Yeah, when we were prepping these, I looked at a lot of taglines from the 30s through the 50s, and way too many of them looked like this one from the Marx Brothers' A Day At The Races:

I pitched that one for this! It's a goodie. And pretty much reflects why people went to horror movies of that era.

I pitched that one for this! It's a goodie. And pretty much reflects why people went to horror movies of that era.

No one's arguing that these are the best movies, or that the taglines in all cases actually reflects what's best about the movie. (Look at that "Jaws 2" tagline, for instance.) They're just catchy and memorable on their own.

No one's arguing that these are the best movies, or that the taglines in all cases actually reflects what's best about the movie. (Look at that "Jaws 2" tagline, for instance.) They're just catchy and memorable on their own.

One of my favorite stupid PR stories ever: I was talking to a Dark Horse rep many, many years ago about possibly reviewing some new Aliens Vs. Predator comics series, and asked him why there hadn't been a movie yet, since it seemed like such a big draw. He tried to tell me it couldn't happen because the property was…

One of my favorite stupid PR stories ever: I was talking to a Dark Horse rep many, many years ago about possibly reviewing some new Aliens Vs. Predator comics series, and asked him why there hadn't been a movie yet, since it seemed like such a big draw. He tried to tell me it couldn't happen because the property was…

Shorten that last word to "tho," and this could have been a Yo, Is This Racist? response.

Shorten that last word to "tho," and this could have been a Yo, Is This Racist? response.

I think "but better than I'm making it sound" should be a standard descriptor when trying to convey the value of something unusual and oddball to someone you hope will try it and like it.

I think "but better than I'm making it sound" should be a standard descriptor when trying to convey the value of something unusual and oddball to someone you hope will try it and like it.

@avclub-f75871cd1452886aebbe15d7c82e2ef6:disqus @avclub-5e5e0bd5ad7c2ca72b0c5ff8b6debbba:disqus @avclub-c156902f5b20b572848be18c11634dfb:disqus Actually, what seems to work best is if you type @ and then the first letter or two of the person you're trying to respond to. Then the auto-fill will bring up the matching…

@avclub-f75871cd1452886aebbe15d7c82e2ef6:disqus @avclub-5e5e0bd5ad7c2ca72b0c5ff8b6debbba:disqus @avclub-c156902f5b20b572848be18c11634dfb:disqus Actually, what seems to work best is if you type @ and then the first letter or two of the person you're trying to respond to. Then the auto-fill will bring up the matching…

I confess I only read through the comments tonight in order to see how you reacted to this week's episode, Brad.

I confess I only read through the comments tonight in order to see how you reacted to this week's episode, Brad.

A bunch of the writers did suggest him for this inventory, but I was never particularly sold on him as Batman. I kept seeing Beetlejuice in body armor.

A bunch of the writers did suggest him for this inventory, but I was never particularly sold on him as Batman. I kept seeing Beetlejuice in body armor.

Thought about bringing that up in the entry, nosed around on the Internet a little to find out more about it. Were you aware of the theory that the whole thing was just promo for a movie he was shooting that wasn't out yet? I had no idea.

Thought about bringing that up in the entry, nosed around on the Internet a little to find out more about it. Were you aware of the theory that the whole thing was just promo for a movie he was shooting that wasn't out yet? I had no idea.

Seems to me that politics is all about transparent pandering, @avclub-0f2a88b3b0df4b2cca4df1e6c67af432:disqus . I'm not too worried about losing an election solely by graphically overstating my love of country, democracy, freedom, and the flag. USA! USA! (Am I president yet?)