And Berg was once planning a Dune adaptation. We could have had a Marky Muad’Dib, with a Funky Fremen Bunch.

Original title:  The Brown Note

I had it for the Wii. Fairly early, I reached a paint pattern that I couldn’t duplicate—or rather, the game wouldn’t accept the correct motions. Either way, even after researching hints online I never got past that part.

Mine are pretty generic for my generation. During middle school it was Run DMC’s Raising Hell, Monty Python and David Letterman. Early high school had Dead Poets Society and Nine Inch Nail’s Pretty Hate Machine.

I’m describing how a consistent zero tolerance policy would have worked, which is by punishing people equally regardless of whether they deserve it or not.  Consistency can be just as irrational as hypocrisy.

If hypocrisy were a crime, we’d all be doing life.

A better trend than renewing and then changing to cancellation.

The Shane Torres bit hasn’t aged well, what with its pot shots at Anthony Bourdain.

The first volume of Amulet took my breath away. It felt like the events were happening in real time, as if I was flipping through a complete set of animation cels for a feature film.

Not an attack.  I just don’t think a journalist can maintain integrity while hosting one of the sleaziest reality shows.

A bit forced, mainly to express my dislike of Chen.  I assume you performed a thorough investigation before condemning the joke.

Rumor time: Moonves has offered to remove his wife Julie Chen (along with Big Brother) from the airwaves in return for his accusers changing their stories.

About a resourceful high school quarterback who uses a car battery to torture his rival team into confessing the whereabouts of a stolen mascot. Just in time for Homecoming kick-off.

I’m curious to see how the “special skills” of rape and pillage are utilized.

I once heard a Muzak rendition of that Mozart tune in a restaurant. At the time, I wondered why a lesser-known Billy Joel song was playing.

My favorites are “Summer, Highland Falls” from Turnstiles, and the live version of “Everybody Loves You Now” from Songs in the Attic.

She didn’t respond nearly as well to my Activia story. And I had photos.

They need to pull a Chvrches and spell it D.E.N.T.Y.S.T.

I remember how bewildered he got while hosting Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. During a commercial break, he looks off camera and asks, “What did that guy say? ’I’m as blank as a fart’?  I might actually use that if I knew what the hell it meant.”

I was one of the kids watching this weekly (or more often) on HBO. That doesn’t appear to be uncommon. But I also hated The Lost Boys with a passion, which is rare among my generation.  Perhaps my mind could already sense where Joel Schumacher was heading.