I feel your wistfulness, Scott, having had several threads of my own go down. Just last night I finally deleted the e-mails that linked to several of them, since they led only to blank pages. It makes me really, really sad that some people get a kick out of deleting things just to be mean.
Starboard, that's a great observation about Alma, Jr., and Ennis having the same mannerisms in those two scenes. I love it when someone points out a new detail.
I can see why some posters still hang in there at IMDb, and I still get a lot from visiting over there because of their great posts. Something about the layout there is more conducive to serious discussion, I think. Fewer distractions on the page.