I’ve always had a lot of fondness for him. I think his stories in the 80's dinged his popularity. He sat out The Avengers for long stints and was in those terrible Vision and Scarlet Witch limited series. Byrne’s revamp of him as an emotionless robot was not as compelling.

It’s sort of wild, but would you believe me if I told you Vision was the breakout star of the Avengers comic when he was introduced in the late 60s? After years of revolving door casts, he was massively popular from his first appearance and most of the stories from that era heavily featured him as the central…

Yes, the Dance of the Dragons takes place just about 170 years before the events of GoT, which itself is set about 20 years after Robert’s Rebellion that dethroned the Targaryens.

I feel like you are willfully trying to misinterpret Iger here. Certainly the bigger problems are in the story and quality of these productions, but the glut of productions affects their ability and time to perfect those issues.

The inclusion of Lost in the header image really confused me. I thought S3 was generally when a whole lot of people bailed on the show, and only the die hards stuck around. And I doubt any of those die-hards would rank S3 over the immediate shock and awe of S1 or the more complicated and audacious dual time settings…

I think Legacy just didn’t make as much as they wanted, not that it lost money. At the time it was designed to be Disney’s IP for young adult males, and the director said they were actively working on a sequel after the first film’s release. But then Disney bought Marvel and Lucasfilm and the director said Disney decid…

Song 2 is infinitely more recognizable, just for how often it is used in commercials, movies, and sporting events, and just how simple it is. I imagine many people would be able to say, “oh, that song”, not even knowing the title or what band made it. 

Pitchfork turned me on to plenty of good music, but I always had to keep their biases in mind. I remember they really pissed me off when they were hyping a band called The Black Kids and their first single, than just posted a “We’re Sorry” picture under the review for the album. Felt like a shitty thing to do,…

After seeing Dune I wanted Hyperion to be adapted more than anything else.

There was constantly unknowable, mysterious, and seemingly supernatural or almost omnipotent entities in TOS and TNG. But instead of the ship flying away at the end credits, DS9 sat and explored a culture that built around one of these mysterious entities.

The TNG writers brought up all the time how the rules he invented for TNG were violated time and again in TOS.  The DS9 writers were big fans of TOS and thought their show was truer to the spirit and “rules” of what TOS had been in the first place. 

It really improved in Season 3, which is when I’m assuming Roddenberry got less creative control.

“Who Are You” can come across like a novelty song if you don’t pay attention to the lyrics and just focus on the chorus. The song is fantastic.

“Bargain” is amazing, and I also would’ve rated it higher. Especially if this is a Roger Daltrey centric list, his vocal performance is stellar in that song.

It’s been very touching to see their relationship nowadays, and for about the last 25 years or so (since Entwistle passed). I don’t think they are or ever will be best friends, but it certainly seems like they’ve settled into an odd couple type relationship and are appreciative of each other. I thought it was kind of…

I never understood why a band like Limp Bizkit especially would omit the heavy part of that song. What a twist, but not in a good way.

I’ve often heard it on radio or seen it presented on compilations as just “See Me, Feel Me”, most often omitting the “We’re Not Gonna Take It” part that is most narratively connected to Tommy.  I only ever hear that part when I listen to the album.  

I’ve often been fascinated by the Daltrey-Townshend relationship. Daltrey is one of those rare rock band singers who didn’t even write the lyrics for the songs, so there’s an odd tension and power in his interpretation of Townshend.

Hello fellow Gen X’er! I love classic rock and The Who is one of my favorite bands!

Kinda weird to skew this specifically to Roger Daltrey when it’s titled The Who’s most essential 40 songs. I was about to write about some of the omissions and weird choices (the complete lack of any Entwistle material, the absence of “Eminene Front” and other Townshend sung songs) but reread the intro and understood.…