The sad part of all this is that block chain technology has some potential to improve the global monetary system, particularly in countries that lack a reliable banking system. But what we have instead is just an environmentally destructive speculative asset, being promoted by people with very questionable motives.

It has way to much of a cosplay with FX feel to it.

As much of a Tolkien nerd as I was growing up, this preview didn’t really leave me jumping. For one, unlike the long-awaited preview for The Fellowship of the Ring, where you could instantly identify familiar characters, who am I seeing here? Off the top of my head, I can only think of a handful of names associated…

Belgium and Denmark, despite being rather pleasant if unexciting places to live, seem to specialize in TV and movies that portray the world in an unflinchingly dark manner. So, yeah, this looks interesting. 

When Warren Buffer starts buying cryptocurrencies in large amounts, then I'll take notice. Until then, I'll refrain from taking investment advice from Lebron James, Larry David, Matt Damon, Rob Gronkowski et al.

“Venues being ugly”... I agree with you there. At least for some of the outdoor events, part of the enjoyment is watching the athletes move through beautiful winter scenery, like in the Alps, or Scandinavia.

My God, you’ve just added a new layer to my understanding of Darcy. I’m just like Darcy too. Well, minus the handsome and rich parts.

To be fair, it never seemed in character that Frasier Crane, MD/PhD would give up a real clinical practice to do essentially on the radio what Dr. Phil does on TV. So maybe, in effect, they were colleagues.

Even though I knew the story already from the film adaptations, when I finally got around to reading the book, I realized within the first chapter why it enjoys such a good reputation. Pride and Prejudice really is an enjoyable read. Austen's prose is the perfect example of "economy of words". She manages to say far…

That’s pretty much why I stopped watching and caring about the ceremony about 20 years ago. It dawned on me that this was basically just a bunch of people who are always told how wonderful they are being told who among them was slightly more wonderful. And that knowing who was now the most wonderful changed my life…

I'm a ND grad and I can't stand Rudy, either the movie or the real person.  

I was never a Pearl Jam fan, but I can see his point. Not that thr early 90s were some Golden Era of popular music, but what you would hear on the radio during thr last few years of the 80s was mostly terrible. It sounded like the only instruments used were a cheap Cassio synthesizer and a drum machine. Everything…

The tests that can be performed with a drop of blood mostly already existed before Holmes had her “idea”. However, because each test uses very different analytical principles, there was never going to be a single machine that couldd run them all.

Yeah, I think I was in 1st grade when Jim O’Brien had that fateful skydiving trip.

As Philadelphia ex-pat who hasn’t lived in the region in over 20 years, my main reaction to the news clip is this: Holy crap, Jim Gardner is still the main anchor on Channel 6's Action News? I’m pretty sure he’s had that gig since the 70s. That has to be some kind of record for a newsman. How old is that guy? He never…

Reducing that subplot to a single hand gesture in the film...was one of the better editorial choices Coppola made, to put it mildly.

I will sometimes read the AV Club’s episode reviews of shows I know nothing about to see if they pique any interest.

Ok, staging must be the key, then. I don’t remember how they play the scene in the original film, but in the amateur versions I’ve seen, it comes across more as bullying than threatened sexual violence.

Wait... what? Was that a subplot addition to the movie, or did I just miss that detail in the original film and all the amateur versions I’ve seen of the show? 

I pity the guy, he was in an impossible situation for a lowly PC. For all that I love the Beatles and view the rooftop concert as near mythical, it doesn’t appear that they even inquired if a permit was needed, much less obtained one. If I had a business in the neighborhood that was suddenly disrupted by an…