The Cigarette Smoking Man (of the X-Files for those that may not know) had a great takedown of that stupid line: "Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody ever asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this undefinable…

Pleasantville was always a pretty heavy-handed allegory but for some reason I never cared. It did so many wonderful things with such a camp premise that it took me wholly by surprise and I've loved it ever since.

Pleasantville was always a pretty heavy-handed allegory but for some reason I never cared. It did so many wonderful things with such a camp premise that it took me wholly by surprise and I've loved it ever since.

Clearly Carrie's does not have the best judgment, but I think a flawed character trying to do 'good' is more interesting than a perfect character trying to do 'good.' I don't think real failings and likability are mutually exclusive in a character. (And thank god for shows that give their characters flaws and then…

Clearly Carrie's does not have the best judgment, but I think a flawed character trying to do 'good' is more interesting than a perfect character trying to do 'good.' I don't think real failings and likability are mutually exclusive in a character. (And thank god for shows that give their characters flaws and then…

Carrie's dad is the mole. Just look at how he pushes Carrie back into the CIA to regain his information supply, and also why Estes was so mad last season when Carrie's dad saw all that classified information last season is because Estes thinks hes the mole. Estes is a reasonable down-to-earth guy for this argument so…

Carrie's dad is the mole. Just look at how he pushes Carrie back into the CIA to regain his information supply, and also why Estes was so mad last season when Carrie's dad saw all that classified information last season is because Estes thinks hes the mole. Estes is a reasonable down-to-earth guy for this argument so…

(Heart)warming ending?

(Heart)warming ending?

Minor Spoilers

Minor Spoilers

This is something of a cult sci-fi film by now, but Dark City improves with its director's cut. Like Blade Runner, the studio made the director put in a lot of artificial exposition that is justly excised in the director's cut. In the original one of the big twists is given away in the first 30 seconds, while the…

This is something of a cult sci-fi film by now, but Dark City improves with its director's cut. Like Blade Runner, the studio made the director put in a lot of artificial exposition that is justly excised in the director's cut. In the original one of the big twists is given away in the first 30 seconds, while the…

IIRC from the commentary, Joss said they didn't actually tell Fillion or Baldwin that the ramp would be moving up/the doors closing.

IIRC from the commentary, Joss said they didn't actually tell Fillion or Baldwin that the ramp would be moving up/the doors closing.