One of these days I do need to read "Dune".  But as a kid I saw the film, later re-watched, and then owned as an adult, and I do enjoy it a great deal, though I can see why it has its army of detractors.  I imagine I'll like the book once I crack it, but with no preconceptions and just letting the imagery, wonderful…

Jesus, this shit just keeps getting dumber and dumber.  Let me guess, next stop Eliot Goldenthal for a zippy soundtrack a la "Batman and Robin".  Why why why are they remaking this?  Fuck's sake, go remake "Beastmaster" or something that might could use a facelift.  This movie was perfect out of the box.

The upside to all this is, if a woman orders that inkblot dress and is then killed and the material ends up in the hands of a mentally unbalanced garment worker, he can be inspired by the design, make a mask out of it and go out at night and break the pinky fingers of miscreants all over town (and then drop them down…

Well shit guys, now I'm going to be locked in my Dreamatorium imagining the sheer awesomeness of that "Community" episode.  Danson almost makes up with Jeff… but then gets distracted falling for Britta's mom.  Abed notes something is similar between the two and provides some meta chorus.  Danson and Long have a…

"I mean I really can't grasp it."  Jesus, its fucking with my head.

Yeah, but he can usually do so with some sort of tie to the task at hand or in service of whatever argument is being bandied about.  Your example of Lou, I think, came at a time when Lou was defending himself or people were talking about him and Trump was taking them to task for underestimating him and giving everyone…

Yeah, this and "Prophecy of Doom"- two episodes that are like swimming through tar to get through.  I suppose there's an argument to be made for trying to create good Batman stories without having to fall back on the Rogues Gallery every time… but this episode is not that argument.  When are we gonna get to "Showdown"…

The holy hell was up with Trump's uber-bizzaro non-sequitur stopping the show dead to… expound on the Glories of the Arsenio Hall Show?  I just sat there trying to figure out what brought that on.  Is there a box set of the first season coming out that needed shilling?  What the hell did it have to do with the point…

I've come to need these reviews first thing on a Friday like a cup of coffee.  "Cheers" is one of those shows that was sacred time in my home back in the day, watched and then re-watched in syndication for years thereafter.  And then at some point I just couldn't watch them anymore (I think I can probably blame…

One of my favorite baseball interviews came from John Kruk in the early 90's being quizzed on his lumpy physique: "I ain't an athlete, lady. I'm a ballplayer." 

As much as folks love "Duet" and its understandable as "Duet" is a great one-act play, I much prefer Kira's later interplay with Gul Dukat as its something she doesn't have one episode to resolve and there are so many issues and reprocussions Kira has to sort out with Dukat over a great many episodes- they create a…

There's a few episodes, "The Foresaken" included, where they really give Lwaxana something to do other than be "let's see what's on another channel" annoying and ruin everyone's shit with whatever telepathic monsterating she's doing (of course, there's an ep or so where they do exactly that too, so… nobody's…

Zack, that's a beautifully written review of "Progress" and makes me appreciate the episode all the more.  Despite that, it is one of those "slog" eps for me as "tragically ludicrous not ludic" pointed out the TOS/TNG trope of the evacuees.  DS9 has a habit of taking most of the old standby plots and breathing new…

I'm sorry what are you sputtering about?  The line is about the actual content and wit of a good tv show people genuinely enjoy trumping an empty ceremony of celebrity gladhanding and producer cocksucking as the mercurial awards are handed out- sometimes to the good, sometimes to the mediocre.  Is there a corollary…

Myself, I always wanted to start one called "Dead Roommate 4.0" but now that I read it, "Collective Belief Fart" has that zing! that really merges a good overblown 80's prog rock band with the contempt of 90's grunge.  Yes.  Make it so.

Yeah FSM's prophet here nails it on the head.  Kira's seen an expedition to take her world's spiritual leader on a positive journey of discovery and wonder go pear-shaped on her watch, destroying a key element of her people's hopes and their world's future.  Her grief encompasses so many things I can excuse Visitor…

Ooof. O'Brien versus Bajoran Collective Belief Fart.  One of my least favorite episodes, held up by the fact that as was said, Siddig and Colm managed to scratch out some dignity out of the lame third-season TOS plot.  My biggest problem with the scenario though?  What the fuck happened with these folks during the…

If you cut that line it would bleed awesomesauce and my wife has already vetoed my pulling that one on my brother-in-law on his next birthday.

" if you're really smart enough to love Community and Parks And Recreation, do you really care that much who wins at the Emmys? "- I love this line.  That is all.

I've never found Jackson's effects to be his flaw, save for the fact that in recent years he likes to look at them so damn much that it grinds his films to a halt.  But he's always had pacing problems and I think "Dead Alive" is the first film where Jackson gets his balance.  I couldn't stand "Bad Taste" save for the…