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When I read how he died, my first thought was that pretty much everyone has at least one moment in their life where they do something stupid or careless and then realize "fuck, I could have just killed myself" (or worse, "fuck, I could have just killed someone else"). Yelchin had the very back luck of being one of

Also, if you're getting paid per episode, being on a Netflix show is less lucrative than being on a network show. There was an interesting article on The Vulture a few weeks ago about the economics of the Peak TV era, and one of the points they made is that all sorts of funny things are happening to actor salaries,

Considering how much hay everyone made out of the contrast between BvS and the Supergirl/Flash crossover, I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of people were saying that Supergirl had the right idea of how to handle a Superman-esque character.

But does he want to? Because getting in that kind of shape takes months of spending hours at the gym every day. And that's before you even get to the juicing issue, and its attendant health problems.

I'm happy with Daisy Ridley in that role, but I'm still disappointed that Maslany didn't get the lead in Rogue One. Felicity Jones already has an Oscar! Let another supremely qualified brunette get her big break!

Every woman Tom was ever paired with on Parks & Rec was too good for him. Even massively improved Tom from S7.

I'd even go so far as to say that the show has gotten better as it's drawn on, because the more familiar you are with the characters, and more complex their relationships become, the easier it is to lean back and ignore the fact that the plot makes no sense. It's not that far from becoming a hangout drama, at this

WB executives in the run-up to Batman v Superman: keep your filthy TV mitts off this character! We won't let you dilute our brand! A distant silhouette is the best you could ever hope for!

So many things wrong with that movie, but the idea that a man who has never once been seen to call his mother by her first name would do so when he's inches from death somehow manages to top them all.

According to google, queso fundido is cheese with chorizo? Depending on how observant your husband's employer is of kashrut, that might be a double no-no - dairy with meat, and pork.

Shavu'ot, the Jewish festival of… well, we tend to change our mind what it's about. It started out as a harvest festival, probably pagan, then became one of the main days of worship at the temple when sacrifices were still a thing. Then after the temple was destroyed the rabbis repurposed it, and announced that it

By any reasonable standard, In the Heights was a huge success. It's just not a success on the level of Hamilton, which is a once-in-a-generation thing. That's hardly a reasonable yardstick by which to judge anything else that Miranda has done or will do.

I would go so far as to say that ITH has a much better chance of translating well to the screen than Hamilton, for all that I agree that it's not as good. The fantasy elements in Hamilton work on stage, but on the screen I suspect they would fall flat, whereas ITH is largely a realistic play.

I had a long holiday weekend this week, and ended up catching up on a whole bunch of things. First up, the second season of Mozart in the Jungle, which was simultaneously a lot of fun and a bit of a letdown. The first season started slow and ended up in some really artful, moving places, but the second season feels

I don't see any reason to go into all these contortions over whether people who are mentally ill or on terrorist watchlists can buy weapons (especially not the latter idea, since as several other people in this thread have pointed out, the terrorist watchlist, like the no-fly list, is compiled with very little care or

Wait, you mean the self-absorbed, incestuous, murderous siblings who have started wars and committed multiple acts of murder and carnage, and who have the cumulative good sense and planning ability of an outhouse, might not get a happy ending? On a show in which even decent, thoughtful people are routinely bisected?

Yeah. Turns out Robin's father isn't who she thought he was, but neither is Jonno's. A bit of a copout, but I appreciated it.

Hmm. One of the things I liked about Top of the Lake (which was otherwise a bit of a mess, plotwise) was that it didn't go the route of "naked woman washed up on shore" to kickstart its mystery. It was indisputably a show about violence against women, but the fact that it refused to glory in that violence, and left

There are all sorts of funny rules about eligibility for that category. I can't remember any specific examples, but I know there have been cases where it's been completely counter-intuitive.

Especially since they're claiming responsibility for attacks that may not even have anything to do with them, even on the level of giving encouragement (I'm not even talking about logistical or planning support, since it's clear that wasn't the case here). In this case, there are two kinds of terrorism - the kind