en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/592530 Comments by CraigK http://www.the-editing-room.com/the-social-network.html#IDComment104040530 Armand Hammer: Not just ridiculous, but *named after his great grandfather.* In his shoes, I'd call myself Douglas. Also, "defeat her seven evil exes" funny on its own, but levels up when you tie it to Eisenberg's master copy, Michael Cera. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:37:21 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/the-social-network.html#IDComment104040530 http://www.the-editing-room.com/the-social-network.html#IDComment104040165 Yes, Rod does some really subtle jokes sometimes, and they're always the best. Daniel Radcliffe: How many more of these stupid movies are you and I going to have to do? Richard Harris: Well, YOU are going to do five more. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/the-social-network.html#IDComment104040165 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inception.html#IDComment94911347 Even in movies, you can go to "Total Recall" and "Dark City" for the same theme. Or, you know, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." It's kind of a popular concept among filmmakers. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:05:06 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inception.html#IDComment94911347 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterchamber.html#IDComment93596718 I didn't like Harry in the later books, but I thought that was appropriate characterization. He became a surly, emo teenager. That, uh, happens. It makes the later books more mature, but the storyline and plotting are still stuck in kid-book land. Rowling clearly had a lot of story she wanted to tell, but her mistake was in assuming she had to tell all of it. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:55:47 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterchamber.html#IDComment93596718 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterchamber.html#IDComment93596073 It's a little stronger, Lindsey, if you translate it as "Flight from Death." It's still a very silly contrivance that only a children's book could get away with. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:49:33 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterchamber.html#IDComment93596073 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-eclipse.html#IDComment90027784 Oh, man. You know far too much about this series if you mention Bree Tanner's spinoff. And ... I know far too much about this series if I recognize it. Promise that you'll use the phrase "cheeseburger of pain" at the earliest opportunity. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:46:51 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-eclipse.html#IDComment90027784 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment59971883 I'm going to hate myself for doing this, but my geeky essence is rising to the occasion ... The Hallelujah Mountains are supposed to be suspended by magnetic repulsion. The region generates powerful EM fields, due to blah de boodle gloop, and the superconducting unobtanium in the bedrock levitates in these fields. For water, which is diamagnetic, gravitational attraction acts more strongly than magnetic repulsion (except in certain controlled circumstances). Looking at the stills, I unfortunately have to give James Cameron credit for explaining the water's origin, too. These boulders levitate well into the cloud layer, and on Earth, clouds do condense into streams on high altitude mountains. In Costa Rica, some forests are so high that they don't actually receive rain, but rather a constant mist from the clouds moving through them. Like Venezuela's Angel Falls, the Hallelujah waterfalls diffuse long before reaching the ground, returning to the clouds and creating a local water cycle. I spent far, far too much time on this. :( Sat, 6 Mar 2010 02:04:04 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment59971883 http://www.the-editing-room.com/sherlock-holmes.html#IDComment58583684 Dupin's comment relates plenty to the claim "that type of murder mystery didn't come along until later." If, Some Guy, you had read the entire OP, then you would know this. When you rip on someone for being an ass, you need to take ten seconds to figure out what the hell you're talking about. You might get more respect than you deserve by generating complete sentences, too. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:18:26 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/sherlock-holmes.html#IDComment58583684 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment54616196 The differences between the avatars - whatever, man. Think about this: The avatar program merges human DNA and the Na'vi equivalent and creates a hybrid baby. Presumably they have some Judge Dredd quick-aging process, but they're still raising a person, from birth to maturity, in an isolation tank. This person's first experience out of the tank is to be mind-controlled. He is so deprived that when the invasive presence withdraws, he falls into a sleep from which he cannot be roused. People raised to be puppets. Where is the outrage? Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:50:59 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment54616196 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment53578795 Re the wireless link to his avatar: It's a good thing the magnetic interference around those floating mountains doesn't interrupt that wireless signal. Shame the humans never thought to use the same transmission medium for, you know, their defense infrastructure. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:56:16 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment53578795 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment53577289 I'm going to nitpick freely here, but in the spirit of pedagogy, not malice. Flammable gases do not burn in the absence of oxygen. Yes, an explosion will ignite methane with only a small amount of associated oxygen, but it will not produce a giant fireball. That wouldn't make a bomb any less dangerous, because its detonation still generates a shock wave that would compress the tissue of even a carbon fiber-reinforced skeleton. In movies, though, the only way you know the blast radius is to watch the fireball. Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:40:05 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment53577289 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment53575454 Pretty sure it means "I like this script so much that I want you to know my cup size - the rare customized 'O' - on the basis that you will want to meet me once you do." Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:21:42 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/avatar.html#IDComment53575454 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-new-moon.html#IDComment48383403 It probably says little in my favor that I'm on my toes waiting for tomorrow's "2012" post. I didn't even watch it and I still want to see Rod's version. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:30:16 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-new-moon.html#IDComment48383403 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-new-moon.html#IDComment46578298 No, you fool! You must not speak of he-who-must-not-be-fed! Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:11:10 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-new-moon.html#IDComment46578298 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-new-moon.html#IDComment46303904 I think I would have tolerated werewolf soccer if they had used Carlisle Cullen as the ball. Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:44:06 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/twilight-new-moon.html#IDComment46303904 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inglourious-basterds.html#IDComment44697276 When your man leaves, the only acceptable substitute is a hallucination that you only see when you're about to die. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:24:11 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inglourious-basterds.html#IDComment44697276 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inglourious-basterds.html#IDComment41959839 I like it when commenters think that we never criticize movies we enjoy. We all liked the original Star Wars trilogy, right? We can still ask why Yoda says that Luke's "training is complete" after originally implying that Jedi must train for years, starting from childhood. It doesn't mean we hated the movies, but it's a valid criticism. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:43:31 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inglourious-basterds.html#IDComment41959839 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterprisoner.html#IDComment40997343 In some ways, they're stupider. Many of us remember patiently slogging through hundreds of pages of "walking through the forest" in Lord of the Rings, confident that the character interactions would reward us. Deathly Hallows, one of the shorter books, is padded by about one hundred pages of Harry and his shadows "walking through the forest," and the climactic battle for the castle loses its flow several times as adults pointedly call each other by their first names, only because they never came up in the previous six novels. The books also feature a lot more domestic abuse, which makes Harry's totally normal personality even more incomprehensible. Then again, a strange man kidnaps him and tells him "you'll be safe with your own kind," and Harry gladly embraces a child cult. Maybe the entire series is just a psychotic fantasy played out in Harry's head as dehydration overtakes him in the cupboard under the stairs. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:52:22 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterprisoner.html#IDComment40997343 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterprisoner.html#IDComment40995741 Ha! "These novels are awful; I can't wait for the next one." Aces High, you just might be the master of unintentional comedy. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:32:02 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/harrypotterprisoner.html#IDComment40995741 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inglourious-basterds.html#IDComment40966909 <flick> Whoo! Satisfying! <tap tap> OK, how long until the next one? Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:32:43 +0000 http://www.the-editing-room.com/inglourious-basterds.html#IDComment40966909