Yeah, I've decided to keep 'em, and mostly for the reason SG just said. I mean, I've got them all digitally "backed up" about 4 different ways, but there's just something to be said for still having the "source", too. Call me an old fuddy-duddy in that regard if you will.

Not to mention my wife made the excellent point that they're really not taking up much room at all (and she'd be the first to complain if they were) since I no longer have most of them in the cases.

And BFG, most of the music I actually buy now is of artists I already know I like, so I get the CD's when they come out. Usually comes out to being cheaper per song that way, and I have the "backup" CD, as well. And for the single songs out there I might like but would never even pay $1 for, I go to a place like this:
www.bomb-mp3.com/

Absolutely awesome, awesome fucking show!

I'd say about 95% of the people there were singing along about 95% accurately to about 95% of the songs. Very eclectic crowd, but all coming together in their love for TMBG.

I just got around to watching the last 4 episodes of Heroes yesterday. The first 3 were pretty damn good. The season finale, on the other hand, sucked so very much and was completely anti-climatic. Now I remember why Heroes has basically been the most retarded show on television since the end of season 1.

Thai, if you haven't listened to this in awhile, at least listen to "Scream" today. Still a great song.

I would 100% pay to see that re-make of Animal House.

Fuck it - bring back Terence Stamp. Kneel before Zod, bitches.

Where's Raggedy Ann?

I thought it was obvious that they'd captured him (like they captured Day and the other characters at the supposedly safe compound).
I also disagree that Boyd wasn't planned to be the other founder all along, because for all of season one and most of season two his backstory was vaguely hinted at but never explained and with the resources he'd have, it made sense that he could coverup the death of that guy who had Priya committed like he did. It just isn't really explained why he chose to carry out his plan the way he did.
As for the finale itself, it's probably the best we could hope for, but yes, it was really rushed and a whole lot of things introduced would have been nice to see actually played out(how did Alpha become good? Therapy? Will? Some sort of tech solution?), and there were still some questions, like what happened to the former head of security guy who got out of the Attic after Echo did? Epitaph One had a flashback of him confronting Adele, but it was left hanging.
But I liked a lot of little things in this, and think yeah, it's probably best just left where it is.

Not bad

Actually, I'm planning to keep this one for a bit.

Unless Byrne challenges me to another av-off.

Maybe Raimi made the venom stuff bad deliberately in the hopes that it would make the film bomb and he'd get the freedom to do what he wanted again, only that backfired when the film made record breaking box office? Not that Venom was the only badly handled villain. Hayden Church was pretty good as Sandman I thought, but the story with him being motivated by a sick daughter and being allowed to get away with his crimes because he said "Sorry I shot your uncle, I didn't mean it". Also, all the ordinary criminals and hoods in the films really just get dropped in there with no real connection to the bigger threats (MJ gets cornered in an alley just so Spidey can save her and do the upside down kiss, gunmen running from the cops in a convertible just so Peter will be late for the theater), as opposed to making them the minions of someone else who Spidey can quip at while taking out in humiliating fashion before interrogating.

I was bored last week so I read the book "Flashforward" that this show is based on, this happens rarely but the book was so shitty* that I have a whole new apprieciation for the television show.

* I guess in fairness only the ending of the book really pissed me off.

Whoops, that's what I meant. They advertised it being in 3 half-hour weekly segments, with the first part airing last weekend. Sorry about being unclear.

The best parts are at the end when the Comic Book Turtles come into play.

I'm not. I like the show but I think a lot of these short season cable shows really benefit from the short season. Shows like Sons of Anarchy and True Blood are so cheesy and flawed that I think they'd be hurt if you slowed things down or gave the audience more. And shows like Psych and Burn Notice are so formulaic that the audience would get sick of it. Done right these short cable seasons manage to find that perfect point where the audience is jacked up and wants more but just before they get tired of formula and flaws.

Of course the reason i don't want more than 2 episodes could well be that for me it hasn't been a 13 episode (or whatever season. Since i watched S1 the weeks before S2 its really been like 1 long "full" season to me. So that probably explains why (a) some of the cheesier holes in the show were wearing on me and (b) why I'm not sad to see it go on break.

I stopped reading The Prestige mid-way through to read the new Discworld book

It's about the wizards having to play a game of football, and in the process rewrite the rules to make it more organised and less vilolent. But it's also about nostalgia and the differences between the classes, as the University servants are prominent characters. And a goblin...who isn't a goblin. It kinda takes a while to get going but when it does it's really funny, and has a good story with some emotional depth as usual.
Though wow, this really made me see how shitty the US covers are for Discworld compared to the UK...

I gotta say. It looks pretty good. I'll definitely be taking the kids to see it.

he's also not purple enough

I've heard people being excited for this film before they see it based on the previews. Most people Ive talked to who have actually seen it say it's overrated to the point that it's bad based on the hype/anticipation. Nice to see someone enjoyed it.


But who knows? I'll probably check it out on DVD.

Looks pretty funny.....

Aw, damn... I didn't stay til the end.

And yes, one of the better cameos in a movie I've seen in a long time. Hilarious!