breaking the third rule
vague spoilers*******

Notice that the background said he still reads researched papers on topics he is interested in or is using for his writing. As someone toying with writing, I can't imagine not reading in the genre I want to write in. I never heard the don't read your genre theory. Maybe it's a crutch, but still.

My t.v. ain't so great, so while I saw blood and such, I couldn't tell if it was brain splatter. Still, it's t.v. and soap opera for boys t.v. at that (someone said live action comic book, which fits rather well), so until he's declared dead, I'll assume it's ambiguous.

the book had a plot? I thought with his removal from genre to novel that he'd discarded such things as plot and event and shit just kind of happened.

this being a soap opera and all
I'll believe Hale is dead when they actually put him in the ground or someone says, "I can't believe he's dead". Otherwise, I'll just assume coma and a few hospital scenes and hand wringing over the next few episodes, though they've been somewhat realistic with injuries and that would…

stupid subpar earphones
I'm not sure I understood a damn word he said to that baby, but I do love me some Rutger Hauer and I'll be watching that no matter what grade it gets just on principle

I enjoyed Zombieland, though not as much as 28 Days Later for the scares, nor as much as Shaun of the Dead for the laughs. I don't think it failed as both comedy and horror as some stated above, but it was enjoyable. I liked the narration, personally. And my criteria is sometimes consistent with Calvinist above in…

heh, that's a good one, we being the ghetto of the milky way's corner

as I recall, he joked that he got a paycheck to put his name on it so it would get even more financing, but when it came to being in the movie, not so much.

Lewis Black has a bit about how it was cheaper for him to fly to Wisconsin and get drunk all weekend for a gig trip than it was for him to get drunk in Manhattan. A comic exaggeration perhaps, but funny as hell, and I think I'll stick with Wisconsin and just visit NYC.

Didn't hear about the nudity or swearing thing, not that movies these days have much nudity and most pg-13's only get a single fuck in. However, through my tear blurred eyes, I'm pretty sure Heder had a role as the owner of the kitty galore cat of the cats and dogs movie. Yes, the movie was bad, but I have kids and…

I've not read the books, and hear they get progressively worse, but the first movie was excellent. Maybe it was just so much better than I could have expected that it shines against the usual shit that is put on the screen, but the movie was that good, and I consider it a scientific fact to be true.

It's a firstie because we all know that Bop Showbiz knows that Scott's Alien 5 was going to be a prequel, which would then ursurp the first Alien. Let's be honest and just punch him in the fucking face already.

pity about the name
all I could think of everytime they mentioned "The Authority", was Cartman in South Park dressed a cop shouting "Respect My Authoritaaaah!" Kind of took me out of the moment.

what teadoust says above. Kick-Ass is entertaining as a teen wish fulfillment fan boy movie, but it dismembers its underlying premise with the little girl. Yes, she also kicks much ass and is entertaining and the movie is worth watching. But you do have to suspend disbelieve as the premise of regular folk being…

Kalifornia is all kinds of awesome for all the reasons stated by ZMF, along witht he transition of psuedointellectual hardon to finally holding his own at the end and making you wonder if maybe he's gone off the campus reservation mentally, not quite the same way as C. Thomas Howell at the end of Hitcher, but same…

we can only hope that a WoW movie would be along the lines of a Lord of the Rings in scope, story, acting and effects. We can fear that it will be more like the D&D movie.

Costner's Earp was ok, if a little slow. Tombstone, which came out around the same time, was a bit more fun take on the same story.

the notion of a zombie apocalypse with traditional shambling zombies has always been a bit of a plot hole, especially in modern nations with advanced communications and weapons, or the U.S. which has almost enough guns to give to every person. Unless it's a mass infection type of thing or they're smarter/faster than…

Oh, I think it's been established that they don't need to kill in order to survive. A bottle of Tru Blood a day or may one per meal seems to tide them over. There is an evil "play with your food" vibe for sure, but I have trouble picturing it out in the open. The point of them being powerful and unconcerned is well…