Well, all it is is one big battle or another, @avclub-f9dc5c1b905401733b9aaf49c03c071d:disqus ! There's either the battle, Frodo and Sam sneaking around the battle, or another battle.

Why not, @avclub-91546109eaf110327d50b0955865712a:disqus ? FDR did.

No, because I'd still vote for Powers Boothe before I'd vote for either of the current "major" party candidates, @avclub-91546109eaf110327d50b0955865712a:disqus !

It was like John Wayne winning Best Actor for True Grit (another possible for this list?), Robert Redford winning Best Director for Ordinary People, or Peter Jackson walking off with everything but the podium for LOTR: Return of the King, @michaelweyer:disqus . They figured they'd better give him an Oscar for…

NO - because of The Birdcage (everything wrong with a "Hollywoodization" of a foreign hit comedy!), The Ring (Gods, was that just pointless!), The Thomas Crown Affair (it was never a great movie, but this version was even less-great), Little Shop of Horrors (a splashy corruption of a fun Corman Cheapie turned into a…

They let you eat durian in Singapore?

Don't we already have those, @avclub-d71760750778a95386b703f5c9e474f0:disqus ?

What did Uncle Duke say about Wenner? "He won't give me a hand - he needs both of his for social climbing!", @avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus !

Sadly, the only author who could write that article blew his brains out about a decade ago, @avclub-507eadad20d4b713441717995a15e661:disqus ….

What kills me is Anthony Bourdain, of all people, likes it there!

Is that because most western spices have capsaicin as their primary spice element, @Freddy Rumsrn? It strikes me that kimchee's "heat" comes more from the fermentation of cabbage and garlic than from the introduction of chilis.

High-five for the Lord of the Flies reference, @avclub-23cc92585eacb29f4df03ed17e222333:disqus !

@Mr. Greene, there are a bunch of spicy Indian dishes that you might be thinking of - like these here?

Spicy Tikka Masala, @Matthew_Blanchette:disqus ? Far as I know, Tikka Masala is really mild, which is why my wife always orders it (that and Butter Chicken).

Oh, the Bollywood number was the reason we watched it, @avclub-12a6b31534819f646bd9bf5e8a99756d:disqus !

Or at least a berth on Abrams's Enterprise, @disqus_hbOv1r934s:disqus ?

Person of Interest, @disqus_YjjAtUNr9J:disqus - it went through at least a half-season of "Number-of-the-Week" episodes, and spun its mythology in the background. A lot of people mistakenly thought it was nothing but a Generic CBS Procedural, while all the time it was laying the groundwork for its overarching themes…

Dr. Linda Martin is a much better shrink for Lucifer than Dr. Worf (or whatever his name was supposed to be!) was for Kate Beckett, @TheLadyEve:disqus .

I didn't think Scotty hesitated when he said "Well, it's Green!", @Matthew_Blanchette:disqus ?

In other words, just like the author of this article, @Jesse Hassenger, thinks Star Trek is like, @avclub-c701a997d9bef627835b036efb4eca63:disqus ?