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The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings (Season 4 Episode 18) This episode follows Fry’s attempts to woo Leela using the holophoner, an instrument introduced in a past episode (“Parasites Lost”). When Fry’s squishy human hands prove insufficient to the task of creating the music in his head, he acquires the Robot Devil’s hands. When this episode aired in August 2003,Futuramafans had no idea it would be the last new material for over four years....

10.Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald(2018) The Crimes of Grindelwaldbegins where its preceding film ends, with Gellert Grindelwald escaping from MACUSA custody and fleeing to Paris to draw more followers to his devious cause. This prompts Albus Dumbledore to send his former student Newt Scamander to Paris and retrieve Credence Barebone before Grindelwald does. The result? A movie that divided both fans and non-fans. Most of the complaints centered on its overly complicated plot, which muddles the movie’s overall pacing and weakens the internal logic of theHarry Pottermythos....

6. Roger Moore Roger Moore was the suave Bond. He took that particular element that Sean Connery brought to the role and expanded upon it without doing much else for the rest of the character. The Moore iteration of Bond isn’t one that people look back on too fondly, but it was the 70s and Moore’s Bond fit the era. He lasted in the role for 12 years and played Bond seven times in his career....

5. Cesar Romero (in 1966’s Batman) If The Joker is defined by his relationship with Batman, then Cesar Romero was the perfect Joker for his era. Going up against Adam West’s iteration of The Dark Knight, Romero was over-the-top, funny, and bombastic—everything that his role in the classic TV series and film called for him to become. As the first actor to portray The Joker in live-action, Romero was also first to perfect the clown’s smile, laugh, and penchant for evil....

7. James Corden (The Late Late Show) James Corden is the British export that the British didn’t want. His show is a pandering mess most of the time, given that he’s a foreigner who isn’t well-attuned to American humor or culture. Corden tries his best to entertain his audience, which usually involves a game the guests have to participate in, and that does tend to catch on more often than not, making it Corden’s saving grace....