Religion would almost certainly be more welcoming - and more interesting - for it.

Man, 'the invincibility that comes from getting away with things' is a phrase we're probably going to be using A LOT throughout this series.

I love Goggins, both here and on Justified, but I could see the reservations - Shane comes across as a weird, unlikely character until we start getting under his skin, and part of that is the way Goggins can combine menace and goofiness.

The series really does take some time to grow.  I do think you should go back and check out the earlier seasons, because many of the struggles - especially the fracturing of the Strike Team and Vic's family, as well as a major event with Aceveda - all stem from those seasons.  The end of the show is definitely the…

I fully admit that it took me a solid few episodes to go from the "The Shield is just trying to be XTREME" crowd to "The Shield is actually trying to say and do something interesting with how it approaches its ownage".  I think the pilot really set me off on the wrong foot, with the "Are you good cop, or bad cop?"…

I just watched this for the first time Tuesday night. My Tuesday nights are also likely very exciting to all of you.

I've yet to loan it to a friend who didn't end up crying.  It isn't a super deep or complex book, but it does exactly what it wants to do, and it's a joy to read.

Grant Morrison's We3, James Robinson's Starman, Rucka/Brubaker Gotham Central
Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru and Seven Samurai
The Wire

I love the Kenneth Branagh MUCH ADO.

WAIT WHAT?

Talk about how attractive the men are?  Hahahahaha

I love that Soderbergh decided to retire on a trashy little pulp thriller - an extremely well-made one with a great cast, sure, but still… - rather than trying to go out on some big Statement.  He's such a fascinating, unpredictable director, and I sincerely hope he gets bored in two or three years and gets back to…

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City is absolutely hilarious, especially in its last 30 minutes.  Zebraman is just okay, but Zebraman 2 has a few scenes that are just solid gold.

As close as they've come so far, @avclub-45d2c6868b544067879a7f6b7f327c86:disqus : http://www.avclub.com/artic…

I got a friend to watch the Evil Dead movies with me in college, based largely on my memory of how funny ED2 and Army of Darkness were.

TMZ: Where people's interest in pop culture goes to die.

Todd Vanderwerff, on the other hand, never ever goes crazy like that.

@avclub-e5438bd5e7a11caaf7c625d9d5ab7b50:disqus - if I admit that you are right in that one single area you keep harping on over and over, will you admit that I'm right in the other ones?  Because, sure, there's a lot more gay people on TV, and they're a lot less stereotyped.  But for many different people from many…

@avclub-e5438bd5e7a11caaf7c625d9d5ab7b50:disqus - if I admit that you are right in that one single area you keep harping on over and over, will you admit that I'm right in the other ones?  Because, sure, there's a lot more gay people on TV, and they're a lot less stereotyped.  But for many different people from many…

I did not claim that it was not better than 1952 - you arbitrarily assigned a date in the distant past to my own statement merely to prop up your own argument.