Yes, Bardem got an Oscar nomination for his work. It's good but very sad. I think Roger Ebert called it "the best movie you'll never want to see twice." As someone who saw it once, I can agree. And yes, I loved the intro scene. Ray's dialogue with his father just reminded me of that scene where there are yet more…

I think I said "season one" rather than "episode one" before my inevitable "late night, almost falling asleep, damn I don't remember all these errors" edit. So apologies for the confusion. Also, on second thought I don't think he was criticizing feminism itself, but rather some of the more vocal detractors of his…

I got a serious "Biutiful" vibe from that intro scene (don't know if you ever saw it). Same type of surreal discussion with a father regarding death. But instead of a snow-covered forest, we got a dive bar with a Fred Ward performance. That's cool by me.

Yeah, I guess I was using a more broad definition of "straight man," but you're right that in shows this dark he would suffice. Guess I meant "comical" or "funny" character who provided a nice balance to the unbridled darkness that Rust and other characters brought to the proceedings.

Wasn't Antigone's dad the head of the whole spiritual commune, who gave that monologue to her?

To paraphrase Boyd Crowder: damn, you done some thinkin' on this! Anyway, that might be the case for some of his lines. Especially when there are other people around and he's trying to still come off as a big time gangster. But I think other lines from Vaughn are just not good on their own. The whole "stain on the…

With that footwork, he could fight in the UFC.

I think in the end, the critics that have been "too harsh" on the show just can't get past the melodramatic seriousness or the way that some of the characters talk. Which I admit is a big hurdle—especially without a "straight man"-type character like Woody Harrelson's from last season who mitigated a lot of the dark…

Someone else who thinks that Jason Clarke should have been nominated for best supporting actor? We should be friends.

"Meesa wanna wreck more sci-fi movie franchises!"

I'm fairly amazed at users' reactions to the selfies as well. Hell, I posted a picture of myself at the Taj Mahal in another disqus blog. To my surprise, there were actually very few people cursing my parents for giving birth to an abomination.

I'm certainly not saying I'm cool with all of it, but it's at least been interesting to see how Nic has formulated his "backlash to the backlash" within the writing of season two. The whole speech that Ani's dad did in episode one seemed to be directly addressing those who had complained about his treatment of women…

True, but at least in the episode there was some context to it and we knew why Paul was there. Which I think made it that much more interesting.

His short story collection is called "Between Here and the Yellow Sea." (Nic seems to have an acute interest in "yellow" things.) Some of them are a little meandering, but on the whole, it's a great short story collection. And in case you haven't read it yet, "Galveston" is a great novel.

Sounds wicked awesome. You might want to be careful though, they don't make 'em like they used to. And that makes me…ANGRY.

To be fair, I made it through the pilot. That's about where my dedication ended. I'd be happy to send him some chocolates or something to make up for my unfaithfulness.

I miss that show too, very much so. And man, I do love Jason Isaacs. So much, in fact, that I almost watched "Dig."

"How can this be? Steve Allen's gonna talk to meeeee!" http://www.adultswim.com/vi…

His performance in "Rise" wasn't perfect by any means, I just happened to enjoy it. I think "Zero Dark Thirty" is still his best one.

It's one of the most underrated shows of all time, in my opinion. Deep, dark elements of familial dysfunction mixed with some heavy crime and political corruption plot lines. Start your binge, my friend. You won't regret it. It's incredible.