Trauma tourists? From the bastion of honesty that is the Discovery Channel (a David Zaslav joint)? Noooo, ridiculous...

I assume her point is that it slightly helps remind people there are special raised standards to address guns/animals/why-not-children, and that the cast/crew would be reminded just because they’re all doing more or less the same end product and hours, that they need to act accordingly.

Right, and the movie is extremely Dickensian in a way that is very emotionally satisfying. Dickens knew the galvanizing power of a good villain - the nastier and more melodramatic the better. I would say Capra is similar to James Cameron in this respect. Both are working in the sentimental tradition of storytelling…

I think my oldness might be showing here - “Maybe” is really central to Fallout 1, playing over that incredible ending, and so it’s the song I most closely associate with the games. “World On Fire” is also a biggie, but “Maybe” will always be THE Fallout song for me. Zur’s soundtrack is a whole other, great thing -…

I was very much the same too; I only finally sat down to watch it a few years ago and it’s annual viewing since. I always find it so interesting how the main conceit of the film that everyone thinks of makes up like 20 minutes tops of the movie. But you need to see ostensibly all of George’s life to get any of the…

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my all time favorite movies. I watch it every Christmas Eve. Strive to do the right thing, take care of your community, fight against greed, and build a life with those you love the most, make new dreams. It is an American classic. 

I resisted watching this movie for decades when I was younger because it was old, in black and white, blah blah blah, but my older sister watched it every Christmas and I didn’t get the appeal. But I finally gave in maybe 10 years ago and it’s been a staple ever since. It’s not my favorite movie, not a movie I think…

No, and that’s a fair question. But I’d argue the point of the show isn’t him at all - it’s the guests setting their mouths on fire.

Hm. It's almost as though this whole concept is fucking stupid. 

He’s a research-and-recall savant, but you’re absolutely right that there’s a spark missing. A lot of times, that extensive research also results in agonizingly long buildups to questions that fail to justify them.

He also understands that being willing to lampoon yourself a bit goes a long way towards ingratiating yourself with audiences.  Johnson and Diesel?  Not so much.

13 comments and no one’s even trying to cast Mr. Monopoly. For shame.

It could actually make a pretty good movie to go the Tetris route and make it about the creation of Monopoly, especially after how much American Fiction caught on. This poor woman tries to do some viral messaging by creating a deliberately terrible, broken game to show the flaws of the capitalist system, but instead…

Not to mention the fact that Monopoly was invented to warn people about the evils of Capitalism.

Whoa, let’s not go too far here.

Honestly I would appreciate the sense of humor of the guy who had this tattoo in real life.

That sounds like kind of badass tattoo actually

The only correct response to this “feud” is “spending even one second thinking about this irrelevant bullshit is a colossal waste of time.” But I realize why Cena wouldn’t say that, even though he’s definitely thinking it.

Don’t really care about any of this, just want to say that John Cena very quickly became one of my favorite people. He seems super nice and he has a record for make-a-wish visits. Pretty awesome. 

“Ban this now! It’s encouraging young men to get into musicals!!”