But Elongated Man is such a kickass name - just rolls off the tongue. Kids can't get enough about Elongated Man.

No, under GWB Gonzo pissed the FBI off by mandating agents be taken off actual crimes and hitting legal porn, in the hope a friendly judge would somehow agree and they could push it up to a 5-4 conservative SCOTUS and get it banned. That was ten years ago.

Maybe that's why some Christians hate evolution so much. Things don't evolve to be "better", just to be better at breeding in the current context. In the same way Neanderthals had bigger brains, we have no reason to expect Peak Human didn't happen (and die off) a long, long time ago.

No, but I tend to believe that the better the film, the more effort is put into quickly sorting out those legal issues. A dumb buddy movie being held up is not a good sign.

I dunno, the evil girlfriend in DP at times seemed like "okay, what's the most evil thing I can do, hahaha". I insist that Flynn has skills and she can write; I just keep thinking maybe she needs a partner when it comes to plot and character definition.

It's implied!

Ebert had a line about this that always sticks with me about showing tech on-screen. It's that War Games doesn't necessarily understand computers, but it effectively convinces you it does. And it does it by not over-explaining (though it does some of it), but it's more just "this is how it works" in a way Joe Blow…

The thing is I think of all her protagonists, I like the SO one the best. I just didn't like the story, anyone else in it or how it all fell out. I find stuff I really like in all her books, but each one has some things I really struggle with, too - mostly the parent-child relationships, which unfortunately tend to be…

The Afflekonissance is really becoming a thing, isn't it?

It it means a picture of her finding a photo of that and just rolling her eyes in frustration, it'll be so worth it!

Is Sharp Objects anyone's favorite Flynn book? I know people who really loved GG and have met (in person even) some big Dark Places fans, but Sharp Objects? The main character is a complete fuck-up, the Missouri-porn as depressing as usual, every part a monster and it winds up using one of the most tired…

I dunno; there's certain times when a ghostly sax solo is the last thing you want to hear. Like being in the middle of nowhere in a needless remake.

If you're going to do all that fact-checking work, why not go out and get the interview itself? I mean other he won't talk to you, either?

Just buy the interview from some place none of us has ever heard of. What could possibly go wrong?

Hey man, we just paid money for it to publish. It's like, I dunno, I just work here man.

But you can trade in 1000 spider rings for a real spider, and 1000 real spiders for a Spider-Man costume!

Nah, very few of them do. Most make far less and while profitable, are nothing like the free money a few make.

Eh, they'll just go back to some other scam. You have a large population with at least some discretionary income, but are convinced mainstream entertainment isn't for them. They want to give money away; it's just a question of what to sell. If movies or books or music or TV doesn't work, something else will.

Every time the end of times doesn't happen gives us a point.

I doubt they spend their entertainment money on a lot of other stuff; these may very well be "yay, a movie we can go see and have some family fun".