Thoughts on Northern Exposure, episodes 49-50
“Survival of the Species”
“But the reality is, even at current rates of environmental destruction it'll take considerable time for our species to disappear. … Oh, sure, there'll be famine, you know, riots, plagues but most people, they'll go on as they always have ignoring,…

It was remarkably dark for a sitcom. You had the feeling Ray and Debra would probably have been happier divorced.

Agreed. She also had quite a bit of stage presence. I could see her becoming a reliable character actress.

Just now seeing this — I watched Poltergeist last night and, although the special effects are pretty primitive, I was amazed at how well-acted the whole thing was. I'd forgotten how Dominique Dunne's Dana did have a character arc (she's this close to a nervous breakdown) and how JoBeth Williams really sold the hell…

The top three for 1988 are, from least to most popular, Die Hard, Beetlejuice and Willow.
One of these things is not like the other …

I've always thought Ennio Morricone's theme would be amazing for a funeral of someone you really, really liked or respected: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

She's as excited as a freshman keener during her first weekend on campus. But is she as committed?

It's terrible, worth mentioning for how the show occasionally went for "evil wins" endings.

Bite 'cha once, bite 'cha twice. A little water, pay the price.

See also, the disaster films, which really should make a comeback.

Freddy, darling. Oh, how can I say in a few minutes what it's taken me a lifetime to understand? … You've got it, mister. I'm yours. All of me. What else can I say? … The hair! Just been set.

It's all part of your rock 'n' roll fantasy!

Nun of these pun threads!

Any thoughts, Rocky?

Good for Larroquette. Now I really want Me, Myself & I to succeed even more.

I thought that was Robert Goulet.

The Depp one! I actually have fond memories of seeing the first film in the theatre, thinking how cool it was that Depp got Oscar-nominated, etc.

Pirates owns this thread.

Rocky III
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Schrödinger's movie, a film simultaneously essential and inessential.

“Crime and Punishment”
“Well, I think Carl Jung put it best, Your Honor. ‘We should not pretend to understand the world only by intellect. We apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth and must, if it be honest, come to an understanding of its own…