Thing is, in 1999 audiences left theaters satisfied, almost giddy, with Episode 1.

I don’t remember ANYONE besides very young children liking Phantom Menace after seeing it, which the exception of the climactic lightsaber battle (even that was tainted by constant cuts to “let’s try spinning! woo hoo!” Anakin scenes).

I remember a handful of apologists trying really hard to rationalize how it wasn’t…

I remember an Onion article at the time along the lines of “Nation’s Landfills Struggling to Deal With Jar-Jar Binks Merchandise”

You’re really stretching that “mostly”.

The Phantom Menace Fun Fact #1: When the trailer for this first arrived, I was so desperate to see it that I went to the local cineplex and bought a ticket to The Waterboy just because I’d heard it was playing in front of that film. Spoiler: It wasn’t, although I did hear the crowd in the theater next door, which was…

Meesa no likey Jar-Jar

“Fuck you, Rick Berman! You ruined this, too?”

It’s like poetry. It rhymes.

It’s so dense, every single image had so many things going on.

Molesting and assaulting teenage boys is considered “just creepy stuff”by the commentariat here, instead of criminal activity. It is also telling, Jesse, that you left out the targeted gender of his activities.

The least you can do is label them so I can tell the difference -- geeze. 

Ford will continue to sell each and every GT it cares to build, and for significantly more money.  And it actually looks special. 

It’s the GM way! Look at previous Corvette interiors, the ATS gauges, their bi-polarism with all of Cadillac. 

Ummm.... yeah sure...

Ah, yes, we’re about ripe for a return to “JOIN THE MILITARY BECAUSE IT’S FUCKING AWESOME” movies. It’s just exactly what we need in this modern American era. 

And Hot Shots! with the third-stringers.

I’m guessing you watched Iron Eagle with your second kids.

“my first kids”

Someone comments to Mitchell, “Well you’ve aged well!”

Kind of a shame to see...Spectre after...Skyfall.