but here's the much needed defense of 3D at least (I can't defend something so erroneously named as "4D")

Most moderen movies (especially summer movies) already come at the expense of plot and storytelling, whether they're shot in 2D or 3D.

I am in the process of looking for a new place (in Los Angeles, where apartment hunting is always a problem) and I'm distressed to hear about Padmapper. That has been my go to site/app and suggestion for anyone looking for a place here. I hope they can work out the differences with Craigslist, but cease and desist…

There was a reading of a great new trilogy of plays done at Gates McFadden's theatre in Los Angeles (Ensemble Studio Theatre in Atwater Village) all about Mount Vesuvius called The Vesuvius Prophecies. Each play stood on its own, but if you saw them all, you got a larger story.

The politeness issue is exactly why I still wear a watch. I tried going with just my phone for a while and realized that if I was stuck in a dull conversation I couldn't casually glance down while thinking "How long has this moron been boring me?" Wearing a watch means I can glance and move on. Also works for…

What's the timeline for rolling this system out on the other Gawker sites (io9, Lifehacker, etc.) It seems to only be available on Giz for me right now.