@avclub-f7f8eb12e0f61a9321597157c0d61791:disqus I'm 24 and I had them too. I even had a machine where you could make your own with photos and other images.

You are indeed right:

It's been a few years since I read them, but I agree on Cold Six Thousand. I usually love Ellroy's stuff, but I thought it was detriment there.

@avclub-1c94d7ee62364576f2f61996170fe903:disqus I've been thinking the same thing too. Even if they don't
want to use flashbacks, the show would benefit from focusing on a few
characters each week and giving them stories that reach some sort of end
by episode's end (like tonight's episode).

My guess for the most famous Tom was Haverford, not Cruise, Hanks, or Brady.

That was my first thought too; it's just weird to say a movie that made $400 million tanked.

It is really weird that he never got to headline another medium-to-big movie after Superman. Maybe he's a dick to work with or something? (which could explain why he's good as a bad guy on Chuck and Scott Pilgrim but otherwise bland in other roles)

I agree that those are the main flaws with the shows, and that's on the writers, not serialization. I just wonder if the serialization makes it harder to fix those issues.

I don't think the argument was that shows shouldn't have season-long arcs or serialization, though. I thought the point was that the takeaway from the success of The Sopranos, The Wire and Deadwood seems to have been that great TV and serialization go hand in hand, even if that comes at the expense of the individual…

For a band that so many think of as "terrible", they've had a surprising number of decent or better songs. I'd never argue they're a great band, but I think as a group dedicated to making pop hits, they hold up well.

So I'm guessing this isn't the thread to mention that I have four Dashboard Confessional albums on my iPod?

Yeah, the only problem is that if you end up watching any of those movies, it's not nearly as fun as what you imagined it would be. I caught the last hour of Orphan on HBO one Saturday and was let down by the lack of insanity going on.

@JudgeReinhold:disqus You're right; unless Chicago makes a trade for Howard or another star, I don't see anyone in the East topping them. I just like to nitpick because I don't want them to win (no offense).

Except whenever a team slows the game down and doesn't turn the ball over, their offense seems to stagnate.

I agree. Last week's immunity challenge was great, just for having a human catapult. That they were only able to spell 1 of the 4 words correctly and thought John Wilkes Booth killed JFK was just icing on the cake.

If they started doing a lot of coverage, it might overlap with Grantland, but I'd just like a place to comment about sports intelligently and yet have fun. Deadspin could probably pull this off, but most of the comments there are just people trying to be funny, with no real depth. Every other place I find is just a…

I concur with the Lieutenant. I wrote this on a AV Q&A a while back, but I still have the image of a blue, sad Big Bird seared into my memory from when I watched it as a kid.

@avclub-4caf6aa0375b2499ebfe7e971b36eee3:disqus @avclub-58f5fdc24696f56a135893cb6a0ebade:disqus Can one of them introduce me to Yvonne Strahovski?

My guess (and some CBS executive mentioned it in the recent ESPN book) is that a lot of that has to do with CBS/FOX having the NFL package. Those two have half of America watching every Sunday and use every possible opportunity to promote their shows. NBC has Sunday Night football, but I'd bet the audience for that…

You're right about Uggie; he was probably my favorite part of the movie. Whenever I actually get a dog, a Jack Russell terrier will be at the top of my list. It's too bad he had to retire.