“Maybe what I find so unfunny about a show like (MST3K) is that while on one hand it’s a type of humor rooted in an attitude of superiority – We’re so much hipper than that garbage – yet the unfunny material utterly contradicts that assertion because it’s on such an anti-creative level.”

Believe it or not, not everyone is a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 or any of its recent spinoffs.  For my money, though, if you refer to yourself unironically as “this reviewer,” you are a pretentious twat and your opinions can be safely disregarded.

I actually would kinda like to see that.

(Via Scans_daily, won’t you?)

‘Any word that embiggens the vocabulary is cromulent with me’

I’ve had to tell people for a long time now: if I say something that sounds like a quote, but you don’t immediately recognize it, it’s probably from The Simpsons.  Or Douglas Adams, but we’ve already covered that.

Turns out I’m not the only one.  And it may not be physically possible, but this article neither sucks nor blows.

DC: Delicious Crack

The bad news is that, with the 2006 cancellation of Justice League Unlimited, the DC Animated Universe that began in 1992 with Batman The Animated Series seems to be dead.

The good news, at least, is that that frees up much of the talent behind the DCAU to work on the series of direct-to-DVD animated movies that will begin dropping later this year. We’ve already seen the trailer for Superman:Doomsday, an adaptation of the ‘Death Of Superman’ storyline, and now, here comes the first trailer (that I’ve seen, at least) for the one I’m most excited about, the adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s “The New Frontier.”

Check it out behind the cut:

“Wake Up, Laura! He’s Not Good Enough For You!”

Why is Edward G. Robinson on the cover of a Dick Van Dyke Show comic book?  Read the history of Penis Van Lesbian in comics, or skip ahead to when one man starts acting seriously weird.

The second reason May 25th holds special significance for me: today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars.

Think about how different the Star Wars experience was in those days. There was so much still to wonder about. Would Luke get revenge on Darth Vader for killing his father? Would Princess Leia (and our 7-year-old selves could never remember if it was LAY-uh or LEE-uh) choose Luke or Han? We all knew that Star Wars 2 would be coming soon; would it be Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye, or Han Solo at Star’s End?

And most importantly, who had the most Star Wars toys?

May 25^th is a day that holds significance to me for two reasons. First, it is International Towel Day.

You may recall the effectiveness of towels from the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy:

What is Junque?

Well, that’s a good question. The easy answer would be to say, “it’s my site, so Junque is whatever I say it is.” So let’s start with that.

In the late 90s, I hosted The Movie Geek Show on Seattle Public Access TV. During one early episode, we were discussing what we considered the most essential movies of the last 20 years, and soliciting viewers opinions on same. This being 1996, our choices included such decidedly lowbrow faire as Highlander, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and the Star Wars trilogy. One caller cheekily noted our addiction to what she called “J-U-N-Q-U-E.”

So what is Junque? The easy answer would be to say, “it’s my site, so Junque is whatever I say it is.” So let’s start with that. Junque is lowbrow with a high IQ. Or it’s smart made stupid. It’s a bad monster movie, made with exquisite talent and skill. Or it’s something great, turned face-meltingly bad. Or it’s something boring and mediocre, that’s given that cracky twist to make it a total WTF experience.  Happy Days is not Junque, but this is:

And that’s Junque. The best of the worst, the worst of the best. And best of all, it’s my site, so Junque is whatever I say it is.

- King Zilch