You're right. And I would like to hear Brian-as-apologist. "But wait! This part is good!" "Not really, Brian."

Star Trek IV is great but I never remember why...

Indeed it is, he was an associate producer on ST IV, or something like that. A further interesting note is that Thatcher wrote and performed the punk song that is playing in the scene. It is called 'I Hate You'

Who can forget 'hello computer' and 'Transparent aluminum?' The latter of these being particularly amusing to my British ears since it wasn't until I was about 10 that I figured out that he was talking about aluminium.

Sure it does, they come in all flavours. This one's silly, TMP is super serious and 2009 is an action movie. They couldn't all be WoK clones. Well, a couple of WoK clones would've been nice.

"I swear to God, I'll pistol whip the next guy who says shenanigans!"

I've mentioned before that maybe you guys could do some more historical or fantasy movies to balance the sci-fi, has Gladiator been talked about before?

Also, any plans for Speed and Red Dawn?

My Bodyguard, from 1980: Chris Makepeace, Adam Baldwin, Matt Dillon, Joan Cusack, Martin Mull, Ruth Gordon. I saw this at age 11 with my younger sister as part of some double feature, which pissed my mom off when she discovered that was the second movie

Also, I don't know if anyone's suggested Saving Private Ryan. It kicked off the recent gritty WWII revival.