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This worked so wonderfully, so magically, that it retroactively made other parts of other Community episodes work ever better.

Right. Try opening a door with a tricorder. Remember that the sonic screwdriver works on everything at any time, except when it can't.

God, I hope you're right, or this isn't quite as funny.

The orig. Cats and Dogs movie isn't horrible. Sure, it's about as weighty as a fly's fart, but it's some decent kid's fun that isn't too insulting. The sequel, on the other hand, is about as bad a film as you can make without actually making it fun-to-watch bad. Unless you're into film pain. In that case, watch

Save them, Gerbil! Save them by spreading Hantavirus all over the Star Whacker compound!

When I showed that clip in a film class, all it got was screams of unintentional laughter.

Criterion released a laserdisc version of it years ago.

No, they'll reboot the franchise somehow, or make another, possibly with outtakes from the other films, ala Trail of the Pink Panther.

Joaquin, that is an awesome picture.

No. It's fucking horrible. A stylistic experiment that fails miserably.

Yes. Please.

They're not splitting them at this point n time.

HEAD
Besides the obvious choices with that BBS set, including Five Easy Pieces and The Last Picture Show (a box set with these two films?! Buy it, for christsakes) you have to give the movie Head a shot. A completely brilliant dissection of stardom and the circularity of human existence, it won't mean a damned thing

Disagree. I think Billy is one of the darkest episodes in the show's history, willing to go as dark as necessary to show the depth of abuse in our society. Cordelia pulls this one along, with the fore-mentioned line to Lilah. It's great TV, willing to take chances with the characters we love and damned well executed.

He's probably gay and in the closet and the other kid is the object of his affections. And said other kid is scared of his own homosexuality and beats the kid up because of it. What I want to know is what happens when the soldiers show up. Who do they take away? The victim or the violent guy?

I love when Topol first appears, standing up, eyes huge and wide, pointing to an off-screen computer as an American flag waves next to him as he screams, "Check the oscillation another 48 degrees!" (or something like that).

Centurion
He's a baddass in Centurion. At least for a while.

Flash Gordon is a camp classic — a fucking beautiful film that only works if you're willing to laugh at it. And Flash's dialogue is all dubbed by another actor because the director hated Sam Jones. Watch it with The Apple, and your life is complete. Or completely fucked, I don't know.

Wolf 359…
…besides being an actual red dwarf star system, is the title of an Outer Limits episode, a show that Roddenberry ripped off like crazy for story ideas, actors, crew members, hell — even the Horta costume.

No, Jesus just made himself the author of all Shakespeare's plays, because he could, if he wanted, by seeing into the future and saying, "Damn! Those are some fine plays he's written! I want to have written those plays!" And thus, he did. He also managed the Flaming Lips at some point.