Lede

To be fair, kids probably do not vote in large quantities on RottenTomatoes, so maybe the methodology underestimates the actual audience evaluation. Then again, most critics are not kids (and some ARE stoners).

Well, they were a crappy TV procedural (detective work was simple and relied purely on implausible chance), and they completely desecrated all the brilliant setup of the beginning of the show (rendering almost all of it pointless). Being transcendently bad enough to make OTHER things much worse doesn't scream…

Explanation is a little questionable, though the original scene was fine.

I'm not seeing any argument here. Is it "Rape is bad, so don't show it on the teevee"? Well, that doesn't make any sense - bad things are shown on TV all the time, like say, on a show called Game of Thrones where they show MASS MURDER. Is it, "Don't glorify bad things on TV"? Well, 1) Even the article admits it is not…

Wow, this Todd fellow wastes a lot of time watching TV.

As a Swede, sadly most of that is fiction. But hey, it's still pretty good.

If we're talking about Palo Alto schools, it reminds me a lot more of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Inka Cola outsells Coca Cola in Peru, for one.

It's the problem with a lot of true stories - it's long and formless, with no driving, unifying force, just one damn thing after another. And heh, I wish - my phone can't even play music, let alone videos.

I found EP and LoA deadly dull. For Reds, seeing the running time was enough to scare me off. I didn't even know there was an Atonement movie, but I did enjoy the book, so maybe I would have been tempted before - no longer! The most useful thing is someone who shares all your tastes to recommend movies, but almost…

#1: Calvin & Hobbes, Far Side
#3: Nothing - no other comic trip has ever drawn even a wry chuckle, least of all Peanuts