Exactly because it's a trite action film masquerading as an Important Film. The overzealous protagonist who butts heads with her superiors, the partner who makes the big break only to get blown up when our protagonist swears she'll kill the man responsible (Speed anyone?), and the total dehumanized, unmotivated "bad…

Well yeah, the exceptionalism and all that trying to bomb the rest of the world into a more perfect image of our democracy and fairness.

I was hoping it'd be this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watc…

He insists on responding to your texts via telegraph.

@avclub-7f0d5ceefd00ad8303401bdcf213eb83:disqus You think "thousand year old books told me not to" is a stronger ethical basis than "I don't want to kill things that feel feelings"?

It really bothers me how much people who are most responsible for the show, especially Kirkman, have such a terrible grasp on what they're actually doing. Case in point: In tonight's Talking Dead, Hardwick posed the reasonable assumption that the Governor flattered Andrea to manipulate her, and Kirkman goes "Oh he…

Affleck is the funniest part of that commentary: "This is horrible, what's going on, WHO'S WALT FLANNIGAN?!

I liked that Anne Murray b-story better when it was a Paul F. Tompkins bit:

@avclub-22eda830d1051274a2581d6466c06e6c:disqus Oh yeah I definitely wouldn't be dropping that kind of money, I'm just surprised by how cheap people are willing to part with first pressing White Albums. It's more of a big deal than most first pressings because of the serial numbers (though admittedly not as rare).

Agreed, maybe because for the first time ever they showed a bit of restraint in not spelling out the joke. I mean I guess they hit it pretty hard, but if you didn't know O'Keeffe it might not have landed.

@avclub-f8f8c273f326be25421cc62737d24a9e:disqus Look at writing on wall, NBC!

$1-$20 for first pressings? Even if they're in poor condition that sounds like a good deal, considering the iconography of the serial numbers.

I'm not sure why anyone hasn't not said nothing neither.

@avclub-64c03bd00a504c71e79c44a5f33aa3fd:disqus Tell that to AlonzoSux84@aol.com.

I remember being blown away by the specificity of those chat rooms. Whoa whoa whoa, you mean to tell me that there's a whole group of people just talking about the extent to which the Knicks rule? Truly we are through the looking glass.

I was ALL ABOUT Hotbot and Dogpile.

It wasn't just French New Wave. They were doing Jules and Jim, specifically - the freeze frames, the frolicking, the narration. And *Spoiler* you better believe Chloë Sevigny is driving someone into a lake next week. My money is on Carrie, whose outfit looks pretty familiar:
http://www.cinema-histoire-…

His little desk and stationary got a good chuckle out of me.

Or more toward early seasons Michael Scott when he still had that David Brent edge.

Yeah, I do the same with Christmas, but that's cause there's a whole lot of other baggage there. I'd go in with birthdays too, but I'm pushing my luck as is it.