It’s a me, Pinocchio

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In the original story, Pinocchio kills the cricket, then is haunted by its ghost.

Disappointed the characters aren’t speaking with House of Gucci Italian accents.

We get it, you’re a foodie.

Oh, I know fully well about the "believe in fake shit" crowd, my parents are Christians.

Maybe Soundgarden played a show there, once?

The tracking number of the “sprayer” crate is 1968-AE35, which is a fun “2001" in-jokey reference.

I was waiting for Gene to go into the security office the day of the crime, only to find out the security guy had a heart attack from all the sugar

Correction: more research indicates that the episode is actually set in 2010. I’m not a college football fan and assumed the Brandon Weeden thumb reference was from when he was a pro in 2013.

I was sucking air through my teeth the whole time he was doing the Dirty Dozen rhyming plan.  The fact they set up the slip with the manager telling someone to clean a spot is just fantastic. 

My heart was racing just as much if not more for this than any of the thrilling heights of Breaking Bad. BCS somehow keeps finding ways to prove to everyone that its fucking phenomenal.

[30 minutes into the movie]
“...HEY! That’s also David Warner.”
“Yeah, Crow.”

How can you run an obit about this guy without mentioning “Time Bandits?” I mean, he certainly doesn’t come to mind when I think of Twin Peaks. When Bruce Willis dies I full expect the headline here to be

This makes me very sad. Warner was incredible, loved him in everything. Nobody had his presence.

Gul Madred was an extremely hard role to cast, as the episode is basically a two man play where Madred’s actor has to constantly dominate the instantly commanding Patrick Stewart. Warner was cast at almost literally the last minute and only had time for a quick skim of the script, so he’s reading off cue cards for the…

So long, one of the great ones...

ways to bend it to their ways —> ways to bend it to their will

Would you believe - I read this whole review and nodded along to the Truman show comparison - but it’s only at this precise moment looking at your comment that I remembered Ed Harris stars in both, as someone controlling the controlled ...