We have to assume that they're at least considering Tim Burton to direct so yeah that's a good bet.

I guess I can see where you're coming from. But honestly the times I laughed the most at Titus had nothing to do with him being gay (his one-man production of the Lion King, Franken-wolf, "I'll give you a hundred bugs," etc.) My memory of Will & Grace is admittedly hazy, but I remember a lot more limp-wristed jumping…

I recently read "Eleanor & Park" which was
excellent
, so now I'm reading through the rest of Rainbow Rowell's stuff. I just finished "Landline" and "Attachments," both of which I liked well enough but didn't love. They both had clever premises that never really went anywhere ("Landline" especially would have made a…

this comment is doubly hilarious to me having just watched a ted talk where a man explains how empirically mediocre Alpha House is.

It didn't exactly spur me into action, but Black Mirror has had a profound effect on how I view the world. Particularly the episode "White Bear" (SPOILERS) I think like most people who are anti-death penalty or concerned about prisoner's rights, I always had a nagging doubt - what if I were the defendant? What about…

I don't think that's quite it. Bowie's synicism is usually undercut with a bit of optimism. I mean, "Five Years," which is pretty explicatly about the apocalypse, devotes a few lines to someone sitting peacefully in an ice cream parlour as the world goes to shit "drinking milkshakes cold and long," and finishes with…

I worked at a candy store for a few months, and I can't tell you how many times a customer would point to their child and say, "he's like a kid in a candy store!!"

My mom used to work for University of Pennsylvania, and would sometimes meet celebrities who came there to speak. She said two of the biggest asses she ever met were Michael Moore and Donald Trump.

I really liked Jessica Jones's intro and almost always sat through it, but my favorite has to be Kimmy Schmidt - that theme song is waaay too catchy.

Sometimes I go to McDonnalds and when no one's looking I touch all the straws .. SECRETSS!

That's exactly what happened to me! I never listened to anything that wasn't on the radio until I watched Life on Mars (the year before, when my prom date asked what kind of music I liked, I told him "nothing"). That show's soundtrack (but especially Bowie's contribution) was a huge influence on my tastes. It led me…

He's even wearing Sir Digby's famous hat! Layers!

I've given up wondering if the showrunners truly understand the characters just based on how needlessly cruel Sherlock is. Holmes never snaps at a client or calls her an idiot to her face, and is only sharp with someone when they withhold information or are being particularly obtuse. When Watson (ie the audience)…

I liked the sound of "The Water Man" until I saw it was backed by Disney - I was imagining something much cooler (child searches for mysterious man who conquered death? come on). Other than that, "Ares," the untitled African project, and the one about the Inuit woman all sounded interesting and will most certainly…

Most of my knowledge of Brand comes from the increasingly hostile bits about him on Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (I'd be hostile too if I had to share a country with him), my favorite being this one from a few months ago: https://youtu.be/4A2-iCEyMz8

Finally read In Cold Blood – I was warned off it as a teenager by someone who thought it would be too scary, but I realized this year that I'm 25 and can read whatever the hell I want. It was fantastic.

Holy hell that's a chilling quote.

That's just the weirdest invention. I guess it's purpose is to make eggs to eat on the go, but a cylinder of eggs isn't that much more portable. If it was faster than cooking eggs in a pan that'd be one thing, or if it could cook on the go (which I'm guessing was the original plan, seeing how it's shaped like a coffee…

I love Fry's reading, but I don't know if it's because that's the one I heard first, or if I just like it better. I think the general consensus is that Dale's reading is more like a performance, like he's doing a one-man show, while Fry's is more subdued, like he's sitting next to you reading aloud. Dale puts a lot of…

Oh lord. I thought we had it bad with our high school's all-white production of Aida (no blackface, thank god, but all the Nubians wore cornrows). The next year was an all-white production of West Side Story, but the worst was an attempt at an all-white Hot Mikado (really). Mercifully, it was aborted when everyone…