I think what makes this movie work is Arnie. Just his hulking presence in this movie as a guy pretending to be a milquetoast tech salesman does a lot of the heavy lifting in communicating to the audience exactly how much suspension of disbelief is expected of them. Contrast that to any of the many, many, many other…

What’s wrong with a ‘stache’d hulk?

Yeah, I mean, this was his hairline in ‘82.

I suppose I can buy that, but only because being a millionaire (as in, the sum total of all your assets equal over a million dollars) doesn’t so much mean “rich” as “might have enough saved to retire.” Like, my Boomer parents were never millionaires, but if I want to stop working before I’m 70 I damn well better be…

The weirdest thing about de-aged CG Indiana Jones in Dial of Destiny was hearing Cranky Old Man Harrison Ford’s voice coming out of The Fugitive-era Harrison Ford’s mouth.

Yeah, Thunderbolt Ross is defined by his mustache, the only reason Sam Elliott was cast in the Ang Lee Hulk was his glorious, glorious mustache.

I think with the “Please Don’t Destroy” guys they give off the vibe of a bunch of goofballs who, against all odds, broke through to the mainstream. The reality that they could just go, “Hey Dad, can you put this thing I did on your show?” conflicts with that.

I’m wondering if there are a dozen different trailers out there selling different versions of the movie.

Regarding that trailer, I find it amusing that they used to just swipe the soundtrack for an unrelated film for actual on-TV trailers (in this case, Stargate.)

When watching the movie I realized I’d have preferred if they’d have just ditched all the spider-magic and made it about Dakota Johnson and Adam Scott running around NY doing paramedic stuff.

When they get around to introducing the MCU versions of the X-Men proper, it should be with a new cast that have a chance to grow alongside the roles and won’t have the baggage of the earlier films.

Indy was weird because the effect was near perfect until he spoke with the voice of cranky old man Harrison Ford.

Oh yeah, I remember thinking, he might look 40, but that’s the careful running gait of a 70 year old.  

I swear, that series poster looks like it’s for Cinemax porn.

Yeah, the shift to shorter and shorter seasons negatively impacts Doctor Who more than almost any other show. When you’ve got 15+ episodes to knock around in there’s plenty of space for episodes that zero in on character, smaller moments, weird episodes, the occasional clunker, episodes that barely feature The Doctor,…

I think what made the first season work so incredibly well was how much it was about Sarah being forced to improvise and think on her feet in the face of unrelenting weirdness, and being super damn clever about it. (Like drinking soap to induce vomiting just as she’s being interrogated about events she knew nothing…

Thanks to a flurry of recent projects with similar wealthy caricatures (Succession, For All Mankind, Glass Onion), Paul’s motivations and desire to control 4D printing feel as inane as the need to continue OB.

The Terminal was a nice little movie that would have difficulty getting made today since it’s not a 4-quadrant blockbuster or a low-budget indie.

I will never be able to figure out why wealthy celebrities get regularly busted for DUI/DWI. This isn’t Joe Normalguy who gets blitzed but still needs to get his car home somehow to get to his day job. It’s a terrible idea, but you can put the dots together on the (drunk)decision-making process that leads to some…

Ditto. I pop-in to the AV Club mostly out of habit, look at the desolate, crappified version, think, “Oh yeah,” and wander off. For years it’s mostly been solely useful for seeing who died.