china beach
I remember China Beach being absolutely riveting. Just wish it would come out on dvd since I'd love to see how it holds up. But I believe I read music rights are the problem? It would kind of hurt to watch the show and have to deal with replaced music cues. I could barely watch WKRP in Cincinnati on dvd…

What surprised me about reading the Covenant books as a kid then as an adult was the language. What felt like adult prose when I was younger was clearly belabored and stiff after I'd grown up. On the other hand, I still dug the story. Haven't been able make myself go re-read the second trilogy, though. I recall that…

the original books
I loved the original trilogy when I was a kid, but has anyone read it recently? Does it hold up now?

I always call him Tom Fucking Bombadil. Jesus, I hate that character and that section of the book. It's just cringe-worthy. Lately I've been wanting to reread LOTR for the first time since the 90s, but remembering that section keeps leading me to pick up other books instead. Well, that and the fact I did reread The…

It's definitely worth it. Before I watched it, I remember thinking, oh god, I love Kieslowski's work, but ten films about the ten commandments? I'm going to appreciate this, but it's still going to a slog. Happily, I loved it and it wasn't a slog at all.

promethea and walker
Why do either of these belong on the list? Just about every other character seems to be a product of multiple authors retconning backstories over the course of years. But Promethea and Walker have each only had a single author. In a way that doesn't look true of the other characters on the list,…

"Make Me Immortal" sounds like a bastardized Logan's Run, complete with Carousel . . . with, um, swords.

I'll go as far as saying that I didn't outright dislike them. You can't use your brain at all, though. If you spend just a few seconds thinking about the world described, it becomes completely nonsensical. And the narration—first person, present tense—is pretty damn stiff. You're also going to be asked to care—often…

looks like rebecca black . . .
. . . just got her Robin Sparkles moment.

seven mentions in three paragraphs?
Normally I like Tasha's writing, but is this review about Red Riding Hood or Twilight? I'm curious if the review would be so Twilight-heavy if it weren't directed by Catherine Hardwicke?

You forget: Carrot Top. And Gallagher.

The weightless dance scene set to Van Halen was always my favorite. The rest of the movie was just one long disappointment. Stiff characters, sluggish plot, and a non-starting sense of wonder that wasn't quoted from Kubrick or repurposed so much as it was just plagiarized outright—they kind of all did me in. But the…

DC animated movies
But of all the DC animated movies, has there been one that's really risen above B-level? Not in terms of the grade the AV Club may have given it if they reviewed it, but just in terms of quality. I've enjoyed them all on one level or another, but they've varied from being relatively squandered…

Casey. Barteau.

Profdragon: The thing about Soldier of the Mist is it's self-contained. Yeah, Latro is leaving at the end with the suggestion that there's more to come, but the story told is still wrapped up. If that had been the only Soldier novel, it would have been perfectly good.

Wait . . . Nicholas Brendon was an alcoholic? That's why his presence on the show diminished? I'd never heard that. Wild.

It would still be great if you tried a G2G. I've read all of his books but his last two—this one and The Sorcerer's House—and I'd say there are only three or four that would be candidates for the gateway choice. You wouldn't want to choose the first of any of the Sun series just b/c they're in no way standalone. His…

Even better, what about a Primer on Wolfe. Someone should get on that, considering how revered he is in the field. Anyway, I didn't know people put the Long Sun books quite that high. I think it was the clearness of the world that made it a little less interesting to me. I enjoyed the surreality of the New Sun and…

Yeah, the Soldier books are up there. But the guy's been regularly publishing novels and collections for over 30 years. The quality is going to vary at times. I wouldn't say The Book of the Long Sun is crappy except in comparison to the New Sun books. (And, okay, in comparison to the Short Sun books, too.)

Also, when is the AV Club going to pick something by Wolfe for Wrapped Up in Books?