Like the author I also was a high school sophomore when I first saw this in the theater so it's hard for me to be objective - it was aimed right at me and at the time it landed. I haven't revisited since I was a teen and I suspect it does not hold up to the profound experience of my adolescence. Also, now I have a…

Well, those 45 year old people you know must never have had Charlie Sheen to help them see that their problem is them, not others.

i had a similar experience walking into my college record store and hearing a few of the "live" snippets and sirens between tracks on It Takes a Nation and then the funky drummer sample and Chuck D's booming voice of Rebel Without a Pause. I had been pretty dismissive of hip-hop up until that point, but this was…

That Gwyneth Paltrow! So adept at endearing herself to commoners!

I hear ya - given the nature of the list and the structure of the piece, but given the directors included on the rest of the list, it seems odd to me to omit any of those four.

No problem with David Lynch and Spike Lee at the "L" - but how about including Sidney Lumet and Richard Linklater?

Luther was from Key and Peele, but I am also surprised that didn't come up when they were talking about comedy.

Not bad! I would want to include In Treatment, Enlightened, Big Love, K Street, Unscripted, Kids in the Hall, The Storyteller. We would need a separate list for mini-series or HBO original movies, but I would have to figure out a way to mention Generation Kill.

One could argue that Queen and solo Gabriel have prog elements as well. Just curious as to what other Prog bands people think should be in -Yes? Tull? ELP? King Crimson? ELO?

Dookie was pretty catchy though wasn't it?

Agreed, although it can be an opportunity to introduce younger and future generations to musicians whose fame has faded, or those that never got their due in the first place. Not sure how good a job it does at that. Also, the use of the term "Rock and Roll" is going to become increasingly problematic. Perhaps "Artists…

Yep. Rush and Heart fans are just a bunch of sadists! The Internet: Where subjective opinions are respected and we all do our best to understand one another. Warms my heart.

Can't be a coincidence that Jann Wenner is in charge of both.

He really doesn't make it easy every time he dates another starlet or opens his mouth in public.

I remember seeing him do an hour on Austin City Limits where he and his band mostly played from Continuum - none of the big hits, and several extended guitar solos. I couldn't believe this was the same guy.

I loved Boyz n the Hood, but who were these people who thought this was the movie that "would herald a second coming of the kind of personal, introspective, and dangerous black cinema that audiences hadn’t seen since the ’70s."?? Hadn't they seen Do the Right Thing two years earlier?

He may have been told it was a sequel to Runaway Train.

Thought of as a one hit wonder in the US - pretty freaking huge everywhere else. Neil Finn is absolutely one of my all time favorite songwriters.

Agreed, but a less obvious choice like "Into Temptation" would have been nice.

Wow! Shame on me for not recognizing him, but thanks for pointing this out. Weiner does have a penchant for casting actors who were once on great shows about teens. Linda Cardinelli, Neve Campbell, now Devon Gummersall - who's next?? Dustin Diamond?? Just kidding - he's WAY too busy being on trial.