I've had some time to think about this, and I can only conclude, per Amy Brookheimer, that Tom Hooper was sent from the future to destroy me.

Tiny note from the ongoing rewatch: I still find Vic's "you're back on my shit-list" line to Dutch immensely creepy. Mostly Vic romanticizes the control he exerts over other people's lives—it always struck me as pivotal to his character that his antagonism towards Dutch initially dissipates not when Dutch gets his…

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That really does sound like a tailor-made viewing experience. And, on a related note, I still remember trying to climb back inside my skin after the theater by watching TV for a while only to get an aberrant burst of static. No sleep was had for many, many hours.

Mine is definitely The Ring: I got there late and ended up having to sit in the front row, craning my neck back the entire time, but it was worth it, especially when an utter, stunned hush fell over the entire theater after the ending. Everyone sat there in silence until some guy in the back yelled, "HOLY SHIT," and…

One of my most vivid "reading experience" memories is reading this lying flat on my stomach on a blanket on the lawn, intermittently looking up to watch for rabbits.

As long as you leave my buckshelves.

We all had a nice way of describing it, which was no surprise, since it was one of our favorite books.

Significantly less murder, but just as much "I am an outsider who will closely observe these mysterious creatures who are socially at ease with one another"-goodness.

I did learn about handjobs from Pet Sematary, so society remains somewhat intact, at least.

I had a nice moment last night where I thought I could make "Co-Pilot" somewhat more bearable by watching it with the idea that Vic and Shane were only pretending this was their first time at any serious corruption to ease Lem and Ronnie into it—given how comfortable they seem with it right away, and how often the…

Literally all I ever needed to know about this to get excited was Goggins + HBO, but seeing him in that bow-tie was a definite bonus.

I particularly liked this pair of episodes on the continuing rewatch. Danny and Julien going through the dark house at the beginning of "Homewrecker" is absolutely haunting, and the tension, as they make their way around with just their flashlights and their guns drawn, is incredible.

Well, he does have the police-sketch face of a rapist.

Mike's "What if Tom Hanks dies?" alone would make him one of the greatest comedic characters of all time. It's just such a bafflingly wonderful combination of uselessness, affability, and weirdness.

Don't know why I said "T.," my middle name is John.

Just snagged the episode on iTunes and am looking forward to watching it tonight—I've wanted this show since I first started reading these books. They're not perfect, but at their best, they're one of my favorite examples of "fun with depth." (Plus, I'm a sucker for anything with a more regional flavor.)

The only time I ever found Gale even a little interesting was when I realized that the audience response to Katniss/Peeta is primed to be like the Capitol's: theirs is the romance we see play out in hyper-dramatic terms, and so it's the one we're more invested in, and whatever inclinations Katniss had before she came…

I grew up listening to these on tape on long, dark car rides, and I've definitely imprinted on them: loved "House in Cypress Canyon," "Three Skeleton Key," etc., but my all-time favorite was "Sorry, Wrong Number," which, since it's essentially just a series of phone calls, works wonderfully on audio. The end is…

You've sold me!