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Is it just me, or is Natalie Portman with the power of Thor really, really hot?

"We're starting a cult.  Would you like to join us?"

I finally, thirty years after its release, saw The Nightmare Before Christmas, and I saw it the right way -- in an actual theatre with fifty other people on a large, clear screen with a fantastic sound system. Which is the best way to see a film for the first time if you can be lucky enough to pull it off. And  when the lights went up and it was time to head out into the night, one word and only one immediately came to mind.
 
Masterpiece.
 
The absolutely unique use of stop-motion with doses of CGI of a quality that matches more advanced modern technology, the exquisite craftsmanship, some of the best VA performances I've ever heard (the combined forces of Chris Sarandon and Danny Elfman bring the anti-hero Jack to life with style, grace, and even a bit of gravitas. Elfman's score is genius, from the various Jack soliloquies to the Fleischeresque Oogie Boogie (and the magnificent voice performance and singing by Ken Page). The film was a wild fantasy, whose completely bonkers premise because surprisingly reasonable. I can't think of anything Burton and Sellick got wrong.
 
And I saw it for the first time in that manner in which it could be most appreciated. Heavens, I needed this.
 

"One day, you will die. Every day until then, you should live."

Incorrect. Newtonian determinism suggests that if you knew the current state of the universe precisely enough, you could use the laws of motion to predict everything that was ever going to happen for the remainder of the history of the universe. This makes the idea of free will dicey at best. With the advent of quantum mechanics, specifically the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, determinism is shown to be false, opening up the way for the existence of free will.

A rare example of AI being used for Good
 
Scrolls were illegible for 2,000 years. A college student read one with AI.

Come to think of it, I've never seen unclevlad and Judge Chutkan in the same place at the same time...

"Ralph?  Could I have a word with you?"

 
"I would beg to differ as well."

 
"Yeah, what are we?  Chopped liver?"

 
"You wouldn't say that bound by the Lasso of Truth."

"RRRAAAUUGGHHH!!!"

 
"Nuff Said!"

My in-laws right now have a package of 30 full-sized candy bars for the nieces/nephews/grand nephew waiting for Halloween.

"Ralph?  Could I have a word with you?"

 
"I would beg to differ as well."

 
"Yeah, what are we?  Chopped liver?"

 
"You wouldn't say that bound by the Lasso of Truth."

"RRRAAAUUGGHHH!!!"

 
"Nuff Said!"

"Ralph?  Could I have a word with you?"

 
"I would beg to differ as well."

 
"Yeah, what are we?  Chopped liver?"

 
"You wouldn't say that bound by the Lasso of Truth."

"RRRAAAUUGGHHH!!!"

 
"Nuff Said!"

"Ralph?  Could I have a word with you?"

 
"I would beg to differ as well."

 
"Yeah, what are we?  Chopped liver?"

 
"You wouldn't say that bound by the Lasso of Truth."

"RRRAAAUUGGHHH!!!"

 
"Nuff Said!"

"Ralph?  Could I have a word with you?"

 
"I would beg to differ as well."

 
"Yeah, what are we?  Chopped liver?"

 
"You wouldn't say that bound by the Lasso of Truth."

"RRRAAAUUGGHHH!!!"

 
"Nuff Said!"

"Ralph?  Could I have a word with you?"

 
"I would beg to differ as well."

 
"Yeah, what are we?  Chopped liver?"

 
"You wouldn't say that bound by the Lasso of Truth."

"RRRAAAUUGGHHH!!!"

 
"Nuff Said!"