Roz needs more camera time, she is an interesting character and I wouldn't mind seeing a lot more of her.

Quite, even though I'm not sure the film entirely works. Re: your original point. Mary Harron knew from the moment she signed on the project would push a LOT of buttons; and had an approach and point of view she could clearly articulate and defend against criticism — even if you found it unconvincing. IMO, your…

To this day, there are feminists who are outraged about Brett Easton Ellis's depiction of violence against women in American Psycho but he is able to defend Bateman because at its heart the book is a biting satire of 80's excess.

Preaching to the perverted there. But, damn, perhaps I'm a little naive but you'd hope editors would be a little more sensitive to epic genre fiction racefail in 2012 that they were in 1912.

No - but she was rather firmly of the view that human being are capable of learning from experience and being an assbag is more of a lifestyle choice than most of us care to admit.

Except, in the case of Lovecraft, everybody of his age and status was more or less racist. It was part of the accepted social views of the era- you cannot really single out Lovecraft for racism where the entire Western world had institutional racism.

Well, as my Nana used to say: It's all very nice apologizing, but it's even better to have nothing to apologize for in the first place.

"Hey, kid. Let go of that string and I will totally come down there and EAT YOUR WORTHLESS SOUL! ... Uh... don't cry. I was joking, ya little pink bipedal jag-off."

LoEG missed so much it would save time to list what that horrendous by-blow got right.

Well, I think there will be plenty of time to grill the presumptive Republican ticket on their policies and legislative records. Rep. Akin requires more immediate attention, and it is possible to (figuratively) walk and chew gum at the same time.

You don't argue with crazy guys yelling at you on the sidewalk, why would you engage a dude who thinks women have some sort of pregnancy-control circuitry they can invoke (but only in cases of "legitimate" rape)?

However, when reporting on Rep. Todd's statements, I think it's important to also debunk former Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan's statement, or at least point out that it's only partially true:

why are people so up in arms over "legitimate"?

I hate it when directors 'shoot for the DVD' instead of 'shoot for the theater release'. And Ridley is guilty of this on almost every feature he's done.

I think at this point if you're not in a permanent state of squick about the Twilight franchise, you never will. :)

I did hear that they're going with as much material as they can get out of some notes in the appendices of the LotR trilogy that tell what Gandalf was doing the whole time he was away from the group, and I'm guessing they'll get some good mileage out of that. But even that doesn't seem like it should fill this out to…

I would welcome the execution of this idea - hanging, lethal injection, decapitation, pillow over the face while its sleeping... :)

Would this be the right place to mention that Alan Moore wasn't the only person making hex signs at Tom Sawyer in the God-awful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for good reason?

But then making just about everyone in the series older has been my one and only gripe with the casting

Yes she has - and much as I love Jessica Walter DIANA FRAKING RIGG!