I think Gold was originally inspired by the colorful posters Carter had for his shows; it probably owes a lot to that. But I think it's also just consistency. He's writing a novel involving of the world of magic, the invention of television, and the mysterious death of President Harding, not to mention all the real…

The unexplained tricks didn't bother me, even though I can't abide "magic" as an excuse for impossible things, one factor for why I generally don't read fantasy. I guess to me, none of the tricks really seemed any more impossible than what I've seen in any other magic show, though perhaps I am just easily amazed at…

First of all, I don't think you can really separate their comedy films from the rest. I though Fargo was funnier than Lebowski and it's ostensibly a thriller.

Your point #1 was addressed in the article. The first quarter, sometimes even half, of the year is invariably a dumping ground for Hollywood shit, but the same thing happens on TV with mid-season and summer replacements. The fact that there aren't any interesting films coming out soon doesn't really mean there aren't…

I think it's a stupid idea too, but I kind of understand the sentiment behind it. Sometimes I feel like I'm spending so much time catching up on the classics that I'm completely missing what's going on in music right now.

I dunno if AMC would buy this and put it on TV as-is, but they've been known to respond to fan art in the past. Dyna Moe from www.nobodyssweetheart.com made those awesome Mad Men illustrations, and then was hired by AMC to create the art for their Mad Men yourself thingamabob. So, this guy could get some AMC cash…

This Happened Recently for Me
I'm gonna be annoyingly hipster-y for a second and say this happened for me with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I was pretty sold on the 8-bit Universal logo, but what really did it was that one shot in the title sequence when the living room Sex Bob-Omb is playing in gets longer and…

Could it be
That Fox delayed this episode because they didn't want to stack the deck? A really strong episode halfway through the run can be more effective than a really strong second episode; since those tend to be weaker anyway, people don't expect that much. But a strong mid-season ep can hold on to an audience…

I Have to Admit
I saw an old video of him once where one of his puppets had a puppet of him and was making it talk, and then Dunham drank a glass of water while the two puppets went back and forth. It sure wasn't funny, but it was damned impressive, especially considering I saw Dunham's lips moving in one of the…

I Find It Sad That I Know This
As a gigantic nerd, I find it amusing that Ringo and George are shown as playing on Back in the U.S.S.R., when it was really just John and Paul playing everything.

Well if you want to play Eve, you got to get in line behind what, about five homos?

Am I the Only One…
…who recognized Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder the instant he spoke? I mean, I thought he was quite funny and it was refreshing to see him in such a role, but that was fucking Tom Cruise under that bald cap.

I Am Not Canadian
..but I have become addicted to The Newsroom, which my PBS station started running during its block of Britcoms. It struck me as very dry and unlikeable at first, but the show has its own rhythm to it that really got me in the end. It's like all the really quiet, awkward bits from Curb Your…

I THink the Thing with Greg Kinnear Is
At first glance he seems so bland, like Joe Everyman, and therefore at the beginning of his movies his roles all kind of seem the same, but when I settle in, I really enjoy what he does.

I Don't Understand
…why Primo Allen like Purple Rose, Husbands and Wives and Love and Death were relegated to Further Studies and decidedly minor works like Take the Money and Bananas. Sure, they came first and are hilarious (believe me, when I was a kid I loved Take the Money and Run more than life itself) but…

And about blu-rays
I have never seen a film in Blu-Ray, but did recently purchase an HD tv and HD-upconverting DVD player, and to my eyes it looks fantastic. I couldn't imagine how you could upconvert a DVD signal and make it actually look better, but there is significant improvement, and as long as it keeps on…

The Thing About those Digital Copy Discs
…is that they usually put all the special features into the digital copy versions and not the standard editions (on the first disc, so it's not even a storage issue), and then charge you another $7 for it. Plus the Sony ones only work on PCs and PSPs, and you can only transfer…

The mouse that roared!
That book is awesome. I'd seen and forgotten the Peter Sellers film adaptation, then I found the book in my school library, and promptly went through about three of his other books. It's kind of weird to be mildly obsessed with a writer most people have never heard of, and those who do don't…

Damn!

first?
I can't believe I just did that. And I'm only doing it because I've never seen a new AV Club article with no comments before. I guess I'm slow.