I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way.

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Certainly, but "über-competent" makes me think of some Randian, Batman-like übermensch rather than someone with a highly qualified job.

Well, being chained up in a dark basement is, at the end of the day, just being chained up in a dark basement. You could probably talk to your prison pals, stretch your legs a little, sing a camp fire song… The Phantom Zone, judging from Zod's, Non's and Ursa's terrified screams, seems to be nothing but constant…

That second letter sounds a lot like someone venting a sexual fantasy rather than a genuine question.

I guess not, but from a neutral perspective I don't see the big deal. It's still Rick, right? His younger self will just grow into his older self again, and he gets to re-live both his youth and the parts of his adulthood up until the body switch. Shades of the mind-body problem…

Tiny Rick was certainly a lot more sympathetic towards Morty and Summer (and the world in general) than Old Rick tends to be. Then again, that trade-off doesn't exactly seem awful, although I guess the show's general sensibilities might try to spin it that way.

Does the show really present Beth as über-competent? I mean, she's a veterinarian, which i guess is kind of prestigious, but other than that I can't think of anything about her capabilities that really stands out. Sure, she's more competent than Jerry, but that guy's a buffoon.

Disregarding all the post credit shenanigans, did anyone else feel at least a slight bit of ambiguity in what actually happened when Will and Hannibal went over that cliff? The most likely answer is of course that Will took them both down, as a way to finally end Hannibal's terror while at the same time also making…

Not that it matters, but I agree that Fuller's idea of the unknown "guests" feels a bit shallow, like a standard monster's hand pushing through the soil at the very end of a B-movie. This show (as it proved time and time again) was better than that.

I understand why it's not on the list, but I kind of miss reading about This Time of Night. It's more dated and a lot less intricate than their best work, but that also gives it a direct, raw power that IMO doesn't really come natural for New Order. It's one of the tracks that sounds the most like a Joy Division song…

Then again, Sumner doesn't exactly seem to be a prince among men either… It's a tight call!

…and "Three Lions". Still, in my world that's no faint praise! World in Motion is silly beyond belief, but it just fucking works.

Who said anything about "life"?

Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve "aaarrrgghhh", he'd just say it!

I hate adorable couples, and I'm part of one!

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I'm honestly surprised to hear about how specific people's fantasies are, I've always thought of that as something that has gotten enlarged by popular culture similar to the above mentioned episode from Sex and the City.

I watched Manhunter yesterday, and while I didn't have a problem with the highly stylized art direction I don't think I've ever heard a more overbearing score. Mann fucking DROWNS scenes in strange 80's synth ballads, which starts off as surpremely weird but tonally kind of appealing only to end up as a source of…

Late one night, a hamburger and a hotdog walks into a bar. The hotdog signals the bartender:
- One gin & tonic please.
- I'm sorry sir, but we don't serve food after 11.