I never actually saw any of the sequels, so in my mind it lives as just "that one movie that I had a good time watching", rather than "first in a series of increasingly shrill and obnoxious cash grabs".

I never actually saw any of the sequels, so in my mind it lives as just "that one movie that I had a good time watching", rather than "first in a series of increasingly shrill and obnoxious cash grabs".

Yeah, this is kind of ironic news on the day that everyone found out that WoW lost 1.1 million subscribers in the space of a single month.

Yeah, this is kind of ironic news on the day that everyone found out that WoW lost 1.1 million subscribers in the space of a single month.

Oh yeah, Roxette! When I was like 11 I got majorly into them for a few years, especially "Fading Like a Flower" from Joyride. Then when I was 28 my parents suddenly found my Roxette CDs in a desk or something and shipped them out to me. …How did I even stand this stuff? I still like pop music and even '80s cheese, but…

Oh yeah, Roxette! When I was like 11 I got majorly into them for a few years, especially "Fading Like a Flower" from Joyride. Then when I was 28 my parents suddenly found my Roxette CDs in a desk or something and shipped them out to me. …How did I even stand this stuff? I still like pop music and even '80s cheese, but…

There were 5-year-olds watching The Phantom Menace who are going to be voting this November.

There were 5-year-olds watching The Phantom Menace who are going to be voting this November.

Yeah, I actually went looking it up online after I posted. The collection is called Anthonology, and the story you're thinking of is "In the Barn". It seems to have turned a lot of people off, if the internet is any indication.

Yeah, I actually went looking it up online after I posted. The collection is called Anthonology, and the story you're thinking of is "In the Barn". It seems to have turned a lot of people off, if the internet is any indication.

Some of the stuff I read as a kid was total quality and I am proud of myself for growing up on it (gotta reread the Prydain series and the Earthsea books someday). Some of the other stuff… Not so much. I was a fan of the Bruce Coville My Teacher is an Alien series, but if I could pick up on the obnoxious preachiness…

Some of the stuff I read as a kid was total quality and I am proud of myself for growing up on it (gotta reread the Prydain series and the Earthsea books someday). Some of the other stuff… Not so much. I was a fan of the Bruce Coville My Teacher is an Alien series, but if I could pick up on the obnoxious preachiness…

See, I saw it when I was 22. As a point of reference, that's also around the time I rewatched Independence Day and discovered to my horror that it was dull, pandering crap that my 14-year-old self was a dumbhead for liking.

See, I saw it when I was 22. As a point of reference, that's also around the time I rewatched Independence Day and discovered to my horror that it was dull, pandering crap that my 14-year-old self was a dumbhead for liking.

Funnily enough, Bio of a Space Tyrant did it for me, too. I thought it would be "cool action in space by an author I like," and instead it was "here is the amazing life story of a horrible guy who is a colossal dick" and he might have also been a serial rapist, I forget.

Funnily enough, Bio of a Space Tyrant did it for me, too. I thought it would be "cool action in space by an author I like," and instead it was "here is the amazing life story of a horrible guy who is a colossal dick" and he might have also been a serial rapist, I forget.

Oh yeah, I was gonna mention that one. I was all over 3 Ninjas and the sequel, what was it, 3 Ninjas Strike Back? See also: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.

Oh yeah, I was gonna mention that one. I was all over 3 Ninjas and the sequel, what was it, 3 Ninjas Strike Back? See also: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze.

Whoa whoa whoa, what? The Mummy is a perfectly good movie. Did we — we don't like The Mummy now? C'mon, it's basically like they made a fourth Indiana Jones movie.

Whoa whoa whoa, what? The Mummy is a perfectly good movie. Did we — we don't like The Mummy now? C'mon, it's basically like they made a fourth Indiana Jones movie.