Forum: Arts and Entertainment

I've given a shot the last two weeks running. Nathan Fillion's likeability is about the only thing carrying it, IMO, but that is a powerful force. It would be easier if I hadn't heard it compared in concept to Murder She Wrote, and flashbacks to...

Please tell me that I'm not the only one who saw this monstrosity. This was just....just....I'm not 100% sure what the hell that was. A sketch comedy show mixed with a variety show, mixed with, what, Double Dare? None of it was funny, none of it...

Morgan Freeman is not nearly as great as people act like. That is all.

world builder This film is just about 9 minutes and it's moving. I have tears in my eyes as I type. If you haven't seen it and you have just a little time to spare, please give it a watch.

Lay 'em on me. I have a bag of it and no idea what to do with it and what it tastes like.

I've got a character who started as a Joker rip-off, but has acquired a non-copyright-violating personality and sense of style (at least now that I've changed his favorite color from purple to red and gold). I hope. Anyway, I'm hoping someone can...

I discovered I was almost out of light soy sauce, which is what I used last time for this purpose, so I used dark soy sauce in a marinade for some chicken. Wow, it is totally viscous, and it adhered to the chicken, enrobing it in inky blackness...

I wasn’t thrilled with the predictable jealousy-inducing plotline with Penny and the new neighbor, but they at least took it in the right direction and developed Penny’s character and made her look in the mirror. And, damn she looked hot in that...

I just caught the first episode of the reboot of Cupid. I never saw the original, so I can't compare, but I enjoyed this. It wasn't spectacular, but it was charming. I only knew Bobby Cannavale from Cold Case and Sarah Paulson from Studio 60, so...

Angel actor Andy Hallett Dies of Heart Failure at 33. So young! :(

Wow, late start for this thread this week, huh? Ok, I'll kick it off: Anoop Desai - "Caught Up" What the hell is with the faces? It's like he's channeling Tony Montoya throughout his performance. Ah, whatever...I like Anoop a bunch, but that...

A riff on the SF thread. Film: "The Lord of the Rings" Book, standalone: Charlotte's Web Book series: The Lord of the Rings (yeah, it's kinda only one book. Sue me) Character: Wesley Wyndam-Pryce TV series: "Angel" YA book series: ...

Which bands do you listen to that you consider to be a "guilty pleasure"? As in, something you wouldn't want to be caught listening to. Most normal people would consider 90% of what I listen to guilty pleasure music (and I am a bit hesitant about...

Our long national fashion nightmare is over: "Project Runway" will be back on the air this summer. From here. Yeehaaaw! This summer. Lifetime. Who's with me?!

Bacon Lube!With that said, we're happy to introduce our newest product, baconlube™. It's not for sale yet, but we're looking for early product testers to put our "Everything should taste like bacon" tagline to the test. Please email us at...

I don't remember the title, but I'm pretty sure it was either a made-for-TV movie or a failed pilot. It was made in the early to mid 90s. The main character was a doctor who'd been post to a remote colony. The planet was tidally-locked with it's...

I like this beginning.

Songs from your birth year week - birth years for all the contestants: Danny - 1980 Adam - 1982 Lil - 1984 Scott, Matt and Kris - 1985 Anoop - 1986 Allison - 1992 My guesses/hopes: Danny - "You're The Biggest Part Of Me" by Ambrosia...

The music to torture an enemy with thread prompted me to ask this question. What generally respected artist, art piece, or art movement do you find dubious? For example, my mother collects the mass-marketed crap produced by Thomas...

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...

Its pretty much a cliche of bad art and you never hear a mention of the "artist" who created it, when it was created, why, or what other works by that particular artist might have been. Did the guy do a whole series of animals playing poker, or...

I was trying to fix some misspellings in the Last.fm library (they have a feature to make misspelled tracks redirect to the correct spelling), but one person making the vote to list it as an invalid track doesn't do much. So I came up with an idea:...

Please list two artists/actors/writers you feel have been forgotten or are under appreciated. (Extra points if they are completely unrelated) The Talking Heads, and Peter Falk.

A couple of months ago, I bought a bottle of Allegro Raspberry Chipotle marinade, and it was good. I don't mean, "Hey! This is pretty tasty! I'll use this stuff again." good, I mean, "Hey! This stuff is liquid crack! I never want to be without...

Evil Overlords look out! The women are plotting global domination!Here's a brief sampling of the list:I will not bed the Hunky Hero before my plan is executed, unless having him believe I am carrying his child gives me a decisive advantage. While...

Otherwise known as the Star Trek: Voyager awards. When that series premiered, i was sure it would rock. It was at the height of DS9, my favorite of the Trek series. It had been long enough since TNG rebooted the franchise that they had all the...

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...

Looking around the first page of the Guggenheim, I note to my horror that nobody's started a Tolkien thread since What Exit? opened the first one. I blame myself. To atone, I am destroying my copies of the Firefly season five box set (including...

What are the Top 10 most-played songs on your list? Any surprises? Mine: Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing Buffalo Springfield 13 Hang 'Em High Booker T. & The MG's The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's 12 Through the Fire and...

Some of these films are NSFW since the dialogue is straight from Thunderdome or Room 101. I'm posting them here because some of you might avoid those threads, and some of these are magical! hatesfreedom was the first:Some NSFW language. ...

Dont get too excited,so far its a one off, but in the Sun this morning (It was a friends ,I borrowed it ok !whats your problem?) it said that a new episode of RD has been made and will appear on digital channel Dave on I believe the 10th,11th,12th...

This has been bothering me a lot for the past couple of weeks, and I wonder if I'm missing something, am just stupid, or maybe smoked too much weed as a teenager. So here goes: As I understand it, the Oceanic Six (O6) were in a helicopter flying...

Spoiler Alert: there are open spoilers in this thread! This list represents about five months of research, and is now about five years old. It is the second revision of the original. There've been only a few significant changes. Which seems...

Well, that was quite the episode. Managed to combine hilarous shout-outs to the fans with advancing the plot -- but where? Impossible to mention all the in-jokes, but the reaction of the boys to the "slash" phenomenon was great. So were the...

Suppose for some reason you are only allowed to have 10 items to eat/cook with for the rest of your life. You may have unlimited water and access to the finest in cooking tools, including freezer/oven/food processor/whatever you think you need. The...

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...

I can tell Spring is in the air: we bought all the fixings for deviled eggs, pasta salad and cole slaw this morning. Time for kicking back with a beer and snacking on ribs and slaw and stuff like that. Cole Slaw a mess of shredded cabbage -...

Tonight, I'm grilling up some really nice, thick pork chops that are marinating as we speak. The wife is whomping up some pasta salad, and there is cold beer in the fridge. What are you eating tonight?

I'm watching Die Hard: With a Vengeance, my favorite of the four Die Hard movies, and I started thinking on which movies in a series of three or more are the best. Besides Die Hard 3, I always thought that Revenge of the Sith is the best in the...

I've heard a song twice now while on hold that I really like, but I have no idea how to ID it. It is a simple melody, played with a synthesizer, a high pitched bell-like ringing sound, one note per bar I think. It's played over a synthesizer pad...

Can anyone give me a recap? I haven't been keeping up with ER; in fact, I haven't watched it in about three years or so. I watched some of tonight's finale, but was a little confused as to what exactly was going on. I did see the recent episode...

Because it's that time of year and I have a ton of fresh asparagus chillin in the fridge, I've decided that tonight shall be asparagus risotto night. But now that I've got that I need something that asparagus risotto goes along well with. ...

The underlying principle of "Aladdin" and the Genie myth is simple; Rub the lamp, you get three wishes. In the Disney cartoon there are a few, ah, conditions, ah, quid pro quos; you can't wish for more wishes, you can't kill anyone, can't bring...

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!

Okay, if you've not read Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius, available here, you're really missing out on a fun, and interesting, gaslamp fantasy. That link goes to the first installment. A word of warning, originally Girl Genius was published as...

My Classic Bloody Mary In an Imperial pint bar glass, place 4 ice cubes, 2 oz. good vodka, 3-4 squirts hot pepper sauce, 3-4 squirts Lea & Perrins Worchestershire Sauce, 1/4 tsp. prepared horseradish, 2 dashes seasoning salt, 3 grinds fresh black...

So I recently read And a Bottle of Rum: The History of the New World in Ten Cocktails and I was wondering what your favorite rums, rum drinks, and general rum thoughts. Personally, I'm a fan of Mt. Gay Eclipse Silver for drinks that call for...

Orwell, a noted socialist, was also known for his scathing attacks on the excesses of socialism. Both conservative and socialist commentators can find an Orwell quote to support their positions. Who are the modern socialists who critique...

Ya know, I really did not need the image of Martha Stewart stuffing confetti in her vag. *twitch*

Fringe is back! After missing one of my favorite hours of television for weeks, my Walter came to see me last night. Where are the Fringe lovers? I thought there would be a long thread by now. I'll spoiler my thoughts just in case some of you...