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Couldn't agree more. On top of the extensive Toronto-spotting available throughout that movie, I loved it from T to B. Not surprising that it wasn't a big hit though: it's aimed at a very specific niche.

They did the Bin Laden song as a Digital Short on SNL too, with Andy and Vanessa Bayer, but without the context of the movie, it just came across as kind of gross. It was better in the movie.

Do you think that maybe Popstar didn't do as well as they'd hoped because they potentially alienated the teen market by making fun of Bieber? I don't think many Beliebers thought the promo stuff was very funny. I really liked the movie, too. In case you're curious: the spell-checker on the Earwolf forums does not recognise the following words: Popstar; Earwolf. It DOES recognise the following words: Bieber; Beliebers.

For me, it's hands down... It was widely hated on release but spawned a still-running attraction at Universal Studios. I just have always thought that the idea of exploring what would happen if the ice-caps melted was so badass. The world creation is really fantastic, and I think it ages pretty well. I also don't hate the first hour of The Postman, but the rest is grim.

And intellectually.

Hey you two, CAN it.

My first ever crush was Daphne from Scooby-Doo, and more recently I held a flame for Helen Parr. I hear you.

You guys keep Fievel, I'll take Fourvel. ETA: I took out the dumb Canada-only video and replaced it with a gif.

I'd like to bring up Celeste's reading process, already discussed in part but with particular interest in her reading the complete works of Shakespeare with her forearm, enough to elicit an amused giggle. While I can get behind a movie household where the complete works have pride of place on the living room mantelpiece, Celeste presumably reads the entire thing in seconds through her reading arm, and seems amused. Which is great, since Shakespeare wrote some of the English language's most beautiful prose and verse. But: for someone who doesn't know what 'sex' means, how is she decoding the myriad of words, phrases, ideas and references that were relevant 400+ years ago but are difficult to parse today? Shakespeare is not meant to be read, but performed, and if you take many of his 'funniest' scenes, they aren't funny on the page, but require a great performer to bring them to life. Try reading Touchstone or Feste or Lear's Fool and getting the full sense of it! Add to this that if Celeste reads all 37 plays, only 18 of those are comedies, leaving 19 tragedies and histories and problem plays which aren't very funny at all. 'Titus Andronicus' shouldn't elicit an amused chuckle. In fact, if she's freaked out by 'The Shining', what does it say when she doesn't notice Lavinia's mutilation in 'Titus'? I posit that this edition of Shakespeare's works belongs on the same shelf as J-Lo's first edition of 'The Iliad' from 'Boy Next Door', with all the tragedies excised, leaving only hilarious comedies and amusing poetry. That's the only explanation.

Quick question: how does the hooded space deity sneeze? A lot hinges on that sneeze. Celeste sneezes because she's on earth and is becoming more human. What's the excuse for the giant guy in the sky who's just there on space-Skype?

But there are only fireworks twice, right? That's a pretty small sample size. Also, the first fireworks don't coincide with orgasm, just with them starting to have sex, and are localised directly over their bed inside the room. It doesn't make sense for the fireworks to be seen outside if they denote something that has previously happened indoors. It's highly ambiguous, but I never saw those last fireworks to have anything to do with sex because she's finally achieved her lifetime ambition of dunking. If it was sex fireworks, they'd be in the bedroom. UNLESS THEY ARE HAVING SEX ON THE ROOF IN THE SPOT WHERE THE BAG PUT THE DOG

Also, since I just rewatched the ending of this thing, here's another one. What's the deal with these Princess Stephanies who arrive in the space ship? I assume the glowing platform they descend on is not indicative of the space in the ship, but even so, there doesn't seem to be enough room for those ladies to fit in. And why do they all look like Princess Stephanie? I get the point of the joke for Jon Lovitz (who gives up his entire life for the look of a few women who he's assuming will be into him), but at the beginning of the movie they go to great lengths to show Celeste getting ready to look like an earth person, and then the whole flight crew just shows up to pick her up, and they're all dressed like flight attendants? Not only that, scantily clad flight attendants with plunging necklines and no bras. And they salute like this: WHY WOULD THEY SALUTE IN MIRROR FORMATION? I get the symmetry but it's ridiculous. And some are saluting in submarine style (palm down) and some in palm-out style. No discipline here. Then, Jon Lovitz asks if everyone on Celeste's planet looks as good as she does, and Celeste says 'Oh! Better!'', which I guess confirms the fact that the planet isn't made up of handbag penises, but humanoids with American accents who drink battery acid and live forever. And then, over the credits, we see Jon Lovitz playing a baby grand piano with these women draped all over it screaming like banshees. 1) Where did the piano come from 2) How do they know the words to his song 3) Who is flying the space ship

I just watched this again, because the several comments about this were niggling at me. I get what everyone means about fireworks equalling Celeste's orgasms, and she does beat it pretty fast after Willow dunks, but I don't think it is supposed to equate to sex every time. I think the fireworks are simply to signify a celebration - this time for Willow's long-awaited dunk (which Willow somehow seems to think she did under her own power even though she's only 5 feet tall). The first fireworks are for sex, but the second ones are for the dunk (and the happy ending in the movie). Like everyone's said, it makes no sense that Celeste gets upstairs and has sex so fast. Add to that, that Willow looks up and sees the fireworks and has this look on her face: Which is pretty gross if she's saying 'aw yeah, my dad's getting LAID'. On the dunk - Willow starts out by asking for reassurance that Celeste isn't magic anymore, and Celeste LIES RIGHT TO HER FACE and says no. Then Willow drives and goes to dunk, but Celeste magics her up to the rim, and then turns her back and runs off. Now, maybe she's going to get into bed with Dan Aykroyd, I don't know. But she also doesn't help Willow get down from the dunk, which means she floats her up and then lets her plummet back down to the driveway. Willow's ankles and knees should be destroyed.

I just watched this section again, and I think by becoming a human, Celeste agrees to start aging in human time, much like how Superman's normal Krypton strength is influenced by the earth's yellow sun, making him superhuman here. The giant being in the sky says "Well, Celeste, enjoy your humanity. While it lasts". He doesn't say, "Have fun until everyone you love dies" - he's basically saying that she's chosen to live another 40 years in earth time, and then she'll die. There's nothing much to suggest that she's going to stay looking like she does, although they problematise this by letting her still have her powers when Willow dunks. Anyway, I think she's on borrowed time now.

But also turned evil (or became more evil?) and destructive, with magical powers? If they don't need penises for sex or reproduction anymore, they should just wipe them out rather than carry them around in a clutch.

Can we talk about the French release poster? J'ai épousé Une Extra-Terrestre (My wife is an Alien, cutting Willow completely out). We have stars, cool. Planets, okay. A satellite dish that frames the whole deal. Uh, sure. Oh look, the spaceship she comes in. Neat! And then we have... um... an artist's rendition of what some French guy wishes Kim Basinger was wearing, unapologetically naked and draped like Sigourney Weaver after she became the Gatekeeper. Pretty sure this guy's shaded in some nipples there too. Oof. It looks like something from the cover of a romance novel. Super skeezy. Oh, also there's a picture of Dan Aykroyd having a stroke.

I'm just glad to get a chance to revisit one of Troy and Abed's finest duets:

Speaking of sex - the purse snake's dictionary is ridiculous. Dictionaries are ordered by frequency of usage, so to have the act of sexual intercourse listed as the fourth option of definition for 'sex' (behind the bad Sak's pun) is ridiculous. Here's how it's listed in the Oxford English Dictionary:

Me: hey, they thread has a few posts, that means there's a pick there. *click* *scroll* Max: Hold up and be patient, it's coming. Me: Okay, cool, I can dig it. *two seconds pass*

Dude, gross. There's no way that is what is happening. What I took from that line was that he was wearing a wool jacket, and when wool gets wet, it smells bad. I went to a school where we wore wool blazers in the winter, and whenever it was a wet day the whole school smelled like wet dog. I think it's way simpler than everyone's making it - wool smells bad when it's wet and he associates it with fish.

Eagerly awaiting PBS and their announcement of the live Across the Universe. And the Animal Planet live version of Pete's Dragon.

That alarm went off when Dan's boss walks through two minutes later. Does the alarm go off every time someone walks through the detector (like a chime that goes off when the door opens in a convenience store)? If so, how is that guard not in a rest home for the mentally addled by now? Morning rush must be a bitch.

Yes! I was just coming to post about the slut-shaming of this tag. Terrible.

This is the article Paul references in depth on this week's episode. Nice link!