Ever tried him in short-story form? I think his stuff can often work better in smaller portions. Each of the collections also has a couple duds, but at least they're short.

I dunno. Neverwhere came before AG, and it didn't suffer from the meandering or bloatedness either. (That could also be partly because of its origins as a TV series, but still.)

Agreed. I found it MUCH better than American Gods in every way.

Slightly more, or slightly less?

Awesome. 'Course, it would have been better if Netflix hadn't dropped Larry Sanders a couple months back, the bastards, but the reviews were ages overdue all the same.

You go ahead. I'm going to go find that piece of human shit with the camera.

The same reason Moss and Roy are so stereotypically male, maybe? The friction is what makes it work so well, so Jen pretty much had to be the fundamental opposite of the nerds in some important ways.

All I know is, I've seen a couple BBT episodes and barely even chuckled, while ITC is still a huge favorite of mine to this day.

Douglas makes for a much better and longer-running addition to the show, though. The Denholm character consists of exactly one joke, which would have worn out its welcome before very long if he hadn't gotten a sendoff at just the right time (and in JUST the right way).

Ich - bin - ein - nerd!

Stars have to be available full-time for all episodes (or whichever parts they're required for), while guest stars don't. Not sure about Special guest stars… maybe it's a matter of having enough name recognition to charge more money for appearing?

It is, and it will be, and most of us will.

I think the rule is that the Golden SNL Alum Pass doesn't expire for at least ten years.

Not him again. Man, fuck that guy. Add one more vote to the list of folks who can barely stand watching him.

Definitely. The Matrices suffered because Andy and Larry wanted to pack in too many things—blockbuster action plus top-notch-for-the-time CGI plus metaphysical quandaries 'n stuff, with all the complex intellectual/existential drama that entails. I can admire the ambition, but spectacle and and shootouts obviously…

And I thought it was too fast. I barely started to put together the pieces of what he was saying before the thing was over. I ended up doing a web search to find someone's transcript of the whole thing, which I then spent more time rereading.

Yeah, that one was a gut-punch for me the first time. It seemed like such a cliche as soon as the monologue started, so having the villain actually acknowledge the cliche ("you don't think I'd be telling you all this if you could change it, do you?") was really refreshing… and chilling.

I think one of the themes of Fight Club (and really all the Chuck Palahniuk I've read) is that there aren't really heroes or villains, just human beings who can be fucked-up in the most bizarre ways. He's not interested in whether they're good or bad or likable or relatable or anything else, just exploring the comedy…

Plus, Carrie-Anne Moss barely acts her way out of a paper bag in the Matrix. I'm not sure if it's her skills or the way she was directed in the case of that film—I think I remember her showing more promise in Memento, though it's been ages—but, point is, she can't hold a candle to Jennifer Connelly. Probably in more…

Except maybe Priscilla, Queen of the Desert—the imitation is middling at best. But there's still the compensation of seeing him walking around in a dress made of flip-flops.