When Snowden came to light, I texted my friend: "So, Person of Interest is now a documentary."

I have been with this show since the premiere, and following the A.V. Club reviews (when present) the entire time. I just wanted to express my appreciation to the show's creators, writers, cast, and crew for making a piece of entertainment and art that I thought was impactful and relevant to our times.

This is just really, really weird timing. I am wearing my "U-96" t-shirt (adorned with the little cartoon sawfish from the U-boat in the film) for the first time today. Kismet!

The film came out while I was in high school, and German happened to be my elective foreign language class. My teacher (an American woman of German descent) had seen the film in Germany while on vacation, and she said the two English-language scenes really stuck out.

Saw the theatrical version (you know, in a theater), during its original U.S. release, and bought the director's cut as soon as it was available many years later.

God bless you, and god bless the internet.

In your defense, this is probably the most words that have been written about The Rocketeer since the original screenplay. (Not that I'm complaining!)

Thanks, I did not know any of that. I knew Empire's output, and that Charles Band et al were behind the company, but none of the personal stuff. I was more familiar with the background of Cannon Films, but that's partly because those guys promoted the hell out of themselves (Golan & Globus the men were also the…

From the article: "That connection goes all the way to the top: Johnston worked as an art director on Raiders and Temple Of Doom, as well as on the effects of the first two Star Wars pictures."

Holy hell…I've got to see this when it comes out. I just assumed I was the only one who knew that Decapitron was ever a thing (almost). Empire did a lot of promotion in the trade magazines at the time of the Euro Film Market in Milan that year (I didn't go to Milan, I only had the trades that my mom's then-boyfriend…

I saw it at its first press screening in Los Angeles. This took place at, and coincided with, the grand re-opening of the historic El Capitan theater on Hollywood Blvd. Disney had bought the theater and restored it to its original design (it had been re-named the Paramount Theater in some previous decade, and most…

I saw it in the theaters twice, and that was a big applause line. It delivered on both the retro serial vibe, and the genuine aw-shucks patriotism of the film.

Horner's score was IMO derivative of The Right Stuff by Bill Conti. Don't get me wrong, I think the score is beautiful and The Right Stuff is actually a brilliant and appropriate callback for this subject matter — I just think it needs to be pointed out what the inspiration was.

Thank you A.V. Club for devoting this many words to one of my favorite films. I comment on my geeky love for it every time you guys write about it.

GREAT title sequence.

The whole thing seems a bit NAF to me…

Well, *I* got it!

That was outstanding. Thank you!

Yes, and when she played Olivia pretending to be Fauxlivia, you could still follow along because her performance was that nuanced.

I'll go with "Are you ready for Freddy?" for the trifecta.