Would it be possible to have a season of Survivor where ALL the contestants were members of the Hance family?   I might watch that.

I haven't seen III, but saw II, and respected Cross's performance.  Given a ridiculous role in a forgettable movie, Cross doesn't phone it in, but commits 100%.   I'm not generally a Cross fan, but Squeakwell raised my opinion quite a bit.   A lot of people can be funny in the middle of a funny show like AD, but it…

I saw Chipmunks II with my 4 year old, and David Cross was one of the best things about it, probably the only good thing.   He gave a Will Ferrell style 100% committed performance, and it showed.

One thing I sort of like about Pangs/IWRY/Hero is the idea that to Angel, the Chumash ghosts or the Scourge might really be the one bad guy that gets through.  
 
To us, they're just monsters of the week, so of COURSE Buffy could handle them if Angel didn't show up or stayed human, but to Buffy and Angel, any one of…

I just rewatched these, and want to give some 2 years late observations:
 
Wild at Heart:  When this first aired, I didn't have a problem, because Veruca's deal about integrating the wolf with her (or Oz's) human personality fleshed out the mythology and raised some interesting questions.   Veruca's an awful character,…

I sort of had a Costanza moment last year.  My wife and I sat through a time share presentation, then when we told the guy no, he just said "Ok, then, I'll stamp your form.  Have a nice rest of your vacation."
 
I spent the next few hours stewing.  "What, he doesn't think we're good enough for the hard sell?  Who does…

I thought the point was that Veruca at least believes that if you let your wild side out, you could manage it.   She thinks that it's BECAUSE she lets the wolf out to play that she can still be in a band without eating the drummer.   Oz freaks out at the idea that he might ultimately have to integrate his wolf self…

Observation I'm sure someone has made before.
 
In "real" art, it's pretty common for an artist to explore variations on one idea for years.   On WOA:TNGA, we get frustrated with watching Young make very similar pieces week after week, or Lola try to explore her "trace and annotate" idea.   (Poor Lola - Jerry tells her…

My thoughts on Shane and Dale:
 
In civilization, Shane was one of those guys who was basically an *sshole, but a tolerable one.  Slept around, probably enjoyed his power a little too much, but basically manageable most of the time.
 
Post-civilization, Shane's freaking out, but he wants to be a good man.  He wants to…

True.  In the show's very limited defense, it consistently shows Ida as sane, well adjusted, and reasonable.  (Then makes her the butt of jokes from the main cast.)   They did something similar with Joe back in Season One, back before he became a little crazier.

Oh, "painbow" is one of my favorite moments in the whole Whedon oeuvre.

I think the Ida jokes are par for the course.  Lois, Brian, and Peter are all terrible people, so they're mean and insensitive to Jews, Mexicans, the handicapped, the transgendered, etc. etc. etc.   Ida's one of the most sympathetic characters on the show, certainly compared to someone like Mort, who gets all the Jew…

1) Barn full of zombies aside, why do the Rick Rollers think that this farm is a long term possibility?     Aren't they one herd away from being wiped out entirely, and, failing that, with their level of guard duty, shouldn't they expect to lose several people per year until wiped out? 
 
2) I hate TV Dale because he…

I loved that VSC was finally playing, but didn't catch which track it was — a reference to Peter/Olivia/Lincoln?

I like the democracy scene.   The dialogue is awful, but I think MacGregor sells the idea of Obi Wan accepting the decision to kill his own student.

I can't even remember the names of the three star wars prequels but:
 
II:  The Secret Wedding.   Awesome score, deep operatic moment, and no talking.   For a moment, I thought I was watching a good movie.   I also liked Anakin murdering the Sand people, if you could somehow separate it from the scenes immediately…

I'm interested that for a second time, Peter is the constant while Walter and Olivia get to see what their life would be like under different circumstances.

Random Suzanne Vega comment: I first heard Left of Center at 14, and first heard Bound at 40.   It always sounds like they're they same character to me, and I wonder what she will sing at 66.  A eulogy for the boy?

"But the irony of Faith’s choice is that she’s cast her lot in with a man
who—though evil as all get-out—is as much of a square as Wesley or
Giles. He’s a family man (though we’ve yet to meet his family) who won’t
mess around with Faith, and instead asks her to drink her milk, wear
her hair back, and not to worry so…

"Even better, when you enjoy Sucklord’s antics, you don’t feel like
you’ve just been hoodwinked in a game of televisual three-card monte,
which tended to be the case with the flirting, mugging, ass-baring,
OCD-feigning anti-hero of season one."
 
I agree with the premise, but not the conclusion.   Miles's antics were a…