I was under the impression that she ripped up the letter to prevent her mother from reading it. It was extreme, but as a fellow sad-ass adult living with parents, I can also understand that privacy is paramount.

Has anyone mentioned Ween yet? I'm thinking the catchiest and non-sweary-est would be good for kids. Like that one about weasels and pleasels.

Yeah, the lack of internal continuity (the first iteration of "you" not carrying over to whatever vessel/shell the new consciousness is using) prevents me from thinking of this as completely positive. On the other hand, it is a nice "better than nothing" concept, and works well if re-defined as the ultimate way of…

Yeah, the lack of internal continuity (the first iteration of "you" not carrying over to whatever vessel/shell the new consciousness is using) prevents me from thinking of this as completely positive. On the other hand, it is a nice "better than nothing" concept, and works well if re-defined as the ultimate way of…

I was kind of hoping Fringe would go full transhuman and have Peter modify his implant so that he could combine Observer abilities with human psychology. That brain modification seemed a little too crude for it to be true superscience - the way one function of a device had to be sacrificed for the enhancement of…

I was kind of hoping Fringe would go full transhuman and have Peter modify his implant so that he could combine Observer abilities with human psychology. That brain modification seemed a little too crude for it to be true superscience - the way one function of a device had to be sacrificed for the enhancement of…

French question: Shouldn't "cette" be something more like ceci? As written the translation sounds more like "I obtained that thing" instead of "I obtained this thing". And isn't there a better way of translating "I got", like "I am in the process of having [or controlling, possessing, etc] this thing"?

French question: Shouldn't "cette" be something more like ceci? As written the translation sounds more like "I obtained that thing" instead of "I obtained this thing". And isn't there a better way of translating "I got", like "I am in the process of having [or controlling, possessing, etc] this thing"?

One thing I thought was interesting about this episode was the apparent differences in skills/readiness between survivor groups. Rick's crew and the Gov's Goon Squad all seem to be pretty hardened combatants at this point, while Cutty's people didn't seem to have their shit together (all those difficulties with a…

One thing I thought was interesting about this episode was the apparent differences in skills/readiness between survivor groups. Rick's crew and the Gov's Goon Squad all seem to be pretty hardened combatants at this point, while Cutty's people didn't seem to have their shit together (all those difficulties with a…

Annoying Thriller/Horror Thing: Protagonist has enemy's neck wrapped in chain, runs away instead of finishing the job.

Annoying Thriller/Horror Thing: Protagonist has enemy's neck wrapped in chain, runs away instead of finishing the job.

It would appear as though Sigrid takes her duties as housecarl very seriously. I hope her thane appreciates her proactive attitude wrt potential aggressors.

It would appear as though Sigrid takes her duties as housecarl very seriously. I hope her thane appreciates her proactive attitude wrt potential aggressors.

Where I grew up, scramble-porn wasn't so much scrambled as… I don't know, colour-reversed? It was kind of like watching zombies have sex. I wonder if this has led to a significant number of my generation developing zombie fetishes?

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I think Christopher Pike was my introduction. Good times.

For sure, Katz. The seriousness of Taken combined with its blatant absurdities is mostly what makes it so fun. Reminds me a bit of Man on Fire that way. Also: The king of all getting-drunk-with-room-mates movies is, obviously, The Room (thanks to AV Club for that one), followed by any number of silly-ass martial arts…

I just looked that up on Wikipedia - it's Harry Brown. Michael Caine as ex-Marine dude getting kids off of his lawn. Sounds ridiculous enough to warrant another bottle of vodka, possibly with with the original Get Carter as preparation. This weekend is starting to look good.

Oh, okay. Virtual high-five for internet people getting married in real life!

Ugh, yeah, this thing, along with Law Abiding Citizen, is part of a zeitgeist that I'm hoping will be done with and gone by the time 2011 rolls in.