Oh...it makes sense. It makes sense.

That was a criticism I remember of Superman in movies going waaaay back to the 1978 Richard Donner movie, where it was so subtle in comparison to “Returns” and “Man of Steel”. It was just undertones of what was in the source material there, for the viewer to take or leave (I personally enjoyed those aspects of it,…

In Mad Magazine’s parody of “Superman Returns”, there’s a one or two page drawing of the place where Superman hit the ground after he falls, and in the corner is Krypto sitting by the crater looking stoic, and just thinking to himself “Idiot.”

They stopped making it way back then...it was a glorious black, and it stained your face black. My mom said it looked like a mud ball - it was glorious.

Did he chase away Streaky?

I was saying “Boo-urns”...

“when your lonely heart has learned its lesson/when your lonely heart has learned its lesson/when your lonely heart has learned its lesson/when your lonely heart has learned its lesson...”

I have always loved black licorice, especially real licorice that’s mixed up with flour and baked - love the texture and flavor. All-sorts are way to sweet for me, but back when I was a kid Baskin-Robbins made a black licorice ice cream - god, I still think about how good that was.

Hemsworth is fricking adorbs, and his Thor is as well, and why not. The comics played up more the norse physical perfection angle, which is fine for the whole cosmic trippiness of the 1970's comic, but really Thor should be more than a bit of a lunkhead, who likes to get drunk, and isn’t that swift (he’s very easily…

I kind of lucked out and saw it with a friend who happened to be as into it as I was. She said “Well, I think I’m going to have to...go home and...think about that. For the rest of my life”. No joke.

Sat all the way through the closing credits for Hereditary, that’s for sure. Had to let that one sink in. Did not sit all the way through the closing credits for the new Halloween - Jeebus, but that was an awful song that started playing.

The music perfectly narrates the scene - you see what I mean about almost hearing it shriek “And now she’s LOST he-e-er r hat! Oh no, she dropped her PURSE!” It’s hysterical - and when the timpani come in, announcing that someone’s going to appear to save her, it gives me chills just typing it. 

BTW, your pastor dad know what “funch” is?

The YouTube clip of it clocks in at 4:51, and it even goes on for a bit after Lois faints (“A friend”...that encapsulates everything I love about the character).

Dude, that’s a beautiful story, and tradition. My mom used to narrate The Sound Of Music the same way and we were enraptured: “then the father appears at the door and he’s angry at first, then he listens to his children singing, and tears come into his eyes, and then he starts singing too”...

Of course it’s on YouTube Helicopter Rescue Score

100% agree. If you still have the original DVD release, which has a score-only option, watch the helicopter-scene chapter with only the score. It’s so well-scored it’s almost transcendent. I mean obviously, the whole scene is classic, but watching it just with the music is like a masterclass in how to score an action…

I love ZOO overall - one of those movies that unexpectedly hit all of my sweet spots.

The only way I knew I hadn’t written this post is that the track I chose, only to be vociferously shouted down over it, was “Solace”, not “Pineapple Rag”. I’d forgotten that detail. I did take some comfort in the fact that my teacher seemed suitably impressed by my choice.

There’s probably a musical of EVERYTHING, though they often have different titles than the original. They’re usually quite forgettable too - Some Like It Hot/Sugar, The Women/The Opposite Sex, The Philadelphia Story/High Society. Gone With The Wind/Gone With The Wind.