I am trying to guess what ends up happening to Kim, that we don't see her in BrBa ever. Dead? Disgusted and moved? Would definitely prefer the latter but fear the former.

I think the hearing with Chuck et al. was interesting particularly in that: Kim & Jimmy made a "remorse pass" of his affidavit, and deliberately changed "destroyed" to "damaged". Those were the exact two things Chuck and the judge felt to be insufficient.

AG the show is not as quiet or introspective as the book was, nor is this show's Shadow Moon.

Point taken, but apparently we're not bored yet. (I disagree with your comparison to slasher flicks though — that genre isn't as dripping with blood, and any sex to be had is used primarily as justification for death-by-psycho.) In the GoT model, the gore and carnal knowledge are targeted at the audience, who are…

Well, look at it another way: they're clearly aiming for an HBO-style epic, which means copious amounts of boobs and blood :)

Gary Oldman was too old so they had to find somebody else.

There's a whole thing about about how Gaiman tends to write schlubby non-descript (mostly white) guys who Have A Destiny. I'm happy that this Shadow Moon is not that guy.

My boyfriend and I shared the otherwise empty theater for Rob Zombie's POS "Halloween" with a psycho who kept saying, "Good boy, Michael!", "Go get her, Michael!" every time Mr. Myers did something rash. I don't know why we didn't ask for our money back, and it's a wonder I didn't throw my Pepsi at the clown in front…

De gustibus non est disputandum

Maybe this reviewer saw a different cut of The Founder? I watched this last night and there was no question that Keaton's Ray Kroc was an unmitigated bastard. Keaton is compelling nonetheless. He's really learned how to play a bad guy and make people watch it.

I really did enjoy it the show. It had a great atmosphere all the way through. I disagree that the school shooter cheapened things—I thought the writers tried to present something like modern America all the way through the show, and let's face it…

It's in the way some of the interactions of the characters she describes
are just a wee bit off. Epipens and tomatoes. A beautiful famous musician is kidnapped from Cuba and nobody notices?

+1 for "reveal at the Olive Garden"

I saw it yesterday. Had to drive an hour to get to it, since it's been so universally panned it's already gone from the city. Maybe if I had read the book I'd feel as cheated as all the critics apparently do, but I believe a movie adaptation has to stand on its own, and be judged that way too.

Hm, I'll have to think about that. I never would have called Juno a "genuinely subversive send-up of pop culture", even though it is subversive and dripping with pop culture references… Interesting idea.

Always love her, don't see her enough. "Fancy a breath mint?"

See, that's the thing I don't get: the movie gets criticized for not being genuinely subversive enough, but please name me a genuinely subversive send-up of pop culture in the last 20 years.

Take the Chevy to the levy.

I like the show. There's a little too much setup-without-payoff for my tastes — are we sure Damon Lindelof isn't hiding backstage somewhere? See, the thing about payoff is that once you have it you can move the story on. Try to keep it all setup and things get static. There's definitely something static about this…

Ideas can take a while to grow, and that's fair. But Eliza Dushku was just unwatchable. Unlikeable. Unbearable.