Fool to cry

I first became aware of him watching SNL reruns on Comedy Central in the early 90s. Had no idea of his earlier punk rock career or his real name! A much nicer photo than the recent ones at a gas station. He still looks like the actor remember, just with less weight.

You mean her name is not Wendy Kroy?!! I gave her life savings! Nooooo!

They did this odd thing of the Armourer dropping huge lore about Bo Katan and the destruction of Mandalore in the middle of another show Book of Boba Fett. It was a great example of visual storytelling but if you didn't watch the show you wouldn't understand the stakes of Mandalorian season 3. They should have done that in the first episode of the season so viewers knew right away what the main goal of season. One of the complaints people had of the prequels especially the first one is they didn't understand some of the world or the motivations of the characters. Like they didn't get why the Trade Federation wanted Naboo or why the Naboo elected a 14 year old girl as their leader or why the Jedi don't just free slaves. The old trilogy didn't have lots of exposition and that's what them more accessible to mainstream then say Star Trek but they were also easier to understand(Rebels=good, Empire=bad). The prequels were too complicated and they needed the world to be explained so the audience could understand the story better.

So many great roles but my favorite is of the rascally patriarch in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums:

One of the spinoffs should be a show about the henchman employment agency that Hugo Drax calls to hire Jaws in Moonraker.

LET'S GOOOOOO!

You're right, Nick Fury and SHIELD already connected all the individual movies leading up to the first Avengers movie. I do think the Infinity Gauntlet was the perfect story to use as the MCU's first big crossover event.

The Rube Goldberg slo mo, OTT scored violent set pieces in any 2.5 rated Brian DePalma thriller.

Its just one of those things in pilots you have to let go. Like Rachel not inviting Monica, her best friend in high school to her wedding to Barry in the Friends pilot. One of my favorite MF moments:

It's amazing they were somehow able to make each of the MCU movies from 2008 to 2019 each feel like a chapter in the same book. Not just in hindsight either but as it was happening and that was exciting even if the quality varied. The movies since feel like a collection of different stories with just a few connections between them. Even if there was some good ones it's not the same the thrill. Disney owes Jim Starlin a fortune not just for creating Thanos but also the concept of the Infinity Stones(Gems in the comics) because they did so much to tie that decade of movies together.

Haven't seen it yet but I saw a leaked video of the post credit scene and thought Dammit, they should have

Bruce' dad was much worse, although the MCU never delved into that.

Dana Carvey played Woody, Jan Hooks played Mia Farrow, Rob Schneider played Soon-Yi and SNL writer Robert Smigel played Alan Dershowitz.

Before I had ever seen a Woody Allen movie I first heard of Tony Roberts when Adam Sandler impersonated him in this 1992 SNL sketch:

Fourth times the charm! I'm counting the 90s Roger Corman FF movie along with the 2000s FF with Jessica Alba and 2010s FF with Miles Teller.