Yes indeed, I loved that episode. Which is why I found this one a disappointment in that regard. Having both of them just pretending to be dumb has much greater comedic potential.

Excellent idea! AVClub, are you listening? I can think of several films that would fit that bill.

I have a funny feeling that the Mission Impossible films will overshadow the rest. Unless it's just done as one entry to cover the series.
I'm also hoping that there's a nod to Darkman somewhere along the line, but that may be asking for a bit much.

Slight correction: the best adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" ever is Tromeo and Juliet. And no, I'm not kidding.

I hated rap even when I was under thirty.

Fun fact: one of the first dudes to attend Sarah Lawrence was Brian DePalma.

Pee in sink, rinse. Easy. Pee in pool, options limited.

Upvoted from me too, just because I experienced the exact same vibe.

Geez, I loved that movie too. Especially the Vonnegut scene. Gordon was on a streak back then.

I was glad to see that the delightful couple at Polite Fight made mention of the ep's episode's director, Keith Gordon. But as much as I liked Christine (where Gordon played the protageragowstt) , to me his most memorable performance was as a teen Brian DePalma in Dressed to Kill. DePalma, guys? Remember him? And…

Maybe I missed it in the 3,043 comments so far, but has anyone mentioned that this episode was directed by Keith Gordon, Brian DePalma's alter ego in Dressed to Kill? This jibes well with the late 70's/early 80's DePalma's signature split-screen film grammar, and the overall era's film-making style.
And, may I add…

Hello gander!
Ah, it's not just plasmids, but the chromosomes too. And yes, in nature, these transfers also occur in multi-cellular organisms, including mammals. As a matter of fact, the most popular gene insertion technique involves using a bacteria that naturally does this.

Sorry, lateral gene transfer is a natural process that has been at play for millions of years.
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I seem to recall that AIrport '75 was a TV movie, but got a theatrical release based on the success of the TV premiere of the original airport. There's a lot of zooms into a characters' faces doing the 'ponderous pause' as if going to commercial, then resuming the pace as if coming back from commercial.

"…everyone still clueless that where there’s a tooth, there’s an entire mammoth."
Not be a pedant, but: mammoth teeth are somewhat common, carcasses are rare. Moreover, I can't see it delaying the ice-hotel construction in any meaningful way, as once the mammoth is recovered, odds are almost certain that it is a…