If that bit with Nick getting tired of sleeping on the couch is NOT gearing up for him to move out and live with Monroe for a while, I will be very disappointed.

warm, uplifting music made by charming and universally beloved pop idols who were more successful than any other rock and roll band ever

warm, uplifting music made by charming and universally beloved pop idols who were more successful than any other rock and roll band ever

This movie is kind of a ridiculous mess with a ham-fisted metaphor, but somehow it ends up working. I don't think anybody has mentioned that this was used in one of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes — the one with Bart's twin?

This movie is kind of a ridiculous mess with a ham-fisted metaphor, but somehow it ends up working. I don't think anybody has mentioned that this was used in one of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes — the one with Bart's twin?

I dunno… I know The Moon is a Harsh Mistress can be read as a libertarian treatise, because so many people do.  But it's not how I read it when I was 12, and I still don't think it has to be read that way. (In fact, the libertarian ideals found therein seem to resemble the political ideology of modern American…

I dunno… I know The Moon is a Harsh Mistress can be read as a libertarian treatise, because so many people do.  But it's not how I read it when I was 12, and I still don't think it has to be read that way. (In fact, the libertarian ideals found therein seem to resemble the political ideology of modern American…

@avclub-47c3773e7f2a651f7ef66c04154cecb9:disqus : "the level of vitriol directed at objectivists here at the AV club is extreme" — I wouldn't bother hating objectivists so much if their philosophy was just cocktail-party wankery. But we have people at the highest levels of government — people like Paul Ryan — who not…

@avclub-47c3773e7f2a651f7ef66c04154cecb9:disqus : "the level of vitriol directed at objectivists here at the AV club is extreme" — I wouldn't bother hating objectivists so much if their philosophy was just cocktail-party wankery. But we have people at the highest levels of government — people like Paul Ryan — who not…

The moment I loved was when she starts to get worried about Monroe, and you can see in her face that she still loves him, right before she goes in to revive him.

The moment I loved was when she starts to get worried about Monroe, and you can see in her face that she still loves him, right before she goes in to revive him.

These things just happen sometimes. The Addams Family and The Munsters both debuted in 1964.

These things just happen sometimes. The Addams Family and The Munsters both debuted in 1964.

According to my husband, DeNiro is imitating Martin Scorsese. No, I don't know where my husband gets this information. But I think it's funny to think of Scorsese as the devil.

According to my husband, DeNiro is imitating Martin Scorsese. No, I don't know where my husband gets this information. But I think it's funny to think of Scorsese as the devil.

I actually loved that plot development way more than I expected — it plays like a sly meta-joke about their lack of chemistry. I died laughing when she was so happy to see Monroe.

I actually loved that plot development way more than I expected — it plays like a sly meta-joke about their lack of chemistry. I died laughing when she was so happy to see Monroe.

Noel — I appreciate your perspective, because it seems honest. But you are describing exactly the suburban landscape of my teenage years, and I still find no charm there, except of the sad and ironic variety.

Noel — I appreciate your perspective, because it seems honest. But you are describing exactly the suburban landscape of my teenage years, and I still find no charm there, except of the sad and ironic variety.

Put me down as thinking she's really his mother, but also really up to something she doesn't want him to know about.