Doug had banned her as a guest for life, but reconsidered, probably in light of her illness.  It is tiresome to hear her respond sarcastically to everything, although her out-of-nowhere zinger on John Hodgman made it all worth it.  But I wouldn't mind if she were banned again.

Meh, Samm is 30, which means when he was around 13-14 years old, Mr. Holland's Opus would be on heavy HBO rotation - entirely possible he just watched it a bunch of times around that age (I'm around the same age and find the similarly schlocky Forrest Gump still palatable) and he clearly has a steel trap memory for…

Meh, Samm is 30, which means when he was around 13-14 years old, Mr. Holland's Opus would be on heavy HBO rotation - entirely possible he just watched it a bunch of times around that age (I'm around the same age and find the similarly schlocky Forrest Gump still palatable) and he clearly has a steel trap memory for…

Yeah I found it to be both boring and hokey when I gave it a shot.  Nicholson makes the middle of the film better but then he dies.  The end is ridiculous.

Yeah I found it to be both boring and hokey when I gave it a shot.  Nicholson makes the middle of the film better but then he dies.  The end is ridiculous.

Buttocks:  I don't disagree, but I don't think that was the center of the show.  Walter White and his nefarious activities are the center of Breaking Bad.  I feel like the cartoonish elements of some of these things have affected my ability to view the interpersonal dynamics as realistic, even as I think they are…

Buttocks:  I don't disagree, but I don't think that was the center of the show.  Walter White and his nefarious activities are the center of Breaking Bad.  I feel like the cartoonish elements of some of these things have affected my ability to view the interpersonal dynamics as realistic, even as I think they are…

Not enough likes for this.  Breaking Bad is a great show, but it threw any sense of realism out the window ages ago.  I think it's pretty facile about moral choices in general, too.  It annoys me when it gets compared to the other great shows (this, The Wire, Mad Men, Deadwood) - it has more tension, but it just…

Not enough likes for this.  Breaking Bad is a great show, but it threw any sense of realism out the window ages ago.  I think it's pretty facile about moral choices in general, too.  It annoys me when it gets compared to the other great shows (this, The Wire, Mad Men, Deadwood) - it has more tension, but it just…

Christopher was just a different sort of narcissist than Tony - Tony internalizes his.  He doesn't let himself out, and when he does, it often has terrible consequences.  Christopher just wanted to show everyone what a badass he is, and wanted to do it writ large.  I don't think he had moral problems with being a…

Christopher was just a different sort of narcissist than Tony - Tony internalizes his.  He doesn't let himself out, and when he does, it often has terrible consequences.  Christopher just wanted to show everyone what a badass he is, and wanted to do it writ large.  I don't think he had moral problems with being a…

I love this line, and I am not a Springsteen fan nor do I approve of the meta nature of it.  It's just really, really funny.

I love this line, and I am not a Springsteen fan nor do I approve of the meta nature of it.  It's just really, really funny.

One thing I enjoyed was the reverse intervention that his friends had for Davis - I call it a reverse intervention because most interventions are about telling people to stop doing things, but this was more like 'Are you sure you want to stop doing this?'  Because we know he can't give it up entirely.

One thing I enjoyed was the reverse intervention that his friends had for Davis - I call it a reverse intervention because most interventions are about telling people to stop doing things, but this was more like 'Are you sure you want to stop doing this?'  Because we know he can't give it up entirely.

Reading into it more as Davis as a Simon surrogate (which by the way you are correct about, even though he is based on a real person), it's easy to read this episode and 'I Quit' as Simon's frustration with the fact that no one is watching this show and it's going to go away soon.  He can't get funding for his project…

Reading into it more as Davis as a Simon surrogate (which by the way you are correct about, even though he is based on a real person), it's easy to read this episode and 'I Quit' as Simon's frustration with the fact that no one is watching this show and it's going to go away soon.  He can't get funding for his project…

And frankly, the authenticity obsession this show has is the essence of hipsterdom.  It's one of the show's biggest flaws and something I will not miss about it.  Annie may or may not be 'authentic', but she's clearly trying to write the music she wants to sing.

And frankly, the authenticity obsession this show has is the essence of hipsterdom.  It's one of the show's biggest flaws and something I will not miss about it.  Annie may or may not be 'authentic', but she's clearly trying to write the music she wants to sing.

Any Given Sunday doesn't depict Jamie Foxx as someone who throws 50 touchdowns in 8 games.  It stays true to what football fans know about football.  And Rounders isn't a failure because it's a poker movie for poker people, it's a very low-key film, and I wouldn't call it a failure either - it enjoyed a very long…