James Cameron doesn't do what James cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron.

That surrealism was really attractive to me as a (relatively) young reader. I probably couldn't even have articulated at that age why I liked it. But I was acutely aware that I was reading a series of books up until that point, and The Vile Village was the first time I found myself clenching my fists at the actual…

An actor whose goofy mug belies his serious range and talent. I'd love him as Nero, even though I don't find Nero (nor most of the intentionally 2D villains) very compelling. ASoUE (up until about Book 8/9 and onward) takes a very Petit Prince angle on its adults, who are either well-intentioned and naïve to a fault,…

Huge fan of this series, and this episode in particular, but that song was just a head-scratcher. It was neither clever nor catchy enough to cover up the pleasant, but forgettable singing and so-so lyricism - and for a visually inventive (and even at times eye-popping) program, the decision to just cut back and forth…

Go! Go! Firesplosion Murder Squad!

Okay okay, but the series title is a coy euphemism/intellectualization (for you Freudians). There's not a more detached way to label dozens and dozens of murders, kidnappings, embezzlement, fraud, and arson than a "series" of "unfortunate events".

Gotta say I'm a little surprised that the reviewer, who has bemoaned that the series has opted to stick to convention and contends that the formulaic qualities bring the episodes down (this is a fair criticism), gave the first episode to boldly break from this a B-. I also disagree that the Miserable Mill fails to…

I do find it odd the word appears in the title and then never again in the article. I was interested to see what it meant in the context of genre.

Feet? It's feet right?

Aunt Josephine's casting was exquisite, but I probably found this the least interesting episode of the series - with the exception of the hilarious newsroom sequence at the beginning. The flashback to the two of them meeting was funny, and I can't help but laugh at Olaf's continually terrible disguise names (Sham,…

And why doesn't Batman dance anymore?

"There, that's where God's house is."

See, I think it's not as claustrophobic for the reasons you list, but I still find it incredibly isolating. Again, I'll keep to generalities - but emotionally everything is (intentionally, I think) stilted, and the fatal flaws of the mostly-well-meaning guardians loom larger and angrier. It's sort of a tour of the…

Funny enough, NPH's Olaf becomes menacing simply by dint of the format: with how briskly we progress through the books, he becomes absolutely inescapable. He's a very real constant, overhanging threat and we barely get two minutes an episode where he isn't bearing down on the children.

and that is why you fail

There's actually a large amount of personality science behind this. High stability, low plasticity. The courage of your convictions with none of the self-awareness.

Is the News hot chicks?

Yeah! I'm filled with self-loathing, don't get me wrong - but almost 30% of it is readily separable from my gender.

You know we don't!

consistently and thoroughly