So, the INTERNETS are going ape-shit-ZOMG!-crazy-crazy over Ben Affleck being cast as Batman in the next Superman movie.

My response to the news was and is, "Oh, really?"  (insert yawn here)

Part of me is thinking it's inspired casting.  Actually, most of me is thinking that.  Affleck gets a bad rap for being in some cruddy movies. Gigli comes to ( Read more... )

Listening to "This American Life" and the subject was 'Sleep.'  One of the bits was about a guy who saw "The Shining" when he was around 6 years old or so.  He walked into the room about the time elevator doors open and all the blood comes gushing out.  And remember, the majority of the film was from the point of view of the kid.  The boy in the ( Read more... )