Hanna was great. One of my favorite scores of the last several years. And Bana was quite good in that, as well. I hadn't realized that Wright directed "Pan", and I'm going to endeavor to let that fact slip from my memory ASAP so as to give him another chance.

I'd like to know what Aaron Paul has to say about all of this.

Yeah, they definitely have some skin in the cable game. But - all of their cable networks generally have their own standalone apps, too - FXNow and whatnot. Just seems like they'd want broadcast networks to be as easy to see as possible, and cable networks to require proof of a cable subscription.

That makes sense, but any broadcast network is already operating under a "content is free, but here are your ads" business model. They make their money primarily off of being able to say to Ford "X number of people routinely watch the Oscars, and will therefore be watching your ads. As such, we're going to charge…

Yup - not like life changing cinema, but a highly enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. Also an example of something that I think plays better in a full (well - not full, in my case, more like semi-full) theater than at home. I love a good comedy in the theater, and I don't go to much of what gets marketed as…

Glad that my baffled semi-rage was good for something today.

Yeah, that's the only thing that makes any sense to me. Whatever the cable people are paying them has to be more than what it would be worth to the advertisers. Just seems very strange - if I were a few miles closer to Denver, then a digital antenna would work, and all would be well.

Exactly. If I'm Ford, or Proctor & Gamble, or whoever, I'd damn sure want any networks that can be watched for free over the air to also be able to be watched for free over the internet. More eyes = more influenced consumers = more sugar = more power = more women. Or something.

Also this - I don't like to ask my family/friends for things.

The broadcast networks are primarily in the advertising delivery business, though, aren't they?

It seems like the broadcast networks primary allegiance would be to their advertisers rather than the cable companies. And you'd think their advertisers would want as many people as possible to be watching their ads. For something like FX, I totally get it, but for ABC/NBC/CBS/FOX/CW, I don't get it at all.

My problem is that I'm relatively new in town; don't know anyone well enough yet to make that request. I'm in CO now, and all of my friends and family are in MN, NY, or FL.

Why can't Eric Bana find some better movies? I like Eric Bana. Munich is swell, and he's swell in Munich.

Yeah, exactly. The Nice Guys was one of the best times I've had at the theater in the last year or so.

I can't be the only one who wants to see Predator's equivalent to Lumpy.

Here's a thing I don't understand:

Maybe at the climax, the kid can shoot the Predator's eye out with a BB gun.

Maybe they'll go full-Newt. Keegan Michael Key: "7 days? I hate to break it to you pal, but we're not gonna make it 7 hours! We're DOOMED. That thing's gonna come in here and it's gonna come in here and it's gonna GET US. We're FUCKED!" Olivia Cross: "This little boy lasted longer than that with no weapons and…

If he had the nerve to have the kid killed, I would be mightily impressed.

No, see, this one takes place on PREDATOR Christmas. The holiday that the Predators have for celebrating the birth of their lord and savior. It's a twist on things.