Weirdest connection; When I watched 9 Songs, it reminded me of Ricky Roma's speech of Glengarry Glen Ross, where he's talking about the great sex he's had, but what he remembers isn't the sex, it's the moments afterwards like her bringing him coffee. 9 Songs is a complete inversion of that sentiment, but I still like…

Weirdest connection; When I watched 9 Songs, it reminded me of Ricky Roma's speech of Glengarry Glen Ross, where he's talking about the great sex he's had, but what he remembers isn't the sex, it's the moments afterwards like her bringing him coffee. 9 Songs is a complete inversion of that sentiment, but I still like…

Whatever you think of baseball as a sport, what makes it such a rich subject for both fiction and non-fiction is all the great anecdotes about the sport, more recent as well as the dead ball stories. Can you imagine any other sport where the wife-swapping story would take place in, for starters?

Whatever you think of baseball as a sport, what makes it such a rich subject for both fiction and non-fiction is all the great anecdotes about the sport, more recent as well as the dead ball stories. Can you imagine any other sport where the wife-swapping story would take place in, for starters?

I was so disappointed in Underworld because I loved that opening chapter (and loved the only other DeLillo book I had read to that point, "Libra"), and couldn't wait to see what he was going to do with it. Maybe I need to read it again at some point without the expectations I brought to it.

I was so disappointed in Underworld because I loved that opening chapter (and loved the only other DeLillo book I had read to that point, "Libra"), and couldn't wait to see what he was going to do with it. Maybe I need to read it again at some point without the expectations I brought to it.

The Bronx Zoo is hilarious, and it's also a great portrait not only of how the game changed once free agency hit and salaries became bigger, it also strips away a lot of the myths used to sell the game then (and today), like how much "loyalty" a player owes the team even when he's being jerked around by them. Also,…

The Bronx Zoo is hilarious, and it's also a great portrait not only of how the game changed once free agency hit and salaries became bigger, it also strips away a lot of the myths used to sell the game then (and today), like how much "loyalty" a player owes the team even when he's being jerked around by them. Also,…

Wow, I don't agree; I like the novel a lot more than the movie, because unlike the movie, they don't hit you over the head with the father/son metaphor (I like the movie otherwise), Kinsella just teases it out.

Wow, I don't agree; I like the novel a lot more than the movie, because unlike the movie, they don't hit you over the head with the father/son metaphor (I like the movie otherwise), Kinsella just teases it out.

I didn't like the movie at all (except for some of the supporting performances like Joe Don Baker, the ever-reliable Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, and of course Glenn Close in the only time she ever played The Girl Next Door - so to speak) because, for me, the whole point of the novel is that Roy Hobbs is just an…

I didn't like the movie at all (except for some of the supporting performances like Joe Don Baker, the ever-reliable Robert Duvall, Robert Prosky, and of course Glenn Close in the only time she ever played The Girl Next Door - so to speak) because, for me, the whole point of the novel is that Roy Hobbs is just an…

It's not just Naked Mal not giving a damn, it's also Wash and Zoe being taken aback and all, "Um", while Kaylee is nonchalant about the whole thing that makes it art.

It's not just Naked Mal not giving a damn, it's also Wash and Zoe being taken aback and all, "Um", while Kaylee is nonchalant about the whole thing that makes it art.

There's a draft of the script online that plays up that theme even more; the scene between Inara and Zoe, which is longer in this version. Between when Inara tells her of all the "appointments" she's booked, and when she "warns" Zoe not to trust Saffron, Zoe asks her what happens if she isn't "finished" with a client,…

There's a draft of the script online that plays up that theme even more; the scene between Inara and Zoe, which is longer in this version. Between when Inara tells her of all the "appointments" she's booked, and when she "warns" Zoe not to trust Saffron, Zoe asks her what happens if she isn't "finished" with a client,…

Hands down my favorite episode of the series; not just for all the memorable funny moments ("I'll be in my bunk", Mal and Zoe "getting it on" in the last scene, "She swore to obey?", "It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps", "Yep. Definitely my sister", and "the pitter-patter of tiny feet in huge…

Hands down my favorite episode of the series; not just for all the memorable funny moments ("I'll be in my bunk", Mal and Zoe "getting it on" in the last scene, "She swore to obey?", "It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps", "Yep. Definitely my sister", and "the pitter-patter of tiny feet in huge…

Funny is, of course, a personal thing (I agree with most of the people here who find it funny), but I think this is Joss' version of "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" (Mal's line about the people who have statues made in their honor is very similar to "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" from that movie,…

Funny is, of course, a personal thing (I agree with most of the people here who find it funny), but I think this is Joss' version of "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" (Mal's line about the people who have statues made in their honor is very similar to "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" from that movie,…