The distinction between "misspelling" and "typo" has been kind of glossed-over here. Most of what I see up there is probably the result of distraction or "multitasking". "Carton" and "Thresome" are debatable. But there's really no excuse for "Philipino", Hawaii.

And all of that is kind of a drop in the bucket if you look at Allied casualties on the Western Front, but Australian casualties at Gallipoli were arguably that much more painful when considering their relatively tiny population. Their great distance from, and lack of a direct stake in, the conflict also fed some…

It probably has more to do with marketing at the studio/project level than to actual audiences — "You're asking me to invest in a film with no name actors involved? That's ridiculous!"
I suspect the King Arthur debacle will only make such things worse — "Any idiot could have seen that a big-budget epic staring Charlie…

I suppose one could try to argue that he was constantly trying to make that case because he was secretly haunted by Gallipoli, but there's precious little evidence of that anywhere. To the extent that he was haunted at all, it seems to have been by bouts of more clinical, irrational depression.

Actually it was heroin that he sweated out:
http://dangerousminds.net/c…

Pity Bauhaus never made any money off that dance craze…

That's your answer for everything!

When you hear the price they paid, I'm sure you'll come and… see Berlin Syndrome.

I know I enjoyed it. The book it's based on is pretty fascinating too.

athough Smith failed in that attempt, he was able to blind Neo in the process. Maybe that’s a metaphor for how we’d have to cut off all virtual ties in order to avoid being tracked by Google.

Among sedans and coupes, probably 75% from the front, and worse from the sides. Once you get into SUVs and minivans and oddities like that Nissan Cube thing, maybe it drops to 60%. Even cars like BMWs and such that used to have really distinctive grilles seem to have faded into genericism.

Right up into the '80s I could probably have done that. Since then, 75% of car models look about identical to me, absent the emblems.

Well, that was pretty silly, given what they cost. I still use mine after 34 years, and she could probably have gotten a decent buck for them on eBay.

I guess the kids were technically trying to help by launching T-shirts at the rainy ground and throwing burger samples nowhere in particular.

"Hi Bob! It's Teddy… from before?"

I was pretty sure Gene had returned the mask to Peter Pescadero at the end of that episode when the popping and locking lessons didn't work out, so I guess he had to borrow it for the parade.

I thought she was pretty excellent in that, and obviously having a great time.

I think the Bond/Blofeld one is still stupider.

Indeed they would, though I don't think, given the nature of his alleged trading strategy, that Madoff was actually characterizing any of his payouts as "interest" — it was all "capital gains".

Correct, but I think a lot of the damage estimates are being based on the "loss" of 100, and there may well have been some clients who were counting on that 100 being there — spending other assets more freely, for example. "I would never have taken that cruise if I'd known I didn't really have a fortune invested with…