You're right, how dare a man raising 3 children who works full-time expect a little respect or a full night's sleep. What was I thinking?

Here's another one - the holodeck! Granted it's a better device than having to land on Planet Nazi, Gangster or Teepee. My personal head-scratcher: If two people in a holodeck walk in opposite directions, why doesn't one of them eventually run into a wall?

Hardly disagree, but still - you leave my Waffle-head alone!!!

HAH! Another gut laugh from RJ, well done. You're on a roll! Plus landing on those rounded-up transporter pads bumps sure must've smarted. Maybe if someone is being shot at mid-transport, the bullet comes out and finish the job on the pad too!

It's so clear that Bujold is just not comfortable enough with English to haul out all those syllables and make it seem natural. Writers need to use a certain amount of so-called technojargon in order to establish an aura of credibility and authenticity, and any actor playing a character who has a job is going to have…

You be nice!

Your parents must be so proud.

With Kubrick and Hitchcock, you have to ignore whatever source material they use. They always make the movie their own animal.

Hah! So true, RV. His career really tanked post-1980!

Give me The Hobbit any day. That's a book! LOTR is bloated, self-important and overrated.

I didn't see the movie, but with any luck it devoted less time exploring the size, shape, physical properties and relative durability of turd coils.

The Simpsons ref has got to be intentional. But for me, Hans Conried will forever be Snidely Whiplash.

Herbert apparently did see Lynch's Dune. An unattributed claim in Wiki says that he was "pleased."

Adams's greatest contribution to literature will forever be the babel fish. He's the only sucker who came up with a solution that worked.

Hey, LP, this is my first time seeing the word used in its perfectly acceptable common-usage definition. Since your context is the exact opposite of what Bowdler did historically, it threw me a little. I even did a quick google to make sure I wasn't crazy before posting my pedantry, but didn't catch the second…

I'm with TIA. S5 succeeds both as an adaptation and as a movie in its own right.

I've always loved that one, ET. First 10 times watching it had me in tears laughing. The Solsbury Hill cue is is when I really lose it. Genius.

Seuss was never a good fit with Hollywood, but it's sad to think he didn't like Jones's Grinch. Oddly, I was watching 5,000 Fingers just today. Too bad, it could've worked with a little $. Poor Doc swore off live action for good after that.

I asked this above - you know if he ever commented on Cuckoo the play?

What you call nobility, I called "we finally have CGI to make their eyes blue."