He said all that stuff isn’t science, it’s formulas. He strikes me as the type of guy who would say that with a straight face and actually believe it, too.

So you want me to use alternative physics to disprove alternative realities? Interesting. I’ve never really played that game before. Is this a nerd fight?

I smell a rat. This guy obviously knows “science”. His calculations, especially flight characteristics, incorporate good old round-earth gravity. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

I like the miniseries okay, but it’s too faithful to the book in some ways, and it’s dated in a way the Lynch version hasn’t. Lynch’s is ugly and ridiculous—and I honestly kinda hate it—but it’s timeless, at least for certain definitions of “timeless”...

They should cast Jared Leto as Duke in David Lynch’s GI*Joe and Sting can be...Gene Simmons. I can go either way on the diaper.

I was all set for Dril to turn out to be famous actor Jack Nicholson.

Great little casting against type there — if John Leguizamo of all people is sober and serious, you know shit is real.

As much as it killed me to have the dog die, I think that was actually part of what made the movie so successful for me. Rarely do I go into a movie when I am that much in favor of watching someone get brutally killed in retribution. Killing the dog put me on John Wick’s side in a HUGE way.

“Because after all, it was just a fucking dog.”

It’s the matter-factness that Viggo delivers the speech with that completely sells it. “He is creature of focus, commitment, and sheer will. Something you know very little about.”

I think the movie works because it plays to Keanu’s strengths. Namely by framing his difficulty with emoting as a sort of silent rage. Plus it’s funny to see that the guy who plays Theon Greyjoy has now basically been typecasted to play assholes.

The only bad thing about John Wick is the sequel. I hated the sequel. It became apparent early on that there’d be lots of self-pleasure and no tension, as if they skipped straight from the early Bond films to late period Pierce Brosnan.

My thought exactly. Corporate liability shields are your friend. And frankly, if you end up going super-red and weren’t prepared with an LLC to shield you, be aware that bankruptcy laws shield certain assets: including your house and your car in most states.

Today’s lesson:

I would watch this movie.

I have no idea what any of those words mean in the title.

(Looks up paso robles, sees that it is central CA. :/ )

As a huge fan of The Smiths and many of his solo albums, I have no reservation in saying “Fuck Morrissey”, and his racist, Islamophobic, UKIP-supporting BS.

Yes it does, my friend. Yes it most certainly does.

The main character of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash is named Hiro Protagonist.