That’s horrible.

Gesundheit.

Event Horizon did a *fantastic* job at that. Those rapid-fire visions of hell are so effective because you just barely have time to register a couple of horrible images, and your imagination does the rest.

Okay fine, I’ll do it.

It’s really distressing how many of my friends and relatives can’t tell the difference or don’t care.

Because it looks more eye-catching when you see it next to 50 other screens in a brightly lit Best Buy showroom.

I was really hoping it would turn out that Wai Ching Ho is playing the same character she plays in Flight of the Conchords, and that The Hand is just another name for the Tough Brets. 

Microwave nachos with salty tortilla chips and sharp cheddar / jack cheese.

It would have been funnier if they’d replaced him with Bill Corbett.

I’m a big fan of Bold Rock cider, which is made just 30 minutes away from my house in central Virginia. Most of my alcohol-savvy friends think it’s too sweet, but they also make an “IPA” (India Pressed Apple) that has a drier flavor. I don’t know if they distribute much outside of Virginia and DC, though.

The Sea by Carbon Leaf. One of my favorite songs from my favorite band. It’s a gorgeous, heartfelt metaphor of moving into the deeper waters of a relationship, with all the excitement and fear and danger that entails.

Neal Stephenson books I’ve loved and finished: Snow Crash, Anathem, Seveneves

Back in 2008 when I was living in South Carolina I heard that the crappy $3 theater in my town was about to close, permanently and abruptly. My roommates and I agreed we had to see one last movie together, no matter what was playing, and the best option was Wanted. You’re absolutely right; it’s almost unbelievably…

Oh please, like anyone would ever sexualize Sonic the hedgehog.

"Sarah, you are going to die…"
"What?! No!"
"…when I tell you who I'm dating: Squeaky Fromme! She is… difficult."

Yeah, I don't care how much you may hate Dave Matthews' voice or songwriting, his band is crazy talented.

War of the Worlds could have been great if Spielberg had embraced the horror and taken away the one insanely unrealistic happy plot point at the end (you know the one I mean).

It's a UNIX system. You know this.

Yeah, using CGI to make human-sized vampire/zombies with no CGI-requisite powers was an unforgivable mistake.

Absolutely. I don't like the way Nolan tends to film fight scenes, but the spinning-hallway fight in Inception was brilliantly done. I'd like to see the behind-the-scenes footage of Joseph Gordon-Levitt training to fight in a giant rotating set.