I'm pretty sure Carnivale wins for "slowest moving show in the history of time." Granted, I loved the shit out of Carnivale, so maybe I'll hold out some hope for Rubicon…

Also worth noting that $100 was quite a lot of money in 1964. I haven't done the math, but I think it's close to $1000 in 2010 dollars (and if you think back to the first season, Pete complained about only make $3500 or so a year, Peggy complained endlessly about making barely more than $100 a week, etc.). So either…

The Prisoner miniseries was pretty aweful. I had to stop watching midway through and just read the wikipedia article that explained how it ended. I'm pretty glad I didn't finish watching it.

Carnivale freaking rocked. First season was a bit slow at times, but the second season really picked things up, building to an awesome cliffhanger…

Just further proof that the X-Files is a show where anyone can die. Unless Chris Carter really likes your character, in which case you'll be brought back after each of your seven deaths.

Scully's Dog
To this day, whenever my wife and I see a Pomeranian, we say "Queequeg!"

The story about #40 is that they aren't just compiling a set of art movies, but of movies that are the epitome of their genres, even if that genre is pretty ridiculous. It's like how something like The Blog made it in the Collection. Movie might not be any good, but it is significant.

I don't know if I could say that the entire run of Angel is better than the entire run of Buffy, but certainly Angel Season 3 > Buffy Season 6 and Angel Season 4 > Buffy Season 7. During those two years, I think the only moments when I was more anxious for the next episode of Buffy than the next episode of Angel were…

I'm not as irritated by the move as the rest of you, but I would appreciate it if it were something other than Risk. It's always freaking Risk. Why couldn't it have been Settlers of Catan? Or, in a truly meta moment, Vampire: The Masquerade?

I watched a couple of eps of the 90s remake on Hulu a while back. It was neither amazing nor awful. Given a little more time to run, it might have been pretty awesome, though. But I seem to recall it ending abruptly because it had the misfortune of coming out at the same time as the original Gulf War, so it was…

Some ideas
1) "The Benefactor" episode of the "The Defenders" - I know it doesn't feel as fresh because of the Mad Men reference to it, but it's a great example of the critical role of sponsorship in early television, where if the sponsor didn't like something, it probably wouldn't air. You could probably switch out…

Whipsmart and whitechocolatespaceegg are both pretty good, too. Not quite Exile amazing, but they are definitely solid albums. It's really with the "I'm gonna sell out and try to make music like Brittany" self-titled album that the suckitude begins.

Yeah, they really do. When I saw the grade, I was half expecting this to be like the review for the last Eels album (which was clearly harsh for the sake of saying "Hey, you could do better, E" rather than harsh because it sucked). But this just sounds like the album sucks straight up.

Haven't seen them in ages, but I remember liking the Pylea episodes. And they bring us Fred! Yea, Fred!

@Miles - I would say you were right, except Coraline was more or less "live action" (filmed stop motion animation), yet the 3D worked really well there. Of course, being stop motion, they could set everything up perfectly and not have to worry about too many extra takes to increase the cost to ridiculous levels.

Also, I checked out the Montreal lineup a while back and remember it sucking just as bad as everywhere else. Don't remember who was supposed to be there, but it was entirely forgettable. I was actually a little excited about Lilith Fair this year, having really enjoyed the two I went to in the 90s and liking a lot…

Here's the thing… The lineup looks awesome, but in reality really sucks. Pretty much all of the good artists are only doing a handful of shows at most. Tegan & Sara? Only doing Boston. Nowhere else. Metric is only doing St. Louis, Denver, Minneapolis, Kansas City, and the now-cancelled SLC show. There are…

Birth defects caused by industrial waste? I mean, this is Detroit?

I'm just waiting for Jessica's husband to start reciting awful spontaneous poetry. Every time I see him, I think of his character in Waitress.

Nah, I think he's really a pimp. But I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be either a cop or just some random guy (like maybe the owner of the Donut Hole).