This is the guy who wrote X-Men: The Last Stand, where Jean Grey becomes Dark Phoenix, beloved characters die, and she must be defeated in a bittersweet moment of clarity and sacrifice. It performed very poorly and the franchise went into hibernation as a result.

He then went on to write X-Men: Dark Phoenix, where Jean Grey becomes Dark Phoenix, beloved characters die, and she must be defeated in a bittersweet moment of clarity and sacrifice. It performed very poorly and the franchise went into hibernation as a result.

Yes, but Republicans do what they want with no consequences, so check and mate.

Fun fact: Zero Hour is so unintentionally funny they lifted a lot of it verbatim and Airplane! is technically a remake. They had to buy the rights.

Interesting suggestions. They’re not what I typically consider in this particular style of parody movies because they’re a lot less slapstick and absurd but instead are very targeted mockeries of a single concept or style. Worth watching for sure, but I know they wouldn’t scratch the same itch for me.

Couldn’t remember it well enough but I’d let it slide on the list based on what I do recall.

Omitted because I haven’t seen it, not explicitly as a snub.

I actually haven’t seen it. Didn’t care much for the Wayans brothers’ humor, so I sat that out until Zucker took over.

Still a thing? Not really. But as mentioned, there was definitely a lot worth seeing after Airplane!

Great:

• Police Squad! (TV)
• Naked Gun x3
• Hot Shots! x2
• Spaceballs!
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights
• Young Frankenstein
• Top Secret!
• Scary Movie 3/4
• Airplane!
• Kentucky Fried Movie

Worth watching:

• Jane Austen’s Mafia!
• Dracula: Dead and Loving It
• Angie Tribeca (TV)
• High School High
• Not Another Teen Movie
• Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood
• Scary Movie 1
• Wrongfully Accused
• Repossessed
• Spy Hard (edit)

Garbage Tier:

• Anything ending with “Movie” that hasn’t been listed yet
• Anything with Leslie Nielsen that hasn’t been listed yet

I loved 3, liked 4, and was really disappointed by 1. Skipped 2 and anything after 4.

Turns out, after 2, the Wayans brothers stepped away and David Zucker directed with Pat Proft co-writing, which gave it a lot of DNA from the glory days of Naked Gun and Hot Shots!

Absolutely. It definitely takes some delightful liberties with WHY Blackbeard takes a liking to Stede and why Stede leaves his family in the first place, but the overall arc is based on a true story.

Stede Bonnet was a wealthy landowner who walked away from his family to buy a boat and become a really bad Pirate of the Caribbean. Blackbeard ran into him, took his ship, decided for some reason he kinda liked the guy, taught him a few things about piratin’, then went his own way. Bonnet did better after that, but he was eventually captured and hanged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stede_Bonnet

Were you looking for a story of inspiration and success instead of history’s worst midlife crisis? If so, oops.

Return of the Living Dead is a must!

Fun mix! Some of those were great, others didn’t really do it for me. I’ve been powering through as many horror movies as I can this month too, and my friends and I even made a little spreadsheet to collect ratings and recommendations.

That’s fair. But you gotta admit it’s horrific in its own way…

Also, very sorry you had to deal with that but glad you came out the other side. How does it affect your overall horror sensibilities?

Yeah it’s just good storytelling. No tricks, nothing that ages badly. I always recommend it.

Frailty is the one I think of every time.

Futurama.

https://youtu.be/qsZIb1Dx8fg

To shreds, you say?

Announcing the Horace-Armour particle!

I noticed the announcement trailer doesn’t even show any footage of the original, which makes it the only remaster trailer I think I’ve ever seen that doesn’t do a split screen or other comparison at some point.

And the first thing they mention is new Spatial Audio and haptic triggers. It’s like selling a new car and bragging about the cup holders first.