Escape from LA? Never heard of it.

I believe the technical term is "alt mode."

This guy gets it.

It may be too sophisticated.

I shopped at Wal Mart BEFORE it was cool.

What the hell do they call pants? Leg holders?

You've earned it.

*snirk* underwear.

…no, and I get where you're going with this, but I would LOVE to have a buckle that is also a steering wheel.

Also, the word "Pants" is one of those words that is inherently hilarious to me for some reason.

Thank God, they're buying my pants. These things are driving me nuts!

I don't disagree entirely. But yeah, superhero films also fold in other elements, like science fiction, fantasy, and sometimes even horror! It's a grab bag of things, but they are usually defined be self-contained and common elements (origin stories that revolve around a science fiction concept or a call to action,…

Whatever, you know what I mean. It's Friday, okay?

The opening scene in Ong Bak with the tree is gorgeous. The rest is just solid, crazy fun.

The superhero genre is isolated from this column by choice, for the most part.

They both have unique strengths. I appreciate the Leone homages in part 2 more than I do the Shaw Bros homages in part 1, simply because I'm more familiar with Leone. But hey…they both work like gangbusters for me (or at least, they did at the time; I haven't watched them in 10 years).

"How to make a good point look really stupid and bad in one easy step."

Anything makes more sense than Genysis. My God, that movie was so bad.

His comment reminds me of that guy I went to high school with that said the Canadian indie band Rusty is a WAY better band than The Beatles.

He's a horrible asshole, sure, but I can still enjoy that album.