No I haven't, but I'll rectify that soon, thanks! I've always admired Red Bull for being one of the few non-alcoholic drinks that actually tastes better when you add vodka. Well, maybe "admired" is the wrong word…let's say "feared and respected".

Kevin Smith's idea for a script sounded OK (although Burton was definitely the wrong director). If we'd ended up with the JJ Abrams version *no one* would be questioning its inclusion on this list.

Anyone here try Virgin Cola? Whereas most alternative brands go the sickly sweet route, this stuff tasted like it could corrode metal. I loved it. But at the same time I'd never have drunk more than two or three cans, er, ever, because I like having teeth. For eating, and stuff.

Regarding the Jackson 5, I can see that something like I'll Be There could be a guilty pleasure, but I Want You Back is the only song in the world that will get every single person in the room dancing.

Right, Altman, yes, it's suddenly very obvious when you point it out. But I do think PTA brought more to that film than just an influence from Altman, and I do think it's a good movie.

If you go back to the NCC entry for I Am Cuba, there's one there. Not that there's anything particularly wrong with that. Don't know any others. I'd be interested in examples of what Magnolia ripped off, too.

The Guardian's "Small Talk" feature has shown that 90% of British sports stars listen to Snow Patrol and Coldplay. Which is presumably why they didn't get asked by the AV Club. Although Snow Patrol did, weirdly.

@We want…
Sean Connery in Thunderball and Never Say Never Again. Different titles, but a remake nevertheless.

I always bought the description of The West Wing as "political porn"…yeah, you WISH your president was a liberal Nobel Prize-winning economist! I watched bits of the first couple of seasons, but it never grabbed me.

"Braveheart is basically all of Mel Gibson's complexes, beliefs, and prejudices rolled into one epic tale."

I agree that Death Note is best read (but the cartoon version is impressively faithful).

DEATH NOTE BITCHES

Hah! Dan, your description of why you can't watch Buffy is weirdly word-for-word what I think of the new Doctor Who.

I saw footage from both at a special screening in London a few years ago, and I'm afraid to say the world is not missing out on anything special. Particularly The Other Side of the Wind came across as a made-up-on-the-fly self-indulgent mess.
Some excerpts are out there on various documentaries (some on the F for Fake…

Bloody good point.

*enters audition room*

myof band names?
Nabin and the Ass-Weasels

Good news everyone!

Well, they have a good shot in the opening car chase when the police spell out the makes of the cars involved, just in case you didn't get it.

definitely a minor quibble
A billion years? Our galaxy is only 100,000 light years across! Vampires don't care much for the book-learnin', I guess.