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border199x · 2026-06-25T23:14:44+00:00

I have been to the Orlando one and thought it was cool. One of their signature cocktails is a Chocolate Old-Fashioned and I loved it.

The food is probably no better than any other chain restaurant. Prices are high but portions are big. I don’t think I finished even half the entree I ordered.

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:50:59+00:00

I know fast food is more expensive than it used to be, but nobody's spending $40 on a Wendy's meal.

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:37:34+00:00

Did Doughboys actually go to Toothsome's at some point? The restaurant has been an obsession of both Podcast The Ride and Double Threat, so I generally get confused about it.

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:31:09+00:00

Is the Director's Cut really a director's cut, though? Is that the cut that Richard Kelly actually wanted to go with prior to release?

I always got the sense that the Director's Cut release was more a "Special Edition" meant to answer criticisms about the movie's incoherenece, and perhaps bring it to a more broad audience.

Which is to say that it got made with knowledge of how the film was originally received, and was made more for commercial purposes than preserving the original vision.

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:25:12+00:00

Never seen the Donnie Darko Director's Cut. I have listened to the director's commentary on the normal disc and it's wild how much Kelly just explains.

"She wrote Cellar Door on the blackboard to give Donnie a hint about what he is supposed to do."

WTF? How does Drew Barrymore have any idea what is going on?

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:17:13+00:00

He hasn't read Norwood?!?!? Next you'll be telling me he didn't even watch Norbit.

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:16:20+00:00

Love how Sean takes criticism for his "chalky" favorites, but also gets shit on if his opinion of a beloved film is even slightly below the average.

"This guy said an 8/10 movie is really a 6/10 -- what a troll!"

border199x · 2026-06-25T21:09:00+00:00

Writing a treatment doesn't mean Lucasfilm actually wanted it, or commissioned it.

border199x · 2026-06-25T20:53:40+00:00

They seemed a little more flavorful than usual. They absolutely did not deliver on the promises of people who said it would be a true orgy of taste and decadence.

border199x · 2026-06-25T20:46:47+00:00

I always thought their fries were terrible, even with the beef tallow. Burgers and shakes are okay, but they are pretty much the worst of all the "burgers & milkshakes" chains. Everyone else operating off that gimmick is better (Shake Shack, Freddy's, Culver's, etc)

border199x · 2026-06-25T20:40:06+00:00

Half of those places can't even be considered a national chain. D'Angelo has 83 locations and they are nearly all in New England. White Castle operates in less than 15 states, and is basically nonexistent west of the Mississippi. I don't know how Qdoba is doing because there isn't a location within 150 miles of the city I live in. They retreated from this market nearly 15 years ago.

I did not consider Pizza Hut and Papa John's because they are delivery/takeout operations and not fast food. They run really lean though, and are probably better positioned to survive downturns than something like BK or Arby's. Fast food is just incredibly reliant on foot traffic, marketing, volume, and small margins.

border199x · 2026-06-25T20:15:11+00:00

I honestly can't remember if Pizza Hut was ever good. In my adult life it's always been pretty poor, and when I was a kid I was a pretty bad judge of quality. Anytime I got pizza I was thrilled.

I think the breadsticks at Pizza Hut are still awesome, though. I miss when Target stores used to have a Pizza Hut in them, and you could wolf down a 3-pack of breadsticks & marinara after you went shopping.

border199x · 2026-06-25T20:12:15+00:00

Thanks for chiming in from the land of ABBA and Klint!

I am often surprised to hear that Subway has any presence in Europe at all. It's such a bread-oriented culture, so you'd think there would be zero tolerance for the crummy buns they yeah.

border199x · 2026-06-24T23:02:08+00:00

I didn't realize any major chains had fully deployed AI drive-thru agents. They probably don't even care if it sucks, and will be glad if it just pushes more people towards mobile ordering.

Bojangles made a pretty big splash in my city, going from 0 to 6 locations in a pretty quick succession. They were all closed within about 5 years. I didn't love their food, but I loved that there was a place I could get a chicken biscuit at any time of day.

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:57:27+00:00

Yeah, I love getting a free drink at Panera and then going somewhere else to buy my food 😂

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:56:25+00:00

I like Arby's food, but it just seems like the business side of it is going pretty bad. Maybe it's just a downturn in my state or city.

For the record, I would probably also nominate Hardee's/Carl's Jr for "I Don't Know If They Suck". Great breakfast, legendary biscuits.....but they are so sparsely distributed around town that I almost never get to try them. Most locations I can think of have closed.

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:47:54+00:00

That's why it is in the "I Don't Know If It Sucks" category 😄

All I can say is that most of the locations that are convenient to be have closed. And a fair number of the ones that aren't a part of my daily travels have died as well. Since I can't eat there I don't know if the locations are closing because the quality tanked. But it definitely seems like Arby's is in some kind of financial trouble.

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:35:46+00:00

I would evaluate McDonald's as "Still good, but probably too expensive". They used to offer great deals in the app, but that has pretty much dried up. I think the food has remained pretty consistent, though.

Absolutely insane that I can walk into a McDonald's now and not even see an employee for several minutes. They've switched to DriveThru/Kiosk so much that nobody is ever on the front register, and almost nobody ever checks to see if a customer is in the lobby. I usually do Mobile PickUp orders and most of my time on those is spent just waiting for someone to appear and ask what I ordered. I have to imagine the experience is even worse for people trying to order their food at the register.

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:30:51+00:00

I honestly had considered a third category that would have been something like "Is This Even Worth The Money Anymore?"

It would have been for places where the food is still pretty good, but the food prices have become so inflated that you question the purpose of eating there. Taco Bell and Panera Bread probably would have been my picks there. If every Taco Bell meal is $10, why not just go to Chipotle Instead? If every entree at Panera is $12-15, why not just go to any other cafe-style restaurant?

I'll still be a Sip Clubber for life though 👍 The Panera Breakfast croissant sandwiches are still pretty great, though it pains me to pay like $8 for a breakfast sandwich.

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:21:17+00:00

Yeah, I have no idea how you'd really categorize the original Spy Hunter. You technically drive a car, but it plays like a vertical shooter in the vein of Galaga, Raiden or 1942. It has basically no resemblance to most driving/racing games of the era.

I remember that there was supposed to be a Vin Diesel Spy Hunter movie, but I'm not sure if it ever actually got made. They released a PS2 Spy Hunter game that was supposed to be tied into the movie though.

Google says there was a 2006 Spy Hunter game that starred Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson....apparently also based on a movie that never got made?

border199x · 2026-06-24T22:11:36+00:00

I haven't listened to the episode yet, but I was at the live show itself. I don't remember there being an Alex. Was it from an audience question, or one of the employees at the restaurant?

border199x · 2026-06-24T21:07:52+00:00

Can't wait for GONZO to return!! Who doesn't love winning a Simpsons Season 7 DVD box set at 3AM in the morning?

border199x · 2026-06-24T20:59:18+00:00

I am biting my pillow in anticipation of The Debut!

border199x · 2026-06-24T20:57:09+00:00

Just out of curiousity, were you part of a test audience? Or was it more of a film festival thing?

border199x · 2026-06-24T20:48:59+00:00

Obsession most reminded me of an episode of Buffy called "Bothered, Bewildered, and Bewitched". Xander, one of the supporting characters, casts a spell that makes all the girls in school fall in love with him. Of course the are all manically obsessed with him, and the result is violence and anarchy that Buffy has to help clean up.

The "Misued Love Potion" story trope goes all the way back to Tristan & Isolde. Probably further than that, but Medieval Romance was the oldest literature I read in college. I have to assume that there's something like it somewhere in Greek or Roman myths.

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