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Ahh okay. I had the distinct impression Armen would be on this week but I guess I had no basis for that (despite it actually happening). Wait...maybe I'm developing psychic wishing powers? I WISH FOR CARA DELEVINGNE! I WISH FOR CARA DELEVINGNE! Aww dammit, I got Interpol's Carlos Dengler instead.

Didn't they say he wasn't going to be on this week on Two Charted? I could have sworn they did.

THE RACIST IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!

Look, James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is James Cameron!

And James Cameron!

I was not in favor of these when they announced the first one way back in aught thirteen, but it made for a C+ ep so I've just adopted a live and let live philosophy. Plus, I can't wait to hear Scott's frustration that he had to sit through yet another Tyler Perry movie only to have it scrapped at the last minute for one of these turds.

All I know is that Suicide Squad looks so much more interesting to me than Grumpyman vs Jesusman: Birth of a Cinematic Universe.

In California re-selling tickets is only illegal if the tickets are specifically purchased for resale for more than the face value. Scott & Adam's little butts are safe from imprisonment. For now.

I totally get it not working for people. I don't even think it really works. But I still like it. I agree that the CGI is super inconsistent. Ebert even pointed out the oddity of faraway shots of the Hulk looking worse than closeups, which makes no sense at all. BUT there are some really great effects, like that fight between Hulk and Absorbing Man where they jump from cloud to cloud via lightning. That thing is absolutely beautiful. I would also argue that the casting is much better than the Ed Norton Hulk. Sam Elliot's Thunderbolt Ross > William Hurt's Thunderbolt Ross Jennifer Connolly's Betty > Liv Tyler's Betty Etc., etc.

I'm with Roger Ebert on this one. This movie is weird and insane and wonderful. I love it. Nick Nolte is giving us all a masterclass in chewing the scenery HARD. And truthfully, I wish some of the current Marvel directors would take a cue from Ang Lee because this movie is shot so beautifully. He really managed to project a comic book page onto the screen.

Walk away everybody, Cameron H has just won the internets. SHUT. IT. DOWN.

It's possible I'm just too entertained by Tom Selleck's mustache, but I really didn't think this was that big of a slog to get through, especially when compared to some of our previous selections. But then maybe that doesn't mean much in a podcast where we've had to sit through horrors like A Dungeon Siege Tale or Nothing But Trouble.

Jayma using her clout to pull this ep is as big a scandal as Ben Affleck using his clout to edit the Finding Your Roots ep. Possibly bigger!* *Absolutely not

Another fascinating thing is apparently there was some kind of bidding war over this script. Uhhh whaaaaa? EDIT: Missed your earlier comment about this sillstaw

This gif is a woman realizing she's fallen in love with the guy she was paid to psychologically torture and she's going to have to commit fake suicide in front of him which will probably drive him insane. On the other hand, at the end of Runaway we see a woman who has just realized she's a beard for a guy that really, really wants to have sex with his housekeeping robot.

Ok, after doing a bit of Google research I found this fascinating interview with the writer (and original director) David M Evans. http://davidmickeyevansblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-happened-to-bobby.html On the ending: Also, he apparently intended the abuse to be way more brutal and explicit but the studio/Donner wouldn't go for it. Oh, and the dog could talk. NO REALLY.

If he is dead, that means Tom Hanks has been sending himself all those postcards he claims are from his brother. His wife should really grab the kids and get the hell out of there because he could crack at any minute.

I'd love to know the reasoning behind Radio Flyer agreeing to this awkward bit of product placement. Did the film executives somehow convince them that the Radio Flyer wagon was the hero of the movie because it saves the kid in the end?

I feel like the tagline for this movie in all marketing materials should have simply been, 'There's no way this is as bad as that last one'.

There was a thing in Sci-fi for a while where it was just assumed that in the future some humans would be so evolved they'd develop psychic powers. This was probably at its peak in the 60s & 70s (though it was around much earlier than that). They usually wouldn't refer to the character as psychic, mind you, they'd call them 'espers' or say they had a high 'psi factor' or some other such nonsense, but it was just a sneaky way to get magic in the door without calling it that. Now by the time this movie came out, I feel like most of the Sci-fi overlords had decided we were calling it 'telepathy' and it was usually an ability reserved for aliens. So it still feels a little incongruous, even in this very dumb movie. Although now that I think about it, maybe it was just a reference to the fact that a lot of police departments apparently do consult psychics?* I dunno. *Movie police, at least

I'd like to think it was kismet.