I tend to avoid movies from the '30s; I consider it the Dark Ages of film, between the great German Expressionists of the '20s and the tough John Houston film noir of the '40s.  Lang, however, managed to deliver consistently.

The "line" is being the subject of every other freakin' column.  I've never watched the show either, but nothing is that interesting without an agenda (or some cash) being involved.

"Breaking Bad" in the AV Club is the longest circle-jerk I've ever witnessed, and I've witnessed some pretty long circle-jerks, my friends.

Why thank you sir for your acknowledgement.  Truth be told, I was twelve years old when I saw Labyrinth, and a fifteen-year old Connelly seemed like the very embodiment of maturity.  Forgive my lapse into nostalgia.  Now I shall go jerk off to the Phoebe Cates pool scene from "Fast Times At Ridgemont High".  Good day…

That hand-puppet thing was pretty rad…as were Connelly's tits.  Bowie's package did terrify me somewhat, however.

Ha!  Good one as well.   Toole obviously had some advanced knowledge of the absurdity of the workplace, and the ridiculousness it subjects us to.  It almost makes me feel sorry for bosses (or "managers", as they've become euphemized), as they've essentially become experts at working in a pointless, dehumanizing…

The three of us would indeed make an excellent crime-causing team.

Just watched that "Wild Side" clip for the first time, and I will admit, it is satisfyingly gratuitous.  I get the impression the producers were thinking, "OK, we've got two beautiful women here who will do whatever we tell them.   What should we make them do?"

100 Bullets?  Fuck yeah, you're onto something there, kingink

Remember the old comics where black characters were inked in various shades of purple?  In this respect, there's been quite a bit of progress.

Sweet, I got a reply from Cookie_Monster!  Now I just have to woo Warren Oates…

Yeah, Ignatius is absolutely a dick.  That's the point.  He refuses to compromise on any level, which is what makes him so awesome.

Bobby just refuses to compromise.  So in that respect, he is a jerk.  Rayette, on the other hand, uses horrible, passive-aggressive techniques to try to make him into the man she wants (i.e., when Bobby leaves for his family home, and Rayette makes a point to play the Tammy Wynette record while he's packing).

Thanks, but I'm a former bureaucrat myself.  My colleagues would invariably spend their lunch breaks enraptured with the latest "Twilight" novel.  Gauging "Evil" by "complete indifference", I can safely say that all bureaucrats are pure evil.

Morons, and/or bureaucrats.  I should find a new circle of associates.

Fantastic idea, but it would never work.  Apart from Literary Criticism majors, everyone describes "Confederacy…" as "boring" and/or "depressing", when it's actually the most hilarious novel ever written.  When Mr. Talc's student finds the note, "…Talc, you are sentenced to be hung by your underdeveloped testicles…

Yeah YOU try watching "Space Mutiny" with her.  See how much fun you have. She would sit stone-faced through: "We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese!!!"

"A Confederacy: The Ignatius Chronicles"

This column seems to devote way too much effort into things that don't really matter.

Nice addition of the Diner Scene clip.  I've said it recently before, but that scene always inspires me to spend my energy giving a big "fuck off" to mindless, authoritarian bureaucrats.