How is that more insightful? It seems like the exact same thing to me.

For me, the special banh mi at Alpha Bakery… also in Houston.

For me, the special banh mi at Alpha Bakery… also in Houston.

I'd say the closest contender is The Incredibles.

Seeing as how this is a "Gateways" article, I'd imagine Aphex Twin is more likely to scare beginners away than anything.

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

It really is surprisingly better than you'd expect. I laughed more than zero times, which I count as a rousing success for a parody movie these days.

The point eluding Friedberg/Seltzer is that you can wholly enjoy Airplane! without knowing that fact.

If we're going with Elvis Costello, it's gotta be "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea".

That line always stood out to me too, but I could never visualize it. Wasn't a "dead channel" like a non-stop barrage of rearranging black and white pixels(?) and hideous white noise? That has to be way freakier than what Gibson intended.

I'm going with c) Underworld

Uh, I guess. Which countries are not friendly to rich touristy types? And do we really need to qualify every travel anecdote?

Reading the review and these comments makes me want to start watching this show again. I kind of got tired of Bourdain's jaded, snarky on-screen persona (which seems forced or even false sometimes, and I've never really found it that funny), the occasional fake narratives that others mention below, and the cadence of…

You can prove a negative, just not a universal negative. Honestly not sure who the burden of proof is on here, though. Let's just all agree to disagree!

I was not aware of that!

I'm guessing it has to do with laziness, but I dunno… I don't uh really feel like doing the research right now.

I hereby submit that all future references to "dubstep" on this comment board be prefaced with the word "the", thereby upping the grandpa quotient by 43%.

That was some Pearls Before Swine-level punnery there.

Parker Lewis Can't Lose!

I concur.