I actually starting reading it and realized I had read it before as it had previously been linked to in the Sopranos TV classic recaps. I thought it was terrible then and it's terrible now. If someone wants to come up with an alternate to the "Master of Sopranos" essay they are going to have to come up with…

"what we see is black" is what he says. I think people are being overly snarky (not you, I thought your comment was funny). I think Chase probably just means he didn't actually take a camera and put it in front of a black screen.

Ah…Ok, I get it. While I think it's sort of ridiculous at this point to think Tony is alive, I'm not going as far as to call those people stupid.

I thought this was interesting from Chase:

Jeez! Why the attack? I think its a reasonable interpretation of his words. Am I missing something? Did I offend you?

I read this as pretty much an admission from Chase that the black screen is Tony's POV. "Getting into it" would be the same as explicitly stating Tony died, which we all know he doesn't want to do. But at the same time he finishes his thought by admitting that he thought it would go through "Everybody's mind" (his…

I just want to echo his sentiments regarding Donnie Brasco. I caught it again recently and it really is a great, understated mafia film and one of the great crime dramas of the 90's (and directed by a Brit no less!). One of the last great, and mature performances from Depp. And Madsen is just terrific and…

I agree that there is the possibility that the video acknowledgment of the letter possibly could be kept away from the jury. Your're right, he did not seem 100% certain that was his letter and really didn't seem to remember writing it. That being said he did admit that the return address stamp on the envelope was…

The letter itself doesn't but the other circumstantial evidence along with it is certainly enough (for me at least, I never underestimate the stupidity of the average juror in this country). Durst had the motive and timing of the murder is just after the DA in NY announces the investigation has been re-opened and…

I'm curious as to why you think the letter may not be admissible. Durst essentially admitted that the envelope was his stationary and that he probably wrote the letter inside to Berman. Unless there is some sort of chain of custody tampering issue (and it appears it was just with the son all of those years) I really…

You see this is the problem with the criminal justice system in this country. People think that "the prosecutor has to be able to prove precisely what happened when the gun went off." That's simply not true. That's not what "beyond a reasonable doubt means." Ever since the OJ trial and the dawn of Court TV it…

In fairness to the DA, we really didn't get to see the whole trial and how it played out. But it does appear there may have been a failure of communication to the jury that as you say "cutting up a body is absolutely evidence, and admissible evidence, of a person's committing a murder without justification." The…

It appears that California did a shitty job. But I just don't know what samples they had or how sound the whole "handwriting comparison" science is. It doesn't appear that California even tried to get an indictment on Hurst despite the evidence that he was in CA at the time with his phone suddenly silent during the…

It's an obviously interesting irony that if Durst had just kept his mouth shut and never decided to do the documentary (amazingly, HE sought Jarecki out) then he would still be living life as a free man.

The only pause I have is that in 2003, California DID do a comparison of writing samples with the Cadaver letter to apparent samples of Durst's writing. They apparently decided it was "Inconclusive." I assume the state was able to get plenty of writings from Durst in making that comparison. Jareki, apparently…

Totally agree (and thank you for saying something interesting here instead of the usual snarky comments posted here). I actually felt bad for Doug in that Jareki seems to be borderline harassing him when there is no real evidence that he knew anything (it certainly seems like the father may be more complicit in any…

"Riggan really had superpowers" is destined to join to "Travis Bickle was dreaming at the end of Taxi Driver" and "Tony Soprano is still alive" as the dumbest pop culture film/tv interpretations ever.

I agree with both of you. I can only see it as Riggan's dying wish (as he falls to his death) that his daughter finally "looked up" to him or simply his daughter finally accepting him and finding peace in her father's suicide (with her "look up" to him as being completely metaphorical). I agree the ending is way too…

That study was astounding. Yet the media isn't really picking up on it. What a shame.

You're so funny. You must be a professional football player in the NFL to know that deflation doesn't make a difference. I am excited for this game, that's what pisses me off: that arguably the greatest coach ever and the greatest QB ever need to cheat in hopes of getting an edge. I love the Super Bowl but this…