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I have a theory on crime in this movie. They speculate on why pickpocketing is so serious and why the most badass, most educated cop, Jericho Jackson, is a laughing stock on the force. This movie takes place in 1988 Detroit and, in 1987, Detroit released Robocop to clean up the streets. So, I think this movie takes place in a world where Robocop has functionally taken care of most street crime. What we have left is pickpockets and the crazy justice of Action Jackson is no longer needed. Also, both movies feature car commercials. Robocop had the SUX9000 and Action Jackson had the Hot Hotter Hottest car.

Paul, I made the same mistake in renting this movie. Four minutes in, I was so in love with this movie, that I paused the movie and went on Amazon to see if I could upgrade to purchase. They were able to refund the rental price so that I could purchase it. Also, Halley's comet is pronounced HAL-ee rhyming with Adam Pally. It is not HAIL-ee.

The is another alternative to just apologizing that should work. Convince both birthday people to have the party at the same basketball game but in different sections. Arrive with one group and every 10 minutes excuse yourself to (bathroom/get a drink/concessions) then sit with the other group. Go back and forth in a Saved By The Bell manner until they catch on and it backfires in your face.

It's pretty easy. "I'm sorry. I have plans already scheduled that day. I'd go if I could." If you want, you can go into it being someone else's actual birthday not a rescheduled birthday if you want to get petty about it. But if they can't accept you having other plans, whatever on them. EDIT: you can, if you want, on the day of the event, wish your friend happy belated birthday and apologize again for not being there

In all fairness, the movie starts with a man breaking the fourth wall discussing the aspect ratios of the movie itself and being in color. So, it's going out the way it came in.

I thought she was doing it because Fats wanted it. He wanted to be with a star and she...uhhhh...wanted to be with Fats. Jayne Mansfield, you are this perfect woman and Fats is Fats. He has nothing going for him. Why are you doing this to yourself?

Without any teenagers in it! The largest non-adult role is that little boy who says "if Jayne Mansfield's a girl, then what is my sister?" He's probably under 10 years old.

Yeah. His appearances on Good Place are great because it's a guy I like on a show I like. But Gilmore Girls felt so good because I knew he was a huge fan of the show from hearing him on Gilmore Guys. I'm sure I cried when it happened. There's an episode of Gilmore Guys where he mentioned Hop Along as a record he liked and they played half of a song which they never do. I liked what I heard and bought the album. They have since become easily my favorite band of the last 10 years or more and I've traveled to see them live several times and met the band. And it's weird to me that I might never have heard of them if he hadn't said anything in one podcast.

As a huge Gilmore Girls fan, I was super glad to hear Jason mention them the first time (and I out loud shrieked when Jason showed up in the revival).

What was your first episode of HDTGM? I don't know. It was 4-5 years ago. A friend recommended it out of nowhere and I just picked some recent episode that I had already seen the movie for. Then another and another. When I ran out of movies I had seen, I started watching movies just to listen to the episodes. Favorite catchphrase? A clip or moment that you'll always remember? (timestamps are nice ) As Ms. Photo said, "What's its mission". Hearing this the first time is certainly up there with almost any moment from every podcast I've ever listened to. It just blew me away. Every aspect of it, from June's anger, Jason's infectious laughter. It's such a classic moment. The episode you revisit the most The Fast and Furious episodes get listened to quite a bit. Zardoz with just Paul and June because it's such a different episode and tone from the rest of the podcast. The movie that you loved or hated watching LOVED: The Fast and Furious movies obviously. Even if they weren't doing HDTGM, I'd be watching these movies anyway. I loved Runaway because I saw part of this movie as a kid but couldn't remember what it was called. All I could remember was the heat seeking bullet. Seeing the movie for the episode finally gave me an answer to a 30 year long question I had. Disaster Artist is great for seeing everyone in the movie and I think the only HDTGM movie to make me cry HATED: Garbage Pail Kids which I refused to watch again after seeing it years ago and it making me nauseous. Ninja Terminator and Yes, Giorgio were both real struggles. How HDTGM fits into your weekly routine Every Friday, I start listening as soon as I get up. I can usually finish the episode during my morning routine before I get to work. I usually watch the movie Wednesday or Thursday night before the episode drops. The rest of the week is spent checking the boards here. What the show has meant to you after all these years or any other sappy stuff I think probably the biggest impact HDTGM has had on my life is creating a really great, welcoming community here on the message boards. I tried to join the boards like a year before I posted here and made an account but couldn't post for some reason. But I eventually made another account just so I could post with everyone here. This message board is certainly of the best, most open community I've been a part of. I even watched Monster Trucks for this community and that wasn't even a HDTGM movie. And throwing in Musical Mondays and the HDTGM Classics where we get together to (re)watch older HDTGM movies is one of my highlights of every month (and I don't want to say Unspooled's Facebook group stole that from us, but I can't rule that out...).

What about coleslaw with raisins?

This definitely is a feminist idea given how she framed it. I want to do this with my life and men don't see me that way. I would never belittle a woman who actively chooses to be a homemaker. But part of me also recognizes, this is a movie written, directed by men and very clearly the male gaze. So, this scene comes across to me as, at best, accidentally feminist. It feels like Donna Reed wanted to be a homemaker on the show but it's also something that was used to hold down women. If women were moved by Jayne Mansfield and admired that scene, that's awesome. Maybe this was a more radical idea to have Jayne Mansfield say this in 1956 than i'm giving it credit for though.

The only hip hop parody movies I can think of are Fear Of A Black Hat or CB4 but they are definitely done with love. Maybe Spinal Tap? I can't tell if that was insulting the audience or not.

I really just can't get over that this movie was made to mock rock and roll. Is there another movie made specifically to mock an audience that they realized worked only for that audience? The closest I can think of is Talladega Nights and NASCAR fans but even that seems like it was lovingly teasing.

He's not Fats? I'd at least understand if she wanted to be a famous singer and was using him. She didn't want the only thing he had to offer.

I really hate pop music! Can we go watch a movie starring Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen and Ariana Grande? I'll really enjoy how much I hate them!

This doesn't even make sense. The movie has nothing going for it other than Jayne Mansfield and huge rock stars of the time. I'm going to make an anti-hip hop movie and put Kendrick Lamar, Kanye, Drake and Kid Cudi in the movie and put their names on the poster and the movie will be named after their hit song.

This movie was mocking rock? That might raise more questions than it answers. Were 50 year old guys going to see this movie? I've only heard it was big with kids who tore up the theaters they were so hyped for ROCK AND ROLL!!!!

I was wondering during the movie, when is the last time a movie was made that was just "check out this hot person and how everyone wants to fuck them"* And that's the entire plot? I know the second half is mostly about jukeboxes but the first 45 minutes is "how much do you want to fuck Jayne Mansfield right now?" I'm sure it's more recent than I can think of but this feels like something that is very antiquated. *did anyone think it was kind of risque for the 50s when Jayne is taking about how she wants to have babies but purposely only want to have sex with her? Who is this movie for? Presumably teens into rock music but it's a movie about middle aged men and jukebox business.

I think they are trying to say that she can't help all the attention she gets from men. She's just that attractive. Which I get because look at Jayne Mansfield. But she's also portrayed as an "ideal" woman or at least a 1950s ideal. She's beautiful. She's constantly dressed well. She just loves to cook. She's kind of an airhead. She just wants to make her man happy. She can't help being perfect.

This is going to come across as body shaming and I guess it is. Jayne Mansfield is very pretty and in wonderful shape. I get why guys are turning around to check her out in that black dress at the beginning. But her figure is so Barbie-esque that it's kind of not attractive to me. I spent a lot of the movie wondering how much pain she must be in with a corset cinching her already tiny waist. Also, am I supposed to believe she went swimming and came out with perfectly styled hair?

Yeah. At best, he was dismissive of her and should know better. I wouldn't say he didn't sleep with her underage because, well, the relationship probably took place in the late 20s or early 30s. A guy in his 20s fucking a 16 year old was perfectly legal in much of the US and disgustingly common. So, I'm not saying he didn't do it but I interpret it as she was just young not underage.

This is something i've wondered about as well. Was she a literal child? If she's the same age as Karen Allen at the time of filming, she's 29-30. I have definitely been "I was a dumb kid" about something I did then realized "No, I was a freshman in college". So, maybe she was 18. I definitely take "child" and "young and naive". That doesn't clear Indy from wrongdoing because the older, wiser, more experienced person shouldn't be treating partners this way.

I wish I knew which HDTGM minisode had a musical theme that edited a bunch of out of context quotes about him loving nazis just to refute this.

If you've never read it as Paul suggests, check out the Spielberg/Lucas/Kasdan brainstorming session for Raiders. It's super fascinating. Here's a link to an article that links to the pdf in the first paragraph. https://kottke.org/13/03/transcript-of-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-brainstorming-session