avclub-f06283e88eb8240594aa620b2fdac0e7--disqus
Sam Catchem
avclub-f06283e88eb8240594aa620b2fdac0e7--disqus

I'm one of the few people who loved it as a kid and fell out of love with it as an adult. I believe I was 11 when it first came out. I had this obsession with Star Wars parodies ( I remember taping the Star Wars Muppet Babies episode), so Spaceballs was one of my most anticipated movies to see in 87. All these years

The remake didn't have an equivalent to the scene in the original where Bronson and Jan Micheal Vincent sit back and watch the girl commit suicide, did it? That's what I liked so much about the original. It delved into the fact these guys were sociopaths, whereas nowadays we all just take for granted that most action

What about Deadly Viper Assassination Squad?

Yeah, dark comedies that ironically celebrate hedonism and crime are something that Hollywood does really well sometimes. And other times, it comes off looking like wish fulfillment for douchebags.

Just watch Gunga Din instead.

Ted Cruz + Shia LaBeouf = Miles Teller. No wonder I've always sort of hated the guy.

I think the worst has to be the movie Lucky Number Slevin, which adds an "L" to the word seven because that sounds more like a last name, I guess?

I used to watch The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan and Clue Club on Mystery Inc., which was what Cartoon Network called it's Sunday afternoon Scooby Doo ripoff block back in the nineties. I still get the godawful Clue Club theme song stuck in my head at random intervals some twenty years later. Seriously, go listen to

My local Fox affiliate shows it every morning at 2 am. Seasons 1 through 4 only. I believe I saw a season 5 episode on Comedy Central once, but I don't think they run it anymore.

Slide whistle? I would've gone with **BOING!**

I came up with the idea for The Matrix four years before it came out. I saw a trailer for Johnny Mnemonic, which made me think the plot was about Keanu Reeves getting hooked up to some sort of virtual reality machine and having to fight ninjas in business suits. After realizing that wasn't the plot of the movie at

The song "Let It Go" refers to your willpower after you've ingested a hypnotic worm.

I've always loved the scene in the aquarium/restaurant. I think it's one of my favorite De Palma sequences. Those crazy low angle shots and the mounting tension before he throws the explosive gum. That plus the vault scene and the Chunnel sequence still hold up today, I think. The first Mission: Impossible is still my

I need to watch it again. I remember being disappointed by it 20 years ago because the ads made it look like the whole movie was a reenactment of the Hawaii vacation episodes, but those scenes only made up the last twenty minutes or so.

Which shows are you wanting to see rebooted? I can't really think of that many. Land of the Lost got a movie with Will Ferrel a few years back. Knight Rider and Battlestar Galactica got rebooted for TV. Twilight Zone has been rebooted several times. Dr Who is still going. I'm sure they'll reboot Quantum Leap here in a

I believe A Very Brady Sequel came out that year also. I took a girl to see it on a blind date and found out half way into it that she was really religious when she wanted to leave because of all the drug and incest humor.

I had a horror geek friend who called Jackson a sell-out for making a "big Hollywood movie" like The Frighteners back in 96. Now it practically looks like an art house movie compared to everything he's done since. I'm still amazed The Frighteners clocks in at just under two hours and only has one ending.

I believe that songs plays on the jukebox at the bar Ethan Hawke works at.

Yeah, I think it refers to the guy in the Charles Atlas ads who gets sand kicked in his face.

Don't forget. Theron is African-American.