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This is one of those movies I have to regularly convince people I didn't hallucinate.

A fair conceit, but that still leaves Hawkeye and Hulk conspicuously absent. Hawkeye's was particularly glaring during Winter Soldier, since he was a SHIELD agent and that movie was all about SHIELD.

I'd disagree strongly on Isaacs > Rollins. You've got me cold on muttonchops, though.

Agreed. I loved Winter Soldier, but every few minutes I found myself thinking, "Did they lose Tony Stark's number or something?" or, "They realize this could all be over in ten minutes if they throw Bruce Banner at this problem, right?"

I'd even go so far as to say that season 3 of Korra is the best season of either show.

Really? I think Zaheer's the best antagonist either show ever produced. Zhao was just an angry warmonger. Zaheer was a character who actually believed in something. And more importantly, despite his villainy, he actually had a point with the things he was saying. The same could be said of Amon, of course, but then…

Actually, that relationship of surface similarity with little else in common is precisely why I compared them. Vikings has been positioned in the marketplace as something to watch when Game of Thrones isn't on; I was trying to contend that the same is true of Masters of Sex as it relates to Mad Men. It was more a…

It's the Vikings to Mad Men's Game of Thrones.

"Season 2 was super inconsistent" is a statement that could be fairly applied to almost every drama Showtime's ever put on.

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Same. The Simpsons' run is my lifespan, minus a few months.

I'm still waiting for Marge to turn into a robot, or for Bart to gain ownership of a bear.

Nice to have this article right at the top of Asian History Month, and yes, that's a thing. If anyone's interested, there's a similar analysis to be found here:
http://www.vulture.com/2014…

I agree. I'm a half-breed like O'Malley, so Scott Pilgrim was a seminal work in my life not only because it stitched together from everything I love, but because it was proof that a guy like me could make art that would connect with that many people. But even so, its overwhelming whiteness always bothered me, so I was…

So is Lisa Miller, and I'm pretty sure Gideon, too.

Pretty much what I was going to say exactly. The fantastical elements of Seconds are rooted more in folklore than contemporary pop culture.

Ugh, same here. I've looked the likes of Jay-Z and Scorsese in the eye and played it cooler than a well-made gin & tonic, but the moment it was my turn to meet O'Malley I turned into the biggest babbling idiot. And of course, he was super-cool about it, which only made me babble even more as I became increasingly…

I really dug it. Much as I love the black & white Scott Pilgrim volumes, I think color adds a whole new dimension to O'Malley's storytelling, which really came through for me the first time I read Seconds. The one thing I'd say is to not go into it expecting it to be Scott Pilgrim, volume 7. I think you can read it…