I think this scene's pretty well known. I remember seeing it on a television broadcast of the movie years ago. Plus, it's on the DVD. I really like the scene and, if I were the decision maker, probably would have left it in the movie. I'm guessing the idea was that it gave away Toon Town too early in the movie and…

How about Blade II's diseased hobo vamps?

Maybe all that hardware's for making coleslaw.

I agree. I think the problem here is more of presentation than costume design. For a professional magazine, some of the toning on these photos is really, really, really amateurish.

I believe she's a novelist.

Agreed. I've never had a story arrive in a flash of inspiration. Every single thing I've ever written is the result of a slow-growing, well-nurtured idea. You have to hack away at that shit until it relatively resembles what you think it's supposed to be.

I think Burton could do a fine job IF the script is written by someone with some talent. Burton can direct and, obviously, has a great sense for visuals. But his films live and die by their scripts.

One thing that hasn't changed in the intervening decades: That quicksand scene scares the crap out of me.

I watched it again recently, and it holds up really well. And that's not the nostalgia talking; I wasn't a tremendous Krull fan in my younger days. But watching it as a discerning adult, I found it weird and spacey and a lot of fun.

Neat. I wish you the best.

Writers of fan fic are, to me, the truest of writers. They write because they love words and worlds, with no real hope of ever making money off their hours of hard work. It's totally awesome. A tip of my hat to you.

I've recently been struggling through the process of sewing some patches onto a canvas messenger bag. Turns out, I'm terrible at it.

This is one of the best things I've ever seen.

It can be one of those old-fashioned guilds with an incredibly long name: "The Society of Lackadaisical Gentlemen and Gentlewomen with Ambitions to Write by Not the Wherewithal to Actually Do So."

I self-published my first novel, Strange Beasts in a Small Town, in 2012 and have been slowly ... slowly ... slow....ly ... working on a followup since then. I'm hoping to finish it up at some point this year. Or the next. Or the one after than. What can I say: I'm a lazy writer.

Four was definitely weaker than three, but I still enjoyed it. Three had the great novelty of being set in the 1980s, so I got to see a bunch of crap I grew up loving. And while the gimmick of seeing a bunch of dot-covered-ghosts was kind of neat, a significant chunk of four seemed to be devoted to advertising the…

Just bought the Steam version off of Green Man Gaming for $11.25 with the 25% coupon on the front page. I'm pretty excited.

You know, I genuinely like all the Paranormal Activity movies. Sure, they're slow; but, at least to me, that slowness ... the way the movies move through a lot of mundane, everyday activities while gradually building to bizarre climaxes ... makes them fun to watch in a weird, somewhat voyeuristic way. I'm particularly…

I have said many times, if I had Brewster's millions, I would hire the best filmmakers in the world — director, actors, special effects crew — to remake Tammy and the T-Rex. Lone caveat: They have to use the exact same script. It would be glorious.

While I don't know what's going to stop people from shooting these things down, theft of dropped off packages shouldn't be too much of a problem. Delivery is supposed to be within thirty minutes, so presumably the person receiving the package will be on the lookout for it.