Sci fi movies are starting to feel 'retro'. They belong with the era of the Jetsons and Tang fake orange juice. The International Space Station, which as been floating overhead for 16 years now, has been of virtually no utility to anyone. To quote Yogi Berra, "The future isn't what it used to be."

I'd like to hear the latest conspiracy theory about where the AV Club movie section went. I think it has something to do with 7/8th of the films getting C- to D- grades

I recall reading the memoir Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail solo around the world more than 120 years ago. When he made landfall in South Africa the president (or whatever the title was back then) gave him a very hard time. Angrily insisted that he say he travelled 'about' the earth rather than 'around' it.…

I grew up in a town that moose would occasionally wander through.

We're a big country. 320 million, last I looked. that means of just .0001% of the population believes something that would be thirty two thousand people. That's the population of mid-size flyover state city.

To be fair, they focus-group the shit out of blockbuster movie endings. A 42 year old housewife might've suggested that film's ending.

And for that crime he became the smoke monster?

They should have hired Joss Whedon to write the ending to Lost. Whedon shows may start out notoriously slow but they usually wind up with a kick-ass conclusion that ties up the storyline nicely. A Lost conclusion on par with Angel or Doll House would'a been killer.

The way they had set up that alternate timeline and had everybody escape to it, the most logical outcome from a storytelling standpoint would have been for everyone to escape and allow the smoke monster to rage alone and impotent in his destroyed universe alt timeline. To have the cast just magically be 'elsewhere'…

Viewers sometimes forget that Meredith is the depressive, withholding, occasionally suicidal anti-hero of the show. She's built up this ideal fantasy about her wonderful life with dead hubby to compare against other men, but I recall she drove Derreck to alcoholic despair on several occasions, that they had been…

I'm starting to feel sorry for the actor who plays the part of Riggs. Being in the role they gave him has got to be a thankless task. He probably went into the project thinking there were going to be big juicy acting moments. Instead he resembles that poor boyfriend Rory kept forgetting she was dating on the Gilmore…

Does anyone know how many episodes this season? If its 13 that means there's just 4 left.

There was an old Youtube comedy video up involving Pally and Dan Gregor called something like "Ghostbusters were dicks" or a similar name. It showed the ghostbusters guys torturing and imprisoning the spirits of dead children while their horrified grieving parents looked on. It was pretty hilarious. I haven't see that…

Wait. The film is set in the 80s, not the early 70s? Those were the Reagan years, when all of societal pressure was forcing people to CONFORM to religion, not advocating against it. Also that was when the faux military buzz cut came into style, also conforming to Reagan's vision of America. They don't have their…

You can tell this film's primary demographic is old folks. People for whom the late 60s-early 70s are steeped in nostalgia. I'm saying this as someone for whom high-waisted bell bottom jeans have a certain nostalgic appeal, myself. My avatar pict was taken in 1972.

??? Again. What are you yammering about?

??? I don't believe elves are real. Am I part of an anti-elf religion?

That scene at the tailors where Cheryl's dad is standing uncomfortably close to Archie while Archie stands there with his pants off. Uuugh, it gave me the creeps. Also that scene of Betty mom slicing into that blood-red cherry pie and pulling out a very thin slice reminded me that a sister show on the CW that had an…

They've been going out for what, a month maybe? He keeps making thoughtlessly hurtful comments in public and you see her face drop. Archie's too high maintenance for a schoolgirl to handle. Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, the pervy teacher. Archie's a hound dog.

Considering the red hair, we're probably going to learn that Archie's dad isn't his real father, he's really a Blossom. Cheryl's half brother.