I think knowing where Clark comes from, and seeing the place for yourself, helps sell him as an actual alien, though. I agree the opening setpiece in Man of Steel was a complete mess, but juxtaposing Krypton with Earth isn't a bad idea. It works great in the original movie, especially with the Fortress of Solitude…

As a kid, I was always so intrigued by what happened to Peter's parents. Then I was deeply saddened when I found out they were spies, or SHIELD agents or whatever. It was so stupid.

I think that was the plot of the animated movie from a few years back, and it was pretty effective. I mean, just do that again.

I watched it and all I could think the whole time was "why the fuck does Wonder Woman need a helmet?"

While the Nolan Batman movies are basically a sausage fest, I thought Catwoman completely stole the last one. She's the only element of that movie I've got no real complaints about. And I thought Lois and Ma Kent both came off pretty well in Man of Steel.

Ryan Reynolds did.

There were two of them, Lewis Wilson and Robert Lowery. Your assumption is spot-on though. Both dead.

No matter which version of Scooby-Doo you're watching, I don't think there's a better example of "seen one, seen them all." I can only think of two "representative episodes," one where they solve a mystery and one where they solve a mystery with someone who kids in the 1970s knew from TV. And I LIKE Scooby-Doo.

It's the only one he likes. Seinfeld's great, but I'm not sure why that's where he draws the line.

PSYCH! They are. My ex-roommate, who claims to be a comedy snob and watches like, ALL the shows on NBC's Thursday lineup (from two years ago) goes out of his way to trash multicam sitcoms. He told me I had bad taste for liking HIMYM, and has actively trash-talked the following, among others: Cheers, Frasier, Roseanne,…

Yeah, but to Monster House and not Happy Feet. Cars 1 was decent. I thought Happy Feet was awful.

Cars lost too.

The one emotional note that hit big time for me in Brave was one a lot of people found really sappy. SPOilerswhatever It's when Merida only admits that the whole mess was her fault after she think's her mother is dead. The fear of not making amends until its too late is very real for me.

Peter Pan's not too far off, Alice is appropriately meandering for most of its runtime.

I doubt they'll pick a Friends episode since they've already talked about it a couple of times on Roundtable. It's a shame, too, since Friends is clearly the King of Thanksgiving episodes.

Everything I know about the Constitutional Congress came from "This Is America, Charlie Brown." When I graduated high school, I gave a VHS copy of it to my American Government teacher as a thank you present (she was one of my favorites) and she wrote me a letter to let me know she incorporated it into her curriculum.

My brother and I still quote "Almost Got 'Im" all the time. Killer Croc's entire story being "I threw a rock at 'im!" just kills me. And the best part is that he was probably actually the closest one there to killing Batman.

C'mon. Secret of the Ooze has the classic "so bad it's good" quality. It's a thoroughly ridiculous, but fun movie. TMNT3 was just awful. It was one of the first movies I ever saw I can remember being deeply disappointed in.

Ah, yes. It's been a while.

I have a sort spot with A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, since I was always disappointed a bowl of popcorn wasn't part of my family's Thanksgiving.