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Well, okay. But I know a number of women who sat through this whole confused mess just to see Sting in metallic underwear. The female version of Leia in a metal bikini I s'pose.

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My then wife made me rewind the tape four times. She swore she saw pubes, but it turned out it was just Linda Hunt ambling through the scene

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And the Steve Bannon/Baron Karkonen jokes will never get old.

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Well done. This was the third Sean Young movie I saw back in the day. She was best in Bladerunner and a relief from all the ugly people in Dune. As you undoubtedly know, the Dune remake is twenty times longer than the original; I read the book in less time than it takes to wade through that movie. Also, no Sean Young. I mean, they recreated her for the Bladerunner sequel, why not in Dune Redux?

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You'll be very jealous to hear that Ms Young is a neighbor of mine in the fine NYC neighborhood of Astoria.

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Only one question: Why, dear God? Why?

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Because 13 year old boys exist.

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Of course. But do they all work as studio execs? :)

Kidding. Of course. Maybe. :-D

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did you know that there's an extended version of this directed by Alan Smithee?

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No

and

WHAT?

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<<She says, “Tell me of your world, Ursula.”>>

See, this is one of the great mondegreens of the 1980s.

What she actually says is "So tell me what you want, what you really really want," which inspired a whole girl power movement fifteen years later, which even took on the Spice trope just to nail the comparison down more easily

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As Paul realizes, the Worm is the Spice Girls.

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<<See, the worms are attracted to rhythm, and so most white folks are safe. >>

Until this moment, I was thinking, "He's deliberately avoiding the Ellis Weiner comparison," but now I see you went for the Richard Pryor model.

Nice sand wedge, sir! *polite golf clap*

Martini?

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Yes, thanks. Make it dirty.

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<<Our story begins as some blonde girl floats against a backdrop of stars and tells us stuff. >>

SHE HAS A NAME!

#sayhername

#VirginiaMadsen

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I just figured she'd rather her name be kept out of this. But I made it up to Ms. Madsen by watching her in THE HOT SPOT again.

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Back in the day, I sat through more arguments among nerdy frat boys over this film than I care to think about. Ugh. Thanks, Scott, for recapping it - I never saw it, thank goodness.

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