Let’s just talk logistics: there is zero way a teenager with a box of Nice & Easy dye could go from blue to blonde, especially with fresh blue dye. Zero. Zip. Not happening. Anyone who has ever dyed their hair ever would know this.

I had to cynically chuckle to myself at that part. Sorry Donna, not quite yet...

Star Trek: Generations was all about having the old-guard step aside, to be replaced with The Next Generation.

Stray observation: Donna names her VC “Symphonic Ventures”... The name of the first big computer she and Gordon made together and tried to sell was “The Symphonic.”

I don’t think that was a former IBM colleague Joe had coffee with. I interpreted that as being Future Joe, and the guy in the Porsche that almost ran him over Past Joe.

I’m really struggling to come up with a series finale that stuck the landing as well as this show did. Six Feet Under and The Shield both come to mind, but I think this episode (or episodes) has them beat.

When the sign lit up, tears started shooting out of my eyes. It was such an unexpected flourish for this show, yet so perfect . And Joe’s smile at the end! To see him at peace with himself was so damn good to see. God, this finale. So many little unexpected moments, all borne of love. Just a fabulous, fabulous ending.

No hyperbole, that was one of the most beautiful endings to a series that I’ve ever seen. It will stick with me for a long time.

“I hope that by the time my daughters are my age they don’t have to have gatherings like this one to remind themselves they’re here.”

Haley’s review of Star Trek: Generations was succinct, hilarious and spot-on.

I started sobbing when the imaginary Phoenix logo appeared over Cameron and Donna’s heads, and didn’t stop until Joe broke into a serene, finally-at-peace smile while surveying his classroom. I hope shows like Halt and Catch Fire become the rule, not the exception.

This show was a miracle.

I love Don Bluth movies (Secret of Nimh is one of my favorite cartoons ever), and none of them really bothered me as a kid with the exception of the Cossack Cats in the beginning of An American Tail. Those weren’t cats, those were slavering demons.

Anything by Don Bluth (nimh, all dogs go to heaven, American tail, etc) is guaranteed to have at least one terrifying scene. Nimh though, had so many. Why the hell did they need to make everything’s eyes glow?!

Jonathan Pryce aka Mr. Dark is perfectly cast in the movie. We still quote it to this day around our house “Still time to learn how to swim...” - fantastic movie. I recall Roger Ebert was particularly fond of it. Ray Bradbury himself wrote the screen play.

“Something Wicked This Way Comes” terrified me as a kid. I keep checking to see if it’s available streaming. Also “The Watcher in the Woods.” Love those two!

I just watched What We Do in the Shadows fur the first time and it’s the perfect mix of goofy and sweet. I haven’t laughed that hard in a while!

When that movie came out, it was kinda pre internet. I totally didn’t know if it was real or not. I was genuinely creeped the fuck out.

I would also recommend Drag Me To Hell which was scary but not the kind of thing that keeps me up at night.

Right before I turned 21 I moved to a new city, transferred colleges, and got an apartment by myself. I picked a place out on the third story of a rambling old Victorian mansion - a modest studio with white metal cabinets from the 1950's and a rusted fire escape which always gave me bad feelings. It was metal, and…