Yo, Gozer: I am talking to Ed Lauter tomorrow at 3 PM EST. If you've got any special requests, drop me a line: WillHarrisInVA@cox.net.

Heavy stuff, but I appreciate you sharing. Hope it was cathartic.

Heavy stuff, but I appreciate you sharing. Hope it was cathartic.

I didn't really feel comfortable working it into the review proper, but
with the "Fear" section of the film, listening to the stories of those kids attacked by Dr. Taffet's dogs, I couldn't help but be reminded of
how, when I was something like five or six years old, I was permanently
traumatized by an experience with…

I didn't really feel comfortable working it into the review proper, but
with the "Fear" section of the film, listening to the stories of those kids attacked by Dr. Taffet's dogs, I couldn't help but be reminded of
how, when I was something like five or six years old, I was permanently
traumatized by an experience with…

Actually, @avclub-410987637793620466d1b0732bd7ed6d:disqus and @avclub-0de5d1a081a3095d62b416e44e055e7a:disqus, it was even before that: the scoop was revealed during the TCA press tour - the first one I ever attended - immediately before Comic-Con, and there was a relatively major kerfuffle about that at the time.

Actually, @avclub-410987637793620466d1b0732bd7ed6d:disqus and @avclub-0de5d1a081a3095d62b416e44e055e7a:disqus, it was even before that: the scoop was revealed during the TCA press tour - the first one I ever attended - immediately before Comic-Con, and there was a relatively major kerfuffle about that at the time.

Actually, it's Brent Spiner, but I don't know if that will make you more or less disappointed.

Actually, it's Brent Spiner, but I don't know if that will make you more or less disappointed.

God help me, but I'm volunteering. These are things I'm getting screeners for, so I figure, eh, it's a living. But I've got a lot of Random Roles in queue, I swear. Why, there's one coming up on Friday, in fact…

God help me, but I'm volunteering. These are things I'm getting screeners for, so I figure, eh, it's a living. But I've got a lot of Random Roles in queue, I swear. Why, there's one coming up on Friday, in fact…

Absolutely not. Let Christopher Atkins walk away with some dignity.

Absolutely not. Let Christopher Atkins walk away with some dignity.

Request is in. We'll see what happens.

Request is in. We'll see what happens.

Not that it matters, I don't suppose, but insofar as my comments which started the whole gender aspect of conversation, my wife has since become as much of a Breaking Bad fan as I am. But as far as Bryan's comments, he was ultimately praising women's depth of emotion, I felt. And what he said wasn't that the show…

Not that it matters, I don't suppose, but insofar as my comments which started the whole gender aspect of conversation, my wife has since become as much of a Breaking Bad fan as I am. But as far as Bryan's comments, he was ultimately praising women's depth of emotion, I felt. And what he said wasn't that the show…

I talked to him a couple of years ago, and my favorite Close Encounters story - which is also in his book - was about how he got his role in the film in the first place:

I talked to him a couple of years ago, and my favorite Close Encounters story - which is also in his book - was about how he got his role in the film in the first place:

Here's mine: