question of the day: Should the ‘Simpsons’ cast take 45 percent pay cuts so the show can continue?
Regardless of what you might think of the quality of the show lately — I think it’s been off the mark for years now — that’s sorta beside the point.
talk amongst yourselves
question of the day: Where are all the benign alien first-contact stories?
Is this just too optimistic a scenario for our anxious, paranoid times? Or is something else going on?
question of the day: Has the DC Comics reboot gone too far?
Apparently DC is drawing fire for sexist and ableist reboots of fan-favorite characters…
question of the weekend: The U.S. is executing its own citizens without even a pretense of due process: what’s next?
Anwar al-Awlaki was Muslim and brown, and he said bad things about the U.S., and hence he was scary and automatically guilty of something so terrible that the otherwise sacred Constitution could be ignored.
question of the day: Google is guessing at the sexual orientation of celebs — is this weird?
Google isn’t revealing any secrets, it’s just summarizing the conversation about a celebrity. But why suddenly make a special point of summarizing so succinctly about this particular aspect of a person’s life?
question of the day: If you had to pay for your own 3D glasses, would that change your decision to see a 3D movie?
If you’re not already shelling out extra for a 3D showing of a new film, it’s unlikely that having to pay even more will change your mind about that. But it’s easy to see how an extra extra charge would discourage some from 3D screenings…
question of the day: What automatically turns you off in a movie trailer?
I hate a trailer for a rom-com or a chick flick — which is intended to appeal to women — in which women act like morons.
question of the day: What’s the best movie with the worst title?
Have a movie you love — or even hate — that has a title that is completely inappropriate and bears no relationship at all with the content of the flick?
question of the weekend: How do you feel about pets in bars and restaurants?
I like the hominess of a place that allows dogs… and I like a pub or bar or eating establishment that is home to its own resident animals.
