Hey tmidgett, 1. Did you see Inland Empire? If so, what did you make of it? Where does it rank? I would put it above Lost Highway, below Mulholland Drive. 2. Have you finished all three seasons of Deadwood yet? How fucking awesome is Deadwood? 3. Can you explain your switch from English/drama to ele...

I use these nitpicky things in a three-strikes system. One strike (jean shorts) and I need to look a little more closely. Two strikes (bare feet), my guard goes up. Three strikes (Van Halen Ernie Ball guitar) and I fully expect suckage. Or, maybe, if you have three strikes, you're really going to ha...

"Drakooooool!"

Watched this when it came out. It was my first experience with an audience spontaneously deciding, in unison, to reject a movie outright. Within the first 10 minutes. Tidal waves of laughter at every line. Especially Keanu, of course.

Unmitigated crap.

It runs several times a week on SciFi channel.

I got this wrong... it's on Chiller.

It's not a bad show. Compared to the Twilight Zone, it's no match. But not bad. Certainly not crap. The quality is uneven at best. It also has a mix of story lengths... from 10 minutes to a full hour. I get the sense some of the shorter ones were pretty much throwaway ideas. Which makes Night Galler...

Y'all, what should I do with my books? Donate them to a public library. Library people like this. Or at least, they used to. tmidgett, you seem to know an awfully damn lot about an incredible variety of topics. I mean, you are a bit older than me, but damn. So tell me, what do you not know a thing ...

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:A world without metaphors would be a world without metaphors.

Well played, sir.

Portnoy's Complaint... meh.

Goodbye Columbus is solid.

American Pastoral is transcendent.

"Follow the money."

Not crap for this line alone.