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Mark Lindquist
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The accent comes and goes.

It did. I accidentally downloaded it and watched it. Accidents happen.

In an episode filled with great moments, my two favorites were the dog bit—so unexpected the first time, just absurd the second time—and Nathan's non-invite of Soloman.

When Marvel makes a movie for adults.

Oh boy, a carnival!

How tall is the dud?

The Beatles, 'Jurassic Park,' B-horror double features.

Nothing says "romantic dinner" like having your spouse constantly standing up from the table to go judge an amateur cooking competition. On an extremely related note, nothing says "romantic dinner" like knowing that your food is being cooked by chefs who are taking part in an amateur cooking competition.

To be fair to Alex, he has to make repeated small talk with the awkwardest portion of society. That would suck.

Sign of just how irrelevant these movies are: When I saw it on the torrent site, I just assumed that the movie had come out four months ago and was out on DVD now. Apparently it is getting a theatrical release? OK.

Not sure why Joel McHale is saying, "Fuck you, network TV." "Network TV" isn't the reason your show got canceled. "Shitty ratings" are the reason your show got canceled.

I think the public discomfort of having to order a ticket and sit next to other people is going to end up knocking down the amount of money it makes. You aren't going to lose your entire audience, obviously, but I do think you lose at least a portion. It's an odd movie to order a ticket to. Perhaps I view society as

Who, exactly, is the audience for this movie film? I thought the whole appeal of this blemish on humanity's record was that if a housewife (or whomever!) wanted to consume this vapid product, they could do so easily without anybody knowing because it is a book and books can be hidden either on Kindle, or when shuffled

The hotel bit was so absurdly intricate that I demand at least a B+ for the episode (though I agree that by the standards of the show, this one was somewhat tame in its weirdo public reactions). I'm really excited for the Dumb Starbucks episode. Assuming they devote the entire episode to the concept, this could be

My top five

Upvoted for "the baby me" line.

Saw 'Snowpiercer' (loved it) and 'Afflicted' (run o' the mill found-footage vampire movie that I had read good revews on). In TV, caught up on 'The Leftovers' (intrigued as to where show might go). Music, listening to a lot of Strand of Oaks 'Heal' (fantastic and much more rockin' than I'd expected, given that

I had no clue on Final and took a wild guess of "What is the Little House on the Prairie?"

The first five episodes of 'True Detective,' before it became a relatively conventional cops vs killer show (though I did think the finale was really good). It's not that the final three episodes sank the show or anything, but those last few focused so much on wrapping up the story that simply by necessity, the slow,

"Brooklyn Baby"- Lana Del Rey
"Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone"- Lykke Li
"Eyes to the Wind" or "In Reverse"- War on Drugs