I've posted my fair share of dog dicks, and then some, but my main question is—who are the people that think turtles have small penises? The author makes it sound like it's a pervasive issue in America, or something, and I can say—I've had lots of discussions about animal cocks, but never turtles. Neither large nor…

I was discussing casting of black characters with a friend who is in a show filmed in Vancouver. Some shows have black leads that means they are explicitly casting for black guests and extras to flesh out the family. And apparently it's hard, which is why most of the black actors you see on Sy Fy and CW shows are…

The Wire had more than one black mother—Kima and her wife were parents.

So you were aware of the negative publicity their penises had? I feel very out of touch with pop culture right now.

Are there really people out there who've been spending time thinking of turtle penises? I mean, enough that there's a "popular consciousness"? When did turtle dick get popular? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

I can't work out why I find the wish fulfillment of Bella being turned so laughable. The genre is chock full of "I finally discovered I was special" coming of age stories. And I bristle at the idea that it's less valid/entertaining/fulfilling because it's happening to a teenaged girl...

What are you talking about? That totally looks like a flag.

The writers are free to make Carl an annoying kid. Annoying kids who almost get themselves killed a lot (and who no one seems to give enough of a fuck about to try and keep them safe) certainly exist.

My shelf of movies has piles of man candy on it. I was never lacking for good looking, periodidally-shirtless movie stars. I'm not giving The Avengers back, but I'm also not letting go of Bady Boys or The Transporter, for instance. I don't see a significant uptick, to be honest.

It's funny what people call testy. I get pedantic, but I can assure you—I don't have enough invested in most of the conversations here to get testy. What do you see in that post that makes you think I'm irritated? I mean....seriously. Look at the subject matter, for one. What in it is worth getting mad about? And then…

Okay, how anti-Raimi is this? I don't mind Spider-Man, so there's no reason I couldn't ave an Avengers-style good time—they weren't my favourites either. But I got increasingly turned off by Raimi's work. But I don't like his stuff in general.

If anyone didn't know there was money to be made from girls going through puberty, they were idiots. But people had been taking money from these girls beforehand—they just didn't strike lightning like Twilight did. But it's not like Zac Efron didn't have a fat bank account before Twilight took off. The lesson to be…

This'll be how I go. Couple a chronic and persistent pain problem and an ever-increasing immunity (we can't give you that much—you'll die! I didn't die when you gave it to me last week....) I think if there weren't such a fear of addicts the people who need regular strong pain meds can be treated with less suspicion…

You're not explaining how either finale counts as "written into a corner", though. Joss ended that season knowing that Buffy was coming back from the dead, and that the key conflict would be about the impact of her return, not the mechanics of it. And he fulfilled all that quite specifically.

I don't know if it was done then as it is now, but the T-boned out of the blue cliffhanger is *so* well-trod.

You seriously think, say, Joss wrote himself into a tight corner? What was desperate about the resolution in season 6? And flipping to the other one I know the best, what was desperate about gripping Dean tight and raising him from perdition?

Are you saying that Fringe will not have a typical shooting schedule? Why not?

Weirdly, yeah. Most of the stuff I could find was a style of manga I don't really enjoy, but this one was quite different.

The be all and end all of editorial coverage has always been "I like this". Ever since I've been here. Sherlock? Completely not genre in any way. But...some of the writers like it, and some of the audience does too.

I'm not understanding you any better.