I actually was misreading it "Frye Festival" for a bit there, thinking it was some Futurama convention that went horribly awry.

Not sure about that. Yeah, Hubbard asked him to do it, but Travolta at the time said that getting B:E made had been a passion project of his. He was producer and financed some of the movie himself.

If this was in the 80s or early 90s, that story is badass. If it's any time since, that story is so sad.

He slums so easily that his reputation precedes him. Few strong directors have the time or patience to see the charisma he's capable of and cast him when they know him from Battlefield Earth. He needs a really strong agent to push him and push back on his worst instincts because he has terrible judgment it seems.

I guess. There's stories from Heat about him being a dick because he landed Batman Forever.

Man what the hell happened to him in the mid-90s. Right when he finally got his break, he became this humorless, difficult asshole. But in Top Secret, hell even in Tombstone, he seems like he's having a blast and just rolling with it.

There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen.

Clooney did Batman before Soderbergh clapped him upside the head and taught him to act, so it was his one-note, chuckle and avert eyes performance that he seemed to do in every movie until Out of Sight. There's no difference between Clooney as Batman and Clooney as Wayne.

Top Secret is great. If you liked Airplane and Naked Gun, you'll be wondering why it took you so long to watch this one. Also Kilmer is surprisingly good in it.

Not that I have the strongest stomach, but every time I've wandered across the 80s Blob on cable something horrific seems to be happening. Many years ago I tried flipping back and forth to it once in feeble hopes of catching some Shawnee Smith nudity, but every time I flipped back someone was being melted,…

Because Obama made fun of him at the Correspondent's Dinner four years ago, and here we are.

Too late.
That one might actually be my favorite so far. My daughter liked Beast of Hollow Mountain most.

There's a pause before they remove the head and it seems like the actor is pulling his head down inside the torso: the eyes go empty. Maybe a hole in the table or something?

Because it's a blast! You get to lie with impunity, destroy something you hate, and whip up your base if there's even a whiff of repercussion coming your way.

I knew that's where it was from!

So let's discuss the retcon in the finale, because everyone's got a different takeaway from it. My memory of it was that it was a retcon not just of the last season, almost the back half of the entire show. They had that flashback of DJ from one of the first few seasons telling her she should write more; I took it to…

Yeah, the Ultima games were what came to mind for me too. You'd have to translate them even!

*Gets CGI replaced by The Fat Jew in a Special Edition release*

Was gonna say the same thing. She has not aged a bit. It's eerie.

Name any other job where you can say, in your interview for that job: "This place is awful. It doesn't work at all. If I get this job I will do everything in my power to tear this place down and do my damnedest to prevent anyone here from working. Please hire me." AND THEN GET THAT JOB.