Forum: Arts and Entertainment

What webcomics do you read? Sluggy Freelance: Two guys and a lot of interdimensional trouble. I've been reading this one since 2002-ish. By now I just want to see how it ends. Sluggy passed its peak a long time ago, but it still has its moments....

The cruelest torture I can imagine would involve being forced to go through life with a 24/7 soundtrack consisting of: Clair, by Gilbert O'Sullivan - heartfelt pedophilia at its finest! Brand New Key, by Melanie - she's got ROLLER SKATES, and...

Alan Arkin is, I think, one of the best American actors alive and working today. He is fabulous! He is also not this guy: He is this guy!

Max Casella was an odd looking young boy on Doogie Howser He looks great today!

Zipping around in some pseudo-jet humming Beethoven's 9th does NOT equal Art Appreciation. Heathens. Why is it so impossible to teach anything about art? I swear 3/4 of the adults in this country think the point of a painting is to...

I absolutely cover songs. I have at least a thousand of them that I enjoy. I like the ones that are just like the original and I like ones that are *nothing* like the original. Of course there are stinkers abounds, but there are so many good...

To Kill a Mockingbird: Girl meets reclusive neighbor.

An ever increasing amount of my consumption of TV shows is now through my PC. It's handy to have a show on in the background while doing other things and the local networks now have adequate if not astounding online players. Do you watch much tv? I...

We were talking about Breakfast at Tiffany's the other day and Fenris mentioned Mickey Rooney's role as the Japanese janitor. No matter what you think of the rest of the film, the scenes with this character bring it to a screeching jaw-dropping...

It's actually called "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" I loved Happy Feet. I thought they did a good job of giving the penguins distinctive looks without getting too crazy, and giving them facial expressions without getting too...

Had to do it.

Anyone planning to watch?

Everyone likes a crappy movie now and then. I like them more often than not. What are some crappy movies you thoroughly enjoy with or without shame? Some of mine (oh there are more): Road House Striptease (damn you Demi Moore for making...

As one vastly ignorant of the professional fictioneering arts, I don't know whether this is the rule or the exception for successful authors. Is it possible to write, for example, a persuasive crime drama set in modern-day Los Angeles if one has...

Mello, Mello on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? No poll, no vote, just show me who it is that you think is the most beautiful woman alive. I'll go first. :smile: Christina Hendricks (and her two friends):

I'm not talking about stuff like, "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy"* or "We are the Mormons"*. I'm talking about music that never had any lyrics to begin with until some wisenheimer decided to make some up, or the little devil that lives in your...

Strangely enough, I recently watched Jan de Bont's remake of The Haunting a second time. For those unfamiliar with the film, it is extremely frightening, provided that the viewer has a catastrophic phobia of computer pixels. Liam Neeson plays the...

Did everyone get a chance to see it? If you add an “s” to the end of the title in a search on a popular video hosting site, you may find a playlist that has almost the whole movie. :wink:

And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on...

:cool: Just so that you know!

Coming soon to theaters! Starring: Tina Fey as Sarahfeena! Gillian Anderson as Zuul!

Mine is School of Athens by Raphael:

I had thought to solicit ideas and opinions on J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek, since I hadn't noticed a thread on this topic. (Forgive the long-time lurker.) For the uninitiated, here, courtesy of YouTube, is the third theatrical trailer, as well...

So last night in chat, we were talking about 80s music, and by the time I went to bed, I was feeling pretty old. But I genuinely love 80s music, and I know a lot about it. Let me give you some of my bona fides first. I was born in 1971 and...

The latest Britain's Got Talent sensation, arising from out of nothing into inevitable stardom. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY I love her. For so many reasons.

What have you watched lately, and what did you think of it? We have gone through a bit of a movie binge lately - saw "Star Trek" (liked it), "Wolverine" (liked it), "The Hunger" with Katherine Deneuve (what a weird freaking movie - it was more than...

In a way we have come to our homeland’s headtown to call in a draught. When our great folkdom's fathers wrote the haughty words of the Books-of-Rights and the Call for Lonestance, they were underwriting a hight to which every American was to fall...

Apparently the publishers of the Tintin books are being sued for racism, the plaintiff apparently wants the books withdrawn. I quote from the Guardian: News this week that Tintin is to be "sued for racism" will have come as a shock to fans...

Sort of inspired by the Singin' in the Rain discussion here. For the purposes of this thread, we are discussing both stage and film musicals. In general, I don't like them. I especially don't like the musicals most numbers bring the plot to a...

There's been a lot of discussion about the book Sex at Dawn across the internet. It's written by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá who are described as "renegade researchers" in the press release for the book. And what's the book about? It's...

This is pretty troubling. Great work, though.

Some songs that help put a smile back on your face or some fire in your blood:

I think this was literally the funniest episode of anything that I had ever seen. When Jemaine opened the door and Art Garfunkle was standing there, I almost died laughing. Not to mention Patton Oswalt, the Obama impersonator, the Japanese karaoke...

Spoiler notes: There are no more regular episodes of BSG after tonight, so I'm tweaking the policy slightly to reference future spin-offs (the upcoming series Caprica and the standalone TV-movie The Plan, for example). I am also removing the...

As for me haven't been doing that much reading lately. Found that I hardly read any more as well. Have to say do have times like this and others don't. Guess it depends on the book itself as well. To the End of the Land, David Grossman and...

The 'Where the Wild Things Are' post got me thinking on this. What were your favorite books as a wee one? If you have kids, what were/are your favorite books to read to them? When I was little (4-6) my favorite favorite book ever was Tacky the...

Yeah, so it seems after searching google for a few seconds, some "people" do the fashion thing. This. Whatever. I prefer function, liking my long umbrella for when it might seriously rain, but always having my shorter Totes in my...

So which one was your favourite, did you like them both, or couldn't stand either one. They were sitcoms running opposite each other in the 60's and have been going ever since, although the Addams family started off as cartoon strip in the 1930s....

I just started Jesus Interrupted by Bart Ehrmann, the Misquoting Jesus guy. I'm not learning a whole lot I didn't know before, but I'm interested in his general theme -- that pretty much every main line minister learns about historical criticism in...

Salerno Butter Cookies Mrs. Butterworth's ...and I don't think it's my changing palate. I think they really aren't as good as they used to be.

Has anyone else here read it? If so, what's your opinion?

I haven’t seen the episode yet. I just figured I’d start the thread... I’ll actually watch it when mrs.gnu is done with Hitch. We even have a Leonard smiley: :geek:

Revivified! The idea is to post one song per day as the official "Song of the Day", although additional ones are certainly welcome. They can be relevant to the day itself or not; it doesn't matter. Previously selected for your listening...

This came up in chat, and I'm wondering about quintessentially or stereotypically gay songs. The first thing that came to my mind is "I Will Survive", but what else is there? And while we're on the subject, may as well talk about lesbian songs as...

I know this film is a number of years old and may have been talked about over across the water in the SDMB but I only just saw it. I watched it last night as it was shown on the local channel, RTÉ. I had heard it was really good and it certainly...

The best SF novel: The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein The best SF TV series: Babylon 5 The best SF movie: Bladerunner Let the rumble begin!

Should films be ashamed of using body doubles or is it purely to try and gain as much publicity as possible if they can say the actor ior actress did it all? A growing trend for film stars to try and perform all the parts of any film including...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIABo0d9MVE&feature=youtu.be

Oh, where to start? How does one laud perfection? This show has it all: intrigue, Federation bureaucracy, Klingons, fights with Klingons, cute fuzzy animals, humor, wit, espionage, and a moral. Kirk shines in this episode--Shatner does this one...