OK, that makes sense. I was just at Disneyland, not world. As for the comparison, my perspective is a bit skewed. I went to DisneyWorld twice as a child, but never Disneyland. So it's hard for me to compare, but I really enjoyed Disneyland, quite a bit more than I thought I would. Even the cheesy shit like the Tiki…

I was at disneyland last week - and let me tell you, my son was upset every time we walked by that goddamns Star Tours. old and janky or not, I'm sure he'd have loved it. of course, he loves Jar Jar, clone wars, and everything else about Star Wars that us jaded adults hate - but he's 6, so I forgive him.

The first two statements are arguably correct (the second in the context Pierce mentions above), and the third is merely an exageration. The point that the vast majority of American soldiers had never seen the south pacific is not in dispute.

I'm not sure how I feel about the bookends - for a while there every historical drama was using that trick (Remember the Titans, Titanic, etc), and they got pretty damn played out. But I think SPR pulls it off, becuase once you've seen the movie you can get an idea of the tremendous guilt Pvt. Ryan's been carrying…

Saving Private Ryan hasn't aged too well for me, but….
I'll never forget how immersive the opening battle sequence felt to me in the theater. I was totally unprepared for that. As the scene faded from the cemetary to the higgins boat, I kinda thought to myself (with my cynical movie-goer attitude) Ok, we got the…

Damn, I'm surprised (and grateful) my wife and son haven't heard of that yet. It's bad enough that she joined a disney movie-of-the-month club and just bought 6 of the, un. "less acclaimed". She's got to buy a certain # of movies to get some sort of bonus crap or something, so now we've got shit like "Saludos Amigos"…

Things weren't controversial back then. We only had one 24/7 cable news network and no internet, so as a society we lacked much of out current capacity to get out collective panties in a twist over anything remotely related to race relations.

Damn - I feel A LOT better knowing I'm not the only one here to remember that show. I watched it every now and then when I used to work the swing shift and had a ton of time on my hands in the mid-morning. I can't remember much of it, but I think one time Tony Danza appeared and did some soft-shoe. It was that bland.

It's definitely a much bigger deal now than it was then. Part of is is that we're, in general, much more uptight about silly shit these days. back in the '80's, I used to walk home from school, even when I was as young as 7. these days, that's considered dangerous (and crime was much, much higher in the '80's.

All the reasons above may be valid*, but the deciding factor is Peggy doesn't have the skills to get a job and live on her own, and Al can't afford alimony.

Time's Arrow may have retconned to the reference here, but I think they originally intended something more dramatic, or to leave it ambiguous. the events between Picard and Guinan in Time's Arrow don't seem to carry the weight of what's implied between them here (and elsewhere).

or every Klingon episode, which could be "The One Where Worf Learns That He's The Only One Who Takes This Shit Seriously".

Isn't it mentioned in "Encounter at Farpoint"? I seem to remember Picard mentioning in a offhand, yet awkward way around the time he makes Riker manually re-attach the saucer section.

I like it - a creative solution to a problem that Zack wasn't really obligated to address to begin with (I think he's well within his rights to write the reveiws as he sees fit).

Watching TD play was truly something special (as a Broncos fan I'm biased, but still, there's no denying the guys talent). I've never seen someone who could come out of a break quite as quick as him. He didn't have the top speed of an Adrian Peterson or a Chris Johnson, or the moves of a guy like Barry Sanders. But if…

well, they're not going to finish in 3rd or 4th place, and NE's past it's sell-by date. So yeah, for what it's worth, they'll win the AFC east. And the Chargers will probably win the AFC West (as they have for 3 years in a row). And neither will make the Super Bowl.

I doubt it. Most of those people have pretty elaborate justifications in their heads for what they do*. Even the ones that get caught and realize on an intellectual level that they're wrong still cling to them on an emotional level. If you ever watch an in-depth interview of, say Bernie Madoff or one of the guys from…

see, the thing about the Jacket is that Tony's failing to see the big picture here, just as Richie fails to see the big picture when he makes a scene at the executive game and scares off the participants. All he has to do is wear it once or twice and Richie will be happy. surely he doesn't see Richie all day long - he…

ugh.
I just can't muster enough enthusiasm about D Girl to comment further…

So is Charlie trying to turn out Tanya?
It was heavily implied that he bought her the necklace (since she still had what looked like all or most of the $1,500 later on). Why else would he do that? out of the goodness of his heart? I can see him giving her advice as she's no threat to him and he seems to enjoy her…