Just saw the movie a couple hours ago. I think it did a great job. As far as the torture scenes go, I think it did a good job of portraying a complicated subject. There's certainly no scene that portrays torture as giving the CIA all the information they need, or even the most important information they need—that…

Just saw the movie a couple hours ago. I think it did a great job. As far as the torture scenes go, I think it did a good job of portraying a complicated subject. There's certainly no scene that portrays torture as giving the CIA all the information they need, or even the most important information they need—that…

I point you to the downright mean, badass "So Long, Superman," by Firewater.

I point you to the downright mean, badass "So Long, Superman," by Firewater.

"Channel Swayze, not C. Thomas Howell. Swayze, not C. Thomas Howell. Swayze, Swayze, Swayze."

"Channel Swayze, not C. Thomas Howell. Swayze, not C. Thomas Howell. Swayze, Swayze, Swayze."

While, I understand the criticism of the vocals being buried—this frustrated me most at their concert in New York, where they seemed much harder to hear than at one I went to in CA a couple years back—I think the album is great. Perhaps the strongest one they've made. You can listen to the tracks on youtube or…

While, I understand the criticism of the vocals being buried—this frustrated me most at their concert in New York, where they seemed much harder to hear than at one I went to in CA a couple years back—I think the album is great. Perhaps the strongest one they've made. You can listen to the tracks on youtube or…

"Connection" was a bigger hit than "Stutter," I believe. At least here in the US of A.

"Connection" was a bigger hit than "Stutter," I believe. At least here in the US of A.

Check out Brothers Bloom if you want to come down from that level of excitement. (I also loved Brick, which sadly got me excited about Brothers Bloom.)

Check out Brothers Bloom if you want to come down from that level of excitement. (I also loved Brick, which sadly got me excited about Brothers Bloom.)

Neal Stephenson is an absolutely fascinating guy that can't write his way out of a paper bag. I only read Cryptonomicon, but the prose was clunky and he seemed to desperately need an editor to cut out a good 60% (at least) of the novel. I felt like I'd read 200 pages to get to 35  mind-blowing pages. Then back to the…

Neal Stephenson is an absolutely fascinating guy that can't write his way out of a paper bag. I only read Cryptonomicon, but the prose was clunky and he seemed to desperately need an editor to cut out a good 60% (at least) of the novel. I felt like I'd read 200 pages to get to 35  mind-blowing pages. Then back to the…

Wow. Before I listened to the song, I admonished myself not to hate it before it even started, to really give it a chance. So I did. And the song is just bad. I'm not going to be snide or ironic, but absolutely sincere: this song has nothing going for it.

Wow. Before I listened to the song, I admonished myself not to hate it before it even started, to really give it a chance. So I did. And the song is just bad. I'm not going to be snide or ironic, but absolutely sincere: this song has nothing going for it.

Girard, fair enough. My wife is Czech and I lived there for five years, so I'm probably overly sensitive. Czechs certainly are unique, because they are cerebral and not quick to do the brave and stupid thing (although they were the only country to mobilize against Hitler); when the Soviets and Eastern Bloc invaded in…

Girard, fair enough. My wife is Czech and I lived there for five years, so I'm probably overly sensitive. Czechs certainly are unique, because they are cerebral and not quick to do the brave and stupid thing (although they were the only country to mobilize against Hitler); when the Soviets and Eastern Bloc invaded in…

This is a completely false reading of 20th Century Czechoslovak history. I believe the two most oppressive regimes in post-war Communism were #1 East Germany and #2 Czechoslovakia. The reason Czechs have good animators and children's stuff is because it was the only place non-Regime artists could really work, aside…

This is a completely false reading of 20th Century Czechoslovak history. I believe the two most oppressive regimes in post-war Communism were #1 East Germany and #2 Czechoslovakia. The reason Czechs have good animators and children's stuff is because it was the only place non-Regime artists could really work, aside…