Same, but switch Neon Bible and Funeral. I think Reflektor had some really interesting ideas on it, and there are some tracks I really liked, but as a whole it really didn't work at all.

Agreed re: Suburbs. Some truly great songs, but not an entirely great album. What did you guys think of Reflektor?

Pitchforky Top 5.

I'd probably pick Funeral as well. Though I'd be tempted to include more than one. Pitchforkiness aside, they're really a great band

I dunno, it's probably the best one in the time period. They only put out that, True Stories and Naked in that time. If I had to pick one, Little Creatures would be it.

I TAKE IT ALL BACK: I have identified worse crimes than I even imagined on this list: The only Taylor Swift record represented is Speak Now! Where's Red? Where's 1989?!
Worse yet: Justin Timblerlake's only entry is FutureSex/LoveSounds?! When Justified is not only a FAR superior album, but shaped the sound of pop…

It's certainly less (for want of a better term) Pitchfork-y than other's I've seen. The high placement of Nevermind irks.

I'd honestly put Illmatic in the top 5. Dookie wouldn't make it to my top 300.

Well, Nevermind isn't even Nirvana's best record, and their best is maybe somewhere in the high 200s.

Oh duh. Yeah, sorry, I misread your comment, and didn't see you said "Sherlock" and "Hounds". It was late and I was drunk, OK?
I liked the Sherlock one well enough. It was a fun take on the story. Usual caveats for Moffats writing apply though: Smug and self-satisfied, and ultimately often a little half-baked in terms…

Which "Hound"? Rathbone's?

Saw Man From UNCLE- which was gpod and fun, but couldve done with a bit more work to build the central relationships. There was also a weird issue of the characters in some scenes having very unclear objectives, leaving the otherwise rather well done action pieces flat. Henry Cavill's line delivery throughout is a…

Yeah and really explore what it is that Abed finds so distressing about Cage, and what that really means for his character and worldview.

Die Hard sequels in order of goodness: 3, White House Down, 2……….others?

Yeah, I like that idea quite a bit as well. The fact that Abed uses pop culture to make sense of the world sets up the idea that finding a piece of pop culture that doesn't make sense to him could cause nothing to make sense to him. But…that isn't really sold as an idea in this episode. Instead, he can't figure…

Maybe. It's interesting the extent to which his sense of pacing seems to be lost in both this and S6. He used to be able to structure the perfect 22 minute story, but even the good episodes after his S4 break feel like they're rushing in key places and dragging where there's no reason for it.
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I think also that in trying to avoid a long-form arc, he neglected in-episode arcs. If you look at the character arcs in these episodes, only Jeff really learns anything. Abed's experience doesn't really change him, he just learns to re-contextualize how he thinks of Nic Cage. The other characters get no arc…

Yeah, exactly. It's interesting that Rick & Morty S1 is a much more successful series than either of the subsequent Community series, and I'm wondering if it's because Roiland forced him to knuckle down and get serious about writing comedy.

"Over the top, just for the fun of it" is exactly how it comes across.

Yeah exactly. I think part of it comes back to my whole theory about this season, which is Dan realizing he can't be both a fan of the show/student of the school AND a successful showrunner/dean. So he has to sacrifice something. Unfortunately, what he seems to sacrifice is a real connection with these characters.…