Yeah, I had basically the same thing happen in RotK except with teeny-boppers giggling.

It's not acceptable, but it happens… which is why a lot of us just stopped going to the theater. After the popularization of cell phones, they basically just became a place where teenage girls can pay $12 to sit and talk to each other on the phone.

Also, I didn't say anything about "stereotypes." I was talking about using characters as a thematic vehicle as opposed to letting them operate organically within the confines of the plot. The problem with BSG, at least for this last season, has been characters flipping between personalities to suit the needs of the…

I thought the professors who carried out the 'troubled youth' program were as multidimensional as anyone else. "Cheezeface," especially, subverted the "wimpy academic" archetype and demonstrated how post-graduate training is really a necessity for dealing with aggressive kids. Sure, you can pick out a few background…

I love BSG, but it has nothing on the Wire. If the Wire is not about "the human condition," it's because it's smart enough not to try to cram its characters into broad, conceptual archetypes.

And of course, while the I5 are fine, the rest of the islanders appear to have been massacred with fire arrows. While red shirts are expendable to us, that alone makes the "bad things happen" claim legitimate.

Didn't they already talk about experimenting on sharks at the Dharma aquarium?

things are not fixed, apparently
The record is playing, but the "we're on the wrong song" appears to be the fact that island-time is out of alignment with world-time. Also, what's the deal with the frozen donkey wheel seemingly having its own time entirely?

unwashed masses = sweaty Watchmen fans?

You should see the ads for your country's brides!

"simplification so everybody can understand and feel nice and smart and relevant at the end "

I look forward to more of your fart-oriented commentary.

Watchmen Too!

Williams made a fine creepy sociopath in both Insomnia and One Hour Photo.

plot question (spoilers)
Is Akerman's ass as transcendently shapely as they made it seem in the promotional material?

Or not.

It's like a free ride when I'm already late.

PVC, not every girl who has/enjoys sex is a "slut."

I thought people had kids so they could play boardgames with them.

Also, most of the 'romance' genre is pretty much just fancy porn that involves fucking Pirate Fabio with heaving abandon. 'Twilight' is an aberration for aberrants.