3. Casting Cruise. (Sounds like one of those 90s gerund movies.) There's a nice irony in casting the ultimate '80s movie star in a movie about '80s excess, but Cruise can't do Axl Rose. To his credit, he can do a lot of stuff, but when it comes to being an '80s rock star, he still seems like the kid who's lip syncing…

3. Casting Cruise. (Sounds like one of those 90s gerund movies.) There's a nice irony in casting the ultimate '80s movie star in a movie about '80s excess, but Cruise can't do Axl Rose. To his credit, he can do a lot of stuff, but when it comes to being an '80s rock star, he still seems like the kid who's lip syncing…

I dunno … Bryan Cranston's a hell of a drug

I dunno … Bryan Cranston's a hell of a drug

King's use of characters like Flagg some thirty years after he first wrote their stories, no matter how awesome they may or may not be, is ultimately revisionist and shouldn't be considered anywhere near The Stand's original canon (not that that's anything sacred, of course, but you don't want to waste too much time…

King's use of characters like Flagg some thirty years after he first wrote their stories, no matter how awesome they may or may not be, is ultimately revisionist and shouldn't be considered anywhere near The Stand's original canon (not that that's anything sacred, of course, but you don't want to waste too much time…

That's close to exactly how I feel, MGD. I felt Bag of Bones was 1/2 a GREAT ghost story, and then about halfway through it shifts, and becomes this awful court story because I guess John Grisham and then the last 1/4 I don't even have a recollection of because I'd checked out by then.

That's close to exactly how I feel, MGD. I felt Bag of Bones was 1/2 a GREAT ghost story, and then about halfway through it shifts, and becomes this awful court story because I guess John Grisham and then the last 1/4 I don't even have a recollection of because I'd checked out by then.

The Parks & Rec and Party Down actor pool has already not only been breached but survived a Crisis on Infinite Earths-level world merging. The same is apparently also true for the Arrested Development and Workaholics universes, and let's not even bring up 30 Rock and Whitney. I guess what I'm saying is, Kara Zor-El…

The Parks & Rec and Party Down actor pool has already not only been breached but survived a Crisis on Infinite Earths-level world merging. The same is apparently also true for the Arrested Development and Workaholics universes, and let's not even bring up 30 Rock and Whitney. I guess what I'm saying is, Kara Zor-El…

Here's a fun Parks and Rec drinking game if you're marathoning a season some rainy Saturday because Netflix is your truest companion with some great friends. Take a shot every time some character says, "I like [name of another character]".

Here's a fun Parks and Rec drinking game if you're marathoning a season some rainy Saturday because Netflix is your truest companion with some great friends. Take a shot every time some character says, "I like [name of another character]".

Hardly. Tom Hardly, FBI.

Hardly. Tom Hardly, FBI.

That damn Condom Law is destroying the L.A. porn industry. Thanks a lot, Obama!

That damn Condom Law is destroying the L.A. porn industry. Thanks a lot, Obama!

Probably a moot point, though, since the Obama campaign has presumably already shored up most of the Shore vote with Joe Biden's impromptu "Don't tax my gig so hard core cruster!" rejoinder in last week's VP debate.

Probably a moot point, though, since the Obama campaign has presumably already shored up most of the Shore vote with Joe Biden's impromptu "Don't tax my gig so hard core cruster!" rejoinder in last week's VP debate.

Basing humor on childish sexual connotations is the worst.

Basing humor on childish sexual connotations is the worst.