I was at a bar in NY last week that had a shot called the Full Metal Jacket. It involved the people taking the shot putting on helmets and the bartender doing the full R. Lee Ermey drill sergeant bit by yelling at them incessantly, cursing up a storm, calling them Private Dickhead, and making them do pushups. The two…

It is surprising how little play those have gotten. Maybe people have decided its unbecoming to speak about the holder of the office that way in deference to the office? In a just universe, this would be a "Generalissimo Franco is still dead" situation where we wake up to headlines reminding us that a rapist pedophile…

I also heard that after stitching two together to get to nine, they decided that the ending to episode eight would work better as a season finale, so what was going to be episode nine got bumped to episode 1 of season 2.

More depth for secondary characters in general, but especially for Laura. I didn't know I needed Road to Crocodile Jack's starring her, Salim, and Sweeney, but I'm loving every second of it.

That's a great point, and it's one that has been subtly reinforced in earlier episodes; our protagonist has sided with the Old Gods, but that does mean they are good guys. They are just as in it for themselves as the New Gods, and had Shadow met Media or Mr. World before he met Wednesday, the roles could be flipped…

Oh goodness, I would have reacted in the same way. I definitely had worries that an opening day screening of Wonder Woman could be a prime target for some MRA jackoff to try and make himself famous.

I had been worried about Vulcan in the leadup to the season since Fuller and company had been describing Vulcan as their "God of Firearms". That struck me as a weird concept to ascribe to an Old God (even one as tied up in weaponry as Vulcan), but they incorporated the mythical role of Vulcan into his ascension as a…

I went to see Wonder Woman (good, could have been great were it not for the inescapable and likely studio mandated stink of Zack Snyder) and Howl's Moving Castle (lots of fun, but Miyazaki's pacifism was jammed into this one less elegantly than it was in others of his) and caught Catch Me If You Can on HBO (Leo's…

I can't wait to actually sit down and watch Twin Peaks. It sounds so up my alley.

I did! It was my first "I must go on the internet and talk about this show IMMEDIATELY" show. No other show has ever given me the week to week rush that Lost did, especially from "Through the Looking Glass" onward.

How Was Your Pop Culture Weekend?

Lindelof!

Lindelof!

Day's not over yet.

This might be his most despicable tweet yet.

They would definitely kick his ass.

The passes, the goal, the everything.

Ahhhhhh. That's the good stuff. I still remember the first time I saw it.

The lasso was cool. It was a new element for a fight scene! It did trend towards bland on the action side otherwise, and some of the CGI wouldn't have looked out of place in the much maligned Burly Brawl from The Matrix Reloaded, which is not great considering that was 14 years ago and looked crappy even then. That…

Because they all have to cram in three films worth of plot.