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I'm not sure I understand the purpose of cutting 50 movies if the point is to put on 50 different movies. If someone thinks 50 of the movies aren't top 100 material, then so be it. But just to shake things up or highlight lesser known great movies is something I don't get. You either think it's genuinely one of the 100 greatest movies or you don't (conceding that "greatest" is pretty nebulous a concept). I'm trying to keep my overall criticisms of the list (and probably criticisms of criticisms) until the wrap up episode proper. I'll make my top 10 a list of personal favorites (in AFI list order, not my personal preference) instead of why I might demand stay on the list. I think a couple movies like Citizen Kane objectively belong on a list of greatest American movies, but it's not something I watch regularly. The Godfather Singin' In The Rain The Wizard Of Oz Star Wars 2001: A Space Odyssey It's A Wonderful Life To Kill A Mockingbird Jaws Raiders Of The Lost Ark Do The Right Thing Here's my list of 10 that I would be glad to kick off the list no question Lawrence Of Arabia (not American in my mind) Bridge On The River Kwai (not American in my mind) Intolerance Cabaret Tootsie Forrest Gump Easy Rider Sophie's Choice Yankee Doodle Dandy Ben-Hur One topic that has come up multiple times and I want to ask again before we get into the actual wrap up is: what movies created by people of color and women belong on the list? We've discussed that the directors are basically all straight white men multiple times, but no one has really put up what movies from women, LGBT+ directors, people of color should be on the list.

Tommy Bahama seduced my mama with a crotch-less pajama diorama

I think Cuse is also the producer of The Last Ship, which, enh. Though it does feel a bit more relevant these days. Enjoyed Hill’s book The Fireman and have read most of Strange Weather and L&K. He’s a good writer for sure, not being on bags of cocaine during his prime probably helps edited to add, I think I saw something the other day about Campbell making a new Brisco show? Or film? So that should be fun. I’m pretty tired of Army of Darkness spinoffs, it’s diminishing returns for me at this point.

Joe Hill (who is one of Stephen King’s sons btw, for the few ppl who might not know) has a whole comics empire going now with an imprint at DC called Hill House. So far I’ve read a miniseries called Basketful of Heads which is darkly funny and an ongoing series called Plunge, drawn by the great Stuart Immonen. It has a real The Terror/ The Thing vibe. https://www.dccomics.com/comics/hill-house-comics-sampler#.XxBIO54zdnE.link

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Thank you Mr. A! https://soundcloud.com/laustenfound/harmonious-plugs-theme

Tubs of tofu are frequently so few that I’m tempted to buy two—one for me, and one for you.