Maybe I'm being trite but GTA: San Andreas and Mass Effect 2 are really fucking amazing.  Sure they involve shooting people on the head.  Braid involves jumping on the heads of bad guys like Super Mario.  But despite the video game cliches there's a lot of room for being something new & fun.

To be fair, if any of my friends pulled out a video game machine at a party or social situation I would call them a "nerd" and give them a wedgie.

You haven't played video games since Commodore 64?  That's more-or-less the same as me, I recently stole an XBox360 from a grad student who was wasting too much time on it.  There was no cinematic RPGs on the c64, no first-person shooter, no sandbox games…I can appreciate that most games are not the greatest, but…

In terms of plot, sure. 

Yes, this is 96% correct.  Great post, especially about Margaret having to settle into "drag of a character."  But about the "honorable gent" part - it's in terms of the genre.  These are mobsters who live by their a specific mobster code, eg. don't fuck over business partners, try to keep from killing civilians,…

Sure, but that doesn't mean it's dramatically interesting.

For you, the day I came across you in your bed while I searched for your husband was the worst day of your life.  But for me, it was a Tuesday.

But hypocrite Catholic priests are like boring suburbs filled with ennui…it's been done to death and feels lazy.  And when the whole lazy child-in-danger/hypocrite priest plotline comes out of nowhere towards the end of the season, it feels like something of a time killer or that they were just desperate to give…

Hear that a lot, but I thought it went on way, way too long.  Like they took all the Forrest Gump in history scenes and played them one after the other for four minutes.

Sad thing is: those were nothing but a bunch of CGI wankery.  Totally inane.  But yeah, still better than the prequels.

What the fuck?  No.

You mean the one where yoda jumps around like sonic the hedgehog?

The scene from "Barbershop" where all the different groups of people are listening to the same radio station (for some reason) and they all independently get down to "Got To Give It Up."  Every ensemble movie needs a scene where they dance to Marvin Gaye.  I suppose it would get a little cliche.

Well have a look at: http://www.kenrockwell.com/… , for a still camera perspective.

Sledge Hammer Season 2 looked pretty shit.

Condoms don't feel as good.

Agreed, additionally there's problems with children actors being annoying and obviously aging between seasons (when the action may pick up where the last season left off). 

Sure, of course children suffer from diseases and say unexpected and amusing things.

Very weak episode.  The worst ever?  Quite possibly.

Dunnow.  I like the snappy patter between the study group, my dream episode would be directed by Howard Hawks.  But this episode was too much dean, and felt a little too standard to me - guy gets carried with his art project!  And personally while I like the characters I don't care for the characters all learning the…