Ever notice how rebelling against your corrupt government is for the good guys in the originals, but for the bad guys in the prequels?

Plus she's a princess and he's a slave, so there's a power differential.

They should remake it as a miniseries, a la The Shining.

People were going to be unmercifully critical of him either way. Unless the performance is really outstanding (i.e. Ledger's Joker) people are always going to piss and gripe. Given the demands of the role plus the unrealistic expectations about the prequels in general, you are absolutely right there's no way he could…

"It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." - That's what she said!

Speaking of "not actually a bad actor" - I was disappointed with Padme. In the first movie she was really confident and badass, a real strong character - and then in the next two movies she's this mopey milquetoast who just fills the obligatory "hero's girlfriend" role. Arguably it's a realistic arc, but it was still…

It's an awesome line reading. I also love the way he sort of emphasizes "illegal."

I…hate…you…Dick…freaking…Whitman! "Leaves of Grass", my ass!

Well now you know you've wasted your life.

DVD commentary. It holds the answers to all of the important questions.

At the time though tacos were like .69-.89 a piece at taco bell, so I think there's a subtle joke there that is lost - Bart's excited about a "deal" that is actually overcharging him for tacos.

Ann Landers is a boring old biddy!

Maybe that was just the money she lost in that one episode?

It does seem pretty ridiculous to make it literal like that, but on a symbolic level it still works - Bart respects a clown who looks just like his Dad, more than he respects his actual Dad.

So they didn't have dictionaries in the mid 90s?

If loving the Simpsons is lame, then I guess I'm just a big lame.

Maybe there's a witty remark right over here… by the THROTTLE!

Filthy!

wtf is synchronicity 2 lol

"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was the start of the series' decline and presages all the ridiculous "Homer Gets a Job" plots to come!