He’s let his personal tastes show a little stronger in past installments, especially as we approach films that he had extensive personal history with in his youth. It actually usually comes across fine, and is sometimes useful in terms of the column’s purported goals of contextualizing/mapping the evolution of what…

I was thinking of that when he mentioned Batty from Ferngully (which I haven’t seen). The William’s manic routine perhaps didn’t work as well without the Genie’s magical ability to chaotically augment his routine.

My kids went through an Aladdin phase earlier this year, which included the soundtrack in constant rotation in the car. I really came to appreciate the songcraft. This is a fantastic collection of songs, like a Broadway musical to me in their ability to advance the plot, show character, and sprinkle in all sorts of…

It’s specifically Tom’s column, so I guess it’s by nature meant to be a little more personal than a retrospective or even a review. But I also thought the Williams dislike came on a little too strong. It felt like it communicated a personal dislike without really trying to figure out why anyone would like his stuff.…

It’s a little overlong, especially when it gets stuck too long with the Lost Boys. The set design, while trying to look fantastic, overextends itself too often to looking like it’s being shot on a soundstage.

I agree. You laugh not just because you get the references, but because the references are usually on point and funny caricatures of what they are referencing themselves. The oft used criticism that the 92 references are obscure to today’s kids doesn’t jibe that Williams used obscure references in 92 to older…

Well, this is his column of #1 movies so he has to review whatever movie that happens to be. He didn’t get picked, it’s the goal of the column.

They were also basically part of the TV series. Return of Jafar was the pilot and King of Thieves was the series finale.

I’m finishing off a Cheers rewatch. The baby-making plot from the beginning of Season 10 was not really good for either her or Sam, except for the episode where they finally realize they are being idiots.

Take heart, assuming he could animate he probably simply swam to shore. 

Everyone’s posting about the terror of dying for these toys. But he says they live as long as they exist. Imagine a toy being lost in some location they will never be found and can’t get out of themselves. Stuck eternally.

I read Caroline’s idea more that Shakespeare created and codified many of the templates for the different types of romantic comedies that continue until today. I’d venture that Shakespeare is more widely read/popular consistently and has a greater influence on the development of certain genre. Also, since…

I imagine many of the beats of the show will be the same, but have better build up, exploration, and descriptions to support them.

Everyone keeps posting these jokes like he’ll never finish Winds of Winter.

Well, he actually commented in an interview/blog the opposite, that while yes, when the show passed him he slowed down, once the show was over he felt a resurgence in motivation.

I think perhaps that may be why it’s been slow since the finale, but he was moving very slow ages before the poor reception to the last season/finale.

The art on Long Halloween was exceptional. The story and dialogue . . . it was one of my first comics back after taking a long break in my teen years, and I almost bailed again since all I saw were great reviews and I thought it was pretty dumb and sensationalistic. 

It seemed to me that Iron Fist was the more popular martial arts property at Marvel, and I have wondered if it hadn’t been used up by Marvel TV if it wouldn’t have been made into a feature film instead of Shang Chi, with the Asian elements respected more. 

I couldn’t understand for awhile there when everyone seemed to be talking like he was such a hot talent and I thought even his most lauded work like The Long Halloween was shit. Yet he continued failing upward to my eyes, and was somehow in charge of Marvel TV.

I think anything would be frozen by liquid nitrogen, right? So the really remarkable part is that it comes back together once it’s been divided into a thousand pieces. The freezing part is just how the movie achieved that shattering end.