Now you've got me thinking about analogous ways to "pre-load" spoilers in a thematically appropriate way for the movie in question.

So rather than being genuinely surprised by the twist, you, just like the protagonist, were instead suddenly reminded of something you already knew but had had suppressed by an external force (in his case, dark magic, in your case, THC) — such that the reveal wasn't really an explanation but instead a triggering rush…

So rather than being genuinely surprised by the twist, you, just like the protagonist, were instead suddenly reminded of something you already knew but had had suppressed by an external force (in his case, dark magic, in your case, THC) — such that the reveal wasn't really an explanation but instead a triggering rush…

I don't mind it, considering the movie itself lampshades it — "Even your name is a dime-store joke".

I don't mind it, considering the movie itself lampshades it — "Even your name is a dime-store joke".

It's actually hilarious if the real reason that this arc didn't work for you but did work for an American audience is because of the reflexive American belief that a British accent implies intelligence.

It's actually hilarious if the real reason that this arc didn't work for you but did work for an American audience is because of the reflexive American belief that a British accent implies intelligence.

There was an interesting study showing that dudes — of whatever sexual orientation — rate men as more attractive if they're more stereotypically masculine and women as more attractive if they're more stereotypically feminine.

There was an interesting study showing that dudes — of whatever sexual orientation — rate men as more attractive if they're more stereotypically masculine and women as more attractive if they're more stereotypically feminine.

They should really do an inventory of "John Williams scores that are better than the movies they're in".

They should really do an inventory of "John Williams scores that are better than the movies they're in".

There's Dave Barry's BFF with whom he does the Post Hunt and Herald Hunt every year, Gene Weingarten.

There's Dave Barry's BFF with whom he does the Post Hunt and Herald Hunt every year, Gene Weingarten.

I actually think the old theatrical animated shorts (which I had a collection of that I watched avidly as a kid) do Superman more justice than these films. They're really nothing but lushly animated action sequences posing the question of how Superman will stop some outsized natural disaster or doomsday device, but as…

I actually think the old theatrical animated shorts (which I had a collection of that I watched avidly as a kid) do Superman more justice than these films. They're really nothing but lushly animated action sequences posing the question of how Superman will stop some outsized natural disaster or doomsday device, but as…

Superman. The first one, by Richard Donner with Christopher Reeve.

Superman. The first one, by Richard Donner with Christopher Reeve.

Obviously anyone seriously comparing Norton to any "real" monarch is being facetious, but it is a question worth asking — how much "power" in that sense does, say, Queen Elizabeth actually have? In terms of actual, literal power she's really just a celebrity who goes on TV — indeed arguably *less* powerful because…

Obviously anyone seriously comparing Norton to any "real" monarch is being facetious, but it is a question worth asking — how much "power" in that sense does, say, Queen Elizabeth actually have? In terms of actual, literal power she's really just a celebrity who goes on TV — indeed arguably *less* powerful because…

That's the thing, though — and I'm a little hesitant to say this because on one level it's the kind of facile annoying thing hipsters say, but, I mean…