Yeah, I’m not a big fan of unit-body construction vehicles being passed off as “Trucks” or “SUVs,” and if it can’t tow anything, it’s not got much “utility” to me. I think the prevailing difference for years has been the packaging of the powerplant. A more steeply-raked hood (smaller engine compartment) makes it a…

no worries, i find it hard sometimes to remember which replies are to which posts. #thankskinja!

definitely prefer the pre-’67 look (headlights and bumpers, especially), but the disc conversion and wheels on this are nice adds. The interior, however, is a wreck. I’d rather not have to deal with that headache. besides, I prefer the “Death Dash” models. much cleaner looking and easier to take care of. I mean, the…

I still want a last-gen G8 GT GXP or whatever the f*#k it’s called. And then find an Aussie that wants to do a badge swap.

Have you ever driven one, though? Seriously, drives like a car, rides like a car, has a TON of comfortable space. I’d have a hard time buying one based on looks alone, but they’re damn fine machines when you need to take a long trip.

Fuji Apples and Michigan Cherries are not, in most cases, Oranges. While the GT-R and the Mustang may have vestigal back seats, the SS is an actual, usable, “family” car. Some people want more than just the stonking power, RWD (sorry, GT-R), and MT. Some people have other people that they often have to drive around…

Indeed. I’m used to running out of choices when I filter by size, but there’s not a whole lot actually happening in this shoe sale. The prices certainly aren’t that impressive.

Indeed. I’m used to running out of choices when I filter by size, but there’s not a whole lot actually happening in…

that’s some quality work there, mister.

“Will this woman never go away?” implies negative connotation with her presence and is inherently rhetorical.

Indeed. There have been a number of attempts to get Sandman into production as an HBO series type of thing. I would love to see that done well. Neverwhere would also make a good series, but maybe a 10-episode one-shot kind of thing.

Well, Gaiman has never been accused of being short of words, but I think that his wordiness, often, is one of the things that makes his writing so sublime to many people. It’s not necessarily flowery language for the sake of being flowery, it’s hyper-descriptive without being bogged down in details, and is truly…

not an ice cream truck moving anywhere near real road speeds! those things are seriously top-heavy and narrow.

I can’t remember if that’s in the book or not, but I’ve always loved that issue of Sandman (Fables & Reflections was the first collection I read).

it’s taken me longer to warm up to Dead Wife, simply because her part in the book was so “back room,” but i think that the way they’re using her to advance the story in the show is actually helpful. I simply don’t care for the character (or the actress, TBH), but by the end of the season finale, she really does start…

THIS! I totally forgot about that part of the book, that Wednesday basically shanghai’d Shadow from the very beginning. I thought the book did a better job of getting Shadow into Wednesday’s employ, as well, with him skipping the last two connecting flights and getting a car, yet running into him at the bar anyway.

i understand your feelings about this episode. I felt the same way about the Laura episode, TBH, but this one (the Essie digression) comes directly from the text, nearly word for word (as many of the “Coming to America” stories have). I think it was more of way to show how Sweeney made it to America and to demonstrate…

isn’t the Cornish word for “pixie” “piskie” or some such? i just read it again (the Essie chapter), but it’s already flashed out of memory. I think part of the translation from Welsh to Irish from the book to the show also helps to show how many cultures share similar (if not downright identical but for the specific…

or he WOULD, had he thrown in with the New Gods! Marketing, Marketing, Marketing, m’boy!

interesting that it turned out to maybe be both!