‘84 is a good contender as well.

Blade Runner (also 1982) was likewise dismissed at the time as well and was both a critical and commercial flop. It wasn’t until a few years later that it became acknowledged as the classic it is.

There are some good mainstream movies in ‘82 (Diner, Fast Times, My Favorite Year, Tootsie), but for cult and genre films, 1982 is hard to top:

Funny thing is, my first exposure to The Thing was from The Colbert Report; at some point Stephen had injured his wrist running around the stage, and then spent the next weeks (months?) advocating for Wrist Injury Awareness with segments introduced with a bumper showing famous film wrist injuries such as the arm…

Maybe at least the greatest summer in film when you’re an eleven year-old film fanatic, as I was. I saw The Thing five times that summer, and Blade Runner at least three. Of course I also made time for Poltergeist, Star Trek II, Tron, E.T., and even Rocky III.

I watched Joe Versus The Volcano recently and really liked it. Dare I say it’s my favorite of the Hanks/Ryan collaborations. Doesn’t really have anything to do with this article. Just wanted to share. Carry on.

1982 may be the greatest year in film 

“...hanging out with his best friend, a beach ball...”

Umm, hello Tom? Where’s Mazes and Monsters?

I think two woulda been too much. Hobbit was a bedtime story; not an epic. You coulda laid that sucker out lean ‘n mean in one awesome movie and it woulda been awesome.

I remember nothing about this show other than referring to it as “Head Up My Ass,” because of course that’s hilarious.

What if I told you that there were an infinite number of universes, all of them only one step removed from the core universe we all know in an alignment that maximizes IP recognition while providing optimal vertical integration of the Marvel™ entertainment media project stack

I’ve never understood that argument. Are fictional movies featuring a war off limits whenever a real war is happening (which is all the time somewhere)? Anyway, the book (which is good) isn’t really about a pandemic -- that’s just the backstory for the reason why civilization has collapsed in the present of the story.

When you crashed your Evel Knievel stunt cycle back in the day, he didn’t even scream like the actual Evel Knievel. Or break his pelvis, for that matter.

Chris Evans takes on another role as a stoic and indoctrinated tool of a government body in the origin story of Buzz Lightyear, titled Lightyear.

Pretty sure I’ve watched it about 87 million times

If it helps you feel any better, I met a guy who knew H. Jon Benjamin, and apparently he’s just a delight in real life. Also, really invested in animation as a medium both metaphorically and literally. He does a lot of work to help get these shows on the air and keep them there without publicly taking credit for it.

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
—James D. Nicoll

English is 3 languages in a trench coat masquerading as 1 like Vincent Adultman