Someone on this site - I think it might have been on the recent Being There "Scenic Routes" article - described Forrest Gump as We Didn't Start the Fire: The Movie, which is about right.

I think Being There has aged really well because its cynical edge is refreshing compared to all the films that lionise simple-minded, Gump-like characters. I suppose it has the advantage of being more allegorical/satirical than, say, Forrest Gump or I Am Sam. Sure, Chance might be Christ-like (xref: the final scene),…

Ebert's reviews of Vardalos' later efforts are amusingly scathing:

Star Trek into Greekness

I have seen shit that'll turn you white!

Thanks, Marvel.
Tharvel.

I gotta be honest, the first thing I think of when it comes to Terry O'Quinn is his death scene in Young Guns. I'm sure my memory has embellished it, but my recollection is that O'Quinn waves happily to farewell Billy, Doc, and Chevez, before getting mowed down by that Gatling gun.

I thought at first I had seen this episode, then I realised I'm probably thinking of the Transformers episode in which Red Alert (of the Autobots) and Starscream (of the Decepticons) both feel rejected and team up.

This reminds me of something… The other day I was on Guardian.co.uk, and the review of Postman Pat: The Movie bemoaned the fact that the innocuous kids TV show had been turned into a film with a plot involving killer robot duplicates and an X-Factor-type talent competition. Most of the commenters were similarly…

Transformers technically only had three and a bit seasons, but the second and third seasons were pretty heavy on the episode count. The series' original run lasted just over four years (September 1984-November 1987), at 98 episodes (plus the movie). Weird how inconsistent the Sunbow shows were in comparison with each…

Hector Ramirez was the John Munch of 80s animated shows.

Giger arrived at Shepperton studios in London in the middle of a steaming hot summer, dressed head-to-toe in black leather. The crew teased him, trying to persuade him to take off his jacket, but he wouldn’t do it. “I don’t think he dares take off those clothes, because if he did you’d see that underneath he’s not…

Re: Homicide: Life on the Street, I believe there were a couple of instances of on-screen couples hooking up for real - Daniel Baldwin (Felton) and Isabella Hoffman (Russert), and Reed Diamond (Kellerman) and Michelle Forbes (Cox).

*puts nerd hat on*

…and as the sleazy art professor who gets it on with Alyssa Milano in Poison Ivy II: Lily.

Now that I think about it, when Waters and Gilmour have publicly ragged on "Atom Heart Mother," they could well have been referring to the suite rather than the whole album.

On that topic, Mark L. Lester cast Roddy McDowall in Class of 1984, and Malcolm McDowell in the sort-of sequel, Class of 1999.

Did the shoot-out really happen though? In Guide for the Film Fanatic, Danny Peary basically says that since it's a fantasy sequence, it's disappointing because we don't see the villains getting their real comeuppance.

I think O Lucky Man! is the better film too. Weirdly, it almost seems like the missing link between A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon. And the Alan Price score is great.

Kind of a shame that Waters and Gilmour have both denounced Atom Heart Mother. It's a damn fine album. Although the fact that it made it to #1 on the UK albums chart is bewildering. Cool, but bewildering.