I like the series. I've thought that Duane Johnson has the size to do it, size and strength being more important than skin tone. After Thor, I too Chris Hemsworth would do, or Alexander Skaarsgard if he bulked up a bit. I know not this Joel McHale or whomever that was mentioned above.

I enjoy Koontz books well enough as the popcorn they are, and I liked Odd Thomas, though I think the books have a reverse star trek series thing going with odd numbers being better than even ones so far. I don't remember a blind DJ, but I admit they are such quick reads and so light that it's hard to remember the…

huh
my dvr reset itself about 3 weeks ago and I lost this on the schedule. completely forgot about it.

I would have settled for the James Earl Jones snake transformation out of the original Conan the Barbarian

My refuge of choice is a nearby Farm and Fleet, or Fleet Farm or some such variation. Guns, tools, lumber, camping gear and dry goods all in one place, and a linked gas station on the parking lot/block. And mine is wthin half a mile of a major grocery store and outdoors sporting goods store, so those calmer moments…

I read the reviews, and with the exception of the last sentence (naming of the grade excepted), it sounded like an A review. When you start with (and I paraphrase) 'an hour in, I thought this was the premiere of another X, Y, Z' (where xyz are universally named as among the best films ever) and merely end with (and I…

an impressive grade curve
where one of the greatest movies ever is a B, maybe a B+ and one of the most boring ever is a C.

I thought Arnold was about 6-4. I don't mind a new Conan, but I guess I'm irritated that this one is so dark. I thought the Cimmerians were pale, dark haired and blue-eyed basically Celts to contrast with their northern rivals, the Vanir and Aesir, though I forget which ones there were the pale blondes and the pale…

love me some Hauer
and I remember really liking Flesh+Blood for the lower budget middle ages fun that it was. Not sure if it would hold up now, but damn I like this guy.

You're left wondering how Hauer gets ahead of Howell to leave severed fingers and such in his path, but I don't think there is any real support for supernatural powers. Just a cunning psycho leaving his mark on the world.

He could still do Miller's Dark Knight Returns. I'd watch the hell out of that.

no sure I know those characters
it's been years since I watched any SNL, but if Lorne Michaels could keep skits to just 5 minutes, she probably wouldn't get sick of them. My recollection of SNL is that they have a decent 3-5 min skit and drag it out for 8-9 so all the funny is beaten out of it

OK, I must have missed some dialogue, and have deleted the show from my dvr. What did Raylan say other than get back inside? I caught Boyd's line about disrespecting Ava, but I missed any actual disrespect.

you know who else looks to be wearing eye liner
the new Conan in that trailer that's been floating around. That just fucking bugs me. Plus, "I live, I love, I slay, I am content" might grow on me, but it's no "To crush your enemies. To see them driven before you. To hear the lamentation of their women." No, it…

I haven't seen all of Mann's movies, but I've enjoyed all of his movies that I have seen. Loved Collateral and Heat, and enjoyed MV for what it was. PE went a bit long, but I liked it overall. Haven't seen anything from him I'd call bad.

I don't think I've seen the Illusionist, but I thought Sewell fell into that trap with Knight's Tale

and what are you calling 'free labor'? some of them workers cost a lot of money, not to mention the stakes to keep'em in line.

Well, considering it's a show with ongoing characters and not a zombapocalypse chase and action thrill ride movie resolved in a few hours, I'm ok with interludes. Given the number of guns just in the US, zombies really aren't much of an organized threat unless they're fast or the infection spreads by means other than…

re: movie nudity

I guess the difference being that Kenny Powers would be more fun to hang out with, getting a beer or 10. Unless he directs is doucheness at you directly, and then both need a hard Liam Neeson punch to the throat.