You're in a desert walking along the sand. You look down and see a tortoise crawling towards you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.

You're in a desert walking along the sand. You look down and see a tortoise crawling towards you. You reach down and you flip the tortoise on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.

No-one has ever become a Batman fan because of plot. The appeal of Batman comes down to richness of the characters that inhabit the world, both Bruce Wayne and the myriad villains he goes up against.

"Often the B movies are the most interesting, either because they’ve tried something ambitious and fallen short, or because they’ve elevated iffy material in an entertaining or artful way"

"Often the B movies are the most interesting, either because they’ve tried something ambitious and fallen short, or because they’ve elevated iffy material in an entertaining or artful way"

This is awesome.

This is awesome.

"The Austin, Texas-based company ordered a full-out evacuation of festival-goers…"

"The Austin, Texas-based company ordered a full-out evacuation of festival-goers…"

ASP has this condition where she can only express her thoughts through the first pop culture allusion that comes to her head.

ASP has this condition where she can only express her thoughts through the first pop culture allusion that comes to her head.

…must be quoting Dogma, because Last Crusade was a blimp?

…must be quoting Dogma, because Last Crusade was a blimp?

Counterpoint: Charlie is one of the most realistic teenagers I've ever seen portrayed on TV. Only a teenager could be that self-absorbed.

Counterpoint: Charlie is one of the most realistic teenagers I've ever seen portrayed on TV. Only a teenager could be that self-absorbed.

That's awesome.

That's awesome.

If we're talking genetics, perhaps you mean the Collettes?

If we're talking genetics, perhaps you mean the Collettes?

Today I learned that "Istambul (Not Constantinople)" was originally recorded by The Four Lads in 1953. Go figure!