So was "Transformers," but then Michael Bay turned it into a shitty movie franchise designed to cynically exploit the naivete of adults to sell GM vehicles.

This has the potential to be the best film-based-on-a-popular-but-really-not-that-good-80s-cartoon-that-was-really-just-a-30-minute-toy-commercial EVER.

This has the potential to be the best film-based-on-a-popular-but-really-not-that-good-80s-cartoon-that-was-really-just-a-30-minute-toy-commercial EVER.

Away with you.

Away with you.

A good movie should stand on its own without the audience having to read the source material first. King may have written the better story, but Kubrick made the better movie.

A good movie should stand on its own without the audience having to read the source material first. King may have written the better story, but Kubrick made the better movie.

OK, I'll say it: I just don't think Chicken Little will make a compelling Bond villain.

OK, I'll say it: I just don't think Chicken Little will make a compelling Bond villain.

And really, Jackson, are you a better writer than Tolkien? No? Then how about you leave the story up to him.

And really, Jackson, are you a better writer than Tolkien? No? Then how about you leave the story up to him.

Part I: An Unexpected Journey
Part 2: There and Back Again
Part 3: What the Fuck are YOU Still Doing Here?

Part I: An Unexpected Journey
Part 2: There and Back Again
Part 3: What the Fuck are YOU Still Doing Here?

There's a plot now? I guess George must have spliced that in during one of the "Special Edition" edits.

All work and no play makes Warner a dull studio.

All work and no play makes Warner a dull studio.

Mr J could adapt any of the remaining books, as no one has actually read them.

Mr J could adapt any of the remaining books, as no one has actually read them.

I like watching early episodes from the days before everyone he interviewed was in on the joke.

I like watching early episodes from the days before everyone he interviewed was in on the joke.