No, it's a message forewarning of a future resulting from the atrophy slowly, but steadily, weakening us all in the modern internet age.

Heh. Straight to the jugular with your Occam's razor.

#1 is speaking the most to me. And based on the brief background covered in this post, I'd like to see a documentary (à la Crumb) or movie (in the same spirit as Naked Lunch) on Mr. Beksinski.

What's the decision tree to fend off Kanye Wests?

Make that two new fans. Love this sampling. Already sad though that the prints are a bit outside of my budget.

Yeah, I got hung up on this too — it's pretty poorly worded.

@Big Brother: Maybe some poetic license there to get even spacing of the words... but yeah, now that you pointed it out, if I were him, I'd need to revise that little fail.

@Philip Sowers: I gave the one a shot and I wasn't on board with it. Also wasn't enthusiastic in my response to Videodrome.

@Erwin: Adapting the idea rather than trying to nail the book scene by scene is also what Kubrick was good at.

Maybe the people near high traffic noise are heavier drinkers or take more sleep meds to drown out the noise and get rest...that could certainly increase stroke risk.

Love the movie. It's just my kind of pace and weirdness. I really should get around to reading the book that's been on my shelf for years.

@Crunchysock: It's my understanding that people suffering heroin withdrawals get a little grumpy.

@phoghat: You've got to be kidding. Just how should a patient who needs this or any other medication dress and present themselves to you when they need to drop by and spend no more than 2 minutes interacting directly with you to pick up their prescription to somehow exude legitmacy? Unless you know these people…

@Helennellieforsythe: Wait, so it ruins chocolate for you too?

So, from just looking at the Rafael examples on Wikipedia, the one on the left seems more consistent with his work. Additionally, the one on the left is more "tight" — it's more stylistically consistent between the background and the subject. The overall lighting, strokes, and shadows blend to a consistent form. …

@TwiceDead: Columbo + Murder She Wrote? Oh no.

@orangewaxlion: Well I think the crux of the debate is just at what cost did those more impressive results come with, since she arguably was verbally abusive and severely restricted their social lives and extracurricular interests.

@orangewaxlion: It's a reference to the Amy Chua debacle that arose from the "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" excerpt.

@Geoffrey Sperl: I crave more Boosh episodes, however, I wouldn't really compare TMB to The It Crowd — too stylistically different. But I'll sign on to including Fielding/"Richmond" as not just a cameo, but semi-regular guest star please.

He should also be sidelined once in a while from going on a bender, and have an awkward but dependable sidekick that always manages to get him back on his feet just in time to be productive on the latest mystery (not too unlike Watson/Holmes in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution).