I haven't read Cloud Atlas yet, but I think when Thousand Autumns finally goes really big (the last three chapters), it's totally transcendent because of how well he's established the world and characters.

If we look at it from a Bondian perspective, analyzing how performance impacts the character, I really like Hardy's more nervous, funny take on Max. He's more dynamic and, frankly, more fun than Gibson (not to bash Gibson).

They're not earth-shattering or anything, but they're pretty nice, mildly deconstructionist epic fantasy. There's some stuff of pure beauty in there, too. I've always really liked the weirdly transcendent scene where Simon gets drunk on the mountaintop.

Come on, The Voice. Can't we just get beyond Thunderdome?

I fell asleep to Sleeping Tapes last night. I mean, yeah, it's really weird, but when someone like Jeff Bridges does something that whimsical and strange, I'm in.

My theory, based on the explicit pillaging and harpy-falling in the trailer, is that they're sidestepping the Battle of Meereen in lieu of a more direct coup d'etat sort of thing. That way they can smooth over Victarion Greyjoy and the scope/budget that would be required.

Yeah, otherwise he'd have to settle for ALF.

Or a bar with lively but unusually articulate patrons.

Yeah, I wrestled with that word choice but just went ahead with it. I'm really, really glad Interstellar was made, and it's not like it's a bad movie. It's messy but really exciting in a lot of ways.

It's like an incredibly convoluted, incredibly silly masterpiece. Kinda like how American Horror Story was in its second season. If you look deep enough, it's fascinating, but it's always kinda stupid.

I love Kingdom Hearts because, even though I am by absolutely no means an anime fan, it packs all the ridiculous guilty pleasures of that genre into an accessible package. With Disney characters.

This movie is a big, important failure. It's amazingly ambitious, and it's really cool to see a pulpy hard science fiction movie with a budget. I like a lot of it, but it just doesn't pull together - mostly it's the emotional stuff. Nolan is a really interesting craftsman, and this movie is really carefully…

Yeah, I mean, it was a fine origin story, but I think making Twisty innocent kinda detracts from the fun of the character. John Carroll Lynch was doing some great "what the fuck is wrong with these people" eye-acting these past few weeks.

I was wondering what the point of the spoiled kid character was, but then I realized he's Ryan Murphy.

"The Lange-oliers"

That's *TEARJERKS*

At first it seems like a cross between a Charlie Brown short and 50's UFO movies, then it seems like it's that as written by H.P. Lovecraft, then it gets a whole lot weirder.

I think there's an unofficial one coming out this year; it's fan made but it looks pretty cool.

Earthbound is just the best. It's the warm cup of cocoa of games.

He's definitely the most animalistic Dracula, which is a side of the character you don't see that much.