avclub-d62611042cec6817f6c27c140fdaeedb--disqus
captain video
avclub-d62611042cec6817f6c27c140fdaeedb--disqus

There's something terribly frustrating about a Photoshopped image in which someone has replaced TWO of the heads on Mount Rushmore. Not one, not four - two.

This is EXTRMELY cool. Restoration and preservation is an extremely big deal to me personally, and I'm pleased the cause has actual champions.

The usual Jeopardy recap isn't here (good work to whoever normally takes the time to do those), so I'll just throw this out here: Tonight's Final Jeopardy was the most poorly worded answer I've ever seen on the show.

I think the water planet's ocean was actually only like two feet deep. Which, if true, is as bold a science fiction move as I think I've ever seen.

I like the idea of AV to Z, but so far there have been three of them and each one has included at least one instance of "there weren't a whole lot of options for this letter." I can't decide if that's an inherent problem with the format or something that could be resolved by casting a wider net.

Is it just me, or did there seem to be a lot more tie-in articles for the Mad Men week than for previous themed weeks?

I think seeing it in black and white might have made it MORE surreal. Black and white isn't something that exists in the real world (at least, for people with normal vision), and when we see something filmed in it, we're already accepting a certain amount of surrealism. I have a theory that that's why The Twilight

That's about the conclusion I drew. As the show rose to great heights of storytelling, it's tempting to forget temporary lapses in quality along the way. That's part of why this ongoing review of the show's back catalogue, in chronological order, is fascinating to me.

I think this reboot will end up having the same problem with District 9 that John Connor ended up having with Star Wars: You got there first, but the next guy did such a better job that YOU end up looking like the knockoff.

For those unable to keep track anymore, the actual titles of the Fast and Furious movies are as follows:

I actually thought this video was terrible. The graphics are innovative but only tangentially related to what the narrator's discussing at any given point, and the script he's reading from wanders all over the place with only the most basic elements of context. Style definitely got out ahead of subject here.

A lot of ghost mustaches in here.

I love that even McBain is struggling with this.

And how would Duchovny and Anderson explain away the aging process? Not that I don't see options, I just want to know which one you think they'd choose.

The truth is more nuanced, of course, but I'm beginning to think this approach is the only way to stem the tide.

This was beautiful. Thank you.

Police Cops: Murder Homicide Division Department

For anyone who likes this sort of thing, you owe it to yourself to see Your Name Here, a similarly premised industrial film spoof from the stock footage god-kings of The Calvin Workshop. Released around 1960 in heavily-distorted full color, it's now in the public domain and can be seen free at the Internet Archive.

Who among us wouldn't live in a vintage-car-show-quality 1977 AMC Gremlin, if given the chance?

I had this happen with Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, though in this case it was saving right before getting shot.