And the original script was set in 1958, as was John Hughes' story, which is a fun read: http://www.hollywoodreporte…

I think this is why it's a movie I always enjoy watching with my own parents. We've been there. Not shooting-Roy-Walley-with-a-BB-gun been there, but everyone's had a family holiday where things just went to shit and everyone was on the brink of throttling each other.

Definitely the best of the series. I'm sure that Christmas Vacation is only most peoples' favourite because we've all seen it every single Christmas for the past two decades. I remember seeing it when it came out and feeling that it was a huge letdown after the first two.

I doubt that I've watched it since it was on at the movies, but I remember thinking there was waaay too much going on, and yet paradoxically, not much actual storyline. Too many villains, too many big name actors, too many explosions and yet it all went in one ear and out the other.

I'm still torn over which I like better - the NIN 'Dead Souls' or the original. It's a real line-ball situation.

I honestly believe there's something to this. That's why I will always defend the Burton Batmans. He made the point best himself: there is something inherently weird and silly about a grown man believing that dressing up as a giant rodent is the best way to fight crime. Why not embrace the craziness?

Going through some old stuff I recently came across a Batman Forever themed French fry package, with a big green question mark on it for The Riddler. God only knows why I held on to it, but there you go.

They actually could have done a pretty good ironic version, like they did with the Brady Bunch movie. They even set the possible tone for it in Back to the Beach:

Danger! Danger!

What the heck is wrong with an Asian character being called Long Duk Dong? Personally, me rikee velly much!

Finally, the guy who played a mutated human kangaroo in Tank Girl will be able to help decide the greatest performance of the year!

So wait - you actually get to see Daniel Radcliffe's naked ass with the farts bubbling out of it in dramatic slow motion?

Stewart's relentless self-satisfaction was why I gave up The Daily Show long before he did. Did I still agree with what he was saying? Sure. But he was becoming a Fox News caricature of a smug liberal. I don't think anyone on any side of politics has the latitude to be smug, because it means you've forgotten that you…

I wish there was a dream mix of the two versions. I prefer the vocals-forward approach but the instrumentation on the Dead Letter Office version is much nicer.

I remember buying it on tape to listen to on a long road trip when I was about sixteen. It was the first and only time I ever thought an album was so good that the minute I finished it, I just had to flip the tape over and listen to it again immediately. It still stands up, 100%.

"We totally melvined Europe!"

If I were him, I'd invest in a man-sized stripy red and white onesie.

Ugh, stop trying to make 'No Maj' happen.

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