Hence my opening comment—don't feel that self-exacerbated pressure to be reluctant.

While I emphatically enjoy receiving the first move, and it seems alien to me not to (hell, I'm comfortably straight but I have no problem being hit on by dudes because it's a nice confidence boost) this particular letter wasn't so much about that, as moves were already successfully made. If you've already done the…

I didn't realise Chocolate Starfish sold less than its predecessor, it just seemed so ubiquitous. That said, I did own a copy (I was, what, 12, 13?) and I enjoyed the band at the time. I actually credit the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack for getting me into them and Metallica, one of which I am more glad of than the…

Uh, buddy, the Irish were slaves in the colonies, but let's not let history get in the way or anything.

I don't want to speak in broad, sweeping generalisations about genders, but ladies, guys will still think you're cool if you take/give a number, don't worry about it.

Unless he gets to M and not only keeps all three Mr Bungle full-lengths but insists on hanging on to The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny, I'm not seeing it.

You got rid of two Faith No More albums? I'm done, we're done, I'm out.

Aw man I really hated that episode. I mean, season seven definitely had some of the all time worst in it ("Fight Club", "Hollywood AD") but I think overall "Existence" is bleak but also just hopeful enough to seem definite but bait a hook for you to think about when it's done.

Doggett as a character made a lot of sense, and some of the character development with him and even Follmer was good, but the actual writing quality I think suffered a lot from the loss of the Mulder/Scully relationship to play around. And I definitely have to respectfully disagree with you about the finale; a dry…

The X-Files should definitely have ended with season 7; and The Abyss is over for me when Michael Biehn bites it (that way it's an interesting cold war-esque thriller, not some awful eco-sci-fi deal).

Bad dog, internet. Bad dog.

I know you got rid of them both but how did you end up in a situation where you owned two Drake records but only De La Soul's first album?

What if this is actually a prestige period drama about Pajitnov's struggles within the Soviet Academy of Sciences, about seeing his work become a worldwide craze without being able to make a ruble on it, and about the redemption (and, being Hollywood, the USA! USA! USA! moment) of leaving Russia, claiming his credit…

Are the Simpsons back … in pog form?

I just assumed they were both about that age; even Dunst looks older than Maguire in it.

To be fair, I am geninely surprised that Maguire was as old as 26 when he played that role.

I still contend that it's this exact thing in the book that allows the ending to be so ambiguous—characters are so alike that they are constantly mistaking each other for different people, so who's to say the "Paul Owen" seen alive near the end is the same "Paul Owen" killed earlier, or even that either of them is the…

Again, Batman has long held Superman to be a threat, this isn't some new Snyder development. TDKR, Tower of Babel, Hush, Batman's always been at least ready to take Superman out. And unlike a lot of previous films, "the world's greatest detective" was actually doing some detective work to get where he was going rather…

I found it in keeping with previous Batman media; especially the focus on solving what was happening over just punching it—and even the branding seemed to jibe with the increasing sadism of old-man-Batman in The Dark Knight Returns. But hey no one went for shawarma at the end so it sucked ass amirite.

But Batman very much is, and it was very much a Batman movie with Superman in it rather than a Superman movie.