Kid is simply awesome. Jim Honeyman-Scott is tragically underrated. So are a lot of guys who had a pop-influenced sound in the 80s.

A lot of the commentators here are prefacing their selections with disclaimers about their lack of knowledge about the technical ins and outs of playing guitar, but in my opinion, a truly great solo on any instrument transcends being impressive to a technically-minded audience and should evoke emotion for any…

My theory of the Avengers is that its best runs focus on characters who don't have a solo book. Sure, Captain America and Iron Man are frequently present, but the best eras gave just as much face time to the Scarlet Witch and The Vision, Hawkeye, Hank Pym, Carol Danvers, and even Justice. The only place for these…

I'd say the first 7 seasons are great, and the remaining 4 seasons are good with moments of brilliance (helped by guest spots from Jean Smart, Michael Keaton, Anthony LaPaglia, and Wendie Malick).

I think the first and second seasons of MF were as good as peak Frasier, but the later seasons of Frasier were never as thoroughly mediocre as Modern Family is now. In the later seasons of Frasier, at least they committed to changing the status quo and letting the characters change, even if that meant the overall tone…

I've always liked Hellboy comics, but Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman took the source material to a new level in my opinion. If the comics were chocolate, the movies were chocolate and peanut butter. It does seem like a bit of a raw deal to not rehire Perlman, especially.

In general, I like the Jimmy story better than the Mike/Salamanca/Fring storyline, but I think the last episode with Mike and Gus tied into the theme of the series a bit more robustly. Jimmy's arc is basically about Justice vs. Law - Jimmy is bad in some ways, but he's a good guy at heart who gets grinded down by Law,…

It'd be even harder to get folks who've never seen Breaking Bad to check it out. At least with Breaking Bad, I could describe a high concept. If someone asked me what Better Call Saul is about, I don't even know if a paragraph let alone a one-line pitch could convey what it's really like.

Such a satisfying last scene (although sad, too, since it seems like Jimmy still cares about Chuck). Also, while I lIke the Mike bits in BCS, this episode was well-served by keeping a tight focus on the title character. This show is sui generis.

There's also a bunch of TV drama writers nailing comedic beats (I still think the whole Cobbler Squatter thing from last season is one of the funniest things I've seen).

Stan Lee is not a saint, but he really didn't screw creators out of legal rights - Marvel did. Lee himself didn't receive any rights to the characters he co-created. He had to sue Marvel to receive a piece of the pie in the early 2000s, I believe, as Kirby's heirs did.

Nah, he was the tin whistle player and stepped in as frontman later.

Yes, I thoroughly enjoy that site but every time I try to comment, I forget my WordPress account info!

Oliver often comes at a comic at a very different angle than I would, and sometimes it makes for a slightly confounding experience, but that's part of what makes him a great reviewer. The A.V. Club is sadly one of the last places to go for both good long-form writing on comics and a healthy comments section (it really…

For the first five or so years of their lives, my kids won't even know that shows besides "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and "The Twilight Zone" exist.

I definitely agree that censorship is terribly wrong, but it was a good idea to let parents know their kids were watching some edgy stuff on Netflix. If they had just encouraged parents to talk with their kids/prepare to talk to their kids about the media they're consuming instead of "banning conversation," this would…

I'd have to go with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Joseph and Jesus Christ, Superstar. Everything else the man does is just not interesting to me.

Tim Seeley has been using Morrison's Batman run as a touchstone in Grayson and Nightwing to good effect.

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't call any of the Gearhardts "master criminals" and Bokeem Woodbine's character was grandiose but succeeded due to dumb luck. We'll have to wait and see with V.M.

That's a little cruel to Billy Joel. At the time I wouldn't say there was any indication he would turn out like he did.