see, we all know that now, as adults. but let’s face it, back then it was “haha, brown person speak funny” for a lot of people, especially children. i don’t necessarily think that was the fault of the show, but there it is.

Exactly! Which, by comparison, just makes it all the more disappointing when it’s Noah Taylor and not the Mad Hatter explaining everything at the end.

Your final point is one that seems to get overlooked all the time. Azaria and Shearer voiced a dozen characters each because the Simpsons was a brand new low-budget show on a fledgling network, and they needed a handful of versatile actors who could basically do everyone except the main cast. Same with KOTH.

Really, you could put more blame on the audience than you could on the show itself. I mean that said there are definitely some stereotypes mixed with Apu but the show also took him seriously as a character.

Recasting Kahn is a case I’m not sure how I feel about given how, as people said, he was virtually a main…

Oh man that Batman:TAS episode is SO GOOD! “Perchance to Dream”

And he’s a volunteer firefighter, and quite literally the hardest-working person in Springfield. 

“And whereas Apu often serves merely as an easy punchline...”

I really wonder how this reboot is going to handle Johnny Hardwick’s death. I think dealing with Luanne is a bit easier since she wasn’t as much of a core character. The best course of action may be using a different voice actor. While this sort of feels wrong, I can’t imagine the show being nearly as good without…

IIRC there was a mention in Johnny Hardwick’s obit about him having recorded several episodes’ worth of material for the reboot.

So they’re still going forward with the reboot?  Without Dale, or will he be recast?  I have trouble imagining either one.

What’s weird about Vanilla Sky is how close to the original it is. It’s like someone hit Copy/Paste and put a shiny tom Cruise filter on it.

I really like the US Dark Water. Just as effective and it looks beautifully grimy.

The Grudge was a pretty good remake of Ju-On; The Eye remake should be in this list. It was terrible and probably ended the idea of Jessica Alba being a leading lady.

Not gonna lie, to me it’s hard not to enjoy a film in which someone runs around screaming “TECH SUPPOOOOOORT!!!” We had a very good time, but probably not for the reasons the movie wanted us to. Or maybe it did, we’re not sure.

Vanilla Sky just never feels quite right.  It’s not terrible but at the end, my reaction was just kind of “huh. okay.”

My dates are usually turned off by me chugging straight from the cheese pot.

Hibiscus is so astringent, yuck.

I love the references, too - like when Monarch says that Dr. Girlfriend had her hair cut “like Saffron from Republica”, or that Red Death used to arch around in the eighties with Mr. Fahrenheit The Supersonic Man, and Dr. Z used to run with Scary Nilsson and Shrill Spector.

I’d completely forgot about the Sea Captain shouting out “JESUS JONES!!” and then going into a discussion about how good they were and what they were doing. At the time hadn’t thought about the band in ages even though i loved the Doubt album when i was at school.

Didn’t Hannibal’s second season open with Hannibal and Crawford beating the ever-loving shit out of each other? Seems like maybe that shoulda made the list.