That makes you a pretty bad film-goer. You didn’t even catch on with his conversation with Capable, and wasn’t able to connect that to the scenes before that.

He says why- he watched Angharad get run over and then was blaming himself for not being able to carry out his mission. The last thing that Joe says before driving away from Nux after he’s thrown onto the rig and trips is “Mediocre!”- essentially rejecting him and his efforts as insufficient. Nux connects this to…

And you know anyone who thinks Pig in the City is a movie for especially young kids hasn't seen it. It's one of the darkest kids movies of the 90s.

These are excellent details, and probably the exact reason the movie turned out well.

Yep that’s definitely true, a theory (or view really) I’ve seen floating around is that bar the first Mad Max, each film has been stories about the mythical story of Mad Max in a post-apocalyptic world. In each film it has been the survivors retelling their encounter with the character. That made it very fitting that…

Get rid of Max’s iconic car in the first few minutes of the flick.

Yeah, a lot of people seem to forget that this film follows the same structure of the last two Mad Max films. Max wanders around, finds woman with a group of people, helps said woman with her problems and those with her, and at the end he leaves on to the next great adventure. He’s just a character along for the ride…

Unfortunately, the the Star Wars prequels and special editions are also a testament to what can happen when you don’t secondguess a creator. Sometimes it works out wonderfully, other times it doesn’t.

Rob, Miller was given the rights to Mad Max and Road Warrior by Warner Bros. as part of the deal to drop Justice League. They had no choice but to use Miller since he owned the rights to the character, world, etc. And considering how much money Miller has pulled in for WB with those animated ‘kids’ movies, he still…

That isn’t how it works. For one thing, the 3.4 million isn’t a lump sum. Secondly, it’s in the publisher’s best interest to do this because they make bank on his back list and THAT is what allows them to sign new authors. They need big authors like Scalzi to bring in that money. This is a sound investment on the part…

I had the same visceral reaction that you did, but I actually think that’s part of the problem. Our expectation of value has been creeping more and more towards “free and no consequence.” Three decades ago, a new VHS tape of a retail movie cost $80. Now, I wince when I think about paying $4.99 for a digital movie…

At the end of the day, it isn’t really about the type of app—it’s how often you use it and what it’s worth to you. I think $20 is more than reasonable for heavy torrenters. If you use the app EVERY DAY, how is $20 too much? You pay that much for a decent dinner.

I’ve been there, too, and I might have been a little more harsh than I should have been with him... but you know... back when I couldn’t afford $1.66/month, I also couldn’t afford a computer, internet access, a car, or a decent place to live. At some point, you cross that line from “can’t afford it” to “don’t want to…

I have no problem paying for software, especially if it’s software I use every day — and especially when the prices are frequently under $10. I gladly forked cash over for Paprika not once, not twice, but three times! (OS X, iOS, Android.) And no regrets on that money spent.

Twenty bucks a year is ridculously expensive... yet you’re using a computer that cost - at minimum - several hundred dollars, you’re on internet that costs at least $50/month or more, and you live in a home or apartment that costs hundreds a month. Minimum, to use a computer and the internet, unless you’re homeless…

Your analogy of a “person robbi[ing] a bank because we made it too hard for them to get a job” doesn’t quite line up with the circumstances of a software developer, because it doesn’t quite reflect the relationship we have with the software developer.

I took my wife to see Darkman on our first date :D

To me, all of that behavior, though not incompatible with rape, is compatible with a person who is emotionally invested and is trying to regain the attention of another who is not really interested in a relationship.

I think I understand why Sulkowicz wrote what she wrote to him, but I truly don't understand what she thinks the university or anyone else is supposed to do about it. The only two people who know what happened are her and the guy, but if she has no evidence, whether physical or circumstantial, there's not a whole hell…

I'm both a victim of rape and of child abuse. I have written kind words to my teenaged abuser (whom I believe to be a good adult now), but I sincerely have tons of trouble with the idea of telling my acquaintance rapist, weeks after the rape, that I need to have a "NonServiam-Rapist love sesh" because I haven't seen…