I'm glad to see that a lot of people here seem to think the remake of Let Me In was better than the original. I remember watching the original and thinking that there was probably a good story here, but I felt like I wasn't being told the whole thing. Kinda like looking at a mostly completed puzzle with several…

Right. I remember the figurehead part - basically he was more of a spiritual leader than an actual power player.

I gotta admit I'm digging on this new photo in the AV Club's banner ad for the movie - the one of her wearing her black swan outfit and dancing with her head thrown back. It's a hell of a lot better looking than that other photo that's been on the homepage for the last month, where she's staring straight at you…

@ Tuck Pendleton - if only you were right… but sadly, in spite of the veneer of normalcy I hide behind, my closeted inner geek remains strong. I remember the episode you're thinking of - seventh season, I believe, when (SPOILER ALERT) a bunch of Klingon monks went all Jurassic Park and cloned the legendary Emperor…

And that's the root of the problem. I don't care who you get to direct, produce, and star in this insanely misguided disaster. The Three Stooges were comedy perfection. It's been 80 years or so, and no one has EVER come close to reproducing what they did. It just looks stupid whenever anyone tries. Trying to…

Some stray observations of my own
1. It became accepted Trek canon after "Sins of the Father" and this episode, but didn't the Klingon form of government surprise you when you first saw it? I mean, the empire is run by a "Chancellor" as opposed to an Emperor? You'd think a culture like the Klingons would be run by…

Which is exactly why it was so badass. Far too often, Trek had characters making the politically correct "civilized" choices. When I first saw the episode, I figured Work would kick his ass to the point where he was about to strike the death blow, then catch himself, toss the bat'leth aside, and give some sort of…

I'm also a big fan of the innovative new obstacle they added to the beginning course this year, where the contestant has to go through one of three closed doors. No matter which one they pick, a big piston blasts out, smacks them right in the face,, and sends them flying. It makes me wince every time I see it. But…

Yes. And the two commentators tell the kind of jokes usually found only on popsicle sticks, and the show seems to recruit contestants based largely on how big of an idiot they're willing to make of themselves on camera. It's the basest form of zero I.Q., pandering to the masses, lowbrow physically abusive comedy out…

Goddamn, that Ecto-Cooler was awesome! I've searched high and low across the internet for a recipe to recreate it, so far with no luck. We used to mix it with Midori for a total sweet-tooth sugar rush kinda buzz.

In the article linked above, Akroyd states that the world won't come to a physical end, but "…it will be the end of consciousness and the end of perception as we know it."

@ Beast Rabin: thanks for the link. Not that I needed another reason to think Lucas is the Jedi Master of taking a huge dump all over the potential of his own creations.

Absolutely! This guy was the absolute MASTER at selling any bit of dialogue, no matter how bad or groan-worthy. He delivered every line like it was something out of "Hamlet." This is a sad loss, but I'm glad he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. Not a bad way to go.

Crazy-ass thought that hit me out of left field while watching the show last night: could Emily be Jordan's sister? That would put an even bigger twist on the whatever convoluted relationship exists between them.

I was starting to think the Santa Muerta plotline was paying off as a way to remind us that LaGuerta's character is not a good cop. In the first couple of seasons, it was shown that she was promoted for reasons of political correctness rather than competence, and there were multiple examples of her being more…

I just looked it up. The episode was called "Sanctuary," and the article even had a quote from the episode that supports Gagh's point:

Are you talking about that episode where the station was temporarily overrun by a culture of displaced farmers who wanted to settle on a deserted area of Bajor? The ones who looked like refugees from the Juniper Creek compund in Big Love? If so, I think you might be right. As I recall, they were matriarchal in an…

@ Ludicrous: you may have stumped me as well. Chico mentioned the Bajorans, and the original series episode "Amok Time" where Spock goes home to Vulcan and sees T'Pau comes to mind. But it's probably incorrect to think of Vulcans as matriarchal just because T'Pau was in charge at the time. Seems like Vulcan…

@ Chico: STOP!!! That is the episdode that must not be named or even mentioned! You're going to make Zack cry. The mere mention of it did that to me already.

Unacceptable!
Back to the drawing board, Discovery Channel! I'm tired of Mythbusters. If I'm spending the holiday in a turkey stupor, only Dirty Jobs will do.