Coincidentally, I was just thinking of "Survivor Type" yesterday. One of my kids asked some out-of-nowhere question about "could you eat your own leg?" and that totally came back to me. According to Stephen King, yes.

[Some Shining spoilers]. I thought the book and movie (1980) version were so different that they could be enjoyed in completely different ways. Both were scary, but I liked the topiary animals in the book and also liked the ending a bit better. The miniseries in the 90s was okay but they threw in a semi-happy WTF…

I tHinK eXistenZ iS a gReaT mOviE

A Slippery Jim di Griz type criminal?

I'm curious as to how "The Daily Show" goes over in U.K. as a lot of its focus is on U.S. politics and news programs. I guess funny is funny though, but I'm thinking if the situation were reversed, no one over here would watch a very funny show about British politics/news. I'm sure lots of A.V. Clubbers would, but…

Jack Vance world
Where I'd want to live— Any of the many fantasy worlds created by Jack Vance, whether it's the world of Cugel, Lyonesse/The Green Pearl, the space worlds, etc. Talk about some trippy stuff to see. Runners up: Dan Simmons' many Hyperion worlds or Earth in the time of the post-humans in Ilium (or at…

This
is the best news since they came out with DEF-CON.

I actually read a scruffy paperback of "Chariots of the Gods". It's one of those books that would be really cool if it was true, but it is a lot of nonsense and supposition and patently untrue.

Blood Meridian
So glad we're doing this book. Been re-reading it but only about 2/3 of way through it due to work commitments. Blood Meridian was my introduction to McCarthy so No Country and The Road and Outer Dark seemed kind of tame in comparison, violence-wise (yes, even The Road). I love the language of this…

And the brother of Keith (Wild Bill Hickock in "Deadwood") and Robert ("Revenge of the Nerds"). Check out "The Long Riders." He's Cole Younger and the baddest of the baddasses in that movie.

The AP report said the maid found him with a "cord" around his neck after he failed to show up to movie set. Police said he'd been there for 12 hours with no signs of foul play.

I took the online test but I'm not flying anywhere. Sitting, waiting for the phone that never rings, always hoping….

Maybe he has Sarah Palin eyes. She can see entire countries away.

"Deadwood" being covered by TV Club at the same time the AV Book Club is covering "Blood Meridian" = WOW. That's quite a heavy load of uber-violent Old West. For those that enjoy "Deadwood", you'd probably like "Blood Meridian", if you don't mind putting in a little work. They're not that similar thematically, but…

You can't do both "Rome" and "Carnivale" at the same time. You would get halfway through a season then TV Club would cancel one of them. Did you learn nothing from David Milch?

Conversly, Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus would make a great song title.

He's always known as "The Dreaded Q" around here.

Yeah, I was watching the marathon on SciFi (my youngest kid likes anything dinosaur, to include cheesy cheesy 70s kids shows) and I saw the character "Uncle Jack." I was saying, "Who the fuck is Uncle Jack?" Evidently he replaced Rick Marshall in Season 3, which I somehow completely missed in my childhood. Don't…

Well, it does take a couple of hours out of your life to do a DVD commentary, after all.

Did Alex Cox ever have an NHL team named after one of his movies? I think not.