They used the out-of-date intro from the comics for the show, I guess.

Yeah, a plague of AWESOME.

In those early comics, Superman's 'flying' pose looked more like he was running in the sky—because he was leaping, like Anachronist said. According to the comics, his skin could also be pierced by a bursting shell. He also seemed to have no problem torturing people to get confessions out of them. Took a while for him…

I'm pretty sure this was the first film I saw without parents around too. It was what we now call a 'playdate;' my mom and my best friend's mom dropped us off at the theater and we watched it together. A boys' night out, if you will, but not at night. It was either this or The Devil and Max Devlin, which I saw with…

I feel kind of strange defending Ayn Rand here, but I think even she had no problem with charity; there are plenty of situations where, by helping others, you help yourself, and that's rational self-interest. I don't believe she ever said generosity or kindness made you unfit for the rough-sex-filled struggle of super…

I always knew Ebert was just a shill for Big Kindness.

Roger Ebert is the cure for a bad case of Pauline Kael.

Get back in line, @twitter-499832989:disqus !

I actually thought this was a remake of a decades-old grindhouse film. I'm pleasantly surprised, and a little perplexed, that it's not.

I came to this discussion thinking, 'If someone doesn't mention Frontline, I'm going ballistic.' And there it was, in the first comment. It's such a great show—so hilariously funny that you don't notice at first how angry it is. And time has only made it more relevant. But a tricky show to quote. Anyone got a favorite…

Only one way to find out…

Also played one of Batman's most obscure villains, Dr. Double X, on The Brave and The Bold—sounded absolutely nothing like Ron Perlman.

One of the only films I think I've ever seen where the lead Nazi was played, not by a British actor, but by an American, and the scrappy Allied soldiers who best them were English (playing Russians). It threw me off, hearing a Nazi who didn't have an upper-class British accent, as I assume they all had in real life.

It's basically Spongebob Squarepants for people who find Spongebob Squarepants to be too complex and highbrow.

Talk shit about his woman and he'll smack you back to the Island of the day before!

Seriously, I'm surprised it wasn't a hit. I thought the ubiquitous ads and previews did their job well—they gave viewers a sense of what the movie was (and what it was was a movie I had and have no desire to see, but I assumed other people would go). For Now You See Me, I only saw two previews on TV, and didn't get a…

Enjoy! Not all the stories are great; a few pretty hacky, and some, as we all know, are racist, but when he's on, he does some great stuff. Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, Picture in the House, Rats in the Walls, Dunwich Horror, are all outstanding. I'm personally not a huge fan of At the…

Okay, so let me rephrase that as, "What's so funny about an unpleasant asshole getting his comeuppance week after week?" See, I'm talking about a TV show here, not a French farce or comedy archetype or any of that bullshit. Moliere and Sheridan only had to make their characters interesting and funny once, Cleese and…

You do God's work when you give someone a copy of Labyrinths. Though I had a hard time getting into Borges when I was younger. Did your nephew like him?

There are some things where, if you are introduced to them at just the right age—around 13 or 14—they will completely take over your mind, in the best way. Kurt Vonnegut, the Doors, Lovecraft, Black Flag, Dario Argento, etc. For me it was Lovecraft. I know he wasn't the greatest writer in American history, but I hold…