Don't forget the compass in the stock!

Can't remember if it was part of the CYOA series or a knockoff, but there was a pretty cool Batman book which was similar to the '60s movie (I think there was a team-up of the major villains, world domination, etc).

I thought it was David Lo Pan's long-lost hick cousin.

I really hope Kotex's ad agency is taking notes right now.

Why, just because you can't see the blood?

@avclub-d35d0af0d2a70c049bbedcb88e25ef28:disqus I think you spelled "America" wrong.

That's a training montage I'd pay to see.

Yeah, that's the part that seals this as an 'ugly all around' situation. What, are they pissed that Cinemark didn't have the foresight to be the first theater chain to start using metal detectors? Should the employees have had special forces training, in the hopes of being able to disarm a sudden threat when they have…

I'm clearly a rank amateur. *bows in admiration*

Please exit the shadowy corners of my mind posthaste. It's cramped enough in here as it is.

Umm, might've been nice to also mention the downside of all that public domain "availability."

Meh. I took a calculated risk. Don't be sorry.

Heh. Nice gimmick.

They look like Scrabble tiles. I hope some Banksy type attacks him in his sleep and applies the proper point values.

Dare I ask who gets the 'EASY' tat?

That's Lil Jon.

As much as I love The Fame Monster, the anal part of me bristled a bit at its nomination for Album of the Year. It's an EP, people!

Sadly I think a lot of those overreactions are an unintended peek at our continuing collective problems with race and gender and subculture.

@avclub-40e90db13ab31c7efd64228034182c2e:disqus God, it's fun to watch him try desperately to pretend Kanye didn't just say that. JUST KEEP STARING DON'T SMILE DON'T FLINCH IS THIS REAL LIFE?

I've no idea how accurate the theory might be, but another possibility I've heard which is also age-irrelevant is that the uplifting/deep/message sorts of movies tend to do well because as a collective industry, everyone's basically voting for "themselves," in the sense of "this is what we do." And many of them want…