I've never been a true Utilitarian. So I can't completely agree with you there. I'm a Hobbesian in nature and feel that we have an obligation to the social contract that extends to serving the greater good at times means at the expense of your life. I think Rogue One can make that argument. Especially in the actions…

This entry into the Star Wars mythos is it's Guns of Navarone. The opening scene however, reminded me of the opening scene of Inglorious Basterds. There are so many WWII cinematic touchstones in Rogue One, and the film was better for it. I'm not sure where this movie ranks yet. But my initial reaction was it was a…

I am forming some ideas about themes The OA explored but doesn't seem to have been mentioned before. There seems to be an exploration of the idea of liminal space and time and comunitas. It also seems The OA Homer and the lady with ALS were given the five movement by animals that are know as psychopomps (messengers…

How did Ash get back to the present at the end of Army of Darkness. You just have to take an MST3K opening theme song philosophy to all this.

No one seems to be talking about the motivation of the heptapods. They will need us to help them in the future, but they need to help us so that we are able to help them. I think recognizing potential and the inherent good in what seems irrational, reactive and often brutally violent is as much about why God exists,…

Maybe I am justa big dummy, but I never felt like there was a twist in this movie. It felt like straight forward narrative that doled out the pertinent information when it was narratively expedient In other words. I never felt tricked or that I was trying to solve a puzzle. It was a story that was so much about how…

This is the album where I finally "got" Sleigh Bells. It has an astringent cleansing aspect to the music I typically listen to. Its loud and dumb and exactly what I need right now.

I'm glad they aren't Russian things.

When will he admit Scientology is a bigger mistake.

What channel is this on?

Let me break loose another piece of forgotten 80's cinema weirdness. "Tuff Turf", staring James Spader. I recommend you look into it.

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Got to go with Nigel Davenport.

Is Bea Arthur in it at least.

is Black Widow going to be in this?

Aww nuts.

Reddit can all get testicular cancer.

Is Bob Agent of Hydra in this?

I love German porn. And all that it entails.

I seem to remember that "Gold" was the more well known hit for a long time. Somewhere along th way "True" retroactively became the best know song.