I didn't have a roommate in college (he disappeared like the 2nd week and never came back…), but this guy down the hall was HUGE into those DDR dance songs as well as anything anime-related. He had these ridiculous wall scrolls all over his room. Hilarious stuff.

Lifehouse is also one of the worst names for a band I've ever heard. What exactly is it? When I first heard their name, I thought they were called "Lighthouse." But that would make too much sense.

This is the first NOW collection where I really don't remember a lot of the songs. Who the fuck are Evan and Jaron? What is S Club 7? For that matter, who are 3LW and City High?

Rabin…
I love this column, but this one feels like it just kinda ends with no conclusion or catharsis. I guess I just wanted to hear you talk about "Jaded," which must be on the short list of Aerosmith's most grating, annoying songs.

@Jorge and the Czar

I'm with S. Jerusalem on this one. I used to loooove X2 so much. It was my favorite comic book movie until X3 came out. Now I can barely stand to watch it. I still love a lot of the individual scenes (Stryker's attack on the mansion, Pyro blowing up cop cars), but it's just so hard to watch because of the backwash…

It's also kinda bat-shit insane, like a Japanese super-hero movie or something. Definitely a weird film.

I've only scene The Exorcist II once, but I still think what I saw was a drug-induced episode or a fever dream.

I've been told that Alien 3 actually uses no computer effects for the creature. It is, in fact, a combination of old-school style trickery and rod-and-puppet. I'm not sure how much stock I put into that, but the film still comes off as looking like early CGI to me, so whatever.

I see you too.

I like Jay Z but I thought both performances were awful. He literally just said "Yeah" and "uh huh" over and over and over again. And when he finally did rap, he was nigh understandable. Felt like he phoned it in for sure.

I went into a CD store today for the first time since like 2002, and it was like a fucking grave yard in there.

Avatar accomplished what I thought it set out to do, which was create a technological marvel and deliver on the spectacle. It was the cinematic equivalent of the new rollercoaster ride at Six Flags, and I'm ok with that.

You're right, El Santo. The Grant Morrison run escaped my memory. I've never read the Whedon stuff, so it doesn't rate for me at all. I'm not a Joss Whedon fan whatsoever, so I tend to avoid anything he's involved with.

Age of Apocalypse is arguably the best thing Marvel has done in the last 25 years.

I would argue X3 is actually worse than Spiderman 3. The superfluous killing off of key, beloved characters in X3 is a far greater crime than wasting Eddie Brock/Venom in Spiderman 3. Though they are both clearly terrible films.

I got to meet her in person and she was a real sweetheart. She was also extremely small in person. She's maybe 5'2" at the most and probably 95 lbs soaking wet.

Charlie's death is still saddest for me.

I had it in my head that Sawyer would be the one to get shot for sure… and then BLAM! Kate gets it, and I was very satisfied. And then Sun, Jin, Zombie Sayid, and Lapidus bite the dust… but Kate's still alive. And I was sad.

Yeah that's pretty good. Also good: calling Matt Dillon a "police cop." I nearly shat myself laughing.