It's funny you said that because what I was thinking when I read a review of the book is the ultimate critically-praised popular-reject is "The Velvet Underground and Nico", and if anything released in 1967 can be considered as non-commercial and going against popular trends it's that album. But the author of this…

I think the book is argues the opposite of what some of you are saying in this thread. The author is trying to say that it is the crap that should define the era. Why let the critics pick the underground music that should last when the public already picked what they liked? Here's a quote from the book…

but weren't the Beatles popular?
I admittedly haven't read it, but from the reviews I understand the book's main point is to rethink/recontextualize "popular" music (music that sells the most) as having as much value as that which is now critically lauded, looked back as defining an era. What I see as a problem with…

No, Howie was a rock, the best tailgunner in the outfit. Buddy came unglued.

Ghostbusters 2
It goes without saying that Murray and Moranis made the scene. I'm surprised you didn't mention the line "And you don't want us exposing ourselves!" A telegraphed but effective line from Murray.

needs to be said
Expanding on the authors mention of specific musicals, I would like to point out that the Tony nominees for best musical are comprised of one original production ("Next to Normal"), "Shrek The Musical", "Billy Elliot The Musical" and "Rock of Ages".

I thought that this scene in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" was a perfect parody of time travel stories…

I thought Jim Carey was this generation's Robin Williams. The same manic shtick that was funny for a short time then quickly grew tired and sad, maudlin films in which staring blankly is interpreted as serious acting, never being "off" on camera, never growing up. Pretty much describes both of them.

"The Ninth Gate" is a comedy disguised as a supernatural thriller. "The Da Vinci" code is one of those movies that ended up unintentionally as a comedy. Just about everything about it is so ridiculous I couldn't help laughing. For some reason I saw it in the theater and just laughed through the entire thing while…

Victor (Enver Gjokaj) did a great Laurence Dominic (Reed Diamond) impersonation in "Briar Rose". For that alone I hope he hangs around.

Colin Quinn may be the unfunniest person ever on TV. He has the worst delivery of any comedian, comic, or of any speaking person ever. And he's been around about 20 years now and we all still know his name. Wow.

I never got what people saw in Cameron Crowe films. No, wait, that's not true. I do see it. He takes these small moments that can sort of happen in real life (at least are true enough that even jaded people can relate to them) and gives them a combination of poignancy and "epic-ness" and gives them better words…

I can't think of a recent NBC series that was cancelled that didn't air all the finished episodes. So hopefully you're right.

Yep, Vesper has been in exile for 30 years. Michelle is too young. David's mother fits better, time-wise and plot-twist-wise. She would have been at least a teenager, but that would make it more likely that she remember and hold a grudge or at least be leery about Silas, and more likely that Vesper recognize her…

It wouldn't be the first time a show ended with unseen episodes.

It can be argued that she did lead them to their "end", whether the end of the journey or the end of the species as they knew it. I'm still not sure of how that makes her the "harbinger of death".

I don't have a problem with cutting Moore some slack because he did admit he didn't have everything plotted out and sometimes tried directions that didn't work. I can respect that and respect that he was open about that. But I do find it curious that with only a handful of episodes to go, with time being a precious…

don't call me daughter
My guess on the photograph is that it's a picture of David's mother with her sons; that David's mother is really Vesper's daughter. Silas maneuvered and had others buy the crown for him, but David is the true heir chosen by god, the one who actually does get signs from god. That's Silas' fear…

sad
Considering the awful ratings for "Kings", for just about any scripted show not staring Charlie Sheen, I find this show's careful language and almost reverent tone appropriate as an kind of elegy for what may end up being the last, great network series.

It was a better episode in that it's getting Whedonesque in plot, but it's also getting Whedonesque in dialogue, which I'm finding surprisingly disappointing.