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The Ghost of Tom Riddle
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Total fucking honesty and it relates.

I used to watch that stuff religiously and I know the writers cut corners, but shit, any lover knows what I know without doing a check on the old 'pedia.

"Monsters" was a syndicated show that premiered a couple of months after "Tales From The Darkside" went off the air. Sci-Fi (Sy-Fy) didn't start producing original programming until 1992. Git yer fax strate!

You could make a movie and get a release because there was less saturation and less available professional equipment, and there was a distribution niche for any market, from big blanket release to roadshow to drive-in.

Ed Wood had lofty ambitions as a filmmaker - and he wasn't really all that terrible, considering what's in the top-ten this and most weeks - and Depp perfectly captures the mood and the feel and the enthusiasm that Wood no doubt infectiously spread about his casts and crews, but the script (though sympathetic) was

Here we see what makes Vince Gilligan's stuff so damned compelling.  Reminds me of Steven Moffat on Doctor Who, what with not even making an attempt at exposition, an explanation but just flying half-cocked with the logic of the story and if the audience won't keep up, then screw 'em!  Compare this with - oh, I don't

Well, I think the Sheriff, Loggia's character, the crazy old woman, and the Cook at the Diner had faith in Norman to get on with his life.  Even poor Meg Tilly seemed to really like Norman a lot until she finally flipped out.. Once again, for the sequel (s), it is Norman we identify with.  He is the character with

Wasn't Steve Forrest the bad guy from "Spies Like Us"?

I liked it too.  Julie Newmar rules.

What about Dwight's screenplay from "The Office"?

"Hotel Royale" by Todd Matthews opens with "It was a dark and stormy night" as does every story Snoopy tried to write.

I would watch it if Adult Swim picked it up.  Fewer commercial breaks and a sense of humor about their programming are what keep me watching.  If such a deal were put in place, the episodes, especially the first ten years would have to be cleaned up and remastered for Hi-Def broadcast.

I liked the style but I hated the characters; not one of them seemed likable or even redeemable.

Something disturbing about the way he talks.  I keep hearing Patrick Bateman's voice in my head…

Blasphemy!  Oh, you'll smoke a turd in hell for that!

Why is Klugman such a dick?  He's an astronaut, and he's acting like this is the worst job ever.  He doesn't want to explore.  He doesn't believe in alien life.  Huh?  Captain Kirk, he is not.

Considering that Opatoshu was bald, he has an excellent hairpiece in the later Star Trek episode.  His distinctive features indicate he is at least half of Asian descent, and one of the great actors of the 50's/60's.

Motherfucker…this just makes me sad.  We've all been raped by sadness this night.  Tomorrow I will become a man and face the world.  Just look at the mix of shame and grief in Downey's face.  What a picture.  I'm not being a shit about this.  Seriously, my mind is fucked now.

Is there a reason the movie is set in 1993?  Were people different then?  Were their clothes and fashion sense and cultural sensibilities that much removed from 2013?  Or is this another (increasingly unfunny) "Wedding Singer" attempt to laugh down a decade?  I love Aubrey Plaza, but Jeez…

To say the least, and the writers are afraid to go to these dark places with the material.  As an avid King reader, I love those dark places he takes us, and oddly enough, even at this book's length, I feel we are not suffering from what he calls, "diarrhea of the word processor".  It's obviously social comment, a