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Ever notice that PETA doesn't throw paint at the bikers at Sturgis? I'm hoping for some cross pollination.

They're singing their way out of purgatory.

Ohhh, and the Friends, 'cause that was popular, too.

Third. My college had a catchy "Rah, RAh, Sisk Boom Bah" that deserves your attention.

Ahem, the original Napoleon Dynamite?

"Set in the future"
In terms of a re-envisioning, has that ever been a good thing?

The cycle begins anew
1. Show is overhyped.
2. Show is cancelled.
3. Show is taken up as a cult favorite.
4. Show gets panned by AVClub's cult canon.

Looking Ahead to Wall Street 2
I'm stunned at how seriously this film is being taken, given both a painful premise, an awkward trailer, and a director who seems to have spent his intellectual wad. Oh, and the cancer on our collective societal pancreas that is Shia.

I was a big fan of the refusal to give the movie any stars rationale.

I'd get behind some Vic craziness to protect his family's secret identity. Ideally, with a phone book.

How dare you claim a dearth of dignity in Last Action Hero?

Ahh, alliteration. Not as groan worthy as puns, but a close second.

That comment is a reminder of how easy kids today have it, what with their internets and whatnot.

I'm sorry Santo, I can only assume that you are unfamiliar with our language, unless your use of "pretty good" actually means "unwatchable even when drunk" and "high-minded hipsters" is an attempt to describe people who expect directorial competence even with their blockbusters? "Shut up" is some slang version of

Question
Larger nerd rape: Bay's Transformers or Happy Town?

Yeah, but the kids don't appreciate the deep philosophical underpinnings while they're wearing them.

Yeah, I was a wrestling fan when Ready to Rumble came out and honestly, had it come out in the mid/late eighties, it would have been better received. Wrestling was in the tale end of the Monday Night Wars, ECW was being noticeably circled by the vultures, and fans were still taking themselves very seriously. I think

Meh. Jim Carrey has reached Andy Dick levels in his ability to destroy everything around him.

I want to go totally different. I'd like a cleaned up version of Broken Bat, only with Gotham realizing there is no one to take Batman's place, and the the story ends with a Gotham-wide mass suicide.

It's not what we're looking for, its what they're looking for: emotional investment. We're supposed to care that Pam and Jim got together, that they're having a baby, and the rest. For people to care, there has to be consequences.