Yes!  The phone call has become just another method of exposition, and once the exposition is complete, the phone call ends without any wasted words to close it out.  The information has been passed on, so Mr. Caller isn't needed anymore.

Yes!  The phone call has become just another method of exposition, and once the exposition is complete, the phone call ends without any wasted words to close it out.  The information has been passed on, so Mr. Caller isn't needed anymore.

This is actually a pet peeve of mine because my mother is guilty of this all the time.  It gets to the point where it's hard for me to watch a movie with her, because she'll blurt out factoids about the actors in the middle of the movie, for instance what other movies they've played in.  It drives me insane, because…

This is actually a pet peeve of mine because my mother is guilty of this all the time.  It gets to the point where it's hard for me to watch a movie with her, because she'll blurt out factoids about the actors in the middle of the movie, for instance what other movies they've played in.  It drives me insane, because…

Hey guys, I've heard that natural gas explodes when you light it with a match.  Let me just walk up to a leak and test it out!

Hey guys, I've heard that natural gas explodes when you light it with a match.  Let me just walk up to a leak and test it out!

I have to disagree.  The troops should be owed some gratitude for performing the dirty work that politicians order, simply because they act out of loyalty to the will of the country.  If you have some personal disagreement with the conflicts and the ideology itself, then your problem is not with the troops but with…

I have to disagree.  The troops should be owed some gratitude for performing the dirty work that politicians order, simply because they act out of loyalty to the will of the country.  If you have some personal disagreement with the conflicts and the ideology itself, then your problem is not with the troops but with…

If this person went through all the effort of pulling these quotes from the movies, I wish they'd also made the effort to have interesting quotes from the crew as well instead of just showing their mute talking heads.  I feel kind of disappointed that there's more than a minute of wasted video with random people…

If this person went through all the effort of pulling these quotes from the movies, I wish they'd also made the effort to have interesting quotes from the crew as well instead of just showing their mute talking heads.  I feel kind of disappointed that there's more than a minute of wasted video with random people…

I'm the opposite.  I love this episode, but I can still clearly picture the poignant moments with Mr. Freeze in "Heart of Ice" (particularly at the beginning and the end) even though I haven't seen the episode in over a decade.  But I agree with the first sentence wholeheartedly.  Mr. Freeze has always been one of my…

I'm the opposite.  I love this episode, but I can still clearly picture the poignant moments with Mr. Freeze in "Heart of Ice" (particularly at the beginning and the end) even though I haven't seen the episode in over a decade.  But I agree with the first sentence wholeheartedly.  Mr. Freeze has always been one of my…

I saw the movie, and it is probably best if you never, ever break down and watch it.  Christopher Eccleston was in it, but that couldn't save it from being a horribly-scripted, horribly-acted mess of a film that bore only an extremely slight passing resemblance to the wonderful books.

I saw the movie, and it is probably best if you never, ever break down and watch it.  Christopher Eccleston was in it, but that couldn't save it from being a horribly-scripted, horribly-acted mess of a film that bore only an extremely slight passing resemblance to the wonderful books.

I've been pretty impressed by some Japanese YA novels recently translated to English.

I've been pretty impressed by some Japanese YA novels recently translated to English.

Well said, @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus .  I discovered her in adulthood, which is unfortunate because I know I'd have gone nuts over her books as a kid.  I still love her work, though, and it's really distressing to know there won't be any more released.  Howl's Moving Castle was the first I read by her and will always…

Well said, @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus .  I discovered her in adulthood, which is unfortunate because I know I'd have gone nuts over her books as a kid.  I still love her work, though, and it's really distressing to know there won't be any more released.  Howl's Moving Castle was the first I read by her and will always…

The Count of Monte Cristo has always been one of my favorite books.  I must have read it a dozen times over the years since I first picked it up when I was around 11 or 12.  I read a lot of classical books when I was in the YA marketing age, and now that I'm an adult I read a lot of YA books.

The Count of Monte Cristo has always been one of my favorite books.  I must have read it a dozen times over the years since I first picked it up when I was around 11 or 12.  I read a lot of classical books when I was in the YA marketing age, and now that I'm an adult I read a lot of YA books.