So, if it's a dreamy, quirky comedy, it's obviously going to be a satire of modern life, NYC's status in the world, and even storytelling itself. The idea that a major city can disappear in a moment creates an existential crisis in the main character that makes him question reality and his place in the universe.

When Lyle—we'll call him Lyle—learns that NYC is apparently no longer real, he naturally becomes distraught, which frightens his girlfriend, Brenda. He talks to an astronomer about the—let's say—solar flare incident and to a comic book shop manager about Metropolis, Gotham, and NYC. He confides in his friend Dall and makes contact on the Internet with others who believe in NYC. They're tempted to believe that, rather than their location making them shielded from the solar flare, they were actually more affected than others, and NYC really is just a metropolitan version of "Anytown, USA".

Does Lyle eventually go back and discover NYC right where it's supposed to be? Does he find true love with another? Does he convince Brenda and then bring her to see NYC? Does the power of love bring NYC back or another solar flare? Or is NYC fictional after all?

Newark is a still a shit-hole. They get the Yankees; that's it.

The Giants, Mets, and Knicks are fictional. Nerds think the "baseball Giants" and "football Giants" were the result of a continuity goof on a popular television show.

Teague doesn't seem like a Bob Dylan kind of guy. None of Dylan's songs include the words "wackity shmackity dooo".

1) The Statue of Liberty looks out on open ocean.
2) Only the city of New York is gone (all five boros). New York State still exists, and therefore so does Mutual of New York Bank and New York strip steak. The New Yorker magazine is fictional, tho, as are The New York Times and Post. The Newark Yankees is a beloved baseball franchise.
3) The title is either The Verrazzano Parallax or Finding New York.

I didn't like ET when I saw it in the theater at about 14. And I didn't like it when I rewatched it last year after having revisited Close Encounters. Close Encounters is mature, speculative, and optimistic (toward humans as well as aliens). ET is pure schmaltz.

However, the scene with ET getting drunk in a bathrobe was funny, but only because it reminded me of The Big Lebowski.

Okay then... Bearded Ceramicist and a Storeroom for Confidential Information

Right. Numbers have been problems for other riddles, since they don't really have synonyms. So I was looking for another way to do it.

It occurred to me that film series titles actually define the number by following it with an episode title. This is like the way mathematicians define a variable you can't solve for. So I replaced "4" with "N, where N is" like in an equation. This seemed legit because no actual movie title includes "[blank], where [blank] is" wording.

Breakin' N, where N is Electric Boogaloo
For all N, Electric Boogaloo = 2
Therefore, N=2

/obviously a fail whale
//no idea about Phi's riddle

Sorry. Given that they trek to the stars, "Return Trip" seemed a pretty solid substitution for "Voyage Home", I thought. Am I too much of a frequent flier?

/United Premier
/Delta Gold Medallion

C'est un film belge, ainsi... en français