I actually gave half a second's thought to pitching a Square One MW instead of Bill Nye but I decided not to because:

"Richie, eat your crust" remains a staple inside joke between my sister and I to this day. One of the few things I actively remembered before revisiting the show.

See above comment, but thanks for the correction!

Well, you learn something new every day. I would… not have guessed that they were a preexisting thing. Thanks for the heads up - it should get corrected soon.

So I hate to be That Guy (Who took a class on Greek tragedy), but Cyclops covers Odysseus' confrontation with Polyphemus, not Dionysus.  Also, Polyphemus threatens to bugger the satyr Silenus a lot.

Also, did the whole Rose subplot remind anyone else of Jeeves & Wooster?  She even has an Aunt Agatha!

As I remarked to my wife while watching this, Mosely is totally the Britta/Jerry of Downton Abbey.  What a schmuck.

I think a big part of the problem is that we tend to read our own situation into Lewis' intentions.  Easy for us to do as Americans, where we are surrounded by a Christian right that is immensely focused on proselytizing and converting, but that isn't necessarily true of Lewis.  I think it's pretty wrongheaded to…

What's with the hate for The Astronomer's Dream?  It's a great, funny film and the stop motion is used to create a loopy dream logic where anything can happen.  ):

What's with the hate for The Astronomer's Dream?  It's a great, funny film and the stop motion is used to create a loopy dream logic where anything can happen.  ):

So I ended up writing a whole blog post about my theory.  I got a little obsessed…

So I ended up writing a whole blog post about my theory.  I got a little obsessed…

I think I'm not bothered by the politics of TDKR because I didn't see it as a commentary on today at all.  I believe Nolan when he says he wasn't trying to make a definite political statement, because I think it is clear (if you look hard at the film) that the main inspiration for the film is Dicken's "Tale of Two…

I think I'm not bothered by the politics of TDKR because I didn't see it as a commentary on today at all.  I believe Nolan when he says he wasn't trying to make a definite political statement, because I think it is clear (if you look hard at the film) that the main inspiration for the film is Dicken's "Tale of Two…

Hanging out in the private rooms…
I simultaneously hated and was fascinated by "Rockstar" so much that I wrote an article dissecting for my college newspaper. After proposing and rejecting the satire theory, I came to the conclusion that the song was a thinly veiled "Fuck you, we're awesome" from Chad Kroeger to the…