I love the original scene and Wiseau, but while Ledger’s laugh is of infectious glee, Wiseau’s laugh is kind of the happy honk of a satisfied pig on his back whom nothing can touch. It’s his conversational affect: he laughs to show he thinks something is funny, but he doesn’t really get into it.

I like the slow pace in the first two shots, the team looking at monster through glass and ship travelling through space. They work I think in the Nostromo sense, establishing an acceptable sense of buildup and dread.

It could still come back!

My favorite part of this is your spelling out Janet Louise Mary “Lou” Blatchford’s full name: it gave the feel of how police reports or legal texts use full names amid crazy behavior. Reading I imagined Robinson as drinking heavily between each sentence.

Mine is loading very slowly but I thought it was just me and the 3 billion browser tabs I have open

That sounds awesome. It definitely counts as pop culture. The emphasis at the AVC stereotypically has always been “start at pop culture, then get really obscure.” It’s nerdy but it produces gems.

Battles Without Honor or Humanity: Hiroshima Death Match: I finished, liked this a lot. Sort of The Wire Season 2 of this series, going off on a tangent away from the main plot. Like all of these films, based on a real yakuza. The standout action sequence was gangsters invading a tiny apartment (a yakuza hq) with…

I remember that cold-blooded murder by canoe as terrifying. There was a remake made for TV, I think with Loni Anderson.

Although tonally it was like adding an afterschool special to a violence fest, I liked the autism bit. It was a comic book style jab at inclusiveness. I can’t disagree with anything you’re saying, I would have preferred a horror film and not a goofy fun mess, but once you accepted that heroes can befriend Predator…

I watched the other trailer and I do feel like I’ve seen the movie. It seems to all take place in the house or the lab which may be in the house’s basement.

This may not fit, but when Bill Duke says, “You’re ghosting us, motherfucker” in Predator, his voice was pure sex.

In a similar vein I have the vaguest memory of Chances Are, other than being creeped out by Robert Downey Jr’s death, but I assume Downey and Shepherd get it on.

I Married A Witch with Veronica Lake might also count. The witch is a ghost.

Hear, hear. I wonder if it will be a largely changed by bingewatching, if unthought-out-plot and emphasis on being shocking above character will be as big a problem when you’re not watching it over a long period of time. Because when you hit Season 5 and beyond it still has these big spectacles every 4-5 episodes.

That person: Scott Buck.

I checked. It was a real chain once, starting in the 70's. Founded by the father of the guy from Big Star (who managed one) and spread out over several states. Do not click on their website, as it seems to be taken over by malware.

The Larson surname means “son of Lars,” and Brie apparently etymologically means “hill” (and Brie is the name of the place where the cheese comes from), but the name Brie Larson, thinking of “larceny,” sounds like it could be shorthand for “cheese thief.”

Just as long as there’s product placement for the Danver’s chain of restaurants, everything will be okay.

Last time I watched it struck me how a lot of the plot is Star Wars, with Hot Rod practicing with a light saber while on a ship, a la Luke in ANH.

I’ve always liked “I’ve got better things to do tonight than die.” It’s just dumb enough to work, and New Green Helicopter Transformer sells it, amid all the death.