For me and my wife, nothing says summer like driving in the car and cranking up Violent Femmes' self-titled album.  Blister in the Sun, Kiss Off, Gone Daddy Gone - it's summer-tastic!

I never read "11/12/1963" - too similar to the going-back-in-time-to-save-Kennedy book.

I never read "11/12/1963" - too similar to the going-back-in-time-to-save-Kennedy book.

I was just thinking this morning about SCTV's genius "Prickley Heat", a dead-on parody of "Body Heat" that leveraged the existing, perfectly-named Edith Prickley character against another of Joe Flaherty's hilariously stupid characters (almost rivaling Bill Pullman in "Ruthless People").  Here's a link: http://www.yout…

I was just thinking this morning about SCTV's genius "Prickley Heat", a dead-on parody of "Body Heat" that leveraged the existing, perfectly-named Edith Prickley character against another of Joe Flaherty's hilariously stupid characters (almost rivaling Bill Pullman in "Ruthless People").  Here's a link: http://www.yout…

No brainer - when I'm raging at the world, pop culture just can't do the job.  It has to be Dies Irae from the Verdi Requiem, as loud as I can bear.  Air-whatevering along makes me feel like I'm the one dealing out God's wrath in the repeated THUMP of drums, inspiring the moaning chorus of doom in mine…

Erik, that Life of Brian story is true.  Some time after Holy Grail's theatrical run, I read an item in The Detroit News (which had a feature with 1- or 2-sentence blurbs summarizing pop culture news - not too different from this one, come to think).  It reported that their next project would be "Jesus Christ: Lust…

@avclub-ccddb19d94622d5ff1ee354d99d24d20:disqus  - that's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the unicorn killing - "Joss et al just won't stop til we see a real Bad Horse"

I bow to your factual details, but I was mocking it severely because 28.8 was not new on the market, nor terribly pricey.

You're right - I meant Metacrawler (thanks, Captain Dada a little later in this thread!)

What a great image on this article!!!!

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" breathless conversations about technology that would look Paleolithic a few years later naturally invites some snickers in 2012"

The barn was constructed of wooden beams by the crew of the "Walking Dead" television show.  It has some fake movable walls that make filming easier, with a big electrical supply panel for lights.  Surprise!!!

Maybe I'm too friggin' old, but I can't believe no one has mentioned Deborah Foreman, the actress who starred in Valley Girl and several other late-80s teen movies. Pretty but not intimidatingly so, GREAT with comic timing and retorts, and extremely likeable.  Throw in the greatest non-Kilmer lines in Real Genius…

If you're going to use a Fisher Stevens Short Circuit quote, you gotta make it "I am standing here beside myself"…

From the avclub home page: "Syd races to find a cure for Vaughn".  Usually, I eat Campbell's soup and stay home watching TV when I catch Vaughn…

Terrible band!

Without the piercings, that sure looks like Robocop-era Peter Weller.

For me, the only worthwhile moment in Ford Fairlane was Gilbert Godfreid as an obnoxious (naturally!) DJ - he jolted the movie to life for a minute or two before getting killed.