That tracks with the general L&O rule that if you recognize a guest actor, they’re probably the murderer - mostly only breaks down if the episode was filmed before they became famous.  

I’m mostly pretty interested in this, except that I remember readers getting upset about something happening to the dog?  I’m going to check doesthedogdie.com before I see it, I think.  

So, is there any word on if this is going to get movie sequels? If there isn’t really an ending, I don’t particularly want to see it if there isn’t going to be a part 2 and 3.

I’m enjoying T Kingfisher’s Paladin series (book 2 just came out) - they’re fantasy romances, mostly, but with a good amount of humor, and a dash of horror, so a pretty interesting mix.

So my memory is probably correct on that point, then

Also, the questions they’ll ask are set - it’s not like they’d tack a political gotcha onto the end of “what was your best childhood vacation” or something.  

I’m pretty sure that isn’t one of the designated 11 Questions this year - this is a pretty straightforward format.  

He does come across as very relatable, but I do have a little bit of me that has to wonder if it’s remotely possible to be an actual “ordinary guy” if the *only* job you’ve ever had, from the time you were a teenager, is being Alice Cooper, superstar.  

I had to look that one up too - that movie was *such* a disappointment to me, because the Black Cauldron is the start of a really excellent series. Maybe someone will adapt it for tv, now that fantasy is marketable? It’s pretty epic in its own right. The whole “taran goes off on his own to work out his issues” book 4…

I didn’t like it as a kid, and never revisited it, but it’s been too long at this point for me to say what I disliked - I just have a vauge sense that the world it’s set in seemed to mean/cruel to me.

Maybe that comes later?  They’re due for a good smiting, I’d think...

The segment with the kids was pretty cute, and can be found here:

That golden Trump statue is so on brand for them - claiming that they’re supporting Christian values, while they literally worship a golden idol.

My best guess is she could tell she was off, and each jarring shift was her trying to find the right key for the next round? Or, maybe, in Conservative tradition, she was just totally confident that she was nailing it the whole time.

Fair enough :)  I mean, I can’t imagine liking any bit of art enough to get it permanently put into my skin, so it’s always been hard for me to relate to regardless.

One time, in my first office job out of college, someone came out of a staffing meeting and cheerfully told me what a “bargain” I was - apparently the gap between what I made vs what they could bill for my time was so much wider than for my (largely male) colleagues! I think the wierdest part is that the person who so…

The writing and storycraft in Firefly are *so* good, it can mostly make me forget the more troubling dynamics while I’m watching it (the total lack of Asian people, and the whole “the south will rise again” vibe). I haven’t tried a rewatch lately, though - I’m worried that all the recent insurrectionist crap in DC…

I agree on the questionable handling of Andrew, but Larry, for all his limited screen time, actually gets a pretty complete arc, doesn’t he? He starts out as an awful bully, then comes out (says something like “I’m so out, my grandma’s setting me up on dates”), becomes a much nicer, more well adjusted guy, and then…

Yeah, while there was plenty else to object to, I was always confused by that reading of the scene - I came out of the movie thinking the “monster” bit referred to her being an assassin (?). But, I’ve never rewatched the movie, so I could’ve been wrong.

One shitty movie doesn’t make everything else disappear - he just, like many other artists who achieve a particular level of success, started to buy his own hype and stopped letting others edit him/view things with a critical eye.