It's great stuff. Comixology had a sale a while back, and I went through the whole series in a little over a weekend.

Dammit, I thought that a Spaceballs reference didn't make sense. Thanks.

Dammit, I thought that a Spaceballs reference didn't make sense. Thanks.

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT CLOWN SEALS AREN'T REAL. YOU CAN'T KILL MY DREAMS THIS TIME, DAD.

I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT CLOWN SEALS AREN'T REAL. YOU CAN'T KILL MY DREAMS THIS TIME, DAD.

I'm not sure why you're assuming that I, myself, was making a comment about social protest (as opposed to what I was actually doing, which was mentioning how, given the storyline, the episode could've been trying for satire, but really wasn't), but thanks for a helpful reminder to everyone about the importance of…

I'm not sure why you're assuming that I, myself, was making a comment about social protest (as opposed to what I was actually doing, which was mentioning how, given the storyline, the episode could've been trying for satire, but really wasn't), but thanks for a helpful reminder to everyone about the importance of…

Yeah. That. Oh man, I was so pissed off that ending I couldn't even watch the movie again. (And I liked most of it a lot. But come _on_.)

Yeah. That. Oh man, I was so pissed off that ending I couldn't even watch the movie again. (And I liked most of it a lot. But come _on_.)

Yeah, it was this big experiment King tried—he gets weirdly defensive about it in the last introduction he did to the Bachman books, talking about how the "critics" would say he was being "self-indulgent." Which, really, he was; not in a mean-spirited way, or in an attempt to make more money (I may be naive here, but…

Yeah, it was this big experiment King tried—he gets weirdly defensive about it in the last introduction he did to the Bachman books, talking about how the "critics" would say he was being "self-indulgent." Which, really, he was; not in a mean-spirited way, or in an attempt to make more money (I may be naive here, but…

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His general belief that the good folks win out in the end does make those endings more powerful though, you get the sense that he'd really like things to turn out OK and he's not fucking with the characters for the sake of fucking with them."

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His general belief that the good folks win out in the end does make those endings more powerful though, you get the sense that he'd really like things to turn out OK and he's not fucking with the characters for the sake of fucking with them."

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the pre-Thinner Bachman stuff is some of the most fun King available."

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the pre-Thinner Bachman stuff is some of the most fun King available."

We considered Virtuosity, but decided it didn't quite qualify because the actual VR scenes aren't completely awful—the terribleness is more Russel Crowe's hilariously bad "Ha ha, I'm an EVIL TECHNOLOGY PSYCHO" performance. But yeah, it's a goofy movie. (I think I saw it and RICOCHET a dozen times in college, just…

We considered Virtuosity, but decided it didn't quite qualify because the actual VR scenes aren't completely awful—the terribleness is more Russel Crowe's hilariously bad "Ha ha, I'm an EVIL TECHNOLOGY PSYCHO" performance. But yeah, it's a goofy movie. (I think I saw it and RICOCHET a dozen times in college, just…

Triffids and Midwich Cuckoos are both really fun. (I slightly prefer Cuckoos, because the sexual politics are less weird.) How was Chrysalids? I've been meaning to read that one.

Triffids and Midwich Cuckoos are both really fun. (I slightly prefer Cuckoos, because the sexual politics are less weird.) How was Chrysalids? I've been meaning to read that one.

Yeah, it's a fine line, but deep down, to me, that decision was based on him letting himself be that bad guy. Walt's "best interests" were then, and have been ever since he made the dumbfuck decision to cook crystal meth, would be to turn himself in, not let a twenty year old druggie choke out on vomit three feet in…