All these different conspiracies so tightly interconnected that when one becomes evident, it triggers the next, which triggers the next, and so on.

I love the occasional escape-the-room games and their close cousins (ever play the Dismantlement series?), and I was into the Myst series back in the day. But I was a whole lot more eager for The Witness' release than this game. I wonder if there's much of a gulf between folks who prefer a Witness-y experience to…

That "prkkchunk" sound haunts my dreams.

I'm disappointed there weren't more politically-themed song parodies in this list.

Well, that's certainly an opinion.

Definitely, especially if you take into account how it's been embraced after the fact.

Sonic survives on its novelty. Quirky drinks, drive-in service, wait staff on wheels. The only decent main menu item I've found there is their hot dog.

Putting aside the quality of their burgers, I give Five Guys credit for the inspired way they package their to-go orders of fries. They include a cup, but add more fries than it can hold, filling up the bottom of the bag with grease-stainy goodness. It's brilliant, because as we all remember from our childhood…

No, no…this is the part where you defend our city's good name by proclaiming your fealty to the cheese-stuffed burger, then clutch a Jucy Lucy to your chest and turn toward the wall so they can't see the tears rolling down your face.

If only. There were times while I read it when it hit me that, despite his incredibly detailed descriptions of everything, whatever I was imagining would be nearly NOTHING like how it would've looked if he'd carried the production through to completion. I would've loved to know what that would have been like.

Honestly? Might be best in the Zen Coen category, as it's such an utterly committed genre experiment with thick, blatant gangster-film tropes. They invented a whole organized crime system, gave it its own patios and caricatures. At the same time, they imbued everything with such gorgeous visual poetry that it…

I've tried a couple of times. I recognize its off-kilter brilliance, but still haven't found the right mood or level of stamina to get through the whole thing.

Oh, me too. Me too.

I typed my response before reading yours, which means I unknowingly echoed you essentially. I read his screenplay for A Topiary, and realized it was simultaneously an incredibly brilliant aspiration, and utterly unfilmable.

If he ever finds a way to stay within his comfort zone in terms of producing and releasing films, and manages to keep his style and vision consistent, he'll be spoken of in hushed tones the way some folks discuss Malick.

Honestly saw that as Four Dude Films Quarterly at first, which gave your joke an entirely different nuance.

Don't blame this on Eva, she had nothing to do with it.

Minor Coen: Inside Llewyn Davis, The Man who Wasn't There, Raising Arizona
Major Coen: Fargo, A Serious Man, No Country for Old Men
Zen Coen: Barton Fink

DO they though?

I'm gonna pretend you really kept washing, your stomach was aware of something, and that you honestly craved and strove for fine performances from these two actresses. Even if you come back and edit this.