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I like how Serling's final monologue in "He's Alive" basically encourages the thing that has dogged political rhetoric for decades:  accuse someone of being Hitler.

Any kind of "we're gonna startle you" just doesn't interest me.  I know some people really enjoy the adrenaline rush of being startled, but I like my horror creepy and atmospheric and lingering, not just a cheap "hand suddenly leaps out from under the bed."

I'm really surprised that there's so much animosity towards Paolo.  Yeah, it wasn't a particularly funny storyline, but of all the methods the show deployed to keep Ross and Rachel apart, this one was one of the more realistic, organic, normal ones. Maybe it was too predictable and cliche, but it wasn't painful to

The failure to talk about the exposed genitals seemed a glaring oversight, but maybe they just felt it was too much.  It's awkward enough to have a model standing right there while you say things like "She looks like a slutty penguin!  I would never wear that!  She looks like she's been set on fire and dropped off the

When I first saw the trailer for this film, yes, it was clearly derivative hackwork, but what really made it stand out was how amateurish and clueless it seemed.  A ton, maybe even the majority, of summer blockbusters are derivative hackwork, but they seem like the product of the Hollywood machine, not a

STARFISH HAT OR GTFO.

I can't tell if this movie is anything more than just an assemblage of "cat scares."  (you know, people are slowly searching a crowded room, and suddenly a cat jumps out at them)  IMO, as much as people like to trash "torture porn," I find it infinitely more effective than the old-school "something leaps suddenly out

Internet, I'm just going to put this out there:

Maybe I'm the only one out of the loop, but "rampant match-fixing" in soccer seems like the kinda claim that should be linked.

Well, few movies can achieve the total authenticity and gripping depth of Forest Gump.  Run, Forest, run, indeed.

I really was blown away by the characater.  It would have been so easy to turn him into a two-dimensional Lifetime villain, but he had moments of real near-pathos, where his apologies seemed sincere and his fears and vulnerability were expertly portrayed. You could see how someone would keep giving him a second

Bwah!  I completely forgot about that!  That's brilliant!

Yeah, he only works (for me) as a very conscious satire of Shipwreck, the (obviously flamingly gay) GI Joe sailor.  The original joke wasn't so much a commentary on the sassy gay best friend but on the fact that so many of the Real American Hero characters (and their outfits) had become associated with gay culture. 

I love this movie.  And I also always laugh when it comes up, remembering a flashback on 30 Rock with Liz and Jenna doinga "Sling Blade on Oprah" sketch.

Strange that Netflix would be interested in maintaining a relationship with the show that caused so much harm to the company, destroying its stock prices and all.

Harrelson should do an AMA to promote this.

Funniest Ross line:  "the lotion and the powder have made a PASTE!"

Agreed.  Even though the Joey-Rachel connection was beyond desperate, it was ALMOST made up for by the dinner party Ross through for their double date.  Him repeating "I'm fine!" and commenting "I don't know why it's coming out all squeaky" and him barking out "because I'm making fajitas!" and him holding the hot pan

This is fascinating, and now I'm very curious about where the (annoying) obstacles to their relationships fit in.

The chick in this looks hot.  She probably has a future in this industry.