I’m excited for B25 in any event - Craig is great in the role, and the films have been either legit great (Casino and Skyfall) or at least enjoyable - but Nyongo and Malek are both great additions. Then again, Bellucci and Waltz were theoretically great additions too.

Iron Man isn’t missing though, he’s all through Homecoming. 

If nothing else, we’ll always have Kilgrave, Cottonmouth, and Wilson Fisk. Ironic that the corner of the MCU that seemed to have the most trouble with its heroes actually showcased some of its more compelling villains. 

I’m doing a rewatch of B99 the past few days, and I was shocked by how different her voice is in the first few episodes. There’s a noticeable transition four or five episodes in to a lower pitched delivery. 

Seriously though, with no trace of politicization at all, I have no idea who she is. Am I old? I’m old, aren’t I? Dammit. Get off of my lawn. 

I’ll be interested to see how you justify GOTG over Winter Soldier. 

I remember the early days of RT, posting on the forums to hash out theories of what Mulholland Drive was all about. It is so vastly different now then it was then.

Fun fact: this has been a longer wait than the wait for any entry in ASOFAI, so cram it, you whiny Martin fans. 

The first one was entertaining enough (although the best actor nom for Depp was ludicrous). The rest are varying shades of garbage.

Top Tier: Avengers, Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Civil War, GOTG, Ragnarok

Take my money now!

Green and Craig together had a genuine chemistry. And the Vesper character looms over all four Craig films one way or another. 

Civil War was Cap 3, Avengers 2.5, Iron Man 3.5, and Black Panther / Spidey 0.5 all at once. 

I’d pay to see a Cloverfield musical. Preferably written to the score of Guys & Dolls.

As a musician and music teacher closer to 50 than I care to admit, it’s disheartening how few kids are aware of Prince (among a number of other artists I consider formative essentials). 

The Thought Gang record is out already, isn’t it? Earlier this month?

Good god yes. The whole record is stunning. 

One of my favourite U2 songs is Stay.

Springsteen is fertile ground for haunting lyrics. Brilliant Disguise is full of glory. “I wanna know if it’s you I don’t trust / cause I damn sure don’t trust myself” is a great combination of sentiment and delivery. 

Haunting, in an evocative, echoes-of-past-trauma way: Peter Gabriel’s Mercy Street has all sorts of amazing couplets. “She pictures the broken glass, pictures the steam / pictures a soul with no leak at the seam”... “There in the midst of it, so alive and alone / words support like bone”... “confessing all the secret…