Only thing missing was a satisfyingly tense climax/resolution to a truly fantastic hook.  Everything else was pitch perfect.

Only thing missing was a satisfyingly tense climax/resolution to a truly fantastic hook.  Everything else was pitch perfect.

WOOOOOOOO! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!

WOOOOOOOO! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE!

I've seen it.  It's Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX.  It needs no further loquaciousness.  Go see it.

I've seen it.  It's Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX.  It needs no further loquaciousness.  Go see it.

With Rowdy Roddy Piper as Bolphunga.

With Rowdy Roddy Piper as Bolphunga.

So can Rob Paulsen, every chance he gets.

So can Rob Paulsen, every chance he gets.

I'm okay with this.

I LOVE LSD

It means that Kirkman came up with "greatest thief on earth/man with checkered past decides to retire" and then told Nick Spencer to go write it.

I liked the part where Val Kilmer got shot.

Etto, chotto kikitai koto ga arimasu kedo… fuck you.

It's a noir homage.  Cheesy, cliche-riddled dialogue is practically a requirement.

You just, you just don't get it, do you?

Kurosawa had already been an established director with international acclaim by the time he made Seven Samurai, thanks to Rashomon (1949).  While Magnificent Seven certainly made his name more well known in America, given the sheer volume of brilliant films he created, I doubt his accomplishments wouldn't have been…

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the fact that I came anywhere close to answering that correctly absolutely astounds me.