My worry about that comic is that an accusation of 'seasoning' can be used to shut down an opponent. Similar to how the concept of 'tone policing' has come to be misused.

I think the problem with that comic is that the crux of the internet argument it addresses is panels #2 & 3 - the rat grouping the bystander seagull in with the other seagulls and the bystander taking offence. The comic never addresses that issue; instead in the next panel the bystander seagull goes on to make a…

Did...did anybody else notice that the writer and story editor for Goldie Gold and Action Jack was named Steve gerber.

I love insightful, analytical video essays, like Lee's Speilberg one, or Every Frame A Painting. But how does one find them? Someone should set up a dedicated site where everyone can post their video essays. And then maybe people vote on them or something, to weed out the cut-rate ones.

Not enough DS9 in the top 10. I only glanced at the list, but they seem to rate DS9 bcease of it's serialisation, when it also had some brilliant stand-alone episodes too. 'The Visitor', 'Duet' and especially 'Far Beyond The Stars' should be higher up.

I read an argument once - it might have been in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind - that Star Wars' success, and the blockbuster mentality it spawned in Hollywood may have helped independent/non-mainstream films for a time. The argument was that blockbuster movies lead to the building of more multiple screen…

That's a good point. Most crappy sci-fi only rips off other sci-fi, because 'if it worked once, it'll work again'.

In some ways, Star Trek's biggest achievement was showing how such an organization would be a force for good, if only we could move beyond our 21st century conceptions of power and politics.

Jason Louter wrote a great Winter Soldier, but his Wolverine book was just...off. Idie was just all wrong; she spoke like a generic 'strong female character' rather than a devout African exile.

"There's nothing wrong with tropes. It's all in how you use them."

Jason Aaron is the main reason I'm looking forward to this. Everything he's done for Marvel has been exceptional, especially his Thor.

Reposting a comment I made elsewhere:

Weird. I would have though the problem was more often that good characterization and interesting ideas are no substitute for plot. that's the impression I was left with after trying to read various acclaimed 'literary' novels. They were spending a lot of words to say flowery, complicated things about very little that…

That's a shame if true, because Inhuman is one of the best books Marvel is currently publishing. It's fast-paced, trends the line between grim'n'serious and fun'n'random, incorporates continuity in a way that isn't too stifling, and has detailed, exaggerated, very 'comic booky' art. I once described it as a 90s…

Did I say that? Did I even imply it? What I ACTUALLY said was: "He doesn't explain or justify it." THAT'S my problem. If someone is going post their opinions on a public website for anyone to view, then they should be prepared to back their opinions up with arguments if need be. Maybe he has a really intricate,…

And especially ESPECIALLY people who snark about it being YA fiction.\

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But nowadays there's a lot of affection for that pre-grunge era of music, and people are generally less self-conscious about liking hair metal (even if it is just ironically)

No, that's just more snark. And that's all this article is: snark. There's no actual music criticism here. What is is about CSN that sets his teeth on edge? He doesn't explain or justify it. And don't give me "Oh, but it's just his opinion". That's what critics DO: they justify their opinions so the reader can judge…

Well, I deliberately didn't use the word 'hipster' in my posts because it doesn't really apply here. A hipster is more likely to declare David Crosby's solo album superior to Neil Young's entire oeuvre, just to be contrary.