I disagree with that. Reloaded very cleverly builds on the idea that the gnostic spiritualism that powered the first movie, as well as a jillion real-world hippies who think they're deep, is as much of a trap as the fake wold of the Matrix, that ANY system can be used to control people, and that freedom can turn into…

While I wish the themes were illustrated more through action than through dialogue, people who dismiss the dialogue as "nonsense" really don't get the film. The Wachowskis are developing an honest-to-god philosophical argument in these movies, one that builds throughout the trilogy (making the sequels "necessary" in a…

Whoa, what? When do they confirm that?

Because when an athlete leaves a franchise, his part is over with. But when a TV show is syndicated, we're watching actors give performances over and over again, and the network is profiting off those performances. It is fair to keep giving them money.

Don't…praise…the machine.

I actually think the Matt Smith run on Who is already far ahead of Lost and the X-Files at resolving its multi-year plot mysteries. The only really lingering questions at this point are who blew up the Tardis and what exactly the motives of the Silence are.

Jerry Stiller is so bizarre. He's apparently a comedy legend, but he often comes across like he's never had to act or tell a joke in his life and is just a random old man they dragged up onto the stage. And yet the end result is always hilarious. He's either completely incompetent yet staggeringly lucky, or one of the…

I actually agree with you about the first few seasons, with showrunner Russell T. Davies, being lousy, though there are a few brilliant episodes like "Blink". The writer of that episode, Stephen Moffat, took over as showrunner and Matt Smith took over as the Doctor, and the quality has increased quite a lot since…

However, by that logic, it was a BRILLIANT Easter special.

The thing is, even on a good show, I think audience laughter, real or canned, forces humor into a certain style—everything has to be rat-a-tat in pacing and fairly broad in delivery. Throwaway jokes or "WTF" moments don't work on laugh tracked sitcoms, and even subtle jokes are usually ruined by the addition of…

Also, the explorers wandering out of the jungle "with the words of the wise woman ringing in their ears: 'before you leave this valley, each of you will be wearing a duck.'"

You know what's weird? A kid at my school actually solved that mystery about a week after the episode aired. He figured out the "candy from a baby" as a clue, Smithers having to get home in time for "Pardon my Zinger" (the TV in Moe's flashes the airtime), the sundial initials, and everything.