I will say that on the rare occasions that my wife and I watched something from the MCU, the interconnectedness of the universe adds nothing except minor irritation.  

Dawson’s Creek was an interesting one because (at least from my memories of junior high) it sold itself unapologetically as melodrama for teens - boys as well as girls. It never presented itself as genre entertainment like Buffy or family entertainment like 7th Heaven. If anything, it filled the niche that Beverly…

“Pretty interesting story, Freakazoid, but there’s one thing I don’t get.... In that movie Congo, how do you tell the difference between the real monkey and the guy in a monkey suit?” 

It helped in the 90s that the X-Files built suspense into the fabric of the show - the promise of more “mythos” episodes helped support the weaker standalone episodes, and the less satisfying mythos episodes just raised the stakes for the future mythos episodes. And that was on top of the romantic tension between…

Metal Machine Music makes a little bit of sense in the context of 1970s experimental and minimalist music. Whether it’s a “good” version of that form is open to debate, but it has some historical context completely separate from pop music.

Chase also remarked that the grapes at craft services were consistently sour.

Can we add a hungry alligator, just for funsies?

I still love this gem:

As an aside, I’m sorry that we’re stuck with the lame-ass words “wonks” when the English have the far superior word “boffins.”

I actually liked Once Upon a Time in Mexico more than either of them - with the caveat that I haven’t seen any of those movies in 20 years. 

The complete theatrical edition of Grindhouse was one of the first blu ray discs I bought. I'm glad to own it, but man I must have watched that movie... twice. 

The entire ending of The Faculty was a cop out, to the extent that I guess it was an intentional pastiche of The Breakfast Club. One of the reasons I preferred Disturbing Behavior - if the Faculty was Coke, that other one was a weird regional cola that comes in an oddly sized bottle.  

Eh, if Star Wars were porn there'd be a cat wandering through the scene and Family Guy playing in the background for some reason. 

Hulu plays that ForHims ad during The Bear so often that I just assume every ad on that show is for erectile dysfunction. It’s ironic because nobody has ever gotten a boner watching The Bear.

People tease me for keeping shelves of blu-rays near my TV, but about half the time it’s easier than trying to stream something. 

As someone who grudgingly pays for Prime to get discounted deliveries of household goods, I’m not sure a cable company is going to provide those things.

Sorry Cyberpunk,  I just restarted Deadly Premonition after a... shoot... 12 year break, so I’m good on impossible-to-drive cars, repetitive gameplay, and broken open worlds with weirdly compelling characters and stories.

“The Flintstones with raunch and gore" is maybe the best indictment of a show that I've seen recently. 

Ironically, these dramatic accounts of stock trading make the whole thing seem totally unapproachable and volatile, which simply prevents people from investing their money sensibly. Where’s a movie about putting a few grand into mutual funds and building a nest-egg over the next decade?

The answer to the second question is always the same: