And Darrell Hammond as a cast member, instead of as the announcer. 

Yeah, was thinking that as well when I saw “it’s at its best when making fun of both political parties.” Really? Is it?

My presumption is that the Pixar sketch was written to make more use of Tom Hanks’ appearance as David S. Pumpkins, not the other way ‘round. Hence the otherwise inexplicable reappearance of Bobby Moynihan as Drunk Uncle.

I am *definitely* old and uncool, but I don’t think those are the reasons I don’t get the appeal.

“The World is Not Enough” squarely hits my Bond sweet spot: ridiculous without being stupid (no double-taking pigeons); serious without being self-serious (again, anything about Bond’s adoptive dad). Sure, it has Christmas Jones, Nuclear Scientist; but it also has Sophie Marceau as the tragic Elektra King, the only…

It even has an original theme song performed by Mya, who also portrays a third Bond girl in-game. I still find myself humming that tune from time to time.

“Skyfall” most definitely did NOT have everything I want out of a Bond film. To the contrary, it was the film so at odds with what I want that I gave up on the franchise. (I eventually saw “Spectre” on an airplane, and haven’t bothered with “No Time to Die.”)

As a long-time listener of “Werewolf Ambulance,” I can tell you that the headline is garbage. Katie and Allen would be the first to say that they’re not “investigating” jack or shit. They’re just two friends who joke around about horror flicks. The topic “Does Evil Dead Hold Up in 2020?” is entirely an invention of…

Uncalled for. That description was written by the A.V. Club.

You should. “Werewolf Ambulance” is a lot of fun. (And this write-up completely mischaracterizes the tone of the show.)

“Mystery Incorporated” is amazeballs. I’ll see your “Big Trouble in Little China” reference and raise you the “War of the Gargantuas” homage, which goes so far as to include that movie’s infamous song “The Words Get Stuck in My Throat.”

Oh, and the gang *literally* visits the Black Lodge, complete with Michael Anderson…

Agreed 100%. Some of the respondents to your post are so busy building straw men that they failed to notice you weren’t whining about not being able to go back to Disney World, you were saying that it would be nice to be able to hold onto the hope that things may eventually get better. And even nicer if people…

I saw “Goldfinger” in a theater when I was just old enough to understand “Pussy Galore.” I’m pretty sure I did a spit take. It was one of those moments of discovery, like when I realized that those old Bullwinkle cartoons were chock-full of jokes made solely for adults.

YES! A fellow TWINE fan!

Maybe this is where I finally begin to understand the distaste some old-school fans have for the trope subversion of “The Last Jedi.” Every positive you just listed is for me a negative. (Not saying you’re wrong; I realize that it’s just Not For Me.)

Exactly the point I made downthread. I think “Casino Royale” is at least recognizably a Bond film, but the others?

I thought that I simply didn’t like Daniel Craig, but after seeing him in “Knives Out” and his recent SNL appearance, I’ve realized that it’s just his Bond I don’t care for.

I have never understood the love for “Skyfall.” What’s a Bond film that subverts the Bond tropes? A spy flick. If not for the Aston Martin DB-5 and someone called “M,” one could’ve convinced me that this was an entry in the Bourne series or any other secret-agent action franchise. Granted, I am an old-school Bond fan…

One complaint that I definitely don’t have about TRoS is the lack of an explicit explanation for Palpatine’s resurrection. We already know that at least certain Jedi continue to exist as Force spirits. We also know that the Sith were seeking their own means of survival beyond death. We see cloning tanks on Exegol.…

This comment didn’t age well.

“If you really wanted to reach, you could probably find Vietnam parallels in the story of the battle between the scrappy, guerrilla-fighting Rebellion and the heavily-armed, ruthless, clumsy Empire. (Lucas has said that the film ‘was really about the Vietnam War’ ... He was probably reaching there.)“