Somehow, I already knew about this even though I don't listen to Stern firsthand. It must've been reported about back then.

Even Hobbits?

*tries to imagine who the dwarves are in this scenario*

Yeah, that's a good way of putting it. Young Frankenstein feels like more of a Frankenstein film in its own right, and is enjoyable as such even beyond the jokes.

As someone who is a fan of both Star Wars and spoofs of things, something about Spaceballs just doesn't add up for me. I'm not sure how to explain it.

Rick Moranis and Alanis Morissette should collaborate on something, because they're both Canadian and their names could be combined to flow seamlessly.

Wynonna Judd gets some good—if static—facetime here.

Those guys back in electronics are real radio-heads. They know all about that stuff.

In that sense, yeah, or at least somewhat unproven on that scale. Different from the way in which the Russos were unorthodox, inasmuch as Branagh seems (in retrospect anyway) a clear fit for Thor. But I guess that the same could be said for Whedon.

That's very weird. I've been to that one and bought groceries, although it was only one time.

I was too young to know long-boxes. I'm not sure that I ever saw one in person, as they must've been phased out before I started buying CDs myself.

I think that part of why we don't remember how bad a lot of it looked is that culturally, we just think of Kurt Cobain for the early 90s.

There's a real mix in the MCU filmography. Kenneth Branagh and Joe Johntston were fairly orthodox choices, sandwiched int between Favreau and Whedon.

I'll say this: after Age of Ultron, Ant-Man was exactly what I needed from a Marvel film. It was small-scale in more ways than just insects and had a relaxing-low key feel about it, a good offset for how overstuffed things can often get in the MCU.

I heartily agree with that breakdown. Ant-Man may not be on the top tier, but it's right there in the next group, although to be honest I'm not sure what the next group consists of otherwise. Maybe Ant-Man is alone there.

He was the thing that I enjoyed the most about the second installment. His awkward qualities work wonderfully for the character and he seems to really be in the groove with it.

No kidding about the electronics section at Fred Meyer. It's almost unsettling, such a mere shadow of its former vibrancy.

Anytime a guitar is sustaining notes with an unusual tone, the eBow is a suspect.

It could also be that they're already busy making tons of films with her in them. They're printing money no matter what they do.

Oh, yeah. That's a great pick, a song I'm long overdue to listen to again.