The Big Red "No".  All the Oscars.

The Big Red "No".  All the Oscars.

Jesus was born in the summer, you idiot.

Jesus was born in the summer, you idiot.

Molds, goddammit, molds!  "Spores, molds and fungi."

Molds, goddammit, molds!  "Spores, molds and fungi."

Because it illustrates the message that, "no matter how cool it is to be home alone, kids, you still need responsible grown-ups in your life."

Because it illustrates the message that, "no matter how cool it is to be home alone, kids, you still need responsible grown-ups in your life."

The reason that pretty much any organization (like, say, the Inquisition) stops using torture is because, finally, one of them gets the idea that a person will tell you abso-fucking-lutely anything you want to hear if you would just kindly take the hot iron out of his asshole.

The reason that pretty much any organization (like, say, the Inquisition) stops using torture is because, finally, one of them gets the idea that a person will tell you abso-fucking-lutely anything you want to hear if you would just kindly take the hot iron out of his asshole.

G2 is kinda more a movie of its times, in that a lot of the humor is from/about/centered on or directed towards the idea of this ultra-modern office building/shopping center/apartment complex work-life-school-all-in-one deal that was kinda entering the national consciousness in the late 80s and early 90s.  We didn't…

G2 is kinda more a movie of its times, in that a lot of the humor is from/about/centered on or directed towards the idea of this ultra-modern office building/shopping center/apartment complex work-life-school-all-in-one deal that was kinda entering the national consciousness in the late 80s and early 90s.  We didn't…

I was old enough in the summer of 1984 when this came out to have pretty well clued-in to the fact, but my kid sister was definitely not, and I recall that our mother was *pissed* at this movie, and would not watch it for years after the fact.  In fact, I don't think she could watch it until my sister and I were both…

I was old enough in the summer of 1984 when this came out to have pretty well clued-in to the fact, but my kid sister was definitely not, and I recall that our mother was *pissed* at this movie, and would not watch it for years after the fact.  In fact, I don't think she could watch it until my sister and I were both…

While G2 definitely has tighter plotting, better cameos, more gags ("Fire: The Untamed Element, Oldest of Man's Mysteries, Giver of warmth,
Destroyer of forests, right now *this* building is on fire!")… I dunno, I still prefer the original.

While G2 definitely has tighter plotting, better cameos, more gags ("Fire: The Untamed Element, Oldest of Man's Mysteries, Giver of warmth,
Destroyer of forests, right now *this* building is on fire!")… I dunno, I still prefer the original.

It's a shitty version of Battle Royale.

It's a shitty version of Battle Royale.

Eh… $20mil spent on a movie that grossed $4.5mil… sure, it's not the hundreds of mil that a Hollywood flick tends to run these days, but it ain't chump-change, either.

Eh… $20mil spent on a movie that grossed $4.5mil… sure, it's not the hundreds of mil that a Hollywood flick tends to run these days, but it ain't chump-change, either.