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This movie didn't just rejuvenate the horror movie genre, it created a whole new type of horror movie. The self aware horror movie. Not only do horror movies exist it this movies universe, but classic ones are referenced (Friday the 13th, Nightmare of Elm Street, The Howling and Halloween is even watched by characters). And the characters realize that what's happening around them is like a horror movie, and are aware of the cliches and common pitfalls.
Also this brought 90's teenagers into horror movies. Halloween took care of the 70's, Freddy and Jason slashed through the 80's, but prior to Scream no one had really gone after 90's teens. But from this point forward they were fair game.
Bare in mind these weren't your traditional 1 pieces. As the show went along the tops kept getting lower and lower, showing more of the stars ample cleavage. While on the bottom the sides kept getting higher and higher, creating more and more of a V shape, and showing all the stars thighs.
There's two points where Norman could have gotten away with it, had he played it right.
1) When Arbogast first comes to talk to him. Norman's lack of social skills from being so isolated for so long made it impossible for him to outwit a skilled detective like Arbogast. The more Norman talked, the more he contradicted himself, and then not wanting to look at the picture or letting Arbogast look at his log just made it more clear that something was up. Part of me wonders if Norman had been cooperative from the start, and admitted that she had been there, would it have been better for him. Just say, she came in very late and was obviously very tired. She took a room and she declined me making her a sandwich. I was in the office for about an hour after she got here, and when I walked back to house, I saw that the light was already out. I came down early the next morning, hoping to catch her and offer breakfast, but she was already gone. I didn't see which way she went, or came from the night before.
2) If he had killed Lila and Sam, he would have had to quickly dump the bodies into the swamp. Maybe dump the car somewhere in the desert, since as others have the said, the swamp was getting full. Then just deny that they were ever there. Remember they checked in under a different name, so there's no record of them being there. And the small town sheriff, who had known Norman his whole life would probably just believe him, and not do much of an investigation. At that point there's no one left. The only people who knew Marion or Arbogast were there are gone, and as long as there's never a drought that causes the water level of the swamp to drop, then no one would find the bodies for a long time.
I think people would be more upset that a group of high school girls (some probably underage) are being sexually harassed and their privacy is being violated in a school, for comedic purposes. And in the following scene the principal and male teachers laugh it off, with only the mean, brute women's P.E. teacher caring about how serious this was.
While Roy didn't win the tournament, he did finally take responsibility for his role in his accident, was back on the pro bowling tour, had lucrative endorsements, a smoking hot girlfriend, and most importantly quit drinking.
Claudia was out of an abusive relationship, and who knows how things go with Roy.
And Ishmail may have been back in his town, he was now the hero who saved it from bankruptcy, instead of the big goof who no one took seriously. And his father was proud of him, for probably the first time in his life, for helping Roy and Claudia. And he was definitely getting the girl that he liked.
They were in a panic. Not only was Mullen not going to pay the ransom, but he went public with it, and put a bounty on them so big the whole world would be looking for them. And the one guys brother had been killed during the botched drop. It was only a matter of time before they identified him, and then started looking for his brother. They were going to kill Sean, and bury him at the spot they previously planned, but Shaker talked them out of it. Later I think they were just going to bail, and probably leave Sean in the apartment and let Shaker deal with it. When they saw Shaker approaching, and holding up his badge, they knew he was double crossing them, which means he would have to killed them, so it was him or them. The girl was probably going with the guys, but hadn't gotten in the van yet when Shaker showed up.
I don't think they knew Shaker had turned on them. They were just worried that they would be discovered.
Apparently that is the real mindset of the people of Martha's Vineyard. I remember a story from the Jaws Log where a couple (both Islanders) were stuck on a ship waiting to sail back to the Island, when the 8 1/2 months pregnant wife went into labor early. The baby was born right there on the ship, and the next day, they sailed back to the island. The child lived his whole life on the island, and became a beloved minister. When he died at the age of 85, during his eulogy he was referred to as "This beloved stranger to our shores..."
You don't have to be rich to have a safe. Sure if you want a top of the line, super secure, uncrackable one it would be, like the one Biff has in 1985 that's built into a wall and behind a painting. But a simple black box that's smaller than a end table would be affordable for most people. Most people probably have either a filing cabinet or a safe for their important documents. Giving the secrecy the Almanac must be kept in, it stands to reason that Old Biff would want a safe.
Either I'm not reading enough into this, or you're reading to much into it. I've always felt just plain and simply that Old Biff knew of the potential value the Almanac could bring him, and was trying to hammer home the importance of that to his idiot younger self. And he was thinking of the best possible ways to not only keep the Almanac safe, but a secret.
I think Old Biff was remembering that when he was 17 and living with his Grandma, they didn't own a safe, so he reminded his younger self to get one.
All fair questions, but here's a couple possible answers:
We don't know much about Dave. It wasn't uncommon for guys in there mid twenties to still be living with their parents. But he might not have been. We learned in Part 3, that they were all going to brunch. So maybe he had to go into the office for a few hours, then went to his parents house to wait for them to get back from their tennis game.
Maybe since his parents are now in a loving relationship, and Lorraine isn't drunk and depressed, they actually gave a crap about how their house looked. So they kept it clean, and bought nice furniture, and decorated it well. Also helped that George obviously had a better job, so there was more money available for them.
Perhaps during the week in 1955, Marty tells Doc about how they met, and why he became friends with an older, slightly mad scientist. Doc would use this info to ensure that they still became friends.
Coming from a much more positive and loving family, might have changed Marty's upbringing and personality. But Marty was already a pretty sharp, and likable guy, and Jennifer was still smoking hot, so they could still be together. Plus Marty now has sweet truck.
Some people just have a sixth sense for these kind of things. Kind of like the term "Gaydar".
Ironically, Jason Biggs is NOT Jewish, even though most people assume he is.
In the US it came out August 12th, 2001. It made $45 million its opening weekend. This was a hit even before 9/11.
That was after the 1st season, which was buried in the middle of summer. By season 3, the critics loved it, even though it still hadn't fully taken off with the audience yet.
Cult Following???!!! 76 million people watched the finale. The last 5 seasons were consistently over 30 million viewers per episode. I don't think you understand what the term "cult following" means.
The Critics didn't like it at first, because it was different from anything else that had been on tv to that point. But by season 3, they loved it. It has an 88% overall critics score and 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with 5 seasons scoring 100%.
Was it funny: that's subjective. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Couple more:
'07 Spurs swept LeBron
'08 Celtics beat Kobe and Gasol.
That's a lot of flukes in a 16 year span. Almost half in fact. Looks like your theory doesn't hold water.
Jerry Reinsdorf got let off the hook way to easily in the doc. He had just as much of a hand in deconstructing the Bulls dynasty as Krause did. He knew at the start of the season that Krause wasn't going to bring Phil back, and how MJ felt about that. A move like that doesn't happen unless he signs off on it. And if he didn't want it, he could have told Krause, if you fire Phil, I'm firing you, and then rehiring him.
<blockquote> Unless you're the Lakers with Shaq and Kobe; or The Warriors with Durant and Curry; and you don't have MJ or LeBron on your roster; you're not the better team.</blockquote>
The '04 Pistons beg to differ.
As well as the '11 Mavericks, '19 Raptors, and '14 Spurs.
BTTF is in 1955. Johnny B. Goode came out in 1958.
Smells like Teen Spirit came out in Sept of 91. It is believed that Cobain first had the idea in late 1990, but they didn't put most of the song together until all 3 members were riffing together in early 91. So that would make sense that in late 1990, Kurt's cousin, who was in the lead singer in a Tribute hair band called him so he could hear what would become his biggest song.
After he was fired, he went to Europe to do some work, and took more acting classes. Then he came back and had a pretty successful run doing theater.
Based on interviews he's done, it sounds like he's made peace with it, and accepted that the movie wouldn't have been nearly as successful with anyone else in that role, and that he never wanted the life of a super mega star.
There were times on Friends where she was hotter. Not always, but some times. She was super cute in Ace Ventura. The poorly dyed blond hair in this was a bit of a put off for me.