Script workshopping by Del Close!

@Fidel: When I lived in The Peg, I saw a dude get whacked in the face with a cue ball stuffed in a sock outside downtown a pool hall. That was a messy scene. Glad to hear about the new advances in improvised weaponry!

Wait… So did Trautman just kill Gary Coleman with a shotgun?

Wait, you mean your asshole isn't supposed to ooze constantly?

I'm not a vet, but there was a lot in Hurt Locker that rang false to me, too. Particularly that part where the dude is caught outside the FOB at night and doesn't have his ass handed to him by superiors. It also seemed like the EOD team never reported to anyone.

I'm ambivalent about Hicks, but it would have been nice to see him reach maturity. I think he could have done very well in a Daily Show or similar 'issues comedy' context, where he could play up the jaded idealist persona.

Another vote for that billiards scene. I love when Clouseau jumps the ball off the table and Sanders calmly catches it, as if he had simply been standing there expecting Clouseau to fuck up.

@Plentimafish: "Merill-Reid" = "Myers-Briggs"?

It seemed pretty clear to me that it was a nuclear winter scenario, much like On the Beach: nuclear explosions detonate, particulate gets kicked into the upper atmosphere. Barely any sunlight, vegetation is inedible or dead, animals are mostly gone, things look sooty and burnt, water is poisonous, child mortality is…

@Breakfast Balls:

Or, if God really wants us to be Christians, the wager also implies that God (that omniscient thing that knows what's truly in our hearts) is fine with people acting Christian just for the neat prize at the end. Pascal's Wager barely makes sense as a justification for "here's why you should raise your kids to be…

Those Crazy Masks
Looks like Mr. Roboto shacked up with Francine Hughes.

Who are you kidding? You never went to Castleton…

"People don't seem to be interested in movies these days. I think the industry's in a slump."

It's worth checking out Dexter's first season, certainly. He's not a good guy, he's more like a bad guy with a tight mental straitjacket. The issues of moral ambiguity you crave become key to his character development. Dexter works for the police department, and is known to screw up legitimate police work in order…

And you can totally tell that the BJ is a knock-off.

"Hey, homo! How 'bout a kiss?"

@Aztec: Hey! [rides off on bike]

He whistles Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

Cock! Cock! Jism! Grandma! Cock!