It is very frustrating to see an artist sort of ignore what they're best at in favor of what's most comfortable to them. He could really shine as a comedic mind outside the confines of the talk show, but that's just not what he's interested in. He's doing his dream job, I guess.

to be fair, Oates herself is a pretty wild ride

Yeah, no one talks about the syringe part but that scene is just depraved and sick.

I think the rule is you start wearing around Memorial Day and end Labor Day, although now it seems to just be "when it gets above 80 until it gets below 80."

Agreed. Del's part on Clint Eastwood is still the best rap on any Gorillaz song, in my opinion.

I do enjoy when Albarn has a co-producer like Dan the Automator or Danger Mouse. Even the stuff with Fatboy Slim and William Orbit on Think Tank is pretty good. I think having a big name collaborator like that helps focus him.

Imperial Bedrooms is really weird and I did not enjoy it. I enjoy all of Ellis's other novels, but that one felt just lazy.

Yeah, those were great stories. Especially D'Onofrio who comes off like a prima donna dick.

It helps that he seems like a smart guy. He has talked at length about being an alcoholic all through the '80s though, which is kind of fascinating. It seems to have given him perspective about his place in the business. He definitely doesn't seem to desire being a star again (which is—I think—what hurts so many…

It's definitely beautiful. McCarthy was on Ellis's podcast a few weeks back and talked all about the making of it. Sounds like Ed Lachman's cinematography was distracting at a certain point, and the movie became basically all about the visuals. Which pays off, visually, but doesn't save the screenplay or miscasting of…

His first one and Another One are considered "Mini LPs"…something in between EP and full on LP, I guess

if Jody Hill and McBride write it, I'm there

Yeah, I think Ridley or whomever got a little too highfalutin with the mythology of what is ultimately a haunted house/slasher series. Walter Hill never had any illusions about what it was — a B-movie concept with the trappings of an A-movie (incidentally, that could describe many of my favorite films).

Kinda made it sound like that was the last one where he gave a shit though

He does seem chill, but half his stories are "well then I got in a fight with the studio/producer/star." If it were anyone but Hill, I'd assume he was the asshole, but in his case, I think he just doesn't take any grief from assholes regardless of who they are which most people in Hollywood don't do. He's got…

He repeated his defense on the Mick Garris and Bret Easton Ellis podcasts. Sounds like Aldrich was something of a mentor to Hill. He also told the story about Aldrich wanting to direct ALIEN but wanting the creature to be a shaved orangutan.

He's been on several podcasts and always brings it up when discussing Alien. He's really pissed about it (as is Aldrich's family), and with good reason.

I didn't see it that way. I understand what you mean by it not being consistent with what he's done with other characters, but this is clearly very personal for Holt. The characters all expect Holt to want to nail the guy and all build it up based on their experiences that you mentioned and then…nothing. He probably…

We could instead pit Scott's first 3 movies vs. Blomkamp's first 3.

I was reminded of this scene in True Detective season 2 when Vince Vaughn kept going on and on about his henchman Frank who was killed and went and talked to his son, etc. but the audience (or at least me and my friends) had no idea who he even was.