DeNiro does seem to have a sideline in so bad they're good/so bad they're bad character names... Captain Shakespeare (Stardust), Donald Rimgale (Backdraft), Louis Cypher (Angel Heart), Rupert Pupkin (King of Comedy). Carl Van Loon is a worthy addition.

I'm pretty sure wontons are Chinese.

PSN banning for playing pirated games, sure... that's reasonable. But 'unauthorized software'? As in homebrew, or running something that allows homebrew? That's not reasonable. Voiding the warranty? Sure. But as long as I'm not pirating software, I should be able to run any program I want. Just wait, Apple will be…

"Who says they'd ever have bought a copy anyway?" is an argument agains pirated copies being lost sales, not against piracy being theft. If I would never buy a 100" 3D HDTV, and I take it without paying, I've still stolen it. I've stolen it even if I don't use it, or even sell it or gain any benefit from it. I think…

Yeah, I think we'll muddle through either way.

I have heard some good things about Clone Wars, but I don't think I can get over the look which I hate (and in a cartoon, the art direction is a big part of things), and even if I manage to enjoy it eventually, I'll never forgive it for using the same name as the superior Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars... which I watch…

I'm 38 years old, remember playing Cookie Monster Crunch with my sister on the Atari 2600, and totally want this... I have kids, but they're too old for this. I want to play it with my sister! I want a Kinect!

*Prays for triumphant return of #demontits *

Well, once a film (or painting, record album, etc.) gets to a certain level of accomplishment, and especially when you're talking about comparing films from different cultures or a great comedy vs. a terrific drama, it becomes hard to say what is 'best'... but Miyazaki and Brad Bird (Pixar's Incredibles and…

Though more expensive ($170, $200 for bluetooth/microphone version) the Soundmatters Foxl V2 is hard to argue with for amazing sound on the go. It fits in your pocket, is solidly constructed, sounds crystal clear at low volume but gets surprisingly loud, and even louder if it's actively charging. The rechargable…

"As we've said before, there's really two types of non-Pixar animated films: Ones which are decent but not in Pixar's league (like Despicable Me) and ones which are just wretched and cheap." There are animated films just as good as Pixar... basically anything by Hayao Miyazaki, but also the recent Secret of Kells and…

I am now looking forward to First Class, and I was already stoked about Aronofsky's Wolverine just on his previous work and Hugh Jackman's continuing awesome embodiment of Wolvie. I think if both movies do well, we'll continue to see X-movies in some form. As to which of the existing, and upcoming films are in the…

Two-Face wasn't a distraction in The Dark Knight because his presence in the movie flowed from the theme of society's response to anarchic evil. Where Marvel sequels get into trouble is adding in villains (and heroes) just to sell merchandise/comics and to set up other movies. And the messiness of Spiderman 3/Iron Man…

CGI effects even when they're good, aren't nearly as interesting as practical effects, and practical effects usually look better, too. I realize everything can't be done in camera, but when there's an attempt to only use CG when it's the best solution and not as the default, it shows. I would even argue that an…

I couldn't decide whether to be offended, or to drop my guard, consider it awesome, and start writing my spec script, "tSUNami!" for Syfy.

Dating yourself... and I bet you put out, too! I never saw that, but I sure did appreciate the ladies of DS9.

Who could forget "Edward Penisfingers"?

@GrimeyRyder: Mmmm... trippin' off the beat kinda drippin' off the meat grinder... classic.

I've had Therion's Gothic Kabbalah, Agalloch's Marrow of the Spirit and Girl Talk's All Day on heavy rotation recently... The Girl Talk is free at illegal-art.net/allday/