Re 3: real humans will kill people for keeping them locked in an amusement park. Real horses are already kept in humans' service, and they don't spend much time trying to kill humans.

I tend not to be enthusiastic about songs until I've listened to them at least a few times. The last song I remember really putting a charge into me the first time I heard it is Crosseyed and Painless from Remain in Light, so I guess that would be my answer.

You got all that grease from one bag of steaks?

I don't know the particulars of their situation or what might have been agreed to with the places where he received treatment. I don't think his family is trying to scam anyone, though, so if the medical bills go away, I would expect that they will try to return the money or donate it to a charity that Scott supported.

Yes. I don't even like to think it, but I wonder if the cost of care factored into the decisions Scott had to make in his last days about whether to continue receiving life support. If so, one more awful tragedy to lay at the door of the U.S. healthcare system.

If people are feeling moved to do something to express condolences, his family has a fundraiser for his medical bills: https://www.gofundme.com/he…

My wife and I just watched Pulse last weekend and really… I'm not sure "enjoyed" is quite the word, but it was definitely very good. Excited to catch this one in theaters!

This, Audition, and quite recently Martyrs were all exceptionally unpleasant but also unforgettable film experiences. Maybe I'm a philistine, but I can't endure nihilistic horror; I need some spark of levity or hope.

It's the same thing for my brother! So odd—must be something about the engine that produces that effect.

I don't think this is right. The hosts aren't supposed to even be able to attempt to harm a guest, so Teddy shouldn't have been able to shoot at Harris's character at all. And yet clearly Harris is not a normal host, because he seems to understand that Teddy and Dolores aren't human.

The problem is that the original is so iconic, it would be like bringing back Columbo.

What came out on Bork when he was up for the Supreme Court? They murdered him over his extremism, but none of that was a secret the first time around, it just wasn't perceived as worth an all-out fight for a "mere" circuit court appointment. I remember the video rental history stuff, but it didn't turn up anything…

Also, no Cabinet position, regardless of how obscure, is considered "low level" for vetting purposes.

"But Sully is the central (and most compelling) figure in this plainspoken and disarmingly delicate conception of heroics, which might be Eastwood’s best work since Million Dollar Baby."

I'm pretty sure I absolutely would? I procrastinate over all sorts of shit, both important and trivial, so if $500,000 were riding on a multiyear project, I would literally leave it until the night before it was due.

Interesting. I know the anthology thing is getting a little overused at this point, but "The Night Of" is definitely a series I could see working well as an anthology, particularly if they shift cities or even time periods. I do feel like they ended up too committed to the more sensational elements of the British…

Did you actually read the comment you replied to? I said I can't enjoy courtroom scenes "that don't even attempt to resemble an actual trial." If they do attempt the resemblance and come reasonably close, I often enjoy them.

Actually, most fictional trials, including shows like Law and Order, do a better job of attempting to resemble actual trials. Chandra's behavior in court was not credible, nor was the prosecutor's and judge's indifference to her repeated violations of courtroom procedure.

Absolutely. There's a minimum threshold of evidence you need to introduce an alternative suspect theory as a defense to a criminal charge, but the case against Naz easily clears that bar.

No, I literally cannot enjoy courtroom scenes that don't even attempt to resemble an actual trial.