gdp's Comments

Macleans.ca : Cars 2: Buy Our Toys

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:39:09 +0000

Cars is definitely my least favourite. Too long, and it was missing that essential, Pixar-y quality (sense of wonder? heart? I don't know) that the other movies have. That said, everyone I know with kids says that Cars is their kids' favourite Pixar movie.

Macleans.ca : Holy war

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:49:56 +0000

Like you keep saying, or like you keep constantly demonstrating?

Macleans.ca : Yo, Coop!

Fri, 1 Oct 2010 00:34:23 +0000

I'm curious as to why you seem so skeptical of Anderson Cooper's new show. He's handsome, charming, funny, is gay enough to indulge in dishy gossip, and still masculine (and closeted) enough not to frighten middle America. For a daytime talk show, that sounds like a demographic perfect storm. It does strike me as a curious career move, but the show itself doesn't sound like an obvious flop.

Macleans.ca : Look at what you can make with a rice cooker

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:14:45 +0000

Ebert wrote a long blog post once about his love for his rice cooker, maybe that was it?

Macleans.ca : Eight more for the list

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:14:53 +0000

Name one follower who holds tremendous influence. By definition they don't. Isn't what you're saying that the census is a "leader" but you don't think it should be?

Macleans.ca : An unlikely conspirator in Prop 8's murder

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:51:57 +0000

"'domestic partnerships'—a species invented in order to endow gays and lesbians with all the legal difficulties of civil marriage without entitling them to drink from the dregs of its social dignity." Perfect. Thanks for making my day with this one, Colby.

Macleans.ca : TV Viewers Are Old

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:46:48 +0000

Not watching television doesn't make you better than anyone. It makes you a person who doesn't watch television.

Macleans.ca : Forgotten by airline, nine-year-old boy spends day in Chicago airport

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:37:31 +0000

I would be too, but I'm willing to bet the "gesture of goodwill" included a contract saying the family couldn't sue the airline.

Macleans.ca : A Network Is Willing to Pay [For] DAMAGES

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:07:12 +0000

I enjoyed Damages, but I thought the finale was set up nicely as a series ender. Now that Ellen knows that Patty has regrets about her choices, it's going to be a lot harder to sympathize with Ellen following the same path.

Macleans.ca : Charges laid in Montreal fatal dog attack

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:31:24 +0000

Was this story written by Babelfish? "The mother is 17 years old woman"?

Macleans.ca : Rumours of Conan

Fri, 28 May 2010 02:26:05 +0000

Doesn't Comedy Network run Daily Show/Colbert at 11pm?

Macleans.ca : Polanski: U.S. wants to serve me 'on a platter'

Tue, 4 May 2010 16:03:59 +0000

Poor, put-upon rapist.

Macleans.ca : The Double Down: your move, America

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:52:57 +0000

Heh. I got nailed under Pollan-ites. Seriously though, how mad can you be about an idea that was literally stolen from an episode of 30 Rock? http://www.spike.com/video/30-rock-meat-machine/2...

Macleans.ca : Nearing midday in Guergis

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:47:28 +0000

Unless he's doing this to drum up new business or cash in his 15 minutes, I have a hard time time believing he was offering this information to either party for free.

Macleans.ca : Today in all that

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:22:39 +0000

The Toronto Star was the paper the broke the nanny story and ran with it, frontpage, for days. Are you honestly saying they did to help her chances in the next election?

Macleans.ca : Apparently There's This Show Called Glee...

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:45:30 +0000

I really don't enjoy Glee, but I have to say that the promotional machine behind the show is amazing. The "L" posters I see plastered all over Toronto are cute and clever, and the Glee-FM thing Global is doing with some radio station is a pretty brilliant idea. Glee fans seem particularly rabid, so I don't think the show is in danger of losing momentum the way The Office and Gossip Girl stalled out after they came back from hiatus. That said, the music on the show is just terrible, and it's the main reason I can't watch.

Macleans.ca : Champion of right-wing America lashes out at Canadian university

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:55:54 +0000

“I was hoping for a fruit basket upon my arrival in Canada, not a threat to criminally prosecute me.” Whatever, lady. The letter was dumb, but if it wasn't for negative attention, poor Ms. Coulter would receive no attention at all.

Macleans.ca : PepsiCo trims the fat

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:11:52 +0000

I'm sure the sugar and salt substitutes will be much healthier.

Macleans.ca : American Idol: the beautiful, but not too beautiful

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:01:22 +0000

The Carrie Underwood who was on American Idol doesn't look a whole lot like the current Carrie Underwood. Don't get me wrong, she's always been cute, but she's also had a pretty big makeover, including losing some (too much?) weight.

Macleans.ca : A pox on Fox

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:55:38 +0000

I would love to see an example of Fox News asking conservatives tough questions and not settling for evasions.