I've only watched three of his movies (course, he's only made six), but Badlands is stunning-Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as adrift killers.

I actually liked Darren having a sympathetic moment; he's such a pretentious, dour douchebag that its hard to like him, but it's kind of nice seeing him actually doing a decent show and trying hard to make a real, emotional production. Even the "villains" on the show have their good moments because they have the same…

Warner is the man, although I tend to think of him pretty much as Ra's Al Ghul (and the BTAS version is definitely the best version of said immortal eco-terrorist on screen).

Gangster no. 1 is pretty fun. The opening sequence with McDowell is worth the relative come-down after it's over.

That might be the best Strummer vocal on tape (and he was one of the best rock n' roll singers ever). You can just hear the pain in his voice: "oh papa papa papa papa san, please take me home"

I wouldn't say he dislikes it exactly; I think he wants to view it without any idealism or rose tinted glasses, and that means acknowledging the many, many problems the 60s counterculture had. Which is awesome and probably why a lot of baby boomers might not love the show.

I love that the episode was directly inspired by Sartre's Nausea. Whedon puts a lot of emphasis on existentialist ideas in his writing, especially in Angel.

I thought he was kind of brilliant in The Other Guys-just kind of weird and unhinged, like his character saw random cop movies and thought that was how he was supposed to act. Plus him shooting Derek Jeter was awesome.

I agree, that song is really striking. It's like "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"-very emotional in a setting with little arrangement besides his voice.

If you guys are doing more show tunes as part of Hear This, try Could We Start Again Please? from Jesus Christ Superstar. It's not the most famous song, but I love the bittersweet feeling around it and that need to return to the good times just when they're over. Beautiful stuff.

Never watched any Elvis movies, though I love his music. One thing I read in Careless Love (Peter Guralnick's incredibly sad part two of his biography of Elvis) is that Elvis very much wanted to play roles that would challenge him as an actor, but he was basically gypped into continuing making the "elvis movies". When…

I have some versions of the songs with Neil Patrick Harris as Charles, and man they are beautiful. I'll have to watch the original.

Bonnie and Clyde is a really good movie though; the ending is still really jarring and powerful.

Fair enough. McCabe and Mrs. Miller is still the best Warren Beatty movie for my money (that or Reds, which has kind of been lost in the cracks).

Love it; and no disrespect meant, but this movie is just better than Bonnie and Clyde.

Aw, I love this episode (and show) so much. Notes (I guess):

Pineapple Express might be the best stoner movie ever made. That doesn't sound like its saying much, but I absolutely love it.

He did, and I'm pretty sure it was better than the original.

Oh thank God, I thought I was the only one. Fuck the Cheka though, right?

Ah, poor Joel. "Joel Schumacher is history's greatest monster"