I'm from the area, too. (In fact, I work fairly close to the old West End). The changes are pretty different, though, than something like the Combat Zone clean up. That was done through zoning and gentrification. When it comes to the West End, they basically bulldozed the entire neighborhood. Anyway, it's a really…

For some reason, Hollywood doesn't actually want to make the movie about the war with the robots. Terminator 3 wasn't great (it was fine, but didn't have the same emotional impact of the first two) but it did end at logical place. I get that humanity's genocide is a depressing subject for a movie, but if you refuse…

He and Brian Cox have the same problem, though. As soon as they show up, I know they are going to be a bad guy. Has Powers Boothe ever played a bona fide not-villain?

I agree on the reality. The original Terminator was one of those movies (like Escape from New York or, interestingly enough, Ghostbusters) that highlighted American society's fears of what our cities had become - industrial, lawless, soulless, etc. IMO, that's why it always felt like it had a realistic feel to it.

Adam Nimoy directed a short (30 minute) documentary called “Leonard
Nimoy’s Boston,” in which they went around to places in the West End (and other points downtown) and talked about what life was like in that neighborhood. It’s really interesting, not only because of Nimoy but because it’s an insight into a world that…

You were correct.

I agree that TWOP was over-moderated. There's a fine line between setting appropriate boundaries and seeking to assert one's authority for its own sake, and TWOP frequently stepped over that line.

It was disturbing how many people at TWOP hated Rachael Ray in her hey day.

What are you talking about? The Justice Department is run by the Attorney General, who is an appointee of the president. Good or bad actions, the Justice Department reflects the policies and values of whoever is president, just like every other department of the federal government.

"You know, this was fun and all, but at the same time, I kind of miss the
days when our national politicians (even the good ones) were sort of
no-nonsense, boring old fuddy-duddies instead of quasi-entertainers."

No more than you're ignoring the point that underscorex made. Also, Obama's Justice Department declined pursuing legal action in support of DOMA, so try again with this notion that he had nothing to do with the advent of marriage equality.

Yes, the documentary is fascinating in its own way. IIRC, the writer got the idea from an episode of Taxi Cab Confessionals.

Nope. You clearly haven't been reading what I've said. I've been "invested" in defending Swift on the "premise" (actually, the reality) that successful women are always denigrated because some men and sadly some women feel that they need to be taken down a peg. Swift is no different.

Rich for someone who is talking about Swift's "constantly morphing rationalization" to be talking about overinvestment. Please, tell me again how I am the one who is overinvested?

Let me guess, you're the cool girl, aren't you?

No they aren't. They are making fun of her because her level of success on her own terms - one that isn't tied to some man creating it for her - has generated a derangement syndrome towards her.

Oh please. The demand for perfection for women who stand up for themselves is ridiculous. Is she perfect? No. Can she be petty? Sure, just like every other human being on the planet. Does she still have the right to stand up for herself and her work, regardless of the fact that she has foibles like every other…

She has her ex-boyfriend and someone who publicly humiliated trying to drag her down, even though in both cases, she hasn't really done much except respond to them. And yet, somehow, she's the villain because God forbid a woman stand up for herself.

He's taking claim for her accomplishments and yet somehow, people can't understand why she'd be upset by that. This whole episode is depressing in how it proves people's deeply entrenched sexism.

Careful, you'll strain a muscle with all of that reaching.