VH1984 compares it to a pink leg warmer stamping on a human face forever.

At his funeral, the priest will screech, "HE GAWN!"

Hawk Harrelson should be mulched and spread across the outfield grass as a warning to other announcers.

Don't be shit-talking Daniel Stern like Home Alone makes him a clown. If you've ever seen the commentary for C.H.U.D.—and who hasn't!—you'll know the man knows his stuff and is fucking hilarious.

Sucker Punch is kind of the perfect example here. Not only does it look astoundingly cool, but the things being shot are equally cool as well—dragons, giant samurai, clockwork Huns. 30 seconds at a time, the movie is stupendous.

I've started to really love practical effects in the last few years, too. For instance, they go a long, long way in Lord of the Rings and Christopher Nolan's movies. God help me, I think tsunamis of CG like 2012 are pretty watchable, too, but if that Los Angeles had been made of miniatures, I'd probably never turn it…

The only possible excuse for not asking about D-War is that not even a semi-mortal like Forster can explain it.

A crime even worse than typing like one.

Huh, is that what's doing it? Here I've been thinking there are alternate dad-me's who don't mind a bit when their kids demand Dora the Explorer for the 8th time that day.

His mouth? You fucking pervert.

I didn't even know St. Swithin's Day was a real thing until reading this! I thought it was just Bart's Anglophilia running wild! Can someone explain the significance of the kippers?

Yeah. Sea Change is an album you listen to in the dark before disappearing.

I'm not saying it's all right. But you're framing this as if the hard-working animators and writers are more virtuous than these whining actors crying over their piles of money and many beautiful women. I'm pretty sure you understand that in capitalist economies, irreplaceable talents demand huge salaries compared to…

By offlanders, maybe. At a reading several years ago, he said "Qwghlm" is actually pronounced more like !'(cartoonish swallowing noise).

Yeah, Anathem is pretty damn different in a lot of different ways. First-person, for one thing, which I don't think he's done since Zodiac, which helps a lot for various reasons. A big, big ending (which makes Rowan's comment about Stephenson addressing that complaint in Reamde a few years late). Relationship-driven…

Well, he's clearly still developing his powers in Snow Crash, but it's his most energetic stylistically. I think that's why a lot of us love it so much, along with it being the usual entry point to his work. Haven't read Reamde yet, but I'd be hugely surprise if it came off much like Snow Crash; Stephenson's just…

I found the Daniel Waterhouse sections unevenly interesting on my first read—was always waiting to get back to Jack—but totally compelling on my next trips through the series. There is just so much of the modern world being conjured into being in the midst of all the political machinations, infernal devices, etc.

You dum-dum, you can't use "laser" in the setup and the punchline. Where's the surprise?!

Thousands of people can replace those Korean animators at a moment's notice and no one would be the wiser. No one can replace Harry Shearer or Julie Kavner or Nancy Cartwright.

You mean the 3-1, Patriot-beating, 4th-in-scoring Bills who look well-coached enough to make a real run at the wild card?