As a side note, I loved getting to fight IG-88 and Boba Fett in Shadows of the Empire for N64.

I would definitely go higher grade-wise myself for this one, maybe as high as A- … this is the episode where Spartacus shifted gears for me from an odd curiosity to something that was really working dramatically. It all comes down to how unbelievably LOW is takes the character of Spartacus. Just true misery and…

What about us who don't particularly like either of them? Do we at least get a nod across the room at the party, or maybe an unenthusiastic handshake?

I was iffy on season 1 but thought season 2 was a huge improvement and really enjoyed it. The pacing, the character work, the battle scenes were all majorly improved in season 2. Lots of cool fist-pumping moments.

If you are a 24 fan you will not be let down. It's a fairly shocking creative improvement from where the show left off in its original run.

I have my issues with Faking It - I don't think the season started or ended very well, but I think a lot of the middle episodes were rather charming and funny. It made a good replacement for Awkward after the showrunner left that one and it went south… I'll be watching when it comes back in September.

Yep, Arrow is pure kickassery. Even with the roughly ten billion superhero movies a year we get, it's my favorite superhero story in either medium of the past couple years.

Ok, let's see… Favorite ten shows of the year so far:

To answer the titular question, 24 season 5 and Angel season 5.

I never thought when this season kicked off two months ago that I was gonna see Jack Bauer decapitate Cheng Zhi with a katana. But I'm glad I did. After Arrow, Hannibal, and maybe or maybe not Parenthood depending on how good its final season run this fall is, 24 is going to go down as my 3rd of 4th favorite network…

That would be the smartest way to get nominations. Looking at some of the in-no-way-a-miniseries stuff that got nominated in the miniseries category the other week, I don't see why the hell not.

I certainly hate that it got poorer ratings than The Blacklist, which feels very much like a post-24 show to me, ripping off 24's rhythms in an inferior way.

Don't forget Car Thief Guy from S4-5. A whole rogues gallery going on in Dillon…

True Detective: Riggins Rigs

Yep, Smash Williams > Tim Riggins > Luke Cafferty.

There are actually twenty real cockroaches in the shit pit with Spartacus and Varro! Fairly hilarious/disgusting in equal measure: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Probably Noah. Darren Aronofsky is director with vision. Always liked his films; hope I always will. I also liked Edge of Tomorrow, Dragon 2, X-Men and Veronica Mars, though I wasn't without my issues with each. To be honest, I haven't genuinely loved any movies this year to the point I'd actually want to own them on…

Well, I'm not a particularly huge True Detective fan, but I do think McConaughey deserves the success he's found since The Lincoln Lawyer came out. Killer Joe, Magic Mike, Bernie, Mud, True Detective, Dallas Buyers Club, and Wolf of Wall Street are all pretty distinct performances in my opinion, and pretty much all…

Writing for Remedial Chaos Theory. I think that might be about it. The fact that its cast (especially Danny Pudi, in my opinion) isn't showered in at least nominations makes the Emmys the opposite of Batman.

If TV adaptations of fantasy book series is gonna be the next big trend, let me throw my vote out for a show of Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet. Loved those books!