A collection of his short stuff called "The Star-Spangled Future" was a favorite of mine in my youth.

Lyndsy Fonseca now looks like John Cusack's eye-stabbing old flame in Hot Tub Time Machine, where you get to see her in hot underwear. Wow.

That scene just wrenched at my gut. You can see it on her face. "You think you can hurt me? You think you can stare me down? I got the crap beat out of me for years and my daughter is dead. I can take a punch. Can you take acceptance? Can you take compassion? Who's the real coward?"

Seeing it as a teenager, I laughed hard at that line, because it was such a perfect fantasy recasting of adolescent sexual discovery—made a bit poignant by the fact that since Jen has grown up without the community of his own kind, he never even had a chance before to know about certain, ahem, anatomical variances.

Couldn't disagree more, or with those who are hatin' from their early traumas. Saw it on the theatrical run as a teenager and loved it. Dragged my friends with me to see it again. "Look what muppets can do and be! Free your mind, man!"

t_j: So you were okay with the idea, but didn't feel that the actor sold it? I can see that. It worked for me, but I'm easy.

Yeppers. On the one hand I hate that the first new people they meet in a week or two have to be killed immediately, but on the other hand Rick gets tremendous respect for recognizing immediately that this was the case. Old Rick would have strung it along—"We have to help other survivors, we're all in this together,…

Didn't get this vibe from her at all. I think her attraction for him was the challenge.

And if you look up the original Darabont draft, you can clearly see what a classic it could have been if they had left it alone.

I find it sad that there ever was much of a controversy about Paul Simon "breaking the boycott," much more so that it apparently still matters to some people. Who was more "arrogant," a man with obviously sympathetic convictions showcasing under-appreciated artists in a project full of joy and invention, or a bloated,…

I was reading down farther and farther, wondering why no one was mentioning this. They did an uneven job with Ivanova as a character over the years, but her scene with him when he tells her, "I like you—you're trouble!" was one of her best little character moments of the show. I have used that line on mischievous…

I used to think that marijuana production was primarily domestic by now and so that was no longer such an issue. However, I think there are two problems with that. First, reports of drug busts still regularly include large seizures of it as it's smuggled in, so it still plays a role internationally. Second, many of…

Whoever compared them to Scientologists really nailed it. Most of them started their posts with the same little capitalized subject line, most of them adopted the same weird off-topic pseudo-intellectual tone, and the huffiness makes it painfully obvious that they are personally invested. It was Tarkovsky's Former AD…

Or you could not let yourself forget that if Clinton had done something besides sending a few cruise missiles to deal with the Taliban and Al Qaeda after the African embassy bombings, the history of the last decade might have been very different, including there still being a World Trade Center. Or you could get riled…

As a bonus, though, Rabin's word for the day appears to be "ensues," including one place where it should have been "ensued." Then he switches it to a medley of "smartass/bad-ass/crazy-ass." Guess the old mental thesaurus is still hung over. From which my smartass comment ensues.

I see what you mean. I wondered in retrospect if I might have misspoken on that bit. I really meant more along the lines of, "They are big enough to have lots of options." Mike and his friends are few and weak—they have to use brains, creativity, and risk to even the odds, and they can't usually call on traditional…

I'm starting to wonder if most people around here have already given up on this show. So few comments the last couple of weeks. Might be the holidays, I guess. But I'm regretting my naive faith at the end of last season that the cool, fresh character of Anson was going to revitalize the show. He still is cool and…

This was so D-worthy! 
1.Fiona screaming like she was being tortured when Michael cuffed her. 
2. The mindless repetition of the Anson dance: "I'm not going to take this any more—you won't get away with it!" "Yes, you are, and yes, I will—Fiona, bwa-ha-ha!" "Sigh—you're right, as usual."
3. The CIA is just like Michael's…

"That if you aren't a parent, you aren't an adult. Frankly, you are exemplifying that attitude."
That may be your assumption. It is not, however, my intention. Maybe I'm simply skipping too far ahead without filling in the blanks of my train of thought. Try this, then: It seems to me that your view on the subject is…

Replying here because your response to Monkeylint and me is too deeply nested: