I'm gonna have to go with Uncle Jack.  "To the nuts!  No - the bridge mix!" is one of my most used non sequitur quotes.  That and, "I pinned the army man…."

I'm gonna have to go with Uncle Jack.  "To the nuts!  No - the bridge mix!" is one of my most used non sequitur quotes.  That and, "I pinned the army man…."

The formal reintroduction of the multiverse has solidified for me what's been really unsatisfying about the whole "new 52" for me:  I miss the legacies and the sense of the vibrant, history-rich DCU I grew up with.  The characterization of Alan Scott and Jay Garrick as mentors and role models for the rest of the…

The formal reintroduction of the multiverse has solidified for me what's been really unsatisfying about the whole "new 52" for me:  I miss the legacies and the sense of the vibrant, history-rich DCU I grew up with.  The characterization of Alan Scott and Jay Garrick as mentors and role models for the rest of the…

Two things that drove me nuts about Jay's gameplay:
1)  Even if he doesn't want to go along w/ it, there's no benefit to outing Troy's plan to use a hidden immunity idol to Kim.  If he doesn't believe Kim is targeting the men, Troy will have wasted the idol over nothing, and things will play out as Jay expected.  If it…

Whether anyone has accepted depends on how active your imagination is and how willing you are to assume that a game against "Jeff Probst" is truly a game against Jeff Probst. (For me, the answer is 100%.)

I feel bad b/c this is probably my fault.  I have a habit of challenging "celebrities" to Words With Friends games.  A couple weeks back, I issued a challenge to "Gallagher", two days later, guy has a heart attack.  I was unaware my reputation preceded me so, but I apologize for the fear and stress my challenge caused…

I agree completely.  All three books are worthwhile reads.  I was bothered by somewhat black/white simplification of the moral dilemas (and by the magic silver parachutes, which I thought were a narratively lazy way out of tough situations), but I kept reminding myself that I've long since matured past the target…

Let me second the recommendations for Marc Waid era FLASH (my all-time favorite comic run), Peter David era AQUAMAN (starting with "The Atlantis Chronicles" mini-series) and the James Robinson STARMAN series.  I'd also strongly endorse the John Ostrander run on THE SPECTRE and, for an under-appreciated book, the GUY…

Just posted a different comment about this, but I have to imagine Tarzan's over-reaction towards Lief was merely a charade to get Bill to agree to give up immunity. (Why agree to go to tribal council if you know you're going home?)  In that context, it looks more like Tarzan and Lief are really bad actors, rather than…

Tarzan dressing down Lief had to be for show, didn't it?  That's the only way I can make sense of it.  My take is that the guys found out they had to be unanimous in agreeing to give up immunity, and the only way to get Bill to go along was to trick him into thinking Lief was a goner.  To do that they had to put on a…

I'm in the exact same boat.  The first two seasons of ALIAS are probably my favorite television of all time.  I was looking forward to following along, but life interceded, and I quickly fell behind.  I've been holding off on the recaps so I could re-watch the episodes first, but wow does it feel like they blasted…

Watching PHASE ONE live was singularly the most excited I've ever been during a television show.  It blew my mind, paid off fantastically in wrapping up the whole SD-6 storyline, yet left me dying for more.  I have such nostalgia for this episode just b/c I can still almost remember how great it was to watch it live…

I live next door to a McDonald's and decided to try the McBites.  Not gonna lie, I don't care how questionable the genesis, they are fantastic. (NOTE: I like hot dogs, too.)

Good point — I hadn't really thought about that.  My "undermine" comment, as I think about it, is more that casting suspicion upon another "suspect" undermines the sentiment/righteousness of the film, but I can see that it does also strengthen the case of how easy it is to point fingers.  I just wish they hadn't…

I have to say one thing I found highly troubling about the documentary was the attempted guilt-shift w/ suspicions towards Terry Hobbs.  I found that ironically hypocritical — after three documentaries fighting the injustice of a witch hunt against the WM3, Berlinger and Sinofsky (and whichever Dixie Chick, who I…

Absolutely — Sean sealed his own fate by not abandoning his strategy at the right time.  That's part of what I love about the first season of SURVIVOR.  Richard was the only one truly playing to win.  Everyone else thought they were playing, and some even had a shot at winning, but really, it's obvious in retrospect…

Another point from Burnett's book is about Sean.  I agree that the editing on the show makes him look like a complete fool, but there was apparently SOME thought behind his alphabetical voting strategy.  Basically, Sean loosely joined the Tagi alliance just before the merge, agreeing to vote off Pagong first.  The…

I used to work 30 Rockefeller Center with an office overlooking the skating rink and the tree.  That that may be strike some as a particularly delightful holiday experience, allow me to disabuse that notion.  Around the skating rink, they have a rotation of holiday music on a perpetual loop, hours, days, weeks on…

Does anybody else agree that FLASHPOINT was originally written w/o the agenda of rebooting the entire DCU?  Reading that last issue, the "reboot" (and related exposition) happens in a single double-page spread that feels awkwardly crammed into the issue.  If you ignore those two pages, the comic actually flows a…