I absolutely think he should have been nominated. I’m too lazy to check the nominees that year but I’d be tempted to give him the win.

I hate to be that guy (no I don’t: I love it) but Koontz is a hack, that book (which I read) is terrible, and I’ll glance at the film but I have to say I hold small hopes for it.

This wins my vote. I first heard about it from Harlan Ellison in one of his pieces, and it’s absolutely great. And that ending...woof.

RIP.

I plan to truly traumatize my children and make them watch “The Mouse and His Child” - it’s much more terrifying then any other children films.

That’s never a bad thing either. I have to look it up, but if memory serves Mayfield has one really super batshit crazy album that I now want to listen to.

I read the article, and I disagree. In a super busy world, where people have families and so forth, it’s a bit disingenuous to act as a moral superior about a fucking article. I re-iterate: other then sitting in your underwear and finding fault on an article that is literally trying to call attention to something that…

Life Force and Invaders from Mars are TERRIBLE. Also, rumor is that a certain producer of Poltergeist stepped in and should have received a co-directing credit at the bare minimum. However, you’re right: I don’t want to slight his later work. TCM2 is pretty great albeit very different then the first, and you forgot…

But actually done RIGHT.

To me, the opening titles remind me of NYC in the 70's...and bumpers for the late late movie. Anyone else remember this? Edited to add go about 11 seconds in.

Is it cheaper to get the divorce or buy the new house? And was I the only one who thought that painting looked like a young Michael Douglas? I’m thinking circa Romancing the Stone...

I agree 100 percent: I found it very unsettling, albeit pretty funny.

Not to condone that, but I will say that unfortunately it was a different time: I’m a year older then Jon Hamm and that’s actually kind of not unusual for frats in that era. I’m assuming he was severely drunk as well, which doesn’t excuse it of course. What I’m saying I guess is I thought it was going to be a LOT…

The Kurt Russell/John Carpenter trilogy (I’m not adding the Elvis film, although it’s awesome as well) were so huge to me as a kid in the early 80's. I seriously thought he was the coolest man on earth.

Oh man, I forgot about Kurt Russell. He goes on the ‘please don’t be a creepy asshole’ list as well.

And yet here you are, on a pop culture web site trying to show how much more of a fucking humanitarian you are then the rest of humanity.

Jon Hamm: not only does he seem like a pretty decent guy, but he’s good looking enough that he should have no need to be a fucking creep. Not to imply that good looking folks can’t be creeps, mind you.

I’m sorry, I just farted while reading some Bukowski. Much like the author I’m now going to pee in the sink, one of life’s greatest joys. That seems the proper response to your holier than thou post.

I’m not surprised to hear that about Peckinpah, but Hoffman? That just seems crazy.

Listen to this man! He’s been over there fighting the good fight this entire time...oh, he’s been sitting in his underwear complaining on the internet?