LotR
Any reason you just referenced the opening sequence as being homage to D&D fantasy stuff in general when it was pretty clearly a straight remake of the opening monologue of "Fell0wship of the Ring" right down to the map and the soaring cameras passing over characters heads? It was one of the sharper direct movie…

I always just look at this list as funny and clever and ridiculous names—it doesn't say anything about the quality of the band or if their names are dumb (in most cases, anyway).

Hammers and Bastards
So "Bastard Sapling" must be a tribute band because they stole their name FROM a song by The Hammers of Misfortune (who are actually quite a great band—at least that album and August Engine are solid). Anyway, would this be the first time when one band on the list actually got its name from…

Pet Milk—that sounds right. Thanks for solving the mystery. I'm off to amazon to purchase…

The League
My favorite episode involved Pete an Andre interrupting Ruxin's bondage session with his wife—maybe the funniest scene in a comedy this season.

love it and hate it
I don't want to restart the Lost argument (I'm sure it's being argued in a thread somewhere already), but this season of Lost was brutally disappointing. Having said that, I LOVE that you have Fringe, Justified and FNL on here—3 of the best shows on television, for me. This guy (I've already…

I thought Scott Pilgrim was fun as all hell to watch, but in terms of character, it was incredibly hollow. And I'm talking about the main love-story relationship here: What's to like about her? She's dreary and impossible to read and seems apathetic towards everything and yet we're pulling for him to fight 9 other…

Yeah, I thought the final shot of the scene was especially mortifying—when he drags her foot across the floor to complete the dance, it's such a dead, leaden motion. It was repulsive (read: incredibly effective for what the scene wanted to do to the viewer).

Blood Eagle
I remember reading about a short story collection about vikings (which I never read and now can't recall the title of—convenient) which included the "blood eagle". The version of it there, though, involved making 2 incisions in the back of a living victim and then basically pulling his lungs out through…

The Best Episode Debate
I would submit that the silent comedy gold of Andre and Pete creeping into Ruxin's bedroom while his wife is blindfolded and tied to the bed and demand that he drop Matt Forte. The looks on Ruxin's face are priceless and Andre kissing the wife on the leg as he leaves was a great (maybe…

Drew Carey's Corpse…
…was really good as the head lawyer tonight. Seriously, what happened to that guy?

Your move, creep
Loved Peter Weller in this episode, although I wasn't even sharp enough last night to catch the (not so) subtle joke that he's playing a man/machine mix here.

Isn't the last track on Keeping Secrets or Good Apollo actually called "2113"?

No way—this "it was all a dream" or "so and so made it up" type of ending is a no-no for any respectable writers. It's a "gotcha" tactic that just doesn't interest writers who are interested in good storytelling and thoughtful themes. I'd be amazed if the ending were any sort of trickery like this.

He could decide how the money alloted to the high school was spent—each school in a district is given a yearly budget to use as they see fit. A person who cares about education/what goes on IN the classroom (as Ben did) could make better decisions about what little money he did have. Trust me, I'm a doctor…er,…

For people who find Ilana zipper-bustingly hot, is this partially based on having seen her in other shows/sexier roles/GQ spreads with extensive airbrushing? Because she looks pretty frumpy to me in her island apparel. Her face is pretty, but she's not a knockout on this show—but again, this is the only place I've…

Lapidus as My Copilot
I thought the comment he made was a bit on-the-nose as well, but it's important because it (potentially) answers a question: Why did Smokey rip the pilot out of the plane cockpit in the first episode—it seemed like a random murder. But now, it looks like either it THOUGHT Lapidus was the pilot…

@assless chaps: By "the 1950's" do you mean "the midwest"? That's a regional term not a time-specific one. Also, who wears assless chaps anymore? What is this? A Prince Concert?

RockRocky, I'm digging the hell out of the spaghetti cat avatar.

I didn't see anyone in the thread reference this explicitly regarding whether Dogen believed Smocke could be killed: He was clearly "digging up" a special knife from beneath the soil of one of his potted plants. Without getting into any symbolism of THAT, I think the ceremony presenting Sayid this dagger that he has…