John Carter failed because Disney failed it. I've said this before, but if Disney had taken their filthy name off the movie, released it under a different distribution company (Buena Vista was the Disney company that released their non-cartoon/non-kiddie movies) and called it "Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars"…

Spielberg films are notable for this, but you see a family home in Close Encounters, ET, or Explorers - the floor is awash with toys, the kitchen tables are a massacre of a thousand meals and children scream and shout in the scenes in total disregard for main characters talking to each other. It's believable,…

Belloq and Doom are the wrong 80's villains to single out. I think you meant the greatest movie villain of all time:

Aw! I would like an entire book series and some movies, please.

Because it would still wind up better than The Phantom Menace.

Brad Bird

"Practical" and "awesome" don't need to be paired always. Sometimes it's just art for art's sake.

They kept pace during the Cold War because, frankly, there wasn't much else to do.

It's cold here.

I'm going to use this again (last time) because it's awesome.

Used this earlier this week and too good not to share again :)

Upon closer inspection.

That's good, but nothing will ever top Dramatic Eagle for me. I laugh like an idiot every time I watch it.

That is why I bribe them with peanuts.