Oh, and: I've been having nightmares about John Carpenter's THE THING ever since I saw it last summer. I'm told that this is normal.

Thanks! I actually wish they had let me include more about Kimmy Schmidt. My first draft barely mentioned my own circumstances and the editors asked me to give more context (while removing a lot of my analysis of the show). I guess it would be confusing if I left it vague, though.

I've started reading the Alex Rider series, which is surprisingly bleak and scary for a YA series. I enjoy the persistently realistic, melancholy tone.

Why even bother remaking Game of Thrones when they have the Mahabharata, which is *far* better…?

Take flying lessons; pretend you're being tailed by a mysterious green object; disappear.

Maybe they really thought Peter Griffin was going to kill him.

"My name is Poe, and I'm going to kill you."

Over at Vox, Todd VanderWerff posted a link to a 17,000-word piece by one of the LOST writers explaining how the first two seasons were written. It's excellent.

You are not wrong:

Give it two days.

So I'm pretty sure TV execs are basically just scanning the AV Club comments now and saying, 'Sure, that sounds good." Because someone *just* made a joke about this not two days ago.

I looked up a summary on Wikipedia a few hours ago. It seems to involve Jack Frost and the Easter Bunny joining forces with a young boy to save the world. I don't know.

Sean O'Neal plus imitators.

[twist] Winter does not come. [/twist]

I prefer Vertigo, personally. I was overjoyed when it recently stole the title of Best Movie Ever from Citizen Kane.

"My two favorite movies? Boondock Saints and, ahh, Citizen Kane."

For the longest damned time I couldn't tell the difference between Rise of the Guardians, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga Hoole.

Rashomon is indisputably a great movie, but I'll forever love it for inspiring the single best episode of The X-Files, and possibly my favorite episode of television ever.

"He didn't see that one coming!"

Just as long as the soundtrack includes songs from the actual band Oasis.