The Monaco and Polara were contemporaries in the early '70s that shared platform and most sheet metal. They differed mostly on trim, front- and back-end styling, etc. The Monaco was higher end, near-luxury; Polara was more mid-range and the one Dodge kitted out for fleet duty like cop cars and taxis. 1973 was the last…

A character in the great UK series Misfits has the power the change genders for a while. It being Misfits, they explore a number of different implications, not all sexual. He does get herself pregnant by masturbating, though.

I found McNulty just about the least interesting character on the show, and his drinking the least interesting thing about his character. It was frustrating to have to spend time checking in on how he was ruining his home life every episode for the first few seasons. I think I'd rank that Ikea fail scene the worst in…

She was the best part of Black Swan, a movie I otherwise thought was a cruel, cruel joke Aronofsky was playing on Natalie Portman.

Raiders? C'mon, he played for the Vikings for 10 years! (And upset what many consider to be the best Montana-led 49ers team in the '87 playoffs).

I'm a Mopar guy, and what they do to that GTX convertible in Tommy Boy just for shits and giggles is unforgivable.

Uff da, Pawlenty is no moderate. He's a Walker clone without the friendly legislature to pass his right-wing agenda.

First I've heard of this and it sounds interesting, but the first season on Hulu expires in one day. Uff da. Shouldn't they let the first season overlap with the second at least a little, so people like me can catch up? Hulu, simultaneously amazing and baffling (I know licensing probably puts stuff like this out of…

I used to really enjoy this Xian end-times stuff as the campy nonsense it is, but as I get older and encounter more and more people that sincerely think it's all real, it's just not as much fun.

If Felix gets a real story arc next season as hinted, part of it paired with Krystal would make a lot of sense. Having him get to know a clone who's not in Clone Club would let them explore the impact all this crazy shit has had on him. Maybe he's tasked with being her monitor in an attempt to protect her without…

I go to KFC about once a year; each time hoping for something good, then I remember why I don't go there more often. Mostly just flavorless, not near enough enjoyment for the calories and fat I know it entails. The KFC in the smallish town I'm in is especially void.

Patton and FNM did a pretty extensive tour on "The Real Thing" with Soundgarden. "Loud Love"-era Chris Cornell probably taught him a thing or two. Great show, too. I went for FNM as the opening act, not knowing much at all about the other two bands. They were great, but Soundgarden blew me away. I'm glad I got to…

Fuck, the satanic child sex abuse conspiracies from the '80s were insane. I grew up near one of the epicenters, in Jordan, MN in '83 or so, and insane is the only word for it. I just remember all the adults not being able to understand or really process it. Real anxiety, bewilderment, crazy.

I just retired my first Forester, trying to decide if another will follow. My wife's lesbian friends have given her some shit for driving it

My library in a smallish college town has a fairly amazing DVD collection. It's pretty obvious they've gotten a few sizable donations from individuals with eclectic tastes, probably adjunct profs that don't want to haul that stuff to the next gig.

The Coen Bros director's cut of their first movie, Blood Simple, is also a few minutes shorter (and the only one they've done, I think).

"Spielberg is a better director than Crichton is a writer."

Is there an absolutist on either side? A great one will cover up the other; a terrible one will negate the other. But you leave out characterization. A triad makes it easier to navigate. Plot, prose, characters; three out of three is fantastic, two out of three is good, one is bad, zero is terrible.

I don't think it's that ironic, quite a lot of people would agree that "Jaws" is a better film. Spielberg's interest in humanity in the face of monsters or the incredible is the connection between the two movies.

Isn't Brontosaur more satisfying to say than Apatosaur? The latter has that extra syllable that mucks things up. I'm of the age where Brontosaur was the dominant term and Apatosaur the upstart in the popular plastic toy set.