The ONLY good thing that came with writing Polito off the show was the funeral episode, "Crosetti." Frank standing at attention on the front steps in his dress blues kills me every time.

Damn that man and his stupid little cookies.

Crosetti is one of my all-time favorite characters. I loved the idea of a cop so burned out by the lies he constantly was swimming in that he became obsessed with proving John Wilkes Booth didn't kill Lincoln. Because if that ain't true, ain't nothing is true.

Shooter gets a bad rap. He's not quite the cartoon villain he gets painted out to be sometimes. And some of his oppressive policies could be boiled down to "turn your work in one time." He wasn't perfect by any means, and he is prickly to any criticism, but he did shepherd Marvel through a creatively vibrant time. He…

I think that's fair. Saga has a much tighter focus. It's the story of one family and the people in their immediate orbit. East of West really is about the sprawling world, so much so that's it hard to pin down one character's arc I am truly focused on. I care about the world more than anything.

The world building in East of West is so great. They created this richly realized world in a very short period of time. It and Saga are still, by far, my favorite titles. Sometimes the popular answer really is that good.

And even when he did get dragged into crossovers, we at least got the Mutant Massacre, in which the teams never actually interact. So it didn't seem quite as forced until we got to Inferno.

Great piece, and good point regarding his high regard for people's stoicism. It's not that he's reflexively against inclusiveness (Outlaw Josey Wales is a neo-Confederate tale which also has nuanced portrayals of Native Americans played by Native American actors… such is the duality of the southern thing), but he is…

/added to Netflix queue

Charles Bronson was so great in the Magnificent Seven. They all were, but Bronson was the standout, for me.

And sometimes your kids stumble on new things which are great. Or re-discover old things and give them new life in your imagination. My daughter stumbled upon Willy Wonka, which I always liked but din't have a special place in my heart for it, and has adopted it as her favorite movie. We've seen it more than Frozen.…

Your 30s is when you can afford to do all of that cool stuff. Cool stuff ain't free.

As a parent, this pisses me off. Disney is great for toddlers and little kids, so it builds some brand loyalty from Doc McStuffins to Phineas and Ferb… and then they spring their pre-teen live action shows on you, and they are shockingly awful. The kids are awful little shits, the authority figures are idiots, and the…

She stumbled on Young Frankenstein by accident and it's now her second favorite movie behind Willy Wonka. OK, third. She really like Wizard of Oz, too. But the sex jokes go way over her head.

My four year old daughter was watching Young Frankenstein and started yelling at the TV, "Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka!" Gene Wilder is the first time she realized that actors play multiple roles. Gene Wilder is quite literally the only actor she knows.

Unfortunately, the makers of the film probably consider Doug's power useless, too. Doug Ramsey was always my favorite New Mutant, and I can't imagine Warlock without him.

I prefer to view it as an in-character affectation by Kurt. He's the sort of goofball who would call people "fraulein" in an attempt to show off his accent and be charming in his overly cloying way.

Captain Britain was the worst part of Excalibur, but I'll let it slide because it had both Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde, the two most joyous characters in the X-verse. What a wonderful comic.

I'm a fan of it, though it is sad to see Nicholas Brendon essentially playing himself… as an actor who threw away his career due to his drinking.

Heck, "Overblown" is my favorite song on the Singles soundtrack, and I think they said they recorded it in the time it took them to make a pan of brownies. And, ya know, made fun of the entire Seattle scene the movie promoted.