This is an honest question: Has Alan Silvestri composed a memorable score since Back to the Future? (Clearly I can't remember one.)

Back in the early 00s I was living off a steady diet of underground hiphop and 70s punk rock, so when I heard the band name 'Modest Mouse' I assumed they'd be some horrifically twee band like Belle & Sebastian that I'd instantly hate. Then I picked up 'Lonesome Crowded West' and my whole attitude towards indie rock…

The intro to 'Mushroom' by Can.

Someone even told Dany, "Not Quarth, Qarth."

At the very least, it will end the non-readers' shipping of 'Throbb'

He chose… poorly.

The season 1 finale was a big shootout, and it was kind of boring. One of the reasons I like this show is because they subvert the usual tropes. It might be fun to see Raylan in an OK Corral/ Deadwood-style gun duel, but really it would be more hokey than anything.

It seems more likely that they'd begin breaking down the chronology of the books by then and work them into two or three seasons… Since book 4 pretty much has none of the main characters, and nobody wants a season of that.

@avclub-92eacf53f4fac3152a85463988ab1490:disqus Starship Troopers came out before I'd ever read Heinlein or knew anything about Paul Verhoeven, so I can relate to Starshine. The trailers did it no justice; it was like seeing the trailer for Battle: Los Angeles. Of course now I know better.

I wonder if Nathan Rabin and Kyle Ryan fought over who got to write an exasperated defense of Ice Cube.

I never really post here but I just have to pile on. The Ice Cube example is completely absurd. Rob, are you listening? Explain yourself!

Kings was never good to begin with. It was always just an excuse to watch Ian Mcshane.

*quick search* Todd VanDerWerff reviewed one episode of Peep Show for TV Club. It's easily my favorite comedy of the past decade.. and the AV Club doesn't cover it.

peep show is a great example of the serial/episode hybrid. each series has it's own arc and each episode has it's own small story. you can pick up the plot at any point and enjoy the humor, but if you start from the beginning you can watch the characters evolve. or devolve. not sure.

Roman and Kyle have been working together all season. That said… the definitive moment for me will always be Roman being totally disgusted with Kyle's audition for Snow Crash.

james murphy has reclaimed the word "hipster", so it's no longer a pejorative. as long as you don't say it around a hipster.

someday there should be a def jux gateway to geekery. and the firsty will say "one dimensional MCs can't handle that."