Good call-I did watch a few episodes of Samurai Champloo, and it is indeed awesome. :)

Quite honestly, I have no idea. It could be that the producers thought they could capitalize on some of the goodwill she still has from Eve's Bayou to give this film some 'prestige' (though that seems like…not a good idea). It could be that Lemmons asked for it-maybe she needs/wants the work, maybe she was hoping it…

Just chiming in to agree. Sounds like you should just walk away from this series. I watched 'Supernatural' for years until little things that started to take away from what I'd liked most about the show just kept piling up. Rather than waiting for it to change, I decided to just stop watching it. I have fond memories…

My toddler (who is almost 3) has a tummy like that! :)

There are official rules for racquet dimensions, and there's not much variation for size. There are child-size, junior-size, and adult-sized racquets, and that's about it in terms of accounting for physical differences.

The incredulity that a few of the interviewees had when told that Connors had never spoken to Krickstein again pretty much said it all. You know you're an asshole when even Johnny Mac is like 'really?' with a 'what an asshole' expression on his face. Mary Carillo and the other sportscaster from ESPN (Chris…forgetting…

Ugh, what was I thinking, clicking on this? As if I was actually going to watch it..

This is lovely. I keep trying to think of something else to say, but..that's all.

I'm away from U of C this year (my last year, hopefully!) and I thought I wouldn't miss it at all..but I kinda do. Occasionally.

Yeah, it's not so much that I hated him based on the NYT article, but that I expected him to be annoying in person. I actually thought he sounded like an interesting guy after I read the Times profile.

It's always a delicate thing when someone reveals that they have a personal stake in a story on a TV show. :)
I appreciate you sharing your experiences, and I'm hoping to think about the Max storylines with these things in mind.

So, it wasn't the best example, I admit, and perhaps I was over-thinking this a bit, but it's something I know about, and I was hoping to contribute to a discussion, rather than 'win' an argument. Calm down.

'Most likely' is, quite simply, insufficient. I was a news photographer in my undergraduate/early post-college years, and I spent an entire semester debating the ethics of 'take the picture' vs. 'intervene'. For the record, I typically err, then as now, on the side of 'take the picture'. It is not as cut and dried as…

But that's not the issue, and I think Kristina's mistake is not making an important distinction precisely when she should have. The debate about photography (and film) being either a representation of the real or a manifestation of mass culture/capitalism/technology is an argument that has been going on for well over…

I dunno, if my upset daughter came home and told me a boy at school insisted on taking pictures of her while (and possibly because) she was obviously upset, I'd call the school to ask about students taking pictures without permission. It's invasive, and if she asked the kid to stop and they didn't, that seems to be a…

I can say with a fair amount of confidence that you're in for a treat! Janelle Monae is a great talent, and she is a really fun performer (you'd think James Brown had been reincarnated!). I have to say I'm so pleased to see her get so much mainstream exposure, and I'm going to tune in to watch her even though I don't…

I'll take HBO, BBC America, and Turner Classic Movies, please!

I sincerely hope you don't take any offense at this. Of all the plot lines in 'Parenthood' the Max stories always stir up some complexities that I don't understand. I found this storyline to be incredibly frustrating because I couldn't stop thinking about the parents of that girl who was crying, and about the…

Yeah, Travis really does kinda creep me out, and this is exactly why. Well said.

Pretty much.