I’ll also add that “we’ve ordered three seasons!” almost certainly isn’t legally binding in any way; whatever contract there is probably says “...unless the first season tanks, in which case we’ll cut our losses and seasons 2+ will never happen.” It’s like Amazon’s “$500 million” deal for a LOTR show; that number is,…

I’m sure if James Cameron knew what he knew now, he would have added a scene at the end of Aliens where Ripley, Newt and Hicks wake up at Gateway Station and maybe even a 20 years later showing Newt off on her way to university while Ripley and Hicks are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary while a news report…

With our current roster of writers, I can get you a thirteen page slideshow on hypothetical projects that Wednesday Adams and Aubrey Plaza could potentially work on together. Would that work for you?

bold of you to assume they ever enjoyed anything

My theory is all the ants who went to see it were able to sneak past the ticket since they’re so small.

Brilliant game, still can’t believe I beat it somehow. Nearly quit a half dozen times before it clicked with me. Going back through stormveil on new game plus and crushing everything was sweet revenge. 

Leave Eleanor Goldilocks alone! 

Get O’Shea on the court and he’s trouble. Last week O’Shea messed around and got a triple double. I mean, he’s well known for freaking brothers everyway like MJ.

And who could forget at the end, when Willy Wonka declares: “I have had it with these motherfucking children in this motherfucking factory!”

Of course! As we all know, overexplaining everything about a horror villain just makes them scarier. 

If you want to hang out, you’ve gotta take Keri Russell out, cocaine bear
If you want to get down, down with Ray Liotta, cocaine bear

Truss everyone up like Hannibal Lecter. It’s tough but fair.

That will always be the first thing I think of when I think of Belzer. Well, not the lawsuit, the incident itself. I genuinely thought it was a work at the time - I’m too young to have remembered the Kaufman/Lawler thing so it was a jaw-dropper.

Not too soon. Nobody working for AV Club or its related websites now is triggered by the word “sue” and “Hulk Hogan” in the same sentence anymore.

Belzer’s description of the real life Munch, Jay Landsman, from the 2010 AVClub interview (wish links weren’t broken!) is worth a read, since it was why he ended up getting cast despite concerns about his acting.

I really hope they play the Amok Time fight theme at his funeral.

My favorite story about Fried is that he was startled when he began getting residuals from The Simpsons for Amok Time; “I never wrote anything for them!”

“All rise for our national anthem!”

a-ha moment —> Take on Me

For Bear you have to go with the rug Leslie “Hotshot” Neilson wrestles in Day of the Animals or The Grizzly from (checks notes) Grizzly.