Orion #5 by Simonson - Darkseid vs. Orion was one of the best fight scenes ever written/drawn. Frank Miller's Daredevil fights were always great, too, and Frank Quitely always hits it out of the park (We3 is the first thing to come to mind, but the action in The Authority and Batman and Robin is great, too).

Eh, just because something is obvious doesn't mean it doesn't work. "Father and Son" is probably THE most on-the-nose song Gunn could have used at the end of GOTG vol. 2, but it's still one of the best songs of all time, so it worked for me.

I think "Dad Rock" should be applied to music made by middle-aged men, for middle-aged men. Oasis was pretty young when they had their hits, so I don't know about them. Status Quo and Dire Straits are definitely perfect examples though.

It's really silly that DC Entertainment hasn't hired Paul Dini to write one of their films yet. I know he's spent much of his adult life writing for DC characters, so maybe he's getting tired of the shtick, but his work really seems to be a labor of love. I guarantee that he could distill the essence of The Flash,…

Great analysis. Two more of my favorite examples of parodies that would still be really watchable without the jokes: This Is Spinal Tap and Rick & Morty.

On the other hand, you have Ryan Gosling, who made the leap from good to great actor in my eyes when he started doing more comedic stuff.

I feel like Drive, Sicario, and Nightcrawler all captured the essence of noir quite well for modern audiences. If three outstanding noirs every five years is what we get, I'm OK with that.

Morrison will always be my favorite for meta stuff, but Steve Gerber's Man-Thing had some great meta moments, too. Also: even though I like Jim Shooter, Byrne destroying Pittsburgh in the New Universe after Shooter was ousted is kind of savagely funny.

I think it's good for people to admit they were wrong in the past and move forward, regardless of what spurred their realization. It's a little weird and uncomfortable that these are lyrics in a commercial (?) album, though.

Silver Age Reed was very much an Action! Scientist. In his very first appearance, he broke into a space station to commandeer a rocket with his girlfriend. After Chic Stone and Joe Sinnott started inking Kirby, Reed got to be pretty barrel-chested and got a jawline that would put Bruce Campbell to shame. John Byrne's…

Here's my hot take: Cap 1 is the best Cap movie. Like Superman done well, there's something inspiring about a character who's truly good. In my own life, there are times when doing the good thing was hard and doing nothing was easier. There have also been times when doing something good was easy, but I was still lazy…

I felt downright depressed for a week after I heard Wright was leaving Ant-Man, but I thought the final movie was great. It probably could have been more unique with Wright at the helm, but I'd still rank it in the top five Marvel Studios movies.

The disturbing part of Breaking Bad was watching how easy it was for a good person to become evil. The disturbing core of Better Call Saul is the idea that a bad person maybe can't become good. Obviously Jimmy was no saint in his younger days, but it's clear he could change if people gave him a chance. Throughout the…

The astonishing thing about both albums is that I don't think they sound dated (largely because they're so eclectic). There are bands today that would kill to get a sound like the guitars on "Getting Better."

Props for mentioning Headquarters. Legitimately a wonderful LP.

It's actually shocking to me that someone can hate either album. Sgt. Pepper wins for me by a hair but Forever Changes, Odessey And Oracle, Axis: Bold As Love, and a few others are in the conversation to be sure. All examples of that true rarity, a perfect album I wouldn't cut any songs from if I could.

I actually think Within You Without You is a great song, but it took Patti Smith covering it for me to realize it.

Even if you own all his studio albums, Neil Young's "Decade" is essential.

Nikki and Mr. Wrench is an immensely satisfying team-up. I'd say this season is still distinctly less great than its predecessors (while still being pretty great), but that pairing could close the gap depending on how much screen time they get next week. Varga is also an interesting villain in that he's not…

In my opinion, Inside Out's critical reputation benefited greatly from the movie coming after several of Pixar's less ambitious films. I don't think it's a great movie by any stretch, but it was more original than Cars 2 and Monsters University.