Hmmm…Mine is giving me Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Matt Berninger of The National, and Frank Oz. (Where's Summer Glau and The Thing as Blackbeard?)

Tom Hardy as Zod, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Superman. Not sure if it would work as a movie, but the slash fandom would go wild.

@Superdeformed: Only if he plays Bizarro, too.

In fact, and I kid you not, Nicholas Meyer actually mentions her in the latest commentary track for Wrath of Khan, which is where I learned more about her life story. Verna Fields was born to be an editor. Anything else is a waste of material.

@Custuclu: Very nicely put.

Verna Fields is credited with coining the term "wipe by cut," which is what we're talking about here, and she'd worked with Spielberg before (on The Sugarland Express). I think it's quite likely that he shot the scene the way he did knowing what she'd be able to do with it.

Neil Tennant has also said that he thinks Morrissey is the best songwriter of his generation, so you need to take "Getting Away With It" with a healthy dose of PSB-style irony.

Electronic is indeed awesome, though uneven. Johnny Marr has gone on the record as saying that "Get the Message" is the best song he ever did, and there are times when I'm inclined to agree with him.

Verna Fields
"And now comes one of the most subtly stunning effects in Spielberg's entire oeuvre…Did Spielberg cook this up because he was aware that there wasn't gonna be a whole lot happening in the water a few minutes later? No way to know for sure, but good luck finding any similar moments in, oh, say, Jurassic…

Sam Simon and John Swartzwelder
I agree that this episode represents a massive leap forward in the history of The Simpsons, but let's not forget that we owe it to an unusual, credited collaboration between Sam Simon (generally regarded as the man responsible for expanding the scope of the series) and John Swartzwelder…

"One of the most notorious flops in TV history"
So what does that make "Lone Star?"

I could have gone without the "Baa ram ewe!" reference, frankly.

I'll put in another vote for "Paper Hearts," although I love "Small Potatoes," too.

I've been trying for two minutes to come up with a Scouring of the Shire joke, but I've got nothing. Anyone?

Also, the ending of The Prestige isn't something that you can just casually spoil to someone (unlike, say, The Sixth Sense). It would take at least two minutes of detailed explanation.

"Why would a guy wanna marry a guy?"
"Security!"

Bonnie and Clyde
I saw it again a few years ago at the Berkshire International Film Festival, where Penn was accepting an award. Penn was still as sharp as ever, but the movie was what blew me away: the mixture of tones is still wonderfully unsettling, halfway between parody and tragedy, and it plays the audience like…

Stuart Baird, before he went back. (Since it's the difference between directing "Star Trek: Nemesis" and editing "Casino Royale," it's safe to say that he made the right choice.)

This movie's very good!

Editors have a massive impact on the finished version of a movie, and except for certain famous examples (Peter Zinner constructing the baptism scene in "The Godfather," Walter Murch saving "The Conversation," Robert Rosenbaum unearthing "Annie Hall" from three hours of shapeless footage) their contribution usually…