Unique in world history that a people invents an origin myth in which they are descendants of slaves. Usually the opposite, they are descendant of Gods or Kings or whatever.
Look, you want a poll ? I can tell you the same thing, I am speaking about experts of the subject not historians of 18th century Germany. There is…

No, sorry, but the archeologists and historians of the period still think there was an exodus. The idea that the Israelite are a Canaanite sub-culture that emerged out of the blue and invented itself a past as slaves in Egypt (something unique in world history) is indeed fashionable in some circles, but far, very far…

No, absolutely nobody thinks the Manetho story was altered by monks. Christians interlopers changed only things related to Jesus not to Jewish history.

Kennet Kitchen, one of the greatest egyptologist alive ?

Manetho apparently did not agree with you, he had a record of it 2300 years ago. We lost over 99% of what the Egyptians "wrote down" so saying that they did not write about the Exodus is factually incorrect.

Indeed one of the best Rohmer movie but that's not saying a lot. He had a few nice movies but no masterpiece. And the three women are *not* beautiful just average or slightly above average which I think was intended.

Lost is the best network TV series ever and JJ Abrams has almost nothing to do with it (he was just involved in the pilote).

Starbucks indeed failed because of quality and because they entered a very competitive market in Israel with a lot of local espresso bars brands who fight over price or quality or whatever and attend to the particular Israeli tastes (like good quality coffee, fresh food, vegetables and fruits, big breakfast…).
Dunkin'…

PoI is one of the best shows on TV and probably the best network TV show. So sad that so much people do not watch it because they think it is a stupid CBS procedural when in fact it is more accurately described as a mix between the Batman show that everybody has been waiting for (when Bruce Wayne and Batman are in…

Very interesting. I think they also changed the purpose of the sideways during production. The fact that the island was drowned and that Ben and his father lived on it was supposed to be important.
Regarding Ilana, a small thing: was she supposed to be Jewish ? Ilana is a mostly Jewish and even Israeli name and in the…

The "But what was with the polar bears?" people really kill me. I had a discussion with a guy last week who asked exactly this question.
The polar bear mystery was one of the earliest answered mysteries - in season 2, episode 3 "Orientation" - they were part of the Dharma Initiative experiments. And they explained it…

2 great episodes. The Long Con is maybe one of the most important episodes of Lost not because of what happens in it but because it gives us a clue about the entire plot and many sub-plots - long cons all the way down. From the fake hillbillies Others to the MIB long con on Locke and everybody, it is one of the keys…

I don't know what is flawed in The Prestige or Memento, these are incredible movies (The Prestige in particular is among the best I ever saw and I have seen a lot and mostly european movies, not Michael Bay ones).

I agree, very good episode, a true B+ if there was one, I really enjoyed it.

Good movies ?
In terms of superhero movies, I liked the Nolan Dark Knight movies mainly because they were not superhero movies, and I think that Man of Steel is not exactly a success to say the least but at least it had some kind of ambition and takes itself seriously. I know that here many people do not like it…

Nice list of movies that I will not go to see in the theater (maybe later some of them join the plane if there is nothing else). Yes I am the odd guy who comes here and hates superhero movies, particularly the Marvel take on them - infantile, stupid, and silly.

Something nobody said (I think): Samaritan could rig elections only in the USA because in the reste of the democratic world, almost nobody uses machines to vote but regular paper and human ballot counting. And people do not need to be called to go to vote (election day is a no-work day, usually on Sunday). So another…

(There is no part of the written Bible that predates the Jewish kingdom)

Excellent episode.

"Jennifer Lawrence is pretty much the biggest star in Hollywood right now"