Wow, I somehow managed to fail and earn canceraids, without even coming close to glory.

Carax, none of the things you mentioned are worse than Nickelback. All of those things combined are still slightly more palatable than Nickelback. Therefore,

Jordo, I hadn't thought about it in those terms, and I guess it was an unfair comparison. Still, I think that when Angel and Buffy cover the same subject matter, Angel has a more nuanced and interesting take than Buffy.

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Yeah, TvTropes is pretty great. A word of warning on some of the more subjective pages (like Dethrowning Moment of Suck): Those pages have more concentrated fail than a million billion firsties.

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I still do get a fair bit of mileage out of Sum 41, partially because of nostalgia, but also because, pandering nature aside, there really isn't anything wrong with most of their songs. Some are a bit boring, but most of them were reasonably well done, with "The Hell Song" in particular being one that I still like.…

Sum 41
Back in 2002, I was at just the right age and sensibility (or lack thereof) to fall in love with Sum 41 the first time I heard Fat Lip. My cousin and I were both really into Pop-Punk, and this was the most hardcore music either of us could imagine. Eventually, we both moved on, but for about a year or so, Fat…

Also, that last sentence of my post was stupidly constructed, so fuck me.

I for one am outraged by Lone Audience's behavior. How dare someone try to analyze what makes their favorite music good! The next thing you know, he'll be trying to apply critical thinking to every aspect of his life. Will no-one think of the consequences?! Well, at least the world will know who to blame when the…

Honestly, I kinda liked Whisper Supremacy better than None So Vile, though I love both. Lord Worm's vocals just aren't quite as brutal to me, and Serpent's Coil has easily the most awesome riffs of anything ever. Well, maybe not, but it's still really great.

Story based metal can be fine- Blind Guardian and Kamelot released some of their best work as part of story albums. The problem with Rhapsody is that, unlike the aforementioned bands, their work has pretty much no gravitas. Seriously, they embody pretty much every cheesy fantasy cliche worse than Dragonforce, and…

Indeed. Bitching about hipsters became boring and trendy sometime after that horrible Adbusters article.

I really liked the Croatoan virus, not because it was a compelling part of the story, but because it shows how well things are coming together. Now that we're so close to Sam saying yes, all the elements we saw in the Bad Future episode are falling into place, and we get to see it happen. Tying the virus to Pestilence…

While I wasn't offended by Dean's speech this episode, the number of people who were suggests that, at the very least, the writers should have omitted the primate and chimpanzee parts of it. The relative weakness of the old gods doesn't seem racist or imperialist to me, and honestly, they seem way better than the…

Whenever I hear the term speed metal, I think of Annihilator for some reason. Absurdly underrated band in my opinion. Still, Painkiller is one of my favorite Priest albums (though I will admit my first exposure to it came from Death's cover on The Sound of Perseverance).

@MoSam- Seriously, you've had multiple salespeople use that terrible, terrible metaphor? If I heard someone in real life say that, it would be all I could do to keep a straight face. Even if sales were that cutthroat, it'd still an incredibly over-the-top thing to say, even for someone with a Dwight-esque personality.

I'm from Bozeman, and it isn't even all that cold by Montana standards. For the last few weeks, temperatures have been in the 30's and 40's, so it was kinda funny to watch Sheldon act like it was 30 below. Still, it's always fun to see your town referenced in anything, so I'm not complaining.

Almost as awesome as last week
I really enjoyed these episodes (and I'm starting to think that airing two a night was a great move), but the first one was a bit confusing. I didn't figure out what was happening with the timeskip until well after Ballard and Echo appeared together (admittedly, I missed like 20 seconds…

Agreed-even if they weren't canceling the show, the promo was pretty bad. Without being familiar with the show, I would have figured it to be some kind of dumb, sexy type thing. Also, the explanations really sucked.