I can see why it got a little hate, but I laughed aloud at that skit. I thought it was just kinda out of left field, but in a good way.

Brian Eno's half-baked bad ideas are nearly always more interesting than most people's best ideas.

Ha - all episode, I was trying to figure who that guy reminded me off. Yeah, evil Steve Carrell.

Finally got around to watching this - liked it enough to hit "series record" on the DVR. The special FX were not that great - a little distracting, especially in the city-wide wall shots, but the acting & storyline kept it going well.

I agree. I think, though, that the woman quoted works for a similar, but different show. She's saying her show does that, but Judy's doesn't.

Just awful.

Happy Endings was really good. The timeslot/day jumping was a killer, though. We'd be flipping channels at least once a month and stumble across it by accident. I'm not sure I ever saw a whole episode - usually just the last 25 minutes.

I only read part of the first Shannara book (the Sword one, I think), and I remember a scene where a magician (or something to that effect) used something that was obviously a flashlight. Its was presented as a relic, something from the past, and I just assumed that the author was heavily telegraphing the…

I like this advice. An album also has more room for legible liner notes and could be framed or displayed. You may have no idea what you're talking about, but I think you nailed this one.

I finally started the first one about a year ago and had a similar experience. I read up on it afterward, and the author even said, "yeah, I just more or less copied LOTR."

I've had tickets to see Morrissey five times, and he's shown up twice. That makes my batting average .400, which is prolly just as good in Morrissey-attendances as it is in baseball.

Chuck Kolsterman's review of "Chinese Democracy" is one of my favorite AVClub pieces. Also, I read that Izzy Stradlin is joining them, which bodes well. I always thought he was the band's secret weapon anyway.

That was it, actually. It confused me because there wasn't an "examine" option initially - I had to first kill a wraith. After that, I received the "examine/burn body" option. I must've spend an hour trying to figure that out. I also can't figure out how to spend points, what that card game is about, and several other…

Yeah - I'm not sure that the author has a clear concept of Jesus. Or maybe I don't. We're not on the same page, that's for sure.

I finally sat down with Witcher III, having played neither Witcher nor Witcher II. I like it a lot, but, wow, I just find so much of it counterintuitive and confusing. I'm supposed to burn a body. I have a torch and a spell that lights things on fire. Neither works. I have a crossbow, but how do I equip it? I'm…

No Killing & Dying? I thought for sure that'd make any end-of-the-year list. Hadn't heard about the "Two Brothers," though - excited to pick that up.

I agree with the Michael Jackson thing. Not in a bad way - it wasn't like a bad imitation, but it did definitely seem like he was playing Jackson playing a Scarecrow. I just sort of chalked it up to Jackson being so iconic.

Well put - that about sums it up.

I really love the new New Order album, and I generally prefer the NO camp to the Hook camp. I'd rather hear new stuff than wallow in Joy Division karaoke. That being said, I really, really liked that Peter Hook autobiography (Unknown Pleasures) and it really sort of turned me around on him. Hope they work it out.

Night Flight beat 'em all.