I feel the same way about Star Trek V. Sure, compared to Wrath of Khan it's crap, but I personally actually prefer it to The Undiscovered Country, and *much* prefer it to The Motion Picture. If nothing else--it has Kirk give *God* the finger. C'mon guys, I'm a firm Christian and I find that awesome. The reboot was my first exposure to Star Trek, and while it's definitely full of holes and fridge logicy, I still rank it as my second favorite after Khan. It's definitely a Star *Wars* film, though. On Firefly...while it remains my *favorite* television series, and *one* of the greatest sci-fi series, I'll concede it's not the greatest. That honor goes to either the original Star Trek series or The Twilight Zone.

The thing that bugs me the most is the "Green Day aren't real punk! They're sellouts!" First of all, if becoming successful and spreading their music around the world is the definition of sellout, that means that The Clash are just as guilty. Second, Billie Joe Armstrong is quoted as saying "Punk is dead, and I fucking killed it." Green Day has at no time recently claimed to be a punk band anymore, because they're not; their last two albums have been arena rock reminiscent of The Who and Queen, and they're perfectly willing to admit that. I think the whole stupid punk/sellout conflict is summed up perfectly in a quote by Armstrong: "So a guy asks me what punk is. I go over to a trash can, kick it over, and say, 'You want punk? THAT's punk.' So he picks up the trash can and kicks it over himself, and says, 'That's punk?' And I say, 'No, THAT's trendy.'"

I am freaking terrified right now. We already saw the legacy of the originals destroyed once with the prequels. Now there are SEQUELS?! (Sequels that will in all probability wipe out the entirety of the Expanded Universe after ROTJ; as an EU fan, that bothers me).

One possible plus: since Lucas will no longer directly control a lot of the business decisions that are made, maybe that means that we'll finally be able to get the ORIGINAL original films in general home video release again—cleaned up properly, this time.

Labyrinth. The Hunt for Red October. Sweeney Todd.

Wow, Teague. I'm about ten minutes into the episode and I have to say, this is the first time I've heard you sounding genuinely angry. You have a good reason, too.