So, yes, it all kind of starts with a car crash, and in this case, it’s a Ford-on-Ford literal mashup, with what appears to be a 1948-ish Ford F1 pickup climbing up and over a 1949-1951 Ford sedan

Wait...Travis Kelce?

Its no Miles Teller punchable but he is close

Sadly, we did not.

Hot take alert from 2010!

Verhoeven wanted to do a 50's style big bug movie. Starship Troopers just kinda plugged in. I think a lot of it was mirroring the studio system of putting in attractive if not talented actors and shoehorning in a love story to fill in between bug attacks.

The thrust of that argument is that you, the viewer, are watching an in-universe propaganda film that has been exclusively cast with attractive young people to make military service seem glamorous. I don’t know that Verhoeven’s gone on record as saying that’s the case, but I’m 99% sure that it is.

Oh, man. I loved this movie as a kid, and apparently had no idea who Carl Reiner was at the time, because when I read this article, my first and overwhelming thought was “Carl Reiner directed Summer School?!?!?!”

Alternately, just watch Innerspace instead and be entertained instead of, you know, enervated.

John’s bard is now alternately Lou Reed, Nick Cave, or Thom Yorke.

[...]the absolute fucking masterpiece that is Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Its okay. Harry has all of his childhood toys, plus all of yours now.

Cars 2 makes Cars 3 look like Cars 1

You just don’t get the complexity of the philosophy behind the tire fire. Why don’t you just stick to something more your speed like the dumpster fire behind Disney World?

Conservative “humor” is stating an opinion you disagree and depending on groupthink to scoff at it along with you.

My dude is the Launchpad McQuack of joke landings.

#Quibiandjusthandstuff

He’s the funniest part of Vacation, for sure, leaning into his beefcake looks.

I would have loved a sequel just to see him and Kate in those roles again.

I did this in the other thread, but once again I want to stump for Ivy!!! They were so good, and you likely have heard at least a song or two. “Edge Of The Ocean” I think was used in a commercial at some point. Ivy is more about lush vibes than hooks and riffs, which further demonstrates Schlesinger’s incredible…