I enjoyed the "reasons too stupid to go into" line.

Sorry if it offended your delicate sensibilities, but the Man Show was a terrific show, extremely funny and creative. As the poster above pointed out, it fell apart after Kimmel and Carolla left and it became a parody of itself. But the original version of it was terrific.

I was going to come on here and further defend Bateman, then I looked at his imdb page and realized he's been in 19 movies in the last 5 years!

Agreed on the concessions, but disagree on theaters not giving a fuck about the general "experience." I think theaters are getting a rawer deal now than ever before, as major studio movies get so hyped these days that most people that are going to see them in theaters do so within the first couple weeks of the…

Also, on the topic of movie theaters losing money… I think even bigger than the recession is the fact that distributors tend to make 100% (or close to it) of profits from a film in its first two weeks of distribution. So the theaters don't actually start to see a real profit in ticket sales until week 3 or maybe even…

I agree my restaurant analogy wasn't perfectly apt, but the concept is simple. People still like to go out and do things. That's why take-out/delivery didn't kill restaurants, the treadmill didn't kill jogging, books didn't kill museums, LPs didn't kill concerts and HDTV didn't kill live sports.

Movie theaters are not dying in our lifetimes. Most people actually still enjoy getting out of the house for any reason at all, and are willing to put up with the horrors of sticky floors, overpriced popcorn and other people texting.

Cowboys & Aliens was terrible, but it wasn't the premise's fault. The premise was quite good, as was the first 45 minutes of the movie. Then about halfway through the movie stops dead in its tracks to conveniently explain every plot point and mystery that the first 45 minutes slyly set up.

The Marie subplot gave us the two best scenes in this episode:

It's been a good time lately to be a schaudenfreude fan of sports. Mavs over Heat, Packers over Steelers, Giants over Phillies, Rangers over Yankees.

Because you're approaching this concept the wrong way. If they packed these movies full of talented voice actors, only us nerds would appreciate it. And us nerds still wouldn't pay money to see a dumb Smurfs movie.

Hank is pissed at Marie because she forced him to leave the hospital earlier than he wanted to. By doing so, she made the whole thing about her (her desire for him to be home) as much as it is about him. Which is a character trait we've seen from her in the past, thinking her kleptomania treatment was more important…

I'm with you, that was one of the most obnoxious movies I've ever seen. It was like the teen comedy version of Shrek.

They had a "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" style vagina ad right before the previews when I saw Harry Potter the other day. It seemed to bring the house down with the adults. But I found it an odd advertising choice before a Harry Potter movie with a theater of glasses-and-cape wearing children.

It's a pain in the ass getting in and out of Georgetown, but at least there's plenty of parking. Dinner pretty much anywhere, followed by cupcakes and coffee at Baked & Wired and then a couple drinks at Rhino is a good night.

Signs and The Ring were the first two movies I thought of when I saw this article. The Ring is the only time I can remember an entire audience being legitimately scared in a theater. Signs is the only movie where I've actually yelled at the screen. During the scene where Mel Gibson grabs the knife and heads towards…

Planet artest,

Ah, I remember being young once and thinking there were women out there willing to do things like play Pavement at their wedding.

There is no. Castration fear.

I've heard him say (on WTF I think) that he enjoyed doing it, but it does bother sometimes that it's the one thing he gets recognized on the street for.