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That's so Franco.

Busy Philips deserves every bit of praise she gets for this episode, but I think Franco deserves some attention for that scene he and Philips share in the Weir kitchen.

Kim's dad immediately asking for a discount is rough, but what really kills me and makes me squirm is just how strikingly similar Kim and her mom are, and how those similarities drive an unreconcilable wedge between them.

Mash them together for "The Sound of Countdown"!

I'm sorry, I don't know who my guy is.

I don't know why he said Goodbye, he is 'Hello.'

It's okay to admit that you ate that gag up.

George Sr.'s FernGully is about heroic land developers banishing hippie-esque fairies who are standing in the way of progress.

That was a pretty goddam epic reveal, and I'm glad they played it for all the over-the-top pomp and divinity they could muster.

Tom Tykwer title: Run Logan Run

"It's Christmas at Ground Zero,
Just seconds left to go,
What a crazy fluke
We're gonna get nuked
On this jolly Holiday!"

I'm really rather shocked that no modern zombie movie has tried to replicate that shark scene. I mean, come on: Zombie vs. Shark!

"My Gosh, Bela, how do you do that?"
"You must be double-jointed. And you must be Hungarian."

I think Planet Terror's real satirical intent is aimed at people who refuse to take proper care of movies, either because they don't care or because they've deemed a film "worthless" when compared to an agreed-upon classic.

Rodriguez certainly takes his "Missing Reel" gag further and it's more ingrained in the plot (it certainly feels like you're missing twenty minutes of the movie). While the same gag in Death Proof isn't as extreme, you don't realize just how important it is until you watch the extended cut and you suddenly have the

I think I saw this three times in theaters, twice for free (college campus theater).

My favorite little film joke is the fact that there's a little film splice whenever someone mimes a cut of some sort. (Example: when Dr. Block is explaining about the guy who had to get an amputation: he slaps his hands together and the film jumps a little)

Oh, wow, you haven't seen Grindhouse as a whole? (Well, judging by the box office returns, it looks like you're not alone). Anyway, you're in for a treat. They work so much better together and trimmed down to their essence.

Yeah, deciding what to do with Authorial Intent can be a real pain in the ass. Especially when it comes to effective narrative shortcuts (and narrative closure) stepping on the toes of morality.

I didn't think the line was referring to the rape threat, I thought she was referring to Crichton saving the day despite his considerable handicap of being a human being. 
I assume that since the threatened rape scene was added after the rest of the episode was shot that the altered context of Chiana's line probably