Re-watching it to understand what she was saying was both rewarding and hilarious.

Agreed. I especially like that it's one of a few movies my mother and I both love and can watch together.

@avclub-2b1488ea4f41f775d267fd910480d14a:disqus , I haven't heard that track. Just have two Atlas Sound albums and one Deerhunter album.

@avclub-45d15693cb729fefc030a41d117da9c1:disqus, you and I have very different taste.

My biggest problem is that it takes a while to separate the wheat from the chaff, and there's lots of both.

Bradford Cox is a lot of work. I've got two Atlas Sound albums and one Deerhunter, and I'm just not up for more of it. There's some good stuff, but there's also wanky, repetitive nothing stuff. Maybe if I was in high school with boring afternoons to listen to albums over and over again I'd be up for it.

I beat Chrono Trigger finally and Flim, Jr. barfed a lot.

I hope they do a better job of getting it out to people. It really hasn't been out where I live at all.

Yes. His first novel, The Sword of Shannara, is the most Lord of the Rings-like book I've ever read, though it's much more readable, especially for a younger reader.

I wonder what kind of cutie mark a werepony would have.

That's what I took from it. What a salvo against people who like seeing super strong guys punch each other in space.

I'm probably coming from it at a biased angle (atheist who has a strong distrust-to-dislike of large religious organizations and movements), so my reading of it as totally fine comes from a different place than others.

That's what YOU think. Keep reading!

I've been on the fence about going back to Prydain. I remember liking them but also finding them a bit weird, especially in regards to death and afterlife as it closed. But maybe I should give them a re-read.

You only stopped liking Narnia because you liked boys and wore lipstick or whatever.

I almost said "Norby", the series that started my love of written sci-fi, but I haven't read them since I first did all those years ago, so I don't even know if I like it anymore.

"Water? What kind of wedding IS this? Let's do this RIGHT, and let's see Mithra do better!"

That entire section devoted to sex is so weird, especially since another guy later on really hates it and tells people not to unless they're married, and only to marry if they can't help but be filthy, base creatures.

I prefer HDM, which I only just read this last fall/winter, because it's not, at least to me, as slavish to its religious intent. Golden Compass is still the best, but that's not unique. Most fantasy sagas start off with such a beautiful, single world, and things get dark and compliacted and sad from thereon out.

Just now getting around to it, and the first listen was a bit disappointing, kind of samey. Second listen is much better, and "Three Months" definitely stands out already. Surprised it doesn't get much attention in the reviews.