I personally would've liked to have seen Joss challenge/deconstruct Buffy's black and white view of morality more.  The closest he came was in season 5, with Buffy refusing to consider sacrificing Dawn even if it was for the sake of the world, which led to her having to sacrifice her own life.  But I would've liked to…

The whole Lorne thing just shows how much different Angel is (as a character) from Buffy.  Buffy never in a million years would've done something that she viewed as a moral compromise…she would've searched until she found a third option that worked for her.  I think Angel asked Lorne to do it because he knew that…

The whole Lorne thing just shows how much different Angel is (as a character) from Buffy.  Buffy never in a million years would've done something that she viewed as a moral compromise…she would've searched until she found a third option that worked for her.  I think Angel asked Lorne to do it because he knew that…

I agree with that ranking…although I'd almost rank 4 over 3, honestly.  I think that's because I didn't mind the squicky Cordelia/Connor stuff and I actually liked the Jasmine arc.  3 was excellent but to me it suffers because it felt like the middle part of a story and not a complete arc on its own.  2 suffers for me…

I agree with that ranking…although I'd almost rank 4 over 3, honestly.  I think that's because I didn't mind the squicky Cordelia/Connor stuff and I actually liked the Jasmine arc.  3 was excellent but to me it suffers because it felt like the middle part of a story and not a complete arc on its own.  2 suffers for me…

You assume she was too dumb to do it, when it'd probably be better to assume that she was smart enough to know that she could get some sucker to do it for her.

Anyone who watches the show will tell you that the banner that will drop down for Donna Bowman for reviewing HIMYM for 5 years will say "INTERVENTION".  I mean, come on.

Everyone says that, but it's the season that brought us The Playbook, so how bad can it be?  Although an argument could be made that The Playbook was the last stone cold classic episode.

@avclub-c404a5adbf90e09631678b13b05d9d7a:disqus :You mean bend the air around him so that it was pure oxygen, and then the whole room goes boom when they attack him?  I think that is now my new favorite fan theory.  Gyatso letting them die due to their own aggression would be totally in character.  

Which is why I just steal individual rolls from work.  Duh.

I do wonder if they could do a similar scheme with a netflix or a hulu plus, though.  Pay $10-15 a month extra for HBO Go on top of netflix.  Netflix would surely pay for something like that.

NBC pushed this show pretty hard when it first aired.  I think they like the cast a lot and are hoping it can grow an audience.  It's a pleasant enough show, so I could see why they'd think that way.

I like how Gunn with the brain implant was a slow burn.  You knew it had to be a bad idea when it first happened…and Gunn must've known it, too…but the temptation to be something more than the muscle was too great.  And it didn't go wrong in the obvious way, like being brainwashed or something.

Plus, the namedrop in one of my favorite Space Ghost episodes.

Hah, I remember saying to a lot of people when that came out that it reminded me a lot of Aphex Twin, and getting blank stares.  There's one track that's really reminiscent of "At The Heart Of It All".

It's admittedly been about 12 years since I paid attention to the industrial scene, mainly because I didn't like the direction it was going at the time, but I seem to remember a lot of bands like VNV Nation and Wumpscut being labelled "EBM" when they really had nothing in common with the old EBM sound which was pretty…

Funny, I remember a lot of people hating the "electronica" label because they thought it was a term MTV made up to basically mean "what people who don't listen to electronic music mean when they say 'techno.'"  The "correct" way to refer to it was by its specific genre.  Personally?  I still to this day just say…

Industrial, pretty much.  More specifically EBM…but old-style EBM, not new-style EBM, which are pretty much completely different genres with the same name.  You might like some of the Wax Trax! stuff from the late 80s/early 90s if you're into that sort of stuff.

The Hackers soundtrack was a huge gateway for a lot of people, too.

Honestly, I think the best way to get into it is to go and find someone mixing it live.  I think watching the DJs mix it really gives you more of an appreciation for what they do.  It's not just "pushing the play button" or whatever.