Yeah, it is handled with some complexity, unlike, say, the "freed ex-slaves" working for Mel Gibson's plantation in "The Patriot," where it's just a gloss over to keep the hero sympathetic.

Yeah, Hello Larry disqualified for the same reason. It actually got made.

Second arga warga. I'm surprised some neo-prog-rock band hasn't snatched that one up.

Fritosli, you had to mention the eyes. I didn't look at the picture close enough to notice the first time, and now it's the only thing I see, and it's freaking me out.

Thanks for your comments Rowan. Your relating of Fredrich Kekule and the Ourobos myth brought to mind the book "Proust was a Neuroscientist" by Jonah Lehrer. The book is about how artists who have often made explorations that prefigure scientific discoveries. You might want to check it out, if you haven't already.

1997 was the last recorded old time date in the novel. It is mentioned as being a date carved in a rock somewhere.

Barney Miller's on Hulu. Damn, I need to watch some before they start charging.

Or maybe that was Bob Dylan in the movie, and it really wasn't Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, et. al.

But I think we're all Bozos on this bus.

Blah blah blah [Frank Darabont original draft reference] blah blah blah.

Unless they're created by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Twilight
Don't know if it is an omission from the original documents, but anyone else find it funny that Twilight (and to some extent The Color Purple) are flagged for Sexually Explicit, but not for violence. Because if you are banning books, there's nothing wrong with giving your kid a little literary smackaround,…

Yeah, Bridges pretty much gives a good performance no matter what, similar to the way Morgan Freeman does, but with a bit more dissapearing into character than Freeman does (hard to imagine Freeman playing someone like the Dude, for instance). Luckily, Freeman got his retroactive Oscar a few years back.

Wow, I actually pulled Riddley Walker off my bookshelf, read a little bit, but started reading Chronic City instead. Maybe I will come back to it immediately after.

John Mayer should've played the Mad Hatter.
He could have sung "Your body is an Underland," then turned his attenion to the Queen. Only the white one, of course.

Ok, this casting sucks
But, really, who could play the part? Charles Busch maybe?

More Commentaries?
Does this mean Ebert will be able to do more DVD commentaries? That would be great, though the temptation to accuse him of recycling old material will be hard to resist.

Did I end up on Cragslist "Rants and Raves" by mistake?

What train does this girl take?

Willis was great in the Descent.