“Don’t you just hate it when a mine accident kills every single man in your Old West town, leaving the women to fend for themselves”

If he’d been half as fast as Puhiri, it would’ve only been a 125-day siege.

Can’t go wrong with Jacob’s Ladder.

Great show of speed, and also perfect audio for when I’m asked who my favorite Russian writer is.

The Witch, for sure

The Orphanage, more creepy than scary but it does the trick.

Go fuck yourself.

I’d suggest it’s time to start looking for quality assisted living facilities.

what

my parents stopped watching the Following after the first season and they watched Bones until like season... 11?

I think they ran the series some early morning a week into October, with zero fanfare. At this point, I’m convinced Cartoon Network constructs its schedule by throwing i ching that’s been customized with 20 hexagrams that all say Teen Titans GO!

It probably doesn’t count as pop culture, but Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree is spooky, melancholy, and educational (it’s how I learned about Dia de Muertos!) all at once. It also has one of the best character names in all children’s fiction, Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud.

I first watched DarkPlace on my phone while in the hospital room while my wife was in labor.

The only concession they were able to win regarding that character’s name was his title. In the movie version, he’s Detective Harry Hole. In the original novel, he’s (and I am NOT making this up) Inspector Harry Hole.

Well this is weird. My Daughter turns ten today. Her name is Lyra (yes, named after the protagonist of this book). But that’s not the weird part. My son’s name is Malcolm, apparently accidentally and pre-emptively named after this new character!

I always preferred to call you a wormhole alien.

Tony Todd is also adult Jake Sisko. Arguably the best episode of DS9, which was the best Trek, which was the best sci-fi franchise.

Jesus, I pity the poor fucker who asks Christian Bale to say “I’m Batman”.

I don’t know... pointing to Star Trek: Enterprise as having the most awful fucking opening theme ever? That’s pretty spot on. Not only is the song itself just gag-worthy, but it contrasts in an appalling fashion against the aesthetic created for that franchise over the decades-worth of iterations preceding it.

They should have had PJ O'Rourke and Paula Poundstone as guest stars.

In my mind the technology of the future allows the replicator to avoid that pitfall and the scotch gum is awesome.