This is a classic Carolingian trick!

He should sell hemlock supplements

If by "any other" you mean "not Republican." Let's not forget that somehow the Democratic Party has become "the Liberal Party," because Republicans can't do better than bald-faced misframing of issues to scare the constituents with whom they're having a deeply abusive relationship into voting the way that the GOP…

I know that feeling all the time: the tax code, any discussion of statistics courses and the lessons derived therefrom… I have a graduate degree and come from a science-background family with a strong interest in art… and there's still plenty of stuff that I don't get. And I have still, on occasion, been swayed by…

"Bond gets a fake epicanthic fold and now he is magically passing for Japanese"

Also it was called "Octopussy"

The movie is disjointed and dumb as rocks. If there is a such a thing as "lesser Walken" then surely this is it

The Bond franchise is full of examples of how a series of films do and don't work. Their dedication to great stunts and wild plots is very important for film history. In much the same way that Lucasfilm was known in the 80s for making the best action sequences, Bond films were a promise of that, plus international…

I understand where you're coming from. I liked Inception more than it sounds like you did, but it was the first Chris Nolan movie where I had to consciously tell my brain to shut up so I didn't ruin what should be a fun viewing experience (which it was). I've also had to do that with every Nolan film save Memento and…

They let you… talk dirty to them over the telephone

I have to assume it can't possibly be big enough to make someone gag

It's pronounced "Bardem"

The kids look like kids because they're kids? That's an M Night Shyamalan-level twist, right there.

And/or a locksmith

They were on fire on the dance floor!

"No, Ani, the Sith are evil!"
"But from my point of view, the Jedi are evil"
*Some South Park character makes fun of both, then slices them up in a cool sequence, and mora equivalency seems to be accomplished. Cue Primus outro*

If I may: For one thing, it's worth noting that South Park often took a topic and then presented a fairly centrist view on same. At the end of an episode, the kids would day that they learned a lesson, and that lesson would basically be described as a balance - "you have to have liberty, but people abuse too many…

The ep where Jimmy gets hooked on steroids is one of the deepest treatments of the handicapped in TV history. It's amazing

You should've seen it, it was one of George Clooney's finest roles

Lava's A Many Splendored Thing - finally, the execution matches expectations. This is a simple, confined episode - once again, a Farscape ep takes place in hell - and it does an effective job of spelling out how these characters get along in a universe full of ludicrous degrees of adversity. Up front, it's worth…