(Animatronic Mojo walks for door.)
"Animatronic Mojo!"
(Animatronic Mojo stops; turns.)
"…Thanks."

I actually remember Robocop getting lots of love at the Oscars that year—it didn't win, but it was nominated for a couple and every time someone read the title there was audible whooping and applause. Definitely had a following.

Good God what I'd give for that right now.

This is why I'd have voted for anyone—absolutely anyone—from this year's presidential field if it would have kept him out of office. Theocrat Ted Cruz? Bring it. Half-asleep Ben Carson? Why the hell not.

Saw one suggestion that the possible outcomes fall under Schwarzeneger-Berlusconi-Mussolini. We need to hope for the first, prepare for (and probably expect) the second, and fear and fight against the third.

The screenplay leans even more heavily into the "There are no heroes left in the world" line—it's echoed in dialogue throughout. Then, when Riggs bursts in, Black pauses mid-scene to address the reader directly: "This is real hero stuff here, people."

I think it's only sentimentality if it's unearned. By that standard, E.T. isn't sentimental—it comes by its emotional highs and lows honestly. The BFG, unfortunately, is pretty sentimental: all surfaces and swelling scores and off emotional notes.

My 5th grade teacher read "My Brother Sam is Dead" to us. The class was so rapt that there were actual groans when the appearance of a substitute (usually a great thing, obviously) meant we didn't get a chapter that day.

It was pretty well hidden! I only noticed because I remembered the piece from years ago.

There's a link on "Hulk 2." Pretty great actually.

Maybe a shade, but in my few interactions with him he was a genuinely good natured guy, so my guess is he had a pretty clear eyed and self-deprecating take on it.

Seriously, fuck the Goonies. I saw it at the perfect age (11 or 12) and I thought it was stupid pandering junk even at the time.

Terminator is pure propulsive storytelling with a moral core. T2 is eye candy with some preachy moralizing.

Absolutely! But invisibility would be on the "before" end of the arc. BTW, I had a friend who used to ask people if they'd rather have the power of flight or of invisibility. I find choosing invisibility over flight baffling, almost to the point of being an objective character flaw.

Though even there the invisibility is a stand-in for Violet's early-teen shyness and angst. When she comes into her own and really loves her powers, she's all about the spinning powershields.

It's also a true story from Simon's book "Homicide."

Hm, interesting point. I think that line of dialogue is such the perfect post-killing capper that I can't really see it as other than that, though.

No, that's true. I'm almost positive it's just the one guy, and it's pretty clear in context that it's either the Mutant or the kid he's taken hostage. You can see it here:
http://dkreturns.blogspot.c…

He does, actually. Hostage situation:

Grew up in Connecticut. New Haven style pizza is ungodly good. Fried clam rolls are also pretty sweet.