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See comment below, but as I understand it, the Future War we know and love was a salvage job on an earlier (and apparently completely unwatchable) attempt.

I think Time Chasers actually works as a B-movie; it's obviously low-budget, but it's well-edited and directed with a lot of energy.

Also: Roger tripping is maybe the funniest series of scenes in the history of Mad Men.

Even if the church wasn't doing all sorts of criminal/unethical/downright frightening things — and it's a long list — you'd have a church that aggressively monetizes every single step toward salvation. You could argue that every church is beholden to Mammon in one way or another, but very few say that enlightenment

One of the many striking things about Going Clear — which you should read if you haven't — is how Wright takes Travolta's homosexuality as a given. No hedging or qualifications or allegedlys or anything.

Welcome back . . . Kotter. (chokes victim with rubber hose)

"Hi! Well, let's just get you an introductory audit on our E.B. White meter."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: This is the place

Well, that settles that.

Great article, Vikram. I'm rooting for Don's salvation in a way I never did Walter White. For all his dickish tendencies — and there are many unlikeable ones — his whole life as an outsider gives him a sympathy to people like Peggy and a certain revulsion toward other things (Roger's blackface performance the most

Oh, I know this. It's Kotters on Infinite Earths.

EXEC 3 (watching rough cut of ad): We can't run this shit — it's clear Kate has never fired a catapult at a goddamn dragon before.

Can the descendant of bank presidents and highly-paid financial advisers discover success in America?

It's Reefer Madness, with puberty in the role of pot.

I know, girls! This concert movie is going to be awesome! I can't wait to see Taylor's wardro— OH MY GOD IN HEAVEN

It's a good piece. I enjoy interviews with Flansburgh — he always seems open, thoughtful and enthusiastic.

It started out as an essay on Don Juan, but Marah didn't realize it at the time.

If you can't appreciate TMBG's pop songcraft, that's on you, not me.

Me put on Phish album. Me play ""Poor Heart" 73 times.