Oh, huh.... I'm a big prog fan too, but I didn't even realize that Rush was still coming out with material. 'Course, I only have a few of their earlier albums anyway, so it's not like I was out there looking.

I always saw Harker as more of a victim than hero in the book too.

Given that he and Jaime are my two favorite characters, I say love. But there are reasons to dislike both. Tyrion is at his best in book two, while Jaime really starts to shine in book three.

Spiderman: Way more excited to for Emma Stone in Spiderman that I ever was for the girl who played Mary Jane (feeling too lazy to look up her name).

Meh, skip Snow Crash and read the Cryptonomicon. They're both good, but I think Snow Crash is overrated. The Cryptonomicicon, on the other hand, is sooo good.

Now that you mention it, I haven't read much Asimov either. I keep meaning to read Foundation. Maybe I'll put it next on my list.

Valis. I started it, got about half-way through, realized that I disliked it greatly, and quit, but I still insinuate that I completed it whenever it comes up in conversation. I've read (and loved) lots and lots of PKD, but I really hated Valis. Maybe someday I'll finish it... maybe.

If I had to guess what's going to happen to Idris Elba's character....

Always loved this musical. It's not my favorite Sondheim, but it's top-tier.

Running Man is a great movie to get drunk to. It's already epic, but it just keeps getting better and better.

Don't be a dork. It's a sketchbook, meaning that the artist is experimenting. Anyway, his female figures are still somewhat idealized, but they are definitely more realistic than ol' Campbell's.

I never heard about it until someone mentioned it on an episode of This American Life. I guess it's got a fanbase, but I don't think the show has ever come up in any conversation I've ever had, nerdy or otherwise.

I always loved the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as a kid. Too bad it didn't last longer.

Everyone I've talked to who saw Hugo loved it. I think you're the odd-one-out. You should have given it more than 30 minutes.

I'm right there with him. Uncharted 2 and 3 are two of the best games I've ever played for any system.

Man... I loved Hook as a kid. I never knew that it was ever considered a Spielberg misstep.

Agreed. I'm giving this idea it my stamp of approval. We'll have to see how well the idea is executed (if even true).

I enjoyed your defense of Twilight. It gave me a good chuckle.

Saving Private Ryan is an awesome first fifteen minutes followed by a plot so thin it should have stayed on paper. Very disappointing film.

Interesting assessment, and it rings true to me. But I saw Last Crusade as a kid (the first Indy film I saw in theaters), and I still love it to death, even if Raiders is the only film in the series that really grabs me as an adult.