Ed Grabianowski's discussions

It’s also interesting to watch it as straight-up parody of the hamfisted patriotic war movies of the 1940s, like 12-O’Clock High or A Walk in the Sun. Watch a couple of those and suddenly the wooden dialog and cheesy love story in Starship make a ton of sense, and is amazing juxtaposed against the gore and nudity.
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I was looking at it in the trailer, side by side with the undamaged big block, and it was interesting to see it all stripped down.
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Ha, I thought that graphic looked familiar. I wrote the article it’s from!
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I threw a spelling bee once. 4th grade I think? I was always a pretty clutch speller, but as I was getting close to winning this thing I realized it meant doing a bunch of other bullshit spelling bees. We’re going to States! Yeah, no. I had zero interest in pursuing “spelling things” as a hobby and intentionally… Read more

I can’t even begin to imagine why anyone would drive like that, listening to Schopp & The Bulldog like some kind of goddamned monster.
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Despite what wikipedia says, the Pop Sci article from '62 has a photo and the name of the secretary, and an interview with her. Read more

Good point. For some reason the Air Force documents used the term autopsy. I wonder if necropsy came into common usage more recently? Read more

It's been a while since a comment gave me a genuine, full-on LOL. Thanks. Read more

So it's basically the Heisenberg principle of social science. Pretty cool. Read more

The robots (and some of the situations) remind me of Robert Williams' controversial painting that was used as the original cover art for Guns n Roses "Appetite for Destruction." http://perfectionofperplexion.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/appetite-for-destruction-1987/ Read more

That's cool to know that the review got you into the series! What did you think of the first one? (I'm assuming you liked it since you're sticking with Miriam) Read more

Without giving too much away, yes, she gets to pick the alternate death. But it's messy. She has to choose in a very hands-on kind of way. Read more

I wouldn't say that I love Elementary, but I like it. It satisfies my need for a "smug jerk solving mysteries" show, which has been a gaping void in my life since House ended. Read more

As a huge fantasy nerd and a huge map nerd, please allow me to emit a loud squeeing sound. I spend inordinate amounts of time wandering the maps included in fantasy novels, I can't wait to get this. Read more

The people in Paranormal Witness aren't claimants, they're so obviously actors (who are then represented by *other* actors in the reenactments!) reading scripted lines. Read more

I tried watching an episode of "Paranormal Witness" last night, and their first big ghostly encounter was, and I am not kidding, "The wall was painted really dark red and it took like five coats of paint to cover it up." Read more

I thought this movie was brilliant as is — the sound editing alone blew my mind. But I love this idea of delving deeper into Ashley's role and her obvious artistic talent. For all the brutal stuff in this movie, that scene where she brings him coffee probably sticks in my head the most (well, that and the little girl… Read more

Using ham as a human flesh analog totally makes sense. The Mythbusters do it all the time, right? But, uh...what is she doing with the fish and the wheel of cheese? Read more

Indeed, and it's very likely that hotter temperatures happen all the time in remote places where there are no weather stations. Also, satellite infrared temperature detection regularly finds surface temperatures in the 150F range, but official air temp is recorded at a height of two meters. Read more