I might, once I've seen more of his stuff. For the moment, I accept P.T. Anderson as my lord and savior; that's not too blasphemous, is it?

I was introduced to rock n' roll when I was three years old, when my dad would put on "Rosalita", by Bruce Springsteen. I didn't know the title, so I referred to it as "Daddy's favorite song", which he never indicated to me. We would dance together to it, and during the keyboard solo he would pick me up and spin me…

I actually thought that one of the great strengths of the show was how it ironed out the transitions between books, so as to make it feel a bit less episodic. It feels more like the circumstances are slightly different at the end of each go-around, which is a bit more than you can say for some of those early books.

Hmm, that's a tough one. In a way, it might be A Series of Unfortunate Events, the original books. They introduced me to thematic depth, narrative complexity, moral ambiguity, the precedence character development can take over action or excitement, absurd humor, even the alluring (If often disappointing) world of the…

Haven't seen Spectacular Now, but want to.

I am deeply indebted to it for being a place where artiness and individuality can be fostered. It's like a little slice of liberal cosmopolis transplanted into the middle of the southern jungle. I can go to the art museum, I can hang at cafes and discuss the cultural merits of House of Leaves or Loveless with my…

I answered this one a while back, during which I outlined that the book and the thing are always constant, but the discs are ever-shifting, as it currently stands,
Book: The Lord of the Rings.
Luxury Item: Acoustic guitar.
Discs:
Van Morrison—Saint Domenic's Preview
The Kinks—Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British…

Saying Singing in the Rain could easily have been a Mamma Mia! situation where the songs didn't fit the story is kind of like saying The Shining could have been a Jason Takes Manhattan situation where the villain came off as silly rather than frightening. In that it's technically true, and is a real danger for the…

I remember Treasure Planet! Actually, I like Treasure Planet better than just about anything from the previous decade; nineties Broadway Disney is really not my jam. Epic steampunk Disney I can get behind (One reason I'll always defend Atlantis as well). I also kinda like Sleeping Beauty; my stance was always that…

Binged A Series Of Unfortunate Events, which was awesome. Showed my dad more Steven Universe, last night we did "Keystone Motel" through "Friend Ship". Got into a Talking Heads kick, mostly '77, which I feel represents the good-naturedness of the band better than any of their later albums, which lean more heavily on…

Yesterday, Gussie did an AMA, which made me realize that in all the time I've been here, I've never done one. So, that's what this is. Boom: AMA.

I wasn't big on the child actors at first, but I came to believe their more stilted lines are from the Snicketesque dialog writing rather than their acting. It's like watching Brick: it's intentionally unnatural, and after a certain amount of time being immersed in this alternate reality where people are bizarrely…

I watched the first six the day of its release, and the last two this afternoon. It really is phenomenal; it's worth holding up as an example of real adaptational excellence, showing perfectly how to come at the source material with fresh enough eyes to make the adaptation stand on its own and work in its medium as…

I misread that as "One More Time, With Feeling", the documentary about Nick Cave dealing with the loss of his son and making Skeleton Tree, and I was extremely confused by the rest of your review.

Excellent, I hope you enjoy them both. This is definitely one of those situations where it isn't paramount to read the books first; so far the show is following them closely enough to work on its own and accurately represent the franchise, but with enough divergence—honestly, almost entirely stemming from the…

Same as you, but I don't think the latter is an option, since they're credited as "Mother and Father". If it's not the Quagmires, then it's Kit and Dewey, not Jacques, and the credits are referring the the fact that they're Beatrice the 2nd's parents. That would also mean that in the final season, we'll get to see…

Also, those are obviously not the Baudelaire parents. Come on, people, are you all five years old? Calm down.

Well, I'm two episodes into the adaptation I've been waiting for for ten years.

Whelp, that episode of Sherlock more than made up for the last one. Best episode since "The Sign of the Three".

Alright, I walked into that one.