And to think, all the time we spent civilizing those ruffians. What nerve! Speaking of, someone bring out the nerve gas. We'll need it for this rescue operation.

This certainly sounds like a family show to me. But then again, most of the members of my family like to spend their time approvingly nodding their heads whenever Sean Hannity's on TV. So who knows

I didn't say he was doing it explicitly for the money. However I think his recompense will be a little more than a coupon book and a fortune cookie.

So, you're stuck on a desert island with one other person. Would you rather the top half be mermaid and the bottom half be Sofia Coppola, or vice versa?

Brad Bird found the right story to tell with Incredibles 2. It's the story of a well-known animation director who begins to foray into live action but gets brought back into the swirling underworld of animation after being offered a suitcase full of cash to revisit the biggest hit of his career.

Are they going to able to fit in a celebrity hot tub party scene?

Mmm, I love the taste of phlegm in the morning.

Is it worse than that episode of Go On where they literally came back from a commercial break and spent something like 90 seconds of screen time depicting two characters talking about how great one's smartphone was, awkwardly dropping whatever the brand name was over and over again? Because that was horrifying and I…

Here's a question. How do you pronounce the director's last name? Was he named by Wario or something?

Jesus, the Mentalist is still on?

They were selling one of his books in a Dollar General bargain bin near my house for two bucks awhile ago. That can't be uplifting.

I haven't seen the UK one but I'd definitely say that either of those sound much better than what we got here. I mean, why exactly does Frank have monologues, other than making glib/threatening one-liners and rolling his eyes at the camera? Those are fine, but they don't really carry the gimmick. They could have at…

He definitely got interesting people to interview which is why it irritated me that they weren't really allowed to get any sort of point across, whether they agreed with him or not. His interview subjects were pretty much sounding boards for his own opinions, which I think anyone can agree is a poor interview tactic.…

My fiancee and I watched it in a "Philosophy in Film" class; the alternative would have been the infinitely better Wristcutters. So I was a little off-put by that to start with, but we both watched it to the end and even though I'm Christian (in a very liberal and unattached to crazy people way, but still) and she's…

Personal confession: I think Religulous is probably one of the worst films I've ever seen in my life. Am I alone on this? I think part of it is hearing people talk about how brilliant and hilarious it is, when all I see is an angry guy chopping up interviews into bits that fit his context and basically running around,…

I know what you mean, I do the same thing. Not necessarily to kids, but same idea. To a certain degree I feel like it helps me to keep my thoughts clear and stay on track. I didn't really think of that in the context of Frank Underwood, though. That's an interesting idea. I kind of wish they'd play up the element of…

Everyone's always talking about how attractive the Smurficide Girls are but I don't see it.

That's an interesting question though. What purpose does the audience serve to Frank in this show? Are we impartial observers that he tries to sway to his side, a captive audience that he has fun impressing or terrifying in his showy manner, or are we the last vestiges of his humanity — a sort of rudimentary superego…

That's probably true; it would have been a nice use of the gimmick of this show (or series of shows, whichever) to have Frank hash out that plan with the viewer.

I have. And frankly, I felt underwhelmed. I think the only part that really paid off was his, you know, very last line in the season. That was great, top notch stuff. BUT I also felt as though it would have behooved the show to either A) Make him a little less creepy so that the ambitiousness of the situation would…