Absolutely. I don’t know that I can ever truly pick a favorite Miyazaki, as they all affect me deeply in some way, and all seem to have their own unique moods, but Mononoke blew my mind absolutely the first time I saw it. It was the first time I’d ever seen an animated film address characters with such complexity (the…

Bowfinger is probably still my favorite all-around satire of Hollywood.

In Formula 1, which is entirely different (and international) from American racing, it comes up with some regularity, so... yes.

I started at 13 or so, for sure. I got CPR and first aid certified, and was a responsible teenager (living on a cul-de-sac with 26 other, younger, kids). It’s a great first job, though like you say, at that age I never babysat anyone younger than 5 or 6, nor should I have.

I still catch the movie whenever it shows up on the big screen and if you ever have the opportunity to see it in 70 mm I implore you to do so.

I honestly have to admit though, there seem to be contextual and stylistic cues all over the film — not just during the Bruce Lee scene — that indicate that Cliff and/or Rick might just be waxing poetic to themselves, largely falsely about things they did or wish they’d done. Which, to my mind, plays into the fairy…

Exactly. I thought it was pretty clearly that — hence the big laugh from the audience (both times I’ve seen it) when it cuts back to Cliff on the roof shrugging about it. He’s thought ahead from feeling undercut by his buddy for potential work, to realizing likely he’d find some dumbass way to get his ass tossed off…

Why, hello there, fellow lover of Death Proof! That is also near or maybe at the top of my QT personal favorites list, and I loved Once Upon a Time... as well.

The beautiful rainbow zodiac mural they redid over on Sunset and Argyle to recreate the facade of the Aquarius club is still there, too! I really hope it stays, it’s huge and gorgeous.

That’s shitty as hell! And also extremely dumb!

I can’t speak for restaurants, but the record store I work for has signs about this in very readable type explaining the surcharge at every single cash register (of which there are about 20).

Isn’t that a nod to Natalie Wood?

Shh, it’s Rich’s favorite pasttime, don’t take it away from him now!

Yeah, generally they’re only going to stick to a woman’s criticisms of anyone around here so long as it stays relevant to whatever point they’re determined to hammer through each article (especially Rich, whose opinion on anything is not something I’m ever going to trust, particularly on anything to do with women,…

P.S. I cannot tell you how much I love your username. My second favorite Danny DeVito pronunciation is, of course, “tra-esh.”

I feel the same way about NY.

Yeah, they do NOT mess around up there.

I’ve been doing that for years!

“IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW SLOWLY YOU SLIDE IT!”

100%. Veronica has always been prickly, but like you say, there were always the gooier bits inside there somewhere.