What was the original plan for David in the first place? Even if his parents loved him to the end of their days, he would never age and would certainly outlive them. A non-reprogrammable robot that requires continuous care and affection for hundreds of years seems like a terrible idea on its face.

Just actually listened to this. Great work, guys, very funny. I did find myself defending the movie from nitpicking at times, but it was pretty much just a lark anyway.

I don't understand why the bad guy started killing people in the first place. If his ultimate goal was to get technology to kill everyone hooked up to a surrogate, why use it to kill individuals on the street? If he wanted to kill individuals, why not go to their houses and kill the defenseless human body just lying there? Maybe I missed something because I was laughing at Teague's desire to be a pterodactyl.

Good luck getting into a cool nightclub as a pterodactyl, man, let alone getting a sweet office job with a window in your cube.

That would be a hell of a thing. But I'm too far away to attend.

Cool! Except for all the misspellings. Seriously.

"Space Girl" Mathilda May. Lovely. Deadly. Dull.

I'm convinced Tobe Hooper was stoned the whole time, and the movie was really directed by the cinematographer, the high-polish veteran Alan Hume.

Looks great. Isn't the least bit entertaining, full front nudity notwithstanding.

Results are out.....
Bostwick pulls in the Best Actor, but otherwise, Mega Piranha sweeps the field!

Committed Loonie results

Well, I'm sure it's an ironic honor just being nominated. Trey, thank all the little people.

/feverishly begins work on even lower-budget knockoff Mega Piranha Attack!

Comedy gets no respect. Chaplin didn't win an Oscar until he sank to doing hardcore porn near the end. I mean, "Best Actor" AND "Best Director" for Rumble Seat Sluts? Come on.

Great commentary! Steve brought some great insights. I agree that the film is not as deep as we all seem to remember it, but it was such a departure for Carrey and such a terrific turn for Harris that it was just sensational at the time and, I think, opened the door for things like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Yes they have. It's one of the oldest words in English. Don't believe any of that shit about it being an acronym for "for unlawful carnal knowledge" or "fornication under consent of the king". It comes from Old Dutch "fikken", meaning "to poke" and was probably originally a euphemism for something else that I can only imagine was insanely filthy.

Welcome!

Let me give you the rundown:

• Teague is currently my permanent favorite

• Brian is Belgian.5 on a scale of 1 to French

• Trey, I agree with by default and only disagree with on the advice of counsel

• Michael, I have too much respect for to call "Dorkman"

• Anyone named Ryan or Anthony is a cool dude

• Jake is not the kid from Phantom Menace, so it's safe to like him

• Matt loves our forum, and our forum loves him

• Cloe does not have an H

• Holden =

• Eddie is not on this list because he is my secret favorite

Doesn't that factoid suggest that editors are thoughtful people who nominate great movies with great editing? It seems like the best picture of the year SHOULD have Oscar-contending editing, right?

Am I looking at that backwards?

The Oscars are the very definition of a popularity contest, and a popularity contest among people who are generally undereducated about everything except their craft, who are self-important and frequently told they are brilliant, and who are largely very happy with the way their lives turned out and are isolated from those who are not.

Those vectors do not intersect at dark, tragic, and difficult-to-digest OR at lighthearted laughs OR at fantastical adventure. They won't love depressing stories; they won't vote for comedies; and they won't understand nerd flicks.