Nerd in the 'Noke

The Return of Swamp Thing (1989), PG-13, 88 minutes - I have a tendency to go all out when I find something new that I enjoy.  The rabbit hole I've gone down the last few weeks in regards to Swamp Thing is just another example of that.  I blew through two highly regarded runs of the Swamp Thing comic (Moore/Bissette and Snyder/Paquette), thoroughly enjoying both.  That led me to re-watch Wes Craven's adaptation from 1982 which despite its being quite dated, I also enjoyed.  Other than a couple of nice nods to the comic, I don't think I can say the same for The Return of Swamp Thing. Dr. Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan) returns as the big bad, which is a bit of a double edged sword.  Jourdan plays a very believable, despicable villain just as he did in Swamp Thing.  Unfortunately, his appearance (with no explanation until half way through the film) doesn't make much sense given the events at the end of the previous film.  When we finally get the expla...