I was one of the few who really enjoyed Wandavision and was looking forward to the follow-on with Agatha Harkness, but it’s been so long in the offing that I approached the trailer with little enthusiasm. A lot of water has gone under the Marvel bridge since that weird, offbeat show debuted — looking it up, holy shit — THREE years ago.

I have stopped caring about Marvel and Star Wars in that time. One bad show/movie after another made sure of that. But there must have been a little bit of intrigue left in the base of my brain, enough at least to get me to click on the link to the trailer and I have to say, I’m in.

Trailers can be deceiving, but it looks like it’s going to be fun, funny, and frightening, the three spices that make any cinematic salsa better.

Dropping at Halloween is a nice touch, too.

And another favorite thing is coming our way, as well: a Time Bandits remake. Yeah, I thought the same thing when I heard. Why remake a perfect movie? I have great memories of watching the original on its first run in a theater in Austin way back in 1981. It opened my mind up a little bit about how weird a story could get without losing the audience as long everything made sense within the world you’d created.

I didn’t even know who Terry Gilliam was at the time. Five years later I would discover him when I watched Brazil in the middle of deep, hallucinatory nicotine withdrawal.

But! This one looks good and if anyone could remake a Gilliam movie it’s Taika Waititi. Also, much love for Lisa Kudrow, my favorite friend.