Hopefully not off-topic, but Australia was very much in my mind this weekend (I’m American) after I watched Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli” (1981).

Since reading your post I’ve been staring off in deep contemplation for several minutes... “There, now nobody’s happy,” is a mind-blowingly succinct, fitting mission statement for American culture in 2020.

Yeah I remember that... I’d have to rewatch it to be sure, but I remember the villain, Buddy, being not the classic bully. If I remember right he was just someone who wanted to be left alone. There’s literally a scene where he’s just studying quietly by himself in the library and a big guy accosts him, because the…

This makes next week’s showing of “Die Hard 3" a bit awkward. 

I heard an analogy about cooking: there’s a reason cooking entails using only certain spices and certain combinations, rather than throwing your entire spice rack into a dish and thinking it will be great.

There really seems to be a consensus on this show: that it should’ve been good (at least a guilty pleasure), but just wasn’t.

I like how the premise for #5 is how direly shameful it is to have a friend who-gasp!-reads books.

The first track on Morrissey’s Vauxhall & I album, “Now My Heart is Full.” It’s these watery-sounding strings that are both forceful and subdued. It’s so hypnotic as to be almost creepy. 

Regardless of how you feel about such an action, a reminder that his statement shouldn’t be taken seriously:

Another Coloradan here.

After reading this article, I literally leaned back in my chair, worked out a kink in my neck which caused me to look at the floor... the first object I saw was a Paw Patrol ball with all the characters on it. I was vaguely aware of the ball’s presence in my house, but I hadn’t seen it in months. 

“...but she should gracefully exit the stage at this point.”

BOOM!

It moves right along because it “doesn’t waste a lot of time” on logic. Don’t get me wrong, I loved it as a teenage boy, but it’s one of those movies that I watch as an adult (and there’s still some fondness there) and the plot holes are gaping... or maybe not so much plot holes as just the absurdity... Dalton is a…

I thought he was more of a 3 Doors Down guy. 

When Rutger Hauer died I showed my wife the first 10 mins of “The Hitcher.” The tension in that scene builds expertly, but I like how from the get-go CTH is trying to establish a rapport with RH and he’s just ignoring him.

It’s weird to think that back then you could build a literary career off all that. I suppose it reflected the reading public’s appetite though?

And you may say to yourself, “My God, what have I done!?”

Thank you. I remember many years ago hearing a comedian make a joke about how TV manufacturers advertise their product—with its superior picture—on TV, meaning a guy’s sitting in his living room watching his own TV and sees the commercial and says ‘oh man, they’re right, that picture looks much better than my TV!’

It’s been more than 20 years since I read it, but I seem to remember a line from Don DeLillo’s “White Noise” (1985), where a character from New York says that in NY the measure of wit is how cleverly you can express your unhappiness.