(Dexter is another show that truly suffers from exceedingly lazy, convenient writing.  Forever keeps that show—like this one—from becoming truly great.)

DAYUM!  (Wish *I* had thought of that!)

(My joke with fellow Lost-watching friends was that at the very end, Jack et al would stumble upon this hut-out-of-nowhere, with Vincent the Dog inside of it, running a bunch of buttons and levers, controlling the island.  "SO!  YOU BOW-WOW-WOW-*FOUND* ME!")

"Why in the hell does SNL
continually get a pass from critics? A “pretty solid” episode? Come on. This
show has been a travesty for ages now."

I love In Rainbows so much, it's even surpassed OK Computer for me as being my fave.

I never did get into this show.  Few years back, I tried watching the first few episodes of the first season, and it all just felt contrived and forced.  (Though several co-workers whose tastes I generally agree with have tried to convinced me that the show gets better from the first season.)

I was totally expecting those horses to bite it—er, um:  be bitten/devoured.  Though I suppose we've already had a nasty horse-feast scene.  (I JUST remembered that RIGHT NOW.)

"Everyone on this show continues to wander around like they can’t remember how zombies don’t generally announce themselves before attacking, but I’m slowly becoming okay with this."

(I'm surprised there wasn't an extra ribbon that comes out at the last second, that reads "5.")

Unforgettable Fire has always seemed a tad uneven to me.  Definitely some highlights on that record, but overall, it meanders a bit and is flawed.  But an essential stepping stone to the greatness to come. Without Fire (and initial Eno/Lanois collaboration), there would be no Joshua Tree, and certainly no Achtung…

Cocteau Twins were a significant influence on the shoegazing movement.  (Robin Guthrie is the godfather of ethereal guitar.)

Q:   "Shoegaze bands?  In 1991?"

I think Maggie's purty.  (Shore hope she lasts awhile, y'awl!)

Isn't the unspoken rule generally:  if you leave before the first half of the movie is over, you usually qualify for a refund?

"He also did it with 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind, which came out in the wake of the PopMart debacle"

I loved this episode (on/for its own terms).

(SNL has a long tradition of white writes writing shitty characters or no characters at all for ANY actors, regardless of race/gender.)

I fully expected to loathe Social Network's dialogue, and was pleasantly surprised when I did not.  (I quite enjoyed that movie.  I know, I know:  I was shocked too!)

Diablo Cody is overrated.  (Juno was faker than fake.)

I distinctly remember this show being pretentious with a capital "P."  (BTW:  was what I just uttered pretentious?  Sure could be!  "'Pretentious with a capital P.'  MAN—what a douche!  Only a douche would say something as lame as that.")