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Ricki Gervais: Misogynist or Misanthrope?
Though I do think the romantic comedy elements were the worst part of The Invention of Lying, putting it in this list doesn't seem to fit with the tone of the list. No matter how shallow and vain Jennifer Garner's character was in the movie, she is supposed to representative,

I realize that television really is a waste of time but goddammit it was my time to waste…
The reason this idea of a long plan is such a part of sci-fi is usually by the creators' design. That's because sci-fi stories start out with such an interesting premise that the creators make an implicit or explicit promise to

Truthfully, it only seems like Leonard is a dick when he is around normal people, specifically, women. He's like the passive aggressive version of Howard. It's interesting that they are the ones with the girlfriends now.

Boyd = Book
So I was thinking about this the other night after rewatching the last couple of episodes. Boyd was a mentor with a mysterious past and Shepard Book was a mentor with a mysterious past. Maybe Joss Whedon recycled his plans for Shephard Book in Boyd. Maybe Book was supposed to end up being President of

I liked this movie a little better than you. (B-)
While I agreed that the Peter Gallagher plot felt extraneous, I liked the relationship between Byrne and Dancy a little better than you. I don't think Dancy was portrayed as saintly. In the scene where he got angry at her, I thought he was going to hit her and in

Wow, Johnny Carson was kind of a dick, wasn't he?
It's kind of amazing that everyone looks up to him so much.

And they got Glee. Glee's pretty gay.

Gotta love Des.
So what's the likelihood that we'll see Desmond at all this season? The actress who played Penny is on another show now, and they reached a pretty good endpoint for him at the end of Season 4. They didn't really use him too well last season but dammit he's my favorite character. A season of LOST

That was really weird. It didn't seem to go anywhere other than to maybe explain why they were the way they were.

If he's only talking about the first season, though, it might be a good description. We don't really get to know that much about String or Avon in the first season. And Avon does spend a large part of season one in the background. The truth is, Avon's characterization between the 1st and 3rd seasons are kind of

It's like watching someone watch Star Wars for the first time…or 2 girl 1 cup. [mild spoilers]
To hear you describe Barksdale as "cold and calculating" and yet not have any knowledge of a man by the name of Marlo Stanfield is why I love Wire Virgins.

But what if you really wanted a double mushroom pizza?
In college we ordered pizza about once a week and for the last year the only place we could get it from was Dominos. We used to have a Papa Johns but it was closed down because they were apparently also selling drugs out of there.

Will continue to give it a chance
I like most of the cast but I'm already getting kind of bored. They better find somewhere interesting to take this quick.

Missed opportunity for callback…
Does anyone else think that they should have done the glass breaking sound when the student pointed out the "But Um" to Ted and Barney?

Jay is a giant douchebag
What pisses me off the most is the Jay Leno jokes that have been everywhere where he basically pretends like he's getting the raw end of the deal. Five years ago, he took this deal that he would leave the Tonight Show. I don't know why he took it if the first thing he was going to do on his

If this were on Discovery, would it get as much hate?
Have any of you watched the long trailer? This show actually sounds kind of cool. Sure, it's weird that MTV has a show that doesn't focus on the dregs of society but I don't think its mere existence is worthy of hate. If you're going to hate on something you

I liked how it seemed like a majority of the audience knew the significance of a pair of hulk hands signed by Stan Lee.

"Gritty" Spider-Man
Word is, that Sony is going for a more "gritty" and "realistic" Spider-Man. They basically want a Batman Begins for Spider-Man. This, in my opinion, is not a good thing. Say what you will about Disco Spider-Man, gritty is not what Spider-Man is.

Kids Have It So Easy These Days
All they have to do is score a 50 hit combo to see a boob. In my day, we had to finish a game in under an hour to get a hint of a boob.

I don't have much of an understanding of the Sub-Prime mortgage crisis but I don't think it was caused by small-time banks giving out low-interest loans. In fact I think George Bailey would have caused the mortgage crisis had he taken Potter's deal in the middle of the movie, sold his loans off to Potter so that he