While they ignore the “snobbish elite” gun lobbyists who manufacture this paranoia and get rich off all the resulting weapon sales.

Infinite Jest is a roller coaster. There were few, if any, emotions it didn’t spike during my reading. People often speak of it in terms of an endurance test, but I disagree with that approach. If it’s a struggle to finish, it’s not the kind of work where there’s necessarily something to be gained by sticking it out.

Devil in the White City is fascinating. The Holmes sections left me so disturbed that even if the Fair bits didn’t interest me I would have needed them as a breather.

Have almost finished Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. It’s been interesting to read the “interview” sections during the rise of #MeToo. In 1999 (when originally published), I may have perceived the voices as more of an exaggeration.

I like what I’ve heard from Awolnation’s upcoming (Feb. 2) album.

I’d be more inclined to go easy on Indy 5 if David Koepp wasn’t back as screenwriter. But, who knows? Maybe Frank Daramont will be called in for a rewrite.

Edit: I should have also given Lawrence Kasdan blame/credit for Force Awakens, a man who still complains that his more traditional “I love you, too” line for Han was replaced in Empire. (More recently, of course, he wrote Solo: A Star Wars Story with his son, and helped get the original directors fired for allowing…

I agree with your take on Abrams. I can’t remember any of his projects following through with a satisfying third act.

And, especially in the case of Luke’s arc, Johnson bent over backwards *not* to contradict Force Awakens. It was Abrams who left Johnson to explain how Luke could possibly abandon everyone when he was needed most, allowing the First Order to flourish and Han be killed. In my opinion, Johnson salvaged many of the worst…

He claimed to be testing his ability to resist temptation. Same reason I sleep with fried chicken.

Steroids shrink dickheads.

Last chance to see Rosa Salazar before her ocular enhancement surgery.

Loved the Jackson 5 episode, with its explanation for “shamone.”

Russian hackers just keep getting more imaginative.

If this is an accurate description of The Beast In Heat, it certainly makes your point—at the expense of shining a spotlight on your viewing habits.

There’s one scene where I thought Spielberg briefly captured the feel of the other films. And, incredibly, it contains Shia: the motorcycle chase through campus.

Interesting to learn how last-second the finale decision was for Bellisario. I thought it was a perfect ending, having Sam accept that his project was working all along.

Is it still played as a joke that Quagmire is a rapist?

Blood explanation: it’s Offred shedding a layer of body thetans.

I still can’t decide if I want to understand how any of this shit works.