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It seems like postmodern performance art in the vein of Shia LaBeouf's "Just Do It" meme.

Also known as David Fincher's Hannibal.

He'll get the Golden Globe. Then some prestige actor will get the Oscar.

I loooooove Who Censored Roger Rabbit? so much. One of my favorite books in recent memory.

I know!! You really get to see America grow up in it.

Never apologize for watching New Girl.

This makes up for The Social Network, Boyhood, and Mad Max: Fury Road being shafted at the 11th hour.

Neon Bible is sort of the Pinkerton of their discography. Maybe not as accessible, but laden with greatness that takes time to find.

Stop it, Doug Martsch. You cut that shit right now!!

Hahahaha. "Doing the Unstuck" is one of my all-time favorite songs. It's baseline Cure, and I lalalalalove it.

That's true, but you know what? They'd actually have some edge that Maroon 5 barely had and then lost on their first record. "I Turn My Camera On" is still one of the sexiest songs ever recorded—though, it barely belongs on Gimme Fiction.

Agree on Wilco. I'd make an exception for Sky Blue Sky, for sure. A Ghost Is Born is fine, but I forget it almost immediately, even though I like it.

"Twin Falls" is my all-time favorite song. Perfect record, There's Nothing Wrong with Love is.

I love And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, but I have to be in the mood. It's not only a particularly sedentary album, it's seventy-plus minutes of low-tempo indie balladry that begs for some variation. I much prefer the rollercoaster of Painful.

Spoon and The National spent time figuring their formula, and altering it in safe ways for one terrific record after another. Underrated model.

I implore everyone to give Wish another shot. The first half, at the very least, is as good as anything they've done before or sense.

Yeah. I still champion Fall Out Boy's pre-regrouping. Their first few albums inch successively closer to the chrome overload of Save Rock and Roll and American Beauty/American Psycho, with Folies a Deux taking their loftier sonic ambitions right to the edge.

The part that bothers me is shelling out so much money just to get it all done. So much of the quest hinges on finding cash to fund an already laborious expedition.

I haven't, but I'm always reticent about remasters like that. Personally, I'm partial to looking at the initial vision, and I think that's what we should judge. I'm sure the HD version is ironed out a little more—at least justifying the incredibly short finale to some degree—but I don't know. I've been replaying it

I'd probably put Wind Waker in the second tier, if only because the Triforce search is so obnoxious. Structurally and graphically, it's maybe the boldest Zelda game yet. Ocarina of Time is maybe the most replayable game ever.