I hope so!

And I'm sure he learned exactly the right lesson from it! After all, tyrants are famous for being open-minded about satire.

THIS, a year in the future.

I come from one year in the future to add that the garage door closing was super evocative of that Breaking Bad episode as well!

Also catching up a year or so late, and surprised at how . . . relevant some of this stuff is.

Reminds me of my eight-year-old logic after seeing the first one. The problem is, there's only so much bigger you can go. Also, it gets repetitive of course.

And . . . ?

But not as huge a one as many think, I would add. Originality in broad strokes is almost impossible to do. I would argue that Force Awakens had some nice original details, as well as some nice twists on the formulas used in IV.

Upvoted for alliteration.

Liar cat.

He's a convincing pick for both the smartest and the coolest (although I'd reserve that second one for Mike), but he doesn't change throughout the story, so it would be hard for me to call him the best.

Followed by its inevitable sequel: 2 Sensible 2 Mild

So true!

Walter White of Breaking Bad is an obvious choice, but I don't notice anyone handing out awards for subtlety around these parts.

You shouldn't talk about your father that way.

Not great, Bob!

You joke, but . . . I'd listen to that.

David Simon angrily tweets Idris Elba's home address.

Headcannon.

I get that the accepted default is to poop dramatically on GJI, but Rossatron is genuinely a wonderful channel, full of thoughtful, illuminating video essays on action films.