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Watched on Tuesday June 3, 2025.
]]>Watched on Tuesday June 3, 2025.
]]>This is the movie equivalent of a 14-car highway pileup and just as hard to look away from
]]>Watched on Sunday June 1, 2025.
]]>Watched on Friday May 30, 2025.
]]>This is a nearly 3 hour movie of a single plot point that doesn't even have an ending. Tom, this is not what fucking movies are about.
]]>A seemingly never ending parade of recycled plot beats and constant double/triple/quadruple(?) crosses that do nothing but bloat and confuse. This movie could be 10 hours long and simply never stop repeating the phrase "this is exactly what he wants us to do." Too caught up in the pathos of its own characters and past storylines to avoid regularly tripping over itself. Fallout has an identity crisis compared to any of the previous entries, and is probably the first real sign that giving this whole series to one man (McQuarrie) may have been a mistake. I'm kind of amazed this one isn't the franchise finale given how much time it spends wrapping up everyone's arcs from the last 5 films.
]]>Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.
]]>I'm just glad Luther finally got to relax for a little while without Ethan ruining his designer clothes
]]>Fuck you Abrams and Kurtzman, I hate that there's a genuinely good movie with your stupid names on it.
]]>There's really a whole scene in this movie where the bad guy tortures one of his own goons and yells "I know she's a spy! But I still gotta get laid!"
]]>80% of the dialogue in this movie is fucking whispering
]]>Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.
]]>Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.
]]>Bobby Womack gotta be one of the most talented pieces of absolute shit in music history
]]>Every time I watch this I it having way more juice. I don't mind the long setup to get to the actual assault, but then that assault just has one too many quiet moments of waiting around or trying to figure out what to do next. Gotta crank this shit up at least 50%.
]]>I liked the scenes with the cat jumping around and slashing people's faces because it's clearly just a crew member out of frame throwing a cat in the air over and over. Having trouble understanding the appeal of someone rubbing their soapy ass up and down your back - a scene that happens multiple times. I mean, I get that it's clearly something sexual, I just can't figure out what the sex part is.
]]>Several elongated sequences as it transitions between almost wildly different tones grind the film's momentum to a screeching halt each time, making this feel way longer than it actually is. Never found a true grip on this movie's personality or intention. A film that seems to exist only to serve its very final moments.
]]>mom found the piss bed
]]>Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.
]]>A tragic tale about the mortal sin of idolatry
]]>This movie is so abysmally stupid and lazy, it makes Pixels look like fucking Videodrome
It's kind of amazing how this went through enough writing teams to fill a war memorial wall, and still ended up as the most trite, uninteresting, and confusing result possible. This is the worst way this film could have been made. Every plot beat is Jack Black (who I assume didn't get any actual direction and is just fucking around as basically himself the whole movie) pointing at something and going "look, it's [thing from minecraft]." The opening is nearly 10 minutes of flat exposition explaining the whole thing to you and not even doing a good job of that. There is not a single character that has a backstory or arc that makes sense, just a random collection of people. Why do the kids need dead parents? So they wouldn't have to write them into the film? Why is Jason Momoa a video game champion (and the worst Billy Mitchell stand-in I've maybe ever seen) when he never does anything video game related? (somewhat convinced this character is a weird holdover from another script before rewrite #4875-B) Why is some random real estate agent a character at all? All she does is give bones to dogs a couple times. Every new scene makes you go "wait what?" when you think about what anyone says for more than a few seconds. It's bad even if you consider it merely brainless crap for little kids. It's baffling that it's this thrown together, like at some point it just became an obligation to get it done so they could stop thinking about it. I have not seen a film this deceptively cynical in a long time. Nobody will anything about this in 3 years outside of some grainy youtube videos of kids setting off fireworks in the theater.
but god the leaked unfinished version where the villagers are just extras wearing big cardboard heads is so damn funny
]]>The ultimate "not as funny as you " movie. There's a weird sense of vague apathy that clouds a lot of this. When it runs out of steam after the first half hour, it starts to overstay its welcome pretty quick as actual laugh-worthy moments get farther and farther between. Everyone is barely a character. Feels like it's trying to cram a whole sequel story in there at the end for no reason that doesn't even make sense anyway. The comedy bits are at war with the film itself.
]]>Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.
]]>All those people camping outside to watch the Pope Smoke that shit is probably like Freaknik for Catholics
]]>Is this the only movie out there where aliens get strung out on drugs
]]>I initially thought it wasn't fair to rate this when I only watch it in a bootleg version with incomplete effects and gambling ads, but the script and acting are so fucking lame and lazy I can still feel confident in saying fuck this thing
]]>I'm not sure we'll ever get a movie in theaters with less of a plot than this
]]>Watched on Sunday April 20, 2025.
]]>"You know, Reno's a lot like Mayberry on the tv, except everybody's on crystal meth and prostitution's legal."
Might be the only comedy group I can think of that was unapologetically offensive to just about any demographic you can name and still managed to be genuinely funny as hell. I don't care if this is basically just a long special episode of the show. Reno 911 has no skips, this included. (those streaming specials kinda suck but the show was already over to me by that point)
]]>Truly unrateable. Maybe the closest we'll ever get to blending the art of film and the act of dreaming. Memory and fantasy crashing into a nightmare singularity. Incomparable. Unknowable. This is pure, unfiltered, uncompromised cinema.
]]>Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.
]]>Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.
]]>My current interpretation of this film is that none of it is real, it is completely and totally a dream/hallucination, and I think David would be ok with choosing to not fully elaborate on that. I also believe I will completely change this interpretation next time I see it too. The only constant is that this remains a beautifully horrifying masterpiece.
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]]>Was literally wiping tears from my eyes during the Club Silencio sequence. We may never have another filmmaker that understands cinema as an art form the way Lynch did.
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]]>Took me 3 or 4 viewings but this film finally clicked with me after feeling like an outlier for so long. I always thought I knew what Lynch was going for, but couldn't completely connect with it. It felt too restrained or bare, or simply just not weird enough to bring the shocking impact his other works had. I see now I was looking at it the wrong way. It's not the literal violence and absurdity being seen on screen that's the focus, it's the idea of it. The uncomfortable unknown. The thought that just a few blocks away from Jeffrey's almost curated idyllic suburban surroundings, there is a constantly seething force of danger and darkness, as if it's just under the surface waiting for the wrong person to peel back the cover. But it's not just about where we live. It's about who we are. The deceptively thin lines between participant and victim. The balance of humanity's dark and light sides dancing together through shadows. A Pandora's Box draped with perfectly trimmed tulips and a velvet cover.
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]]>A lot of people cite the diner scene from Mulholland Drive as the scariest moment in Lynch's filmography, but nothing fills me with quite as much overwhelming dread as any scene in Lost Highway involving the Mystery Man
]]>Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.
]]>Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.
]]>Napoleon Dynamite-esque horror. Cannot tell what it actually wants to be, and feels like they didn't know either. Changes tones every 5 minutes. The pacing, of both the story and the actual editing, is wildly inconsistent, like getting off a highway and feeling like you're suddenly driving way too slow. Absolutely hated the voiceover narration (and the dreadfully long first act), and the fact that it suddenly stops 2/3rds into the film seems like pretty strong evidence it was an afterthought producer decision. By the last 30 minutes, it's like 3 different movies happening at once. Just a sloppy, uneven film that I couldn't connect with at all outside of how hilariously insane a few deaths are.
]]>If I'm logging this, you know it's the gun version
]]>Watched a 360p production cut of this with incomplete CGI, missing edits, and ads for sketchy Indian gambling sites spliced in, and I genuinely believe it's a more enjoyable and memorable experience than the actual finished film
]]>Watched on Saturday March 29, 2025.
]]>Watched on Saturday March 29, 2025.
]]>Watched on Saturday March 29, 2025.
]]>Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.
]]>Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.
]]>The silent cut to Shawn's face after Gregory suddenly brings up Hitler at Nuremberg in the middle of a long winded story is comedic genius editing
]]>Watched on Thursday March 27, 2025.
]]>1996 was a rough year for Best Screenplay contenders huh
]]>Context for each entry in notes section
S01 E04 - Chalky Trouble
Sheriff is dressed as Princess Leia and references a line of dialogue
Granny - "Look, everyone! It's the creature from the prophecy!"
Sheriff - "Nah, it's just me. Help me, Obi-Wan. You're my only hope."
He then picks up Early and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
Sheriff - "For luck? Get it? Star Wars?...Ain't this the sci-fi convention?"
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S10 E03 - Trackwood Race-ist
Early wears a hat that reads "Divorce is strong with this one", a reference to a famous line from this film, along with the iconic font and color of the series
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S11 E05 - Ballad of a Latrine Marine
Early - "Alright, Shepard. That's just the LBQ2D2C3PO community a-tryin to trip us up."
S02 E01 - Government Brain Voodoo Trouble
Early tortures Sheriff by electrocuting him, referencing both a scene and a character from this film
Early - "Tell me where Mr. Joshua is!"
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
The intro song for this episode is a parody of "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen, which was famously featured in this film
Sheriff - "Y'all know he's starting a film festival up here, don't cha? Just like Sundance, only this is called Dirty Dance."
Rusty - "Daddy, how long's he got to stay here?"
Patrick Swayze - "Who knows? I'm like the wind*."
*"She's Like the Wind" is a song featured on this film's soundtrack, written and performed by Swayze himself
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
Sheriff - "Rusty, it's on like Red Dawn, or Charles Bron-son."
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
Sheriff - "Or hell, I'd even have accepted the movie Tron."
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
Early - "Dammit, how many times have we watched Road House this weekend? How many times, Rusty? Huh? How damn many?!"
Rusty - "...Four?"
Early - "Damn, that's a lot! We love the hell out of that movie film! But why, son? Why?"
Rusty - "Cause Patrick Swayze lives his life like a real man. Asses is kicked. Names is taken. Love is made."
Early - "Then, commercial."
Sheriff - "Y'all know he's starting a film festival up here, don't cha? Just like Sundance, only this is called Dirty Dance."
Early - "Why wouldn't he just call it Road House?"
Sheriff - "Well, you can ask him yourself. He's down at my office."
Early - "THE Patrick Swayze!? From the moving picture from the television Road House!? In the flesh!?"
"Patrick Swayze" frequently references lines of dialogue from this film.
Sheriff - "Ok, but, we are gonna put the bars back in here, right?"
Patrick Swayze - "Hey old man, I thought I told you! It's my way, or the highway."
Rusty - "Daddy, this old boy don't seem like Swayze to me."
Patrick Swayze - "Oh yeah? Hey, you in Road House, when I bought that crappy car and bought some extra tires cause I KNEW! I KNEW someone was gonna cut my tires outside the Double Deuce! Sure enough, that happened. And I changed the tires. And I drove away. that?"
Early - "Yeah."
Patrick Swayze - "That...was me."
Early - "Oh my god almighty! It IS him! Patrick Swayze! It is an honor to meet you. Patrick, I know you get this all the time, but uh, heh, uh if it wouldn't be too much trouble to ya, would you please drop a Double Deuce ass whuppin on my boy?"
Patrick Swayze - "Well of course, I'd be delighted."
Patrick Swayze - *singing* "I hungerrrr forrr those fries! Those crazy Road House-"
Patrick Swayze - "I'm the cooler, you're the bouncer."
Sheriff - "And you've mentioned that. You have. A lot. But, if you-"
Patrick Swayze - "Hey old man! It's my highway, or it's that way. My way. Let's take it outside. I'm from Texas!"
Rusty - "Daddy, I need to speak with you for a second, private."
Early - "Son, there ain't no privacy when you're Patrick Swayze. He's been in Road House numertous times. Hell, he was on Road House in my house for five times on the television set today."
Rusty - "Well, this here ain't Patrick Swayze."
Early - "Hey, what can be said to me can be said to Patrick."
Rusty - "I told you, it ain't Patrick Swayze."
Early - "I'm confused. What are you saying?"
Rusty - "It' aint' Dalton. It ain't the famous cooler. It ain't none of em. Daddy, that ain't Patrick Swayze at all."
The real Patrick Swayze and his wife are also killed by a boot with a knife in it, similar to what a character in this film uses during a fight scene
Sheriff - "A Patrick Swayze lookalike?"
Patrick Swayze - "Yeah, if you're blind, like the guy who played guitar in my movie, Road House."
Early - "Patrick? Where you going?"
Patrick Swayze - "Free car, asshole!"
Early - "See ya tonight on the Road House!"
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S09 E09 - Hybrid to Hell
Rusty - "Sit down and come take a look at this."
Early - "Is this Road House? Where's Swayze? And why ain't he a punching none of them penguins out?"
Rusty - "Cause this ain't Road House."
Early - "Somebody done drunk most of his six-pack of turtles. Ooh, hell. Swayze's gonna be pissed off."
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S12 E09 - Events by Russell
The climactic fight between Rusty and Early, with Rusty repeatedly ripping everyone's throats out, is a direct recreation of the final fight scene from this film
Early - "I used to fuck fellers like you in prison!"
Rusty - "Wait, is that from Road House?"
Early - "I'm gonna kill you the old fashioned way."
Rusty - "You are quoting Road House!"
Early - "Damn, boy! I thought you was good!"
Rusty - "STOP! QUOTING! ROAD HOUSE!"
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
Rusty - "Damn, boy. You smaller in real life."
Early - "Russell Jesse James!"
Patrick Swayze - "Hey, it's alright. My legs ran away to Hollywood, to star in Next of Kin 2."
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
Patrick Swayze holds Rusty and dances with him while singing a song reminiscent of "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers, famously featured in this film during a pottery scene. He's later seen shaping Rusty like pottery clay.
Patrick Swayze - "Come on, Patrick Swayze. Come back. Come back as Ghost."
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
Patrick Swayze - "Y'all have a shower? I'm remaking Point Break and I gotta practice being wet."
Rusty - "It ain't Patrick Swayze!"
Patrick Swayze - "Hell, we all know that, son. I'm Bodhi, philosophical, bank-robbin surf man."
Early - "Call him Bodhi. That helps him get into character."
Patrick Swayze - "Ok, uh, this is a love scene right now, so I'm gonna need to have more sex with your aging stunt hookers."
Early - "Certainly, Bodhi! Here's your Nixon mask*. You're gonna need it for the old one."
*Swayze's character in the film wears a President Richard Nixon mask during a heist
S02 E04 - Swayze Crazy
The real Patrick Swayze's wife is dressed similar to Swayze's character in this film
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(i dont want to bother adding anything from the newest season because it doesn't look funny or charming anymore and it makes me sad to watch)
S01 E02 - Escape From Leprechaupolis
Shake scares Meatwad with a Wolf Man mask
S01 E02 - Escape From Leprechaupolis
Shake - "I am the Lord of Illusions."
S01 E06 - Space Conflict From Beyond Pluto
Frylock s the Plutonians with musical notes
S01 E10 - Dumber Dolls
Shake attempts to throw Happy Time Harry off a cliff to turn him into a Highlander
Shake - "No, this is a magic cliff here, like in the Highlander. So you will become the Highlander, and you'll roam the Earth forever trying to kill yourself, but you won't be able to, because you'll be immortal! Won't THAT suck, little man?"
Meatwad - "Well actually, that sounds kinda cool."
Shake - "Yeah, it does."
Meatwad - "I'm gonna do it."
Shake - "No you're not! I'm doing it!"
Frylock - "Shake, wait! The Highlander was just a movie. I mean-"
Shake - "Oh, Frylock. The Highlander was a documentary, and the events happened in real time."
Meatwad - "So this cliff is magic?"
Shake - "Oh yeah. Big time."
Meatwad - "I'm doing it now."
Happy Time Harry - "No, man. Look, you gotta be born a Highlander. You can't just become one."
Frylock - "See? He saw the movie too."
Shake later pulls out a sword and is struck by lightning as he declares:
Shake - "There can be only one!"
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S02 E21 - The Dressing
Dr. Weird - "There can be only one!"
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S02 E24 - The Last One
Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future - "Thousands of years ago, I survived the Quickening of the Dragonoids..."
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S11 E09 - The Greatest Story Ever Told
Christopher Lambert is dressed in Scottish attire, along with several dialogue references to the Highlander franchise (including titles that don't exist)
Frylock - "Christopher Lambert?"
Christopher Lambert - "It's Lam-ber. The T is silent. I'm from Sco-land."
Carl - "You're in Highlander 6! What are you doing in my bedroom?"
Frylock - "We just killed Christopher Lambert, Carl!"
Carl - "I told you this was a dumbass idea! How they gonna make Highlander 8: Engage the Space Kurgan without him?"
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Aquadonk Side PIeces: The Dumbest Doll of All
The cliff scene from the episode Dumber Dolls is recreated, along with several dialogue references to this film
S01 E10 - Dumber Dolls
Shake - "I know I saw cliffs, ok? And there was lots of magic everywhere. And Mel Gibson."
Happy Time Harry - "Uh, Braveheart? Hello?"
S01 E11 - Bad Replicant
Major Shake references a line from this film
Frylock - "I think I've met those guys before. They're not exactly...intelligent."
Major Shake - "Gee, could you tell by the giant hairy bosoms that are growing out of my back?"
S01 E16 - PDA
Meatwad - "Tar? Well I tell ya, if I want to smell like a shingle, I'll go up on the roof to get my frisbee and my tank top and my Captain EO out of the gutter!"
S01 E16 - PDA
Frylock -"So you didn't take his PDA?"
Romulox - "Oh gee, I'm sorry, is this the movie Thief, music by Tangerine Dream? I don't think so."
S01 E18 - Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future
Child Carl - "Hey, it's like a flying magic carpet here! Look at this, I'm flying around in Egypt-land!"
Carl's Dad - "Heheh, yeah. That's cute. Don't get too attached there, Aladdin, cause it's about to be magic flying dinner."
S02 E01 - Super Birthday Snake
Frylock turns one of his fries into a liquid metal sword like the T-1000
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S01 E01 - Desmond's Big Day Out
A bliblie points and makes a scary noise similar to the aliens in this film
S01 E02 - Mr. Frog
A parody poster in the hallway of the studio called "Mr. Frog's Diary"
S01 E02 - Mr. Frog
A parody poster in Mr. Frog's house called "Frogfather"
S01 E02 - Mr. Frog
A parody poster in Mr. Frog's house
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S01 E04 - A Silly Halloween Special
Allan is dressed as the version of Joker from this film
S01 E03 - Shrimpina
The final shot of Pim's fantasy where he and Jennifer are old and dying in bed is a reference to the ending of this film
S01 E06 - Enchanted Forest
Mip is almost identically designed to Bilbo, and the song he sings, "Charlie the Hero", is a parody of the song "The Greatest Adventure". Pim also eventually becomes deranged and looks/talks like Gollum.
S01 E07 - Frowning Friends
The dances that Mr. Boss, Grim, and Gnarly are doing at the end of the episode are some of the famous dances the kids do in this film
S01 E08 - Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back
Grandpa Glep - "And so, that is how Charlie got his groove back. The end."
S02 E02 - Mr. President
Mr. Frog throws an orange bomb that turns a group of people into skeletons like the Green Goblin does in this film
S02 E04 - Erm, the Boss Finds Love?
Pim - "But what weapon do we use?"
Charlie - "I've got a replica of Aragorn's sword from Lord of the Rings but I don't wanna scratch it."
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S01 E05 - Devil in the Details
Gary - "You know what we could do is we could talk to those Rent guys, cause they're down here, right? *mumbling* cause they died of AIDS...I didn't wanna say it out loud, cause AIDS will come and find you."
Claude - "AIDS won't...find you if you say it."
Gary - "It's like Nightmare on Elm Street. Finds you in your dreams."
Claude - "What are you talking about?"
Gary - "Can't go to sleep."
S01 E05 - Devil in the Details
The kids try to perform Grease for the high school play
Coach Lindsay - "Now, this Friday, we are doing Grease. So for homework, y'all need to memorize this DVD."
Josh - "How are we supposed to know who's playing what character?"
Coach Lindsay - "Good eye. You're Travolta, you're the slut, you're the mousy one who turns into a slut at the end, the rest of y'all just work it out amongst yourselves. Yeah? Teamwork! Come on, now!"
S02 E01 - Psyklone and the Thin Twins
Gary - "You know, it could be like mad worse. You could do that human centipede thing to us."
Kamal - "No, no Gary! Satan doesn't know about the-...m-movie...
Satan - "Human centipede? What is that?"
Gary - "Ohhh, Human Centipede. It's this crazy documentary I saw that's got a German scientist, and he takes this Asian, and these two naked chicks, right, and he sews up their mouths to their buttholes, right, and then they eat each other's dookies. The thing is like scientifically you can eat somebody else's dookies for like 2 months cause there's enough nutrients."
Satan - "Dookie."
Gary - "It's pretty good. You'll like it."
Satan - "Butthole to mouth, huh? Check that out."
Gary - "Yeah...oh no. We're gonna be eating dookies."
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S04 E01 - The Flip
Gary sews a woman's mouth to a John's anus
Satan - "Doesn't seem legit but...I do happen to know that Centipede is your favorite movie so, well done, Gary."
S02 E09 - National Lampoon's Fireballz
The episode is partially a parody of 80's sex comedies, including a reference to this film when the demons find a hole in the wall that lets them see women in the shower
S02 E09 - National Lampoon's Fireballz
Gary - "What I'm really afraid of is the chickens are gonna all who ate em, and then there's gonna be a bunch of chicken revenge like in that movie Oldboy."
S02 E10 - Spunk
Gary and Claude fight in the Bone Dome as other demons chant a reference to dialogue from this film
Demons - "Two guys fight! Then it's over!"
S03 E01 - Straight Outta Hades
Ted appears dressed as Bane from this film, and Gary references some of his dialogue (and his infamously muffled speech)
Gary (rapping) - "No one can save you. Not even Bruce Wayne. And if you don't believe me, why don't you ask Bane?"
Ted (rapping) - [unintelligible]
Gary - "We've got Bane!"
Satan - "Who is this? Who is this guy with the tubes coming out of his face?"
Gary - "That's Bane. That's Batman's bisexual nemesis. Yeah, and it may be a little difficult to understand but what he's saying is, 'He'll be bringing the thunder from down under, and then you have my permission to die!'"
S03 E01 - Straight Outta Hades
Ted and V.C. both appear dressed as Princess Leia from this film holding a green lightsaber, along with poorly constructed Death Star and TIE Fighter props
S03 E01 - Straight Outta Hades
Gary does a Yoda impression to mock Ted, who is dressed as Princess Leia
Gary - "The Force is not with you, my friend. Take the buns off! A rapper you are not!"
S03 E01 - Straight Outta Hades
The poster for this film can very briefly be seen outside the movie theater
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