It "doesn't provide Alexander with a dramatically satisfying means of rebellion".

I generally don't read superhero stuff, but I've read Low and Tokyo Ghost. Both are pretty good. That dude is busy.

Which most normal people are able to do.

You win. Mental gymnastics aren't nearly as fun as they look.

There's no conflict. You just misread the comment.

Thanks!

The Last Neanderthal sounds really interesting. Never got into Mieville, but I'll probably add October to me To Read list because I've been very interested in Russian history lately.

I just read the synopsis on Random House's site, and it looks like the book will focus on the months between the February Revolution and the establishment of the SFSR following the October Revolution. That's a pretty tight focus, so maybe 304 hardcover pages will be enough.

Title?

The Svelte Tickler's 'Itchy Panties' has been on my turntable since it came out in late August.

Edgy.

I finally watched The Wire about 3 years ago. Fucking dug it, man. Probably one of my favorite shows of all time. But I don't regret not watching it sooner. I got to it when I was supposed to. Keeping up with the Joneses is tiresome.

This resonates so much with me. I read movie news on an almost daily basis, but I actually see remarkably few films. Almost none of the blockbuster stuff interests me anymore. I've always been a genre fan, and, when I was younger, enjoyed superheroes, action films, etc. But now I can't get motivated to go see a…

Stranger things?

I gave up after one episode. I'm the right age demo for it, but it felt such a rehash of things I already like. I'd rather just rewatch those things.

Shearwater. Nice.

Aw man dang.

It's been some time since I read the book, but it seems to me that the film is interested in ideas that are more pedestrian than anything Ballard was thinking about. I will say, though, that even a failed attempt at something this different (especially by Wheatley) is a lot more interesting and exciting to me than…

I've only watched one episode of Stranger Things, but I was sufficiently annoyed by how familiar it was that I have yet to watch another. And I grew up in the 70s and 80s (And have wonderful memories of it all, but all of this nostalgia has become exhausting.)

High-Rise was such a letdown for me. I was really looking forward to it and was totally down for weirdness, but I feel like the film really missed the mark (in specifically which ways, I haven't quite worked out yet.) I finish movies as a general rule, but I gave up on Hail, Caesar! I just found nothing about it…