My God, @avclub-550843601db9a6ce932d3cc285f98d78:disqus…you're…you're a God dammed genius! I simply cannot top that; I am a dildo harness short.

One possible way of calming your fears is to confront them. Might I suggest a picture for a modified avatar?

And slightly off topic: everyone's fave New Journalists of the era? Mine are as follows:

It turns out that someone bought that Christmas album…

I know that this is a funny celebrity story and all, but this makes me depressed. Godammit. It might be vestigial Christian in me, but I would like nothing better than for Lindsey Lohan to get her act together and go to college to become an elementary educator or something nice like that. I'm leaving the Internet,…

I should see this. I thought Mouth of Madness was pretty cool, so there's probably something in POD for me, too.

Dude, that introspection was earned.

Funny…I heard a rumor that Harlan Ellison ripped off the plot for The Terminator from him, though that has yet to be confirmed.

And yet…why has this shit been so intriguing to such actually intelligent people? Georg Cantor had the excuse of other serious mental illness sorts of issues, but it seems that there are other smart people who've somehow been able to convince themselves that this is an issue that might even possibly maybe matter.

The flip side of the article's question: which directors continued to be great directors by making something other than horror movies? Of course, I'm thinking now of David Cronenberg, who I preferred as a horror director but still have to concede has made a number of very good films after crossing over, but are there…

To some extent I agree with this. In any case, it's an interesting idea. Something that I'd contemplated also was that a problem with terror, as you basically say, is that it's somehow teleological—what frightens us is often scary because of a broken taboo, with the ultimate broken taboo being the superfluous death. I…

Agreed. I'll have to bookmark this for horror suggestions. Also, I'm enjoying reading the comments, even if I don't have much to contribute…

Is Shivers out on DVD? It's the Cronenberg I've not been able to get a hold of.

Thank god…I was worried that your 'boogie' comments were geared toward the Evil Black People who Sinclair profiled as dancing naked about fires after crossing the strike lines to work for The Man.

Or, cuz in gang culture that's a symbol of having three people killed for vengeance. Tear not filled in, someone's gotta pay; tear filled in, someone's paid.

My thoughts exactly. So…I'm an insignificant pile of crap, but at least I haven't become important enough to criticise… [wipes away tear]

What Is Jason Schwartzman Thinking?!

There are any number of reasons to hate Oliver Stone, but nonetheless, yes.

If you want to see the nadir of Tarintino's onscreen possibility, check out the omnibus film Four Rooms. Netflix will deliver that steaming pile of poo to your living room.

Agreed w/ OP. Leonardo DiCaprio falls into this same category.