Last month, io9 did a “March Madness” competition in which they did head-to-head polls of the popularity of 64 different movies, then pitted the winners against each other repeatedly until “The Empire Strikes Back” went up against “Serenity” for the title of…and even before I’m describing it, the analogy breaks down. “Best Sci-Fi Movie”? I […]

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From yesterday: Last time someone asked you if you were homosexual. While I don’t have issues with any sexual orientation, I am curious. I’m straight; almost embarrassingly straight, in fact. The sexual continuum theory is one I have no beef with, but I know perfectly well that I’m on the very edge: men do absolutely […]

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NOTE: This was the first of these, written back for my Livejournal back when I was still on Livejournal. However, it does not appear to have been web-archived, and besides, I might as well rewrite it now. So this is a revamped version of the original article. Still Crazy came out in 1999, did mediocre […]

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I’m still burned out from last night’s debate coverage so it’s time for another one of these: what would people like me to write about? (As usual, no requests for “I should write X.”) Additionally, if anybody has any old Battletech miniatures lying around that they don’t want, email me and we’ll discuss ’em: I’m […]

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I’m liveblogging the Canadian federal election debate over at Torontoist.

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Okay, follow along with me here. It’s well-known that George Lucas was a big Kurosawa fan during his formative years as a film-maker, and that he cites ‘The Hidden Fortress’ by Kurosawa as a key inspiration for ‘Star Wars’. Some have even described Lucas’ movie as a science-fiction remake of ‘The Hidden Fortress’, much the […]

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Danny Sichel messaged me to say: The backstory to Nunsense is that a large group of nuns die of food poisoning. Food poisoning is not a comfortable death. Are we supposed to imagine, when attending this hit off-Broadway comedy, the previous group of nuns screaming in agony as they shit out their intestines? Of course, […]

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Most of Marvel’s recent1 crossover events, if nothing else, have all had a good, simple byline for curious readers. House of M: “the Scarlet Witch changes reality and then there is a big fight.” Civil War: “Marvel’s heroes pick sides and have a big fight.” Secret Invasion: “Skrulls invade and there is a big fight.” […]

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So Taco Bell is apparently giving away free tacos for the next seven days. This is fine and good, but of course some people are complaining about it because Taco Bell meat is, basically, about half made of oatmeal. To which my response is a hearty “so what?” Hey, do you remember those Taco Bell […]

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(oh god this probably makes me old and creepy doesn’t it) (but she’s so good)

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Also, you should see Scrooge’s healthcare plan. It is the bomb, yo.

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FLAPJACKS: So how about that Game of Thrones preview? ME: I saw it already. FLAPJACKS: Yes, so how about it? ME: It was fine. FLAPJACKS: “It was fine.” ME: Yep. FLAPJACKS: Here we are, about to embark on the great nerd adventure of our generation – ME: I think technically this isn’t our generation anymore. […]

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