I’m a big fan of Twitter Trends, but less so now that they’re on the sidebar.  Having them on the sidebar means that more people know about them and that they have greater exposure which adds up to means and motive to spam the hell out of them.  So we get some classic tweets like:

mem : [Kris Allen American Idol Adam Lambert #SaveEarl Memorial day Wolfram Alpha Gitmo]requested to get [insert url you're pimping here] as

That having been said, it is fun to see which movies are trending and (this is more of a Twitter Search function) see how different movies are faring in the Twitterverse.

Not shockingly, the only movie trending right now is Terminator: Salvation, and most of those tweets are of the “I’m going to go see it now” variety.  There are a few (mostly medium-to-good) reviews in, including @hek718 quoting my favorite words written about the movie so far:

“Terminator Salvation has no time for jokes. It’s an action movie wrapped in an action movie, with a side of bombing. – Mary Pols, Time.com”

Not as many tweets about Night at the Museum 2, but that’s probably because Salvation got a head start with a Thursday release.

A search for Angels & Demons turns up this gem from @bennydelete:

“At the theatre about to watch Angels and Demons. The theatre is filled with old people.”

I’ve been relatively disappointed with trending movie memes (like today’s #budgetbond) but I saw promise in a misinterpretation of an old trending topic called #unlikelysequels which came out #unlikelysquirrels, to which I contributed promptly:

“Squirrel as mastermind of Ponzi scheme. #unlikelysquirrels”

Unfortunately, this hashtag has yet to catch on.  It’s up to you.