It's interesting that Ben turned out to be a better writer/director than actor (and he's not a bad actor, I think he was solid in Gone Girl).

It worked for Paul Dano in Prisoners!

A Kazan handling questions poorly!?

I feel the same way. The ideas in my head always look great (don't they for everyone?) but I think they would seriously benefit from being more guiding text to actual images. And I know a great artist, as well, but then when push comes to shove I'm far too self conscious about my ability as to burden her with it.

I kid, good luck, that's wonderful.

Hence the booze!

Ledger was certainly great and it was a very interesting take, but it was just one guy's performance. Maybe in the Batman universe we won't see someone else do something as interesting, but that was also the prevailing sentiment prior to his casting when no one thought he'd match what Jack did (though yeah, obviously…

I would assume as Bigfoot, but he's definitely got a freak flag so he wouldn't have been out of place as really anybody in that movie.

The thing I believed the least in the whole episode was that the super white room wouldn't have had cameras or been completely monitored.

Counterpoint: No.

Completely agree. I was talking to someone yesterday about momentum in sports, and how I don't think it's an actual thing but a hackneyed term for sportswriters. What I do believe in, though, is psychological breakdowns, and that shit definitely can be contagious. And that's where you see mentally "strong" teams,…

Honestly, that's on the manager, then.

Right, it's not always the case that a great player would have a lead. As they say in professional sports when one guy is struggling, "that guy lives in a big house, too." The Seahawks had a legendary defense those years, so the Pats predictably had difficulties.

Poor guy. And Jim Joyce. Part of me, as a baseball and a history fan, appreciates the "defining moments" aspect of the game as part of the greater story. Merkle's Boner (hehe), Bill Mazeroski, the Billy Goat, Bucky Dent, the Called Shot - these are great points to crystallize and extend the story for the next…

That's where the century plus of ineptitude comes in. There is such a thing as a losing culture; Red Sox had it, Cleveland until very recently had it as a whole city pretty majorly.

The hate on Buckner was so ridiculous. Borderline HOF player makes an error, no way around it, but he did have to field and beat the fastest man on the Mets to first, plus the Red Sox were already in such a tailspin in that game. And that was only Game 6! They blew a lead in Game 7 as well, which was conveniently…

Because the baseball postseason, with it's ever expanding rounds and just the general "weird shit happens" aspect of the game, seems to consistently be the least predictable of the major sports in this country.

Not with all those people he's killed.

"Sodbrgddit. Sodberg didt. Soderbergh ddit. Soderbergh did it."

Frank Stallone.