I watched this when it aired! I took the ad for it out of the TV Guide and put it in my Star Wars scrapbook (which I still have…somewhere).

Oh, it'll keep that hatred fresh, all right. Cline shows up at the excavation driving a DeLorean with a lifesize ET replica in the passenger seat.

Oh, he was tanking those ON PURPOSE? Well now, don't I have egg on my face!

Maybe yes and maybe no? Bruce is only six years older than Keanu Reeves and seven years older than Robert Downey Jr. Movies often spend a long time in development, and just about everyone's name gets thrown around at first when casting. Obviously the stories are a goof, but I think it's entirely possible that he at…

I was all aboard the Boyd/Ava train. Walton Goggins is so good I think he made viewers buy into Boyd's dreams as much as Ava did. But, Boyd is Boyd, and it was never going to happen. As you say, this is the happiest ending possible for all three of them.

Citizen X is what first came to mind to me too. According to Wiki, Child 44 is also based on that case. I haven't seen the movie in 20 years either, but I also remember it being very good, and it got great reviews.

I know Boyd is a bad, bad man and it's for the best that he thinks Ava's dead, but I still find it a little sad that he'll never know he has a child.

That's not the kind of thing you do just for a reality show. It's body modification, and it doesn't happen overnight. I would guess Violet's been tightlacing for some time to get her waist that small.

It was pretty grim. I had such a hard time getting into the show
because not only was it depressing, I didn't actually
like anyone. Hank, Marie and Jesse were still pretty
2-dimensional at that point, and there was no Saul or Gus yet.

Yep.

Well, that explains it. When I was in high school VCRs were still relatively new. The only VHS I recall watching was Romeo and Juliet in English class. Also, my US history teacher was not the type to rely on videos, especially not movie musicals.

Is the being shown in school thing a relatively recent development? I went to school in the late 70s-early 80s and only knew about this movie at a young age because of my devotion to books about movies (I've still never seen the film). Back then we learned about history the way God intended: Schoolhouse Rock videos.

That was kind of a crummy comment. I think the level of insight you get from an interview is very much dependent on the subject. Some like to expound on their craft and the life lessons they've learned, some tell great stories, and some just don't get it at all. Will, you've done dozens of interviews where it's…

Me! I was one of the few who was actually excited when I first heard the B Team wasn't coming back. I didn't mine them so much when they were just helping Adam and Jamie, but when they split them off into their own team I found them extremely tiresome.

No kidding. Someone's feeling just a little defensive about the fact that he hasn't managed to finish the next book after four years.

I would add The Usual Suspects to that list. These are all great movies I've enjoyed on multiple viewings, but the first viewing experience just cannot be the same when you know what to expect going in.

SAME HERE. I stopped watching halfway through because I am 46 years old and ain't nobody got time for that. There are things you can't unsee, and I've seen enough, thanks.

I've never heard of The Martian, but yes, probably. It's written in the first person and reads like fan fiction (the protagonist couldn't be more of a Mary Sue). I didn't out and out hate the book, but the references become exhausting after a while and the writing is incredibly amateurish. I did like the concept…

SO TRUE IT HURTS.

You know what makes me glum? Thinking of how fucking insanely excited the author must be that Spielberg's making it. You usually only see that kind of wish fulfillment in books like Ready Player One.