Goliath frogs are (pond)growers, not (jump) showers.

I reread the books over the past week and was surprised but pleased at how different they were.

Aren’t these things called coconut crabs because they also climb trees and crack open the coconuts with their claws? 

I wonder if this guy grew up in Florida? Speaking as a native, his critter-wrangling skills ain’t shit.

I cannot properly express to you my disappointment upon finding that Twin Peaks was a breastaurant and not affiliated with the Lynch series.

I always thought of them as the place dads take sons too young for strip clubs. Kind of early training for later variations of male bonding.

They were supposed to open one here in Orlando and ... didn’t.

I agree it’s overrated. The entire conceit that the monsters have super-powered hearing made anything else ridiculous. If a predator can hear you from MILES away then if it’s in the same room with you you’re dead. It’s hearing your heartbeat, your clothes rustle, your breath, hell, probably the dead skin cells falling…

He’s been producing a whooooole lot of stuff. I dig that, I think it’s great he’s using his clout to support other filmmakers now that he’s made his bank. 

Ditto the hippo. It’s a well-known internet factoid they kill more people in Africa than crocodiles. Or something.

Oh snap! I love Hannibal Lecter in all his forms so this comment is hitting all kinds of buttons. Good call! 

Having just re-read the books over the weekend, I think the author (who I love! Yay Charles) lost the thread here. I think one of the most important themes in the book re: corporations is how players in the Military Industrial Complex game (GDIT, Lockheed, both namedropped at one point) began to invent problems so…

It’s been a week of horror and I only just ran across this news story but I will indulge myself with a little fantasy scenario.

Actually I do! Sort of. My pre-school teacher had a B&W television, so when they showed the Wizard of Oz and people were talking about the horse changing colors she was utterly out of the loop. 

I’m glad I was sitting down.

You also need the established fan base that Marvel has, and they don’t have that.

I’m suddenly on board with this. Like Dracula’s throwing down moves that worked in the 1890s (or 1950s!) but modern women are like ‘Enjoy the wintry freshness of MACE.’ 

The other thing is that, while the studio owns the rights to the distinctive likenesses of the characters as they appeared in the ‘30s and ‘40s, they’d never use those likenesses, because they’re nearly a hundred years old and have been imitated, parodied, or paid tribute by hundreds of pop culture products, from…

I was watching the original 1925 Phantom of the Opera over the weekend and thought how nice it would be if someone could do a (good) version on the 100th anniversary in a few years. And the original has REALLY held up, especially Lon Chaney’s performance. Just his hands were fascinating!

Found myself wondering WHERE people should want to live and had a chilling vision of one of the Flying Citadels from the Dragonlance books but with a giant gold T in front.