Sea of Love. There's a scene in which the Al Pacino character is up against the wall—he doesn't  know if he is going to get fucked or killed, and part of him doesn't care…

Sea of Love. There's a scene in which the Al Pacino character is up against the wall—he doesn't  know if he is going to get fucked or killed, and part of him doesn't care…

Better than last week
I thought last week's episode suffered compared to its X-Files counterpart, but this week's much better. I was reminded of Scully's blowing up when she was abducted to cover Anderson's pregnancy.

The X-Filess' "Tithonus"
may have been an inspiration. If it was, I think "Stowaway" suffers in comparison. It uses a beautiful young mother who lost her family, and therefore doesn't need to do any work regarding empathy or character development. Not to mention, "Tithonus" has that wonderful sound of the camera…

"Sugar Sugar" by the Archies

Tune in Tomorrow
"Is art the mirror of life, or what?"

A Modest Proposal
Mitchell's describing himself as someone who kills a joke is funny.

Just checked an anagram finder—no luck. I guess "Rush" is just short for Russian.

Hilary V Rush sounds Nabokovian to me. [Apologies if someone has said this already—I'm just skimming.] I wonder if the name is an anagram.

Today's analogy: Invisible Man
"Still, could he be all of them: Rine the runner and Rine the gambler and Rine the lover and Rineheart the Reverend? Could he be both rind and heart? What is real anyway? But how could I doubt it? He was a broad man, a man of parts who got around. Rineheart the rounder. It was true as I…

ugh, apologies for the typos and poor writing. Just to clarify, in terms of theme, not so much "breakdowns in communication," which I have seen emphasized in reviews of Babel, but more "one must love one another or die." Or maybe that sometimes one's people aren't one's people…

Babel
I was reminded strongly of the movie Babel, in structure, suspense, and themes, as I read. Only they are connected through time in Cloud Atlas rather than through space. [Or maybe Rashomon, with a much broader sweep!] Somewhat biblical, and many of the significant characters in both are somewhat alien to the…