It’s news to me that “We can’t have artists”.

Todd Field makes movies even more infrequently. Where does he get his money?

With scrambled eggs? They’re calling again.

Someday I’ll have to have La Totale to compare it.

What was ambiguous about T2?

poison your step-dad with asbestos

It’s “concept creep”:

Terminator 3 has a better ending than T2. And the ending is really the best thing about #3.

Particularly funny since Cameron already had a scifi movie where “Nuke it from orbit” was the recommendation given to Marines. Of course, in Aliens they had been hoping to save the human colonists (like Newt’s parents) who were settling a place that turned out to be infested. But if you just want to blow up a…

Cameron peaked with the original Terminator.

Star Wars wasn’t THAT incestuous, there’s just one kiss to make Han jealous.

Luke, whines and all, is a more engaging protagonist than Sully. Plus, he has characters like Obi-Wan, Han Solo, Princess Leia & Yoda to play off of.

I just watched the original on a laptop yesterday, which could have contributed to my low regard for it.

I finally watched the original yesterday because the Unspooled podcast would be covering it this week, and I figured I could make it a trio following Dances with Wolves and Last Samurai. It might be better than the latter via sheer spectacle, but it’s obviously greatly inferior to the former. It occurred to me that a…

The correct answer.

Was The Humans a thriller? I never watched it, because it was on Showtime.

I remember you and Mickey Rourke had a tetchy relationship during the awards run for The Wrestler. That was fun to watch.

My prediction is that neither de Armas nor Colman get nominated.

There’s no way the Academy is nominating some young unknown in a low-profile foreign film for Best Actress.

There are a number of music video directors who’ve gone on to feature films instead. Perhaps you’ve heard of... Michael Bay? Would you deprive the world of Transformers or Ben Affleck’s commentary track for Armageddon?