Thought they already made that.

The Grown Ups franchise has already peaked. Second one has already made over $100 million, but it will ultimately wind up making a lot less than the first one. And the pattern will continue. Keep in mind that Sandler's comedies typically cost about $80 million to make, so three will probably be the end of that line.…

Maybe it's the history that lauds John Kennedy, despite the fact that he was by almost every measure a terrible president.

In all fairness, he did marry a minority, though now she's divorcing his ass, so we'll call that inconclusive.

Wasn't that just Germany? That seems to be no myth, but I regained respect for them after reading the 33 1/3 book about Celine Dion, which mentioned Germany as one of the few worldwide markets Dion has been entirely unable to crack.

Lone Ranger is a character that younger people are more just vaguely aware of. There's not really a connection to it.

I believe that was Joel Schmacher.

One of the less convincing fictional presidents, though.

Only when he's working with Michael Bay.

And I'd like to know why many are so sure ( and to exactally  what extent ) Sorkin is using The Newsroom as a platform and Will as his surrogate for his personal opinions.

Not "The Paper"? For shame. That's a movie that basically treats reporters like gods, but manages to make their drive and talent seem heroic.

Actually, getting to Mars is one thing. Getting there without excessive bone density loss is the trick.

Back when I was a kid, my dad was really into sports, so I went through a phase where I tried to get into them too. Didn't really take, but I did very much enjoy watching that show back then because of the humor and snark they brought to the table. The message they sent was, essentially, don't take this stuff too…

I've often stated that Mad Men should do something like this. Might be just the thing to bring some fun to a show that everyone seems to just be obligation-watching more than anything else now. Like, what would have happened if Humphrey had beaten Nixon? Or, less realistically but hilariously, George Wallace?

Oh, that's right, he did bring that plotline back. Fair 'nuff.

Problem with that is that Sorkin is no longer interested in thinly veiled metaphors. The West Wing contains so many plots that are identical to real-life stories from around the same time, it very nearly is a fake Newsroom. After a certain point it gets distracting—why not just say Matthew Shepard instead of "Lowell…

I think the complaints really only started in the third season. I'll still never forget when he talked about how internet complaints didn't matter, only complaints from fellow famous people like Billy Crystal.

Showbiz is made up of two types of people: really talented assholes, and really nice people of middling talent.

It also let Hank kind of have a male friendship. Hank wasn't shown to have many friendships with anyone really, but Brian actually seemed to find things to like in Hank and vice versa, even if part of Hank was always hostile toward Brian for being gay. I've argued before in this space about how Hank really just wanted…

I have actually seen Curly's Gold. Saw it before the original, actually, on cable TV. It was really quite lousy. The only real laughs came in the first couple scenes, Lovitz's Lee Strasberg impression is really pretty great. Once the plot kicks in though, it goes downhill fast. Also, it's one of those things where the…