Yeah, what I got from it was basically that whoever wanted to kill the President (and also maybe the leader lady of the prisoners) made a plan that went like this: "Let's find a pilot and steal his daughters and shoot his wife in the face to show we're serious and then tell him that we'll kill the daughters if he doesn't fly a plane into the President's brunch where the President and the lady are, and also promise him that if he does do that we'll let them go free to live their lives." And so the pilot, who doesn't seem to be in on it despite sweatiness (if he were in on it, why would they even have to take the daughters and kill the wife?), loves his daughters so much that he must do it, but Jason Ritter doesn't believe the bad people and gets on the plane in order to have one last chance to talk Pilot Dad Mike out of it. I'm also really irrationally proud of myself for figuring that out the second the little girl was taken.
Also if this show is about aliens I'm going to be annoyed.
Old Prospector: "The last city slickers to use reverse psychology on me are pushing up daisies!"
Bart: "You mean they're dead?"
Old Prospector: "No, they just have lousy jobs."
If this were an animal video there would be all these comments on YouTube about how a normal animal would never behave this way so there has to be something neurologically wrong with it. So basically Grandpa is on ecstasy.
I think this was the first movie I ever got in serious girl trouble for laughing at in the theater. The worst thing about it (aside from what really bothered me then and is mentioned here: the fact that he inherited her house) was that, at least in the theater, when the screen went black it said that the movie was dedicated to Dawn Steele, a producer who'd worked on the movie but died of cancer right before it came out. It was like her entire life was dedicated to the worst movie ever made. It was extra-sad.
I literally fell asleep twice during the first half, and I was very well-rested. (Also, "anecdote" could have happened to anyone! Who ever has to write "antidote"?)
Oh, I haven't done an official study -- and the commenters here, most of whom presumably didn't "have" to write about it, disprove my (jokey!) point. I have found that, across the board, the people I know who saw the movie with the intent of critiquing it enjoyed it much less than those who saw it just for fun. This is probably true of *every* movie. Or TV show. Or book. For example: I finally enjoy watching Mad Men.
I laughed so hard and so did the rest of the audience. My experience so far has been that nobody thought it was perfect, but everyone who didn't have to write about it, loved it. I sure did. Wheeeee!
Not to get too into it, but nobody at Stereogum or Videogum is to blame. We will all continue to be great friends and supporters of each other. I've chosen to aim my anger at the sub-prime credit default derivative swaps, and I'm going to have a little time now to figure out what those were.
Hi, thank you! Yes, it's true, the economy blah blah blah. But I'm still here for a little while and I have big plans for my final post, where I will absolutely let you know where you can find me on the internet, whether you want to or not. And Videogum will still be a great site (duh!) I'll try to get Gabe to institute a memorial Paul Rudd promise in my honor.
"Did I do that?" - Urkel
"D'oh!" Dan C.
"Could there BE any more cum on your face?" - Matthew Perry
But seriously it actually probably is "Have Mercy!" - John Stamos.
Yeah, that's a really good point. The show should pay for or arrange for continued therapy, because you can definitely see the exposures potentially making some people worse.
When doing a parody, it's always important to wear a tshirt describing your parody. (Unless Fred wears a Fred Tshirt, but I refuse to do that research.)
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