The thing is, Rusty isn't a villain when it comes down to it.  Don't forget that he insisted Brock didn't kill Jonas Jr., and refused to arch him as well.  Not only that, but the whole incident (which Rusty certainly acted guilty about) that cost Baron Underbheit his jaw was actually the work of the Monarch trying to…

Scorpio was mocking Captain Sunshine for being a pedophile (which, as Doc and Jackson have mentioned, he's not) - and Sunshine got his insinuations, which is why Scorpio got the crap beat out of him.

Absolutely do not skip the first episode of the first season.  It's what sells you on the whole concept of the show.
 Plus, it's got the best montage ever, with Brock.  "They hit me with a truck."  I could not stop laughing over the course of that montage.

It's at the entrance to the kids' sub-section, so it sort of makes sense to keep it around.
  Besides, there's about a dozen other candidates to replace ahead of E.T. (like the "Stunt Animal Spectacular" immediately across from it)

Twister is apparently still around because they can't think of anything to replace it.
  Here's a thought about what might be better, Universal - ANYTHING.

Orlando certainly wishes it was.

Considering what was there - Universal's perpetual "NoTheme (tm) Land" - anything at all is an improvement.

She likes it - although she's criticized that they use the same musical scores over and over - but we're currently stuck in the middle of the nadir of Season Two, the dreaded "Final Donna and James Saga".

I like that it's implied that Rusty is actually a caring dad who just got jaded by having clones readily available for his sons.  (Especially in the episode set inside his head where the Monarch is overwhelmed by the zombie Venture Brothers).

Seeing him and Doc Hammer at weird 'arbitrary game contest' at DragonCon a few years back was one of the most joyful experiences of my life.

Kudos to them for not stretching it out and just answering it, definitively, at the start of the next season.

Agreed.

Yeah, I'm usually desensitized, but that slow opening sequence suddenly shifting caused a sudden spike of fear in me when I saw it in the theater.

The impression I got was that Sarah - who had some sort of psychic powers - was slowly being ground down by the constant pain, unhappiness and BOB's presence.

One of my favorite bits from the expanded script is (roughly)
 "And what does Gordon's tie mean?"
  "What? Nothing.  He just has bad fashion sense."

But the entire reason that Laura is killed is because she refuses to give into BOB.  There is some sort of choice or decision involved - even the end of the series possession, it was because he gave into fear.

I doubt Lynch would care.  Killer BOB came out of Lynch's improvisation of a stage hand accidentally getting into a shot.
 Personally, I find 'everything strange has to have a rational explanation, or be a dream, or a hallucination' to be a cheat, and boring to boot. 

Manhattan Projects feels like it's just getting started, actually…

One of the parts that made the show great is that Daria's parents weren't cardboard cut-outs.
  Also, I loved when Daria got her dad to snap out of his blues following his heart attack when she pointed out that his own (horrible, awful) dad was already dead at the same age.

I liked the episode partially because they were obviously taking the piss out of some of their fans - and if I recall, there were some fans that were really irate that the episode was revealed to be a dream or something at the end.