For me, Britpop offered a refuge from the seemingly never-ending Grunge era. Later, it held me over while nuMetal and boy bands took over the airwaves, flanked by the hopelessly bland guitar pop of Matchbox 20, Smash Mouth and Third Eye Blind.

@avclub-6c6094f256f51e83fe02bce6091163e7:disqus The '80s were a… different time.

*looks at the thread above*

*looks at the thread above*

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This begs the question, what were you doing watching Twilight in the first place?

I tried to think of the most harmless Fring…

I never would have guessed that Giancarlo Esposito has been in every movie and TV show produced since 1979.

Precisely. It's one the basic truths of the modern era

I got laid off from my awesome TV job.

John Vickery who played both Neroon and Mr. Welles looked like an spare Kyle MacLachlan casting had on hand for emergencies.

Then they can go right ahead and cut everyone else out of the loop.

Good detective work, Lena.

Another show done in by the Arli$$ curse.

Here are some more casting notices:

Haha, fair enough. I was just messing with you.

It's Jamaica Plain

Razorblade Suitcase was too little, too late.

Next time you watch Romero's Day of the Dead tell yourself that Captain Rhodes is played by Bono.

I believe they internalized the idea of something - even an entire series - being just a dream long before Lost ever aired. It's such a part of our pop culture that they were primed to accept it.