I'd just like to vent for a second: I avoided spoilers for TWO FULL DAYS— and I'm on Facebook, so, come on, that's sort of an accomplishment— before having it ruined for me moments ago IN THE TITLE of an article on Yahoo's main page.

Interesting to think of watching it from that perspective…Washington and its inner workings are so alien to me I'll basically accept anything the show tries to tell me.

I can't speak about the third one, but I own the first two. What can I say? Live and learn.

Mediocre at best as the prequels were, the emotional climax of Episode III (the Anakin/Obi Wan duel) is actually pretty great for the most part. Too bad they took the longest and most boring route possible to arrive at that scene.

When I was going to college, Creed was all over the airwaves. While I would never listen to them by choice, I can't deny that the hearing Creed evokes a crazy amount of nostalgia for me— those were good days, even if the soundtrack sucked.

Yeah, I know. For what it's worth I usually approach most authors from their "deep cuts" and work around to their major works. I don't really know why. For example I haven't read The Stand or It yet. I've read two books in The Dark Tower series and a few others; I'm sure eventually I'll cover all the bases.

I picture it set to "Waltz of the Flowers" as he drifts away, fucking himself

…but maybe the help he deserves.

I wish Glenn Beck would fall into a vat of molten churning lead

That's progress!

I'd probably watch the movie about a struggling hitman in Bismarck. But I don't see myself watching Reach Me.

So is setting an ensemble drama in Los Angeles supposed to be a shortcut to profundity? And is that an insurmountable sin? Just curious. I like thinking about why we hate certain things. Would this movie be any less insufferable if the setting were changed to, say, Bismarck, ND?

Not commenting either way on the claims against Michael Jackson, but do consider that if you happen to be both extremely famous and dangerously naive, it must be pretty difficult to wrap your head around all the various ways you can accidentally ruin your life just by being yourself.

I fell head-over-heels for Bad Religion. Which was a good fit, because their discography was sizable enough to keep me occupied for years. I'm still a huge fan, but it just doesn't intoxicate me like it used to. Age, time, whatever…isn't it the natural course of things to scab over a little bit?

If it's a game that allows me to actually weigh my decisions, like Dragon Age, then I'm usually a goody-goody, too. I help people, I give criminals a second chance, etc. My halo burns bright.

Yeah, that's it exactly. I feel like, in a game that already requires you to gun down hundreds and hundreds of pixel-people, I would find it difficult to get squeamish about killing "civilians."

I think…you are correct? It's been a while so don't quote me on the logistics. I'm sure I assumed at the time that I needed to do the nasty deed to be "rewarded." And I do remember that there was a mission down the line that was glitched in such a way that two artifacts could be acquired for the price of one so I'm…

For GTA, it's like a given. You play the game for a while as it's meant to be played; then when you get in a rut you shoot innocent people for sport.

I actually went into the mission blind. I had no idea it was coming. I remember being sort of flabbergasted that they made such a controversial scenario, but I got swept away with it. The "icky" reactions of others gives me something to think about.

Sort of a parallel topic to the "No Russian" debate: Does anyone remember a mission in Skyrim that featured a talking dog, which you were tasked with either killing or allowing to go free? If I recall, killing the dog led to a reward that I needed as progression toward completing a lengthy achievement (Oblivion…