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    Don't forget Starchaser: The Legend of Orin. It was a great time for portentous movie titles.

    She's astounding in The Great White Hope.  But talk about depressing…

    @avclub-944a5ae3483ed5c1e10bbccb7942a279:disqus , no. The old ham-radio guy was played by Leon Ames.

    Hullooo, Brian…

    "I'm to eliminate all free radicals."

    I've always felt that Jerry Lewis' reputation in the United States was destroyed by his reputation in France.

    Fun fact for special-effects geeks: There are no real computer graphics in the "Domination" sequence. The wireframe models are literally wire-frame models, composited into the scene.

    My very favorite MAD-era pop artifact, here:

    The "Nostalgically Overrated" list is tomorrow.

    "Do you always lose as gracefully as you win, Mr. Bond?"

    Don't forget Britain's other indelible contribution, When the Wind Blows (1986).

    "It's an antique…"

    Any Which Way You Can is awesome. It's one of the few sequels ever made off a surprise hit that replicates exactly what worked about the original while discarding the rest.

    Especially American trailers for French films where the only audible dialogue is "No, no no" or something.

    In "Ender's Game", the unseen enemy aliens are called 'buggers'.

    This. It's certainly the only review I've read that thinks the sequel is better than the original.

    Both must bow before Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Sherilyn Fenn":

    Sure, pretend you don't know why she's Internet Famous for "Chewing Gum".

    It was also the one genuinely inspired bit in the film. Not disagreeing, just saying.

    ONE MILLION B.C. (both versions) had dinosaurs. 10,000 B.C. had a sabretooth tiger.