I can deal with a lot of crazy in films but U-Turn was just the right kind of WTF for me to check out during. The only scenes I enjoyed were when Claire Daines, Joaquin Phoenix, and Sean Penn were all together.

Man, why isn't Enver Gjokaj super famous yet? He was so good on that show.

I'm actually a pretty big fan of Signs. It isolates the characters really well, the cast is excellent, and there is a nice balance between comedic and serious moments. In my mind, it's what the War of the Worlds remake should have been.

Good call on Battleship Potemkin! It would probably be best to have the Russo-Japanese war song set on Odessa with Tsar Nicholas randomly cutting in from St. Petersberg.

I think it'd have to focus on various classes. I'd want to make it a generational divide too, with the nobility as a younger but stodgy party while the workers would be older, experiences, and take little bullshit. Nicholas II wasn't that old in 1905 and he seemed very inexperienced.

It would be a little like Reds but probably closer to Fiddler on the Roof. Less "Hey, communism is awesome!" and more "Hey, it kinda sucks to be Russian right now! Be better at Tsar'ing, Tsar!" (this is how early 20th century Russian peasants spoke, right?) Also, Rasputin would tap dance. I don't even care that he…

The Garfield assassination would be good. That whole idea of political patronage and access to the canidate took on a whole different meaning when mentally unbalanced people thought the politician owed  them something.

That pitch meeting would be amazing. "So, it's Jailhouse Rock meets Bob Fosse meets the end of Blues Brothers! We'll take your money in denominations of $10s and $20s, please." :)

@ArthurEdens:disqus It does seem pretty funny in retrospect. But, it was so well done that if you tuned in just five minutes late you had no idea what was going on until the half hour mark. I can just imagine someone getting out of work late, turning on the car radio, and legitimately panicking because you didn't…

Will do!

lol, Yeah I have a friend who keeps glaring at me when I tell her I haven't gotten around to reading it yet so I figured it was about time.

Part way through James Elleroy's White Jazz right now (loving it).

I like it. Add some pyrotechnics in the background, some dancing police officers, and lots of fedoras and it's walks off with all the Tony Awards.

Yes, and it would be hunted with only it's cunning to protect it.

20 miles to Legoland!

Ha, I feel like Nixon in any sort of musical is a sure bet as far as entertainment goes. It would be interesting to do Nixon's downfall presented in the style of Macbeth. That obsession with power followed so closely by an obsession with enemies would, I think, carry the theme pretty well. Sort of like Ian…

For some reason the most memorable line from this episode for me is Ryan's "No, Michael, the gas station at Carbondale did not have fresh yams." It says so much about Michael's unrealistic expectations.

"I've never used the word 'spinster' in my life. OK, once, when I told my mother it was technically incorrect to call her son a spinster."

I do think it's interesting that Churchill wanted Blimp banned. The film isn't really negative at all, other than acknowledging that WWII was a different kind of war. It's sort of like how Patton wanted the Willie and Joe cartoon banned from Stars and Stripes. It's odd that they thought that any acknowledgement of…

I haven't seen either Canterbury Tale or Hail the Conquering Hero. I'll have to take a look. Thanks!