No doubt; minority populations in nineteenth century America - Italian or otherwise - didn't receive adequate service from the police or the courts. But the Mafia had existed for centuries before this. The Mafia came to America with the first wave of Italian and Sicilian immigrants - their concern was money, not…

Organized crime is just what it says it is: crime, organized. The Mafia and The Black Hand never gave a fig about protecting people or businesses. They would smash your windows in the middle of the night and tell you they would "protect" you from such things for a modest monthly donation. If you said "no", the next…

I'm with you, Metalica stayed true to the spirit of the song, but they also stayed true to who they are. James is james; if you don't like him, fine.

"Baby please don't go"

Hey, the Wrecker is B-list! Not only has he soloed Thor, he played a mean rhythm guitar on Strangers in the Night. His music career could have really taken off, but Sinatra told Nelson Riddle "the kid looks like a fruit, lose him". Ah, the twists of fate.

Well, they're looking for good directors on Agents of Shield. And Gotham. And I hear Arrow has an opening. And Flash, Peggy Carter, Daredevil, Luke Cage…lots of places for Jim to try.

Thank you for having the courage to say what we were all thinking. I mean War Child? Hello, metaphor for Iraqi insurgency anybody? And clearly they modeled the Gary Busey character on Saddam Hussein.

I'll see your crash and raise you a The Piano.

I heard they're rebooting that franchise with Josh Gadd in the Jack Black role.

How about forking? Too Scandinavian? Man, this is hard.

Fecking?

The guy was funny, the world needs funny. So damned young. I've lost friends to drink and drugs, to the point that I really can't stand the shit for the misery it brings to so many. I don't know, this just sucks.

Maybe so, however you're kind of making my point. Ayn Rand was pure shite as a human being, but as a writer she had some chops. Check todays Amazon Bestseller list and tell me Rand isn't better than most of the names there. I agree; put her on a rocket to the sun…but don't tell me she's worse than Stephanie Myers,…

Yep. Here's a tip: When EVERBODY argees a band is shitty, you can ignore it as white noise. Are Creed fantastic? I'd vote 'no', but they had a couple of catchy songs, and they played competently. They had their own sound - good or bad, that's more than most bands can say. Yeah, they sound a little hackneyed now, but…

I was just joking, Eric…like everyone else here (all I really wanted to do was make my 'Quickening' joke). I really don't care if Mara Wilson acts again, honest. Still, I don't think she made some holy vow to never appear on screen again - I think she just stopped trying to be an actress once the roles dried up, as…

Although the likelihood that 'Doubtfire Part 2: The Quickening' will suck is fairly high, I think it is a little premature of Mara to say no before there is even a script. Maybe they will come up with something good - crazier things have happened. Mara must have been smart with her money if she isn't even listening to…

Very nice. Your take on the pitfalls of adapting prose (novels, graphic or otherwise) to the screen is spot on. As for Watchmen, with it's back story and nonlinear approach, it was never going to work very well as a movie. Gilliam's take would have been fascinating to see. Snyder's was wonderful to look at, that's…

You are correct, if there is one inescapable rule of the Watchmen universe, it is this; do NOT fuck with the Doctor. I agree, there are risks to Veidt's plans, but then, even using the squid entailed risks.

I like your take on the Lovecraftian angle. Another poster here made a really spot-on observation that I also like. Since the entire story (Moore's, not so much Snyder's) is a critique/re-imagining of the comic book medium, it makes sense that the "Villain" (Veidt) would summon a monster to do his bidding. This is…

The brandy is on me. I've been getting bashed about the head by some posters who just wont let up, and I'm exhausted, a drink sounds good about now. Man, you'd think that on the Onion you would get a break from the dogmatic comic book fiends that can not let one little thing go that does not pass their idea of…