Yeah, as much as some of the opinions and reviews on this site bug the crap out of me, I still think it's irreplaceable. The level of discussion in the comments section is so far above anything else I've found on the internet that I need to come here regularly, if only to remind myself that the online world isn't…

DrManhattan's got it. That ending is absolutely magnificent. I wasn't completely sold on the book until that final paragraph describing the dancing. Perfect.

Yeah, since when was she considered a good actress? Hers was the only Lost character I actively hated, mostly because of her unrelentingly shrill, sulky interpretation of the part. And her screen-time in "Brick" was perhaps the only weak spot of the entire film.

wolfmansrazor, I'll see your "Mad Dog and Glory" and raise you a "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." She played *Venus*, fer cryin' out loud.

Arsenio, was "Waingwright" an intentional typo? You know what, I don't even care. +5 internets.

JVS, I'm sure Rufus would be happy if Fiddy decided to "come blazing." Isn't that why he invited him over for dessert?

Slow motion
When D'Angelo started discussing the use of slow motion in films, I was sure he would single out the shootout in the rain between Hanks and Paul Newman's henchmen. I think that part, with its use of sound, slow motion, and staging, was one of the most flat-out gorgeous single scenes of the last decade.

That's very true, DC. I hadn't made that connection until now.

Camaxtli: I think the midichlorian ret-con had more to do with what was in vogue during each trilogy's respective era. So in the 70s/early 80s, the Force was all New Age mysticism and one-ness with your surroundings. And now, with scientific rationalism being more fashionable than it used to be, there's a purely…

Have to disagree with you on Spielberg's alleged attempts to show "extenuating circumstances," teadoust. The whole point of the film is that he shows that BOTH sides have their own pet excuses that they like to trot out, yet NEITHER side is justified. Spielberg's subject is how violence and retaliation, first and…

Personally, I think "Munich" is a masterpiece. For some reason nobody 'round these parts seems to like it. I don't get why.

I said this in my post a little further down the page, but for me it was the stupid resolution of the Dwight-Angela-Andy love triangle. That episode was shaping up to be one of the best of the series, until literally the second that Dwight and Andy decided to duel each other. After that, the show morphed into standard…

Okay, that's just weird.

I'll take "George Lucas franchises" for 1000, Alex
Nobody picked "Star Wars"? It's the purest distillation of "beloved cultural touchstone whose creator drove it into the ground."

Nosy busybody?
Oh come ON. It was a public place, and people are entitled to go about their business in peace without having to witness some random stranger shaking her naked ass for a publicity stunt. There were kids in that video, and I know that I'd have been kind of pissed off if my seven-year-old son had gotten…

Yeah, Ferguson's show is great. I don't watch late-night talk shows that often, but his is the only one I won't turn off once the interviews start. He's not as straight-out funny as Letterman, but there's an easy warmth about him that makes him extremely enjoyable to watch. Unlike Letterman, Ferguson's a guy I'd…

Ugh that first sentence
If Nathan doesn't edit his own writing, who does? I want to know whom to blame for that dangling-modifier-laden run-on monstrosity at the beginning of this post.

I'm with you, Aqualad. I remember one of the first Blink songs I ever paid attention to was "Miss You" from their self-titled album. For the first minute (i.e., the verse sung by Hoppus) I was thinking, "Hey, this actually isn't that bad." Then Whiny Guy came in for verse 2. It was like dumping a bucket of ice water…

Metroid Prime 3, definitely. I keep harping on this whenever someone brings it up, but the grapple beam controls in that game kicked ass and made a good argument for why the Wii could possibly be the future instead of just a gimmick.

teadoust FTW.