I dunno, I think a lot of people find Flatliners to have a “major nostalgic pull.” Then they realize they were thinking of Jacob’s Ladder and take a moment to remember what Flatliners was actually about.

I only saw the first episode (or first part of the two-hour pilot, if you prefer) because that’s all they showed on regular ol’ CBS (kinda wish I’d noticed that tiny little “1 and 2" way up at the top of the article before I stumbled across some stuff I didn’t know yet, but I only really learned one thing I hadn’t…

I never liked the idea that Picard was able to do it, because I always preferred to think that Vulcans used their greater-than-human strength and mental powers to make the attack work so well, and that Data and Odo used their even-greater-than-Vulcan strength to make up for the lack of mental powers; I mean, the fact…

The initial seasons always felt, to me, like they were trying to do something that could conceivably be reconcilable with the comics (at least, in terms of broad strokes - obviously you’d have to ignore any specific comics that mention the period of time depicted on the show) with only a few minor exceptions (like…

The Statesmen are “generically American” the way that the Kingsmen are “generically British.” They’re based out of Kentucky because there are tons of distilleries in Kentucky (being a distillery is their front the way that being tailors is the Kingsmen’s front), and they’re cowboys because that’s the stereotype that…

The weirdest thing about Goldfinger - to me - is that the laser table scene is THE scene people always bring up when complaining about the whole “putting Bond in an easily escaped deathtrap instead of just killing him then leaving instead of making sure he dies” cliche. It’s the iconic example of the trope. Except in…

If you liked the first one, there’s a very good chance you’ll like the sequel. It’s basically more of the same, but not in a bad “they just recycled the original” way. And it has a very rare quality in action movies these days: the last action scene is actually the best one in the movie (in my opinion, YMMV,…

That wasn’t supposed to represent a typical church service, it was a specific parody of the real life Westboro Baptist Church. They say in the movie that it was a congregation that had been identified as a hate group.

They can never take that away from you.

I refuse to scrutinize the validity - or situational irony - of that statement.

I think they spent all last season figuring out the exact same thing that Smallville figured out after its first season or so: the show’s hot garbage when it’s pretending to be an “untold story” prequel to the character’s established canon, and doesn’t become vaguely watchable until they just make it “what if this…

Well I saw neither light exiting nor night entering, he wasn’t retconned to be the killer of Uncle Ben, and he definitely didn’t bring Rick or Morty a dream that was the cutest they’d ever seen, so I think there’s room for interpretation.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen, that was my first comment since claiming my…

Chain store.

There's only a finite amount of ninjutsu in the universe, which must be evenly divided among all active ninjas. So if only one ninja is fighting, he has all the ninjutsu, but if dozens of ninjas are fighting at once, each one only has a fraction of the ninjutsu. That's just basic science. Your dojo has failed you.

This guy … this is not my kind of guy.

Have you read the previous articles in this series? It's basically a celebration of testosterone. I mean, by all means you're welcome to disagree with the article, but that's like watching Gordon Ramsay chew out a contestant on Hell's Kitchen and saying "well clearly this guy just hates food."

My biggest memory of seeing this movie in the theater is that I had a bladder infection and didn't think I'd be able to make it through a movie this long without having to slip out to use the bathroom. But I did. And then I knew everything was going to be okay.

I wonder if that makes her technically the Phoebe Cates of the 90s.

I keep hoping one day we'll get a historical epic (or movie based around a historical event like Titanic) that seems entirely serious and factual up until the very end where it takes a huge swerve from the actual events, then time travelers or aliens show up and change everything to the way history books describe it.

I'm calling BS on this person not being "James Bond expert" enough to know that those two movies wouldn't be included in the set but still noticing that they weren't included. If you know the '67 Casino Royale exists you know why it isn't included in the set. This person bought the set knowing those two movies…

Hey, maybe Mexico would actually be willing to pay for that.