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That whole remixed movie trailer thing is here to stay, I’m thinking. Which is OK by me as long as it’s always this clever. (Via Dave Kehr, thanks to Lance Mannion, albeit somewhat indirectly.)

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Andre the Giant has a posse. William Shatner has a DVD club (original). The movies listed (original) do not suck, and I know they had Ginger Snaps earlier, so um $4 a DVD! Sure.

S. and W. are here, which means it’s time to kick off my film club down at the Coolidge. I’m gonna try and run about once a month; it needs to be a weekday night, because it’s hard to get the screening room on weekends. Optimal nights for me are Wednesday and Thursday; if you have a preference, express it now. So the question arises: what’s a good kickoff movie? Imma break it down into some categories, and y’all tell me where your yearnings lead you. Or suggest something else. ...

Lost Badass List: 5/11/2006 Mr. Eko Sayid Locke Sawyer Jun Commentary and spoilers after the jump.

Speaking of District B13, here’s the trailer (original).

Last year, Caltech pranked MIT fairly hard. This year, MIT struck back. Admittedly, it’s not that hard to prank Fleming, but there’s still a fair amount of elegance in this one.

We have caught up on Lost, thanks to Chris, Tivo, Bittorrent, and iTunes. As a result, I have a new theory, which I think is completely original. Although it’s flawed insofar as it explains precisely none of the mysteries at all. Still, it’s a good theory. I noticed last night, while Sayid, Charlie, and Ana-Lucia were off investigating something dangerous without telling anyone where they were going — this, to make sure that anything that happened to them would be as bad as possible and cause as much impact on the rest of the group as was feasible — you can’t go telling people what you’re doing, especially if you’re violating the First Rule, which is “bring the irreplaceable doctor with you on any risky expedition” — crap, lost track. ...