I pulled some stuff up. It looks like Goyer originally wanted The Joker to have a trial in the third movie, and have Two-Face be the main villain in that third movie. Nolan condensed that storyline into the ending of TDK, though, and no script was planned for the third movie. So, the "cameo" idea is without merit.

As for the rest of us… no vegan diet, no vegan powers.

I thought his reaction was pretty funny. I imagine he'd have known about the pencil already. It clearly couldn't have been his first learning of that, since he's been helping Susan assist Rachel in her rehabilitation for a while, now. I imagine the brain injury would have come up earlier in his talks with Susan.

That's true. Ira seems okay to me so far. Plus, it wasn't too long ago that he attempted suicide!

I don't recall ever seeing what you're describing. In fact, I recall the opposite. Nolan said immediately after TDK was released that they had to change things quite drastically because of Ledger's death.

Yeah, Murphy was pretty phenomenal in that role. That was one of my biggest takeaways from Inception. For all of his dense mythology, clever direction, etc., it really had a beating, throbbing heart of a story in all of its characters. Murphy's character could have been a walking plot device for the others to work.…

Are the first seasons of that show good as well? I've been eyeing the show for a while on Netflix, but haven't committed to it. I'm sort of hoping to watch a really good show, and not just an "it's kind of okay" show, but I never hear anyone say anything about it, ever, so I don't know what to expect. Obviously you…

I don't think it's very meta, at least. I mean, it doesn't break the fourth wall or anything. Lots of characters talk about the character the way the creators of the movie clearly want you to talk about the character, though, in that the bad guys definitely mythologize the hero. But, it really works, because the…

"It seemed pretty obvious that his role in the TDKR was supposed to be the Joker. Was still nice to see him in it."

That's an interesting observation. I wonder if it's because Ra's Al Ghul and Bane both knew Batman's secret identity (uh, spoiler alert: he's Bruce Wayne), and so were already much less engrossed in the mystery of the hero. The Joker and Scarecrow, however… were much more interested in the hero and his mask, and less…

The logic there checks out.

I think the real question is, how much did the producers of lassa virus pay for *their* product placement?

I don't think that's accurate.

Zach Woods is pretty incredible. His character in The Office never really did it for me, but his work as Jared on Silicon Valley is amazing. He's by far my favorite character, and he sells all of his lines so beautifully. I agree that his delivery there was fantastic.

I don't know. It got kind of tedious at some point early this season.

Thanks, do realize though that I was oversimplifying the "freedom of speech" greatly for the sake of a witty comment to explain why freedom of speech and bearing arms were the first included in the Bill of Rights. I do realize the primary motivation of the Revolution revolved more about the representation in…

Yeah, The Hound is an awesome character for sure. My favorite scene of his still probably has to be when he and Arya were in the tavern with that murderous Kingsguard guy who had killed Arya's friend. He does every single thing he can to pick a fight with the whole group of them, what with talking about eating every…

That's how people's genitals get stuck in other people's nostrils or ear lobes, instead of the other, more preferable (and socially acceptable) bodily orifices. At least, that's how I imagine those things happen.

How hard do you push into someone's face when you're kissing them? You have a nose, and lips, which protrude outward from the face in such a way that glasses, which are typically seated behind the ridge of the nose, don't touch the other person at all.

The Royal Tenenbaums is also my favorite movie. It's densely, densely packed with really rich characterization, scene setting, and comedy. There are so many amazing moments. Margot walking to Ritchie from the bus in slow motion, to the musical cue. Chas and Eli lying on the ground together after trying to kill each…