The Twins are the only part I find scary. But I do find that very scary.

I disagree. Watched the old and new seasons with someone who’d never seen the old ones and they felt the same. I think the good parts of the X-Files (s2-5, parts of the others) still hold up just fine.

The X-Files revival has completely screwed up the original’s tone. The direction, the pacing, the weird directorial choices—it feels nothing like those first 6 seasons or so at all, and barely like the last 3. I still like a few episodes of the revival but tonally, it’s way off imo.

I was a very hardcore fan of JoC, had all their albums, including various fan giveaways and saw them live several times (always very good). I even met Charlie and Matt once! I’ve also drifted away from their new stuff but for me, Much Afraid just does not age at all. It still hits emotionally right in the gut. It…

Also, they should’ve stopped doing hymns with Hymn, one of my favorite hymns. I’ll also accept the couple songs they did for City on a Hill (the first being one of the only worship albums I like).

The two poles of JoC (haven’t typed that abbreviation in a looong time) I don’t like is when they go to far in the worship direction—I really dislike 99% of worship music outside of a church setting—and when they go too far in a “polished commercial rock” direction. Good Monsters was just a little over the polished…

For me, Flood and... the first track? on s/t hold up. Essential should’ve shelled out for Belew to produce the whole thing though—it gets awfully samey. If I Left the Zoo is pretty great too. Post-IILTZ, they released some fairly mediocre stuff but they do have a late album, Who We Are Instead, that is very folky and…

40 Acres is great, and so is their first. They got way too worshippy later on but those two albums are gold.

His best album. Love those stripped down recordings.

Jesus Freak and Supernatural hold up for me. dcT worked with great engineers and were good songwriters.

YES. Much Afraid in particular was much-maligned even by the Christian press but it has great songs, great production, and great lyrics. One of my favorite albums ever.

AV Club really hates Netflix now. Articles weekly!

Interesting how in-depth the Watch This pieces have gotten as the site has stopped producing as many movie-related pieces. Not complaining though—this was a nice piece.

I love The Animal Years so much that everything since has disappointed me. Good stuff but nothing that works nearly as well straight through.

Pinkerton.

Yeah, I’m really surprised at all the backlash. I like how you never know whether you’ll get a funny episode or a depressing one—the last couple have straddled that line.

Zelazny, like PKD, is worth reading even when he’s not at his best, just because he had to have been one of the most imaginative writers of all time. That his books hold together at all is some kind of miracle.

Please, nothing about Trevor Noah.

Taken 3.

My vote for most repeatedly relevant Onion article.