Band: ¡All-Time Quarterback!
Album: ¡All-Time Quarterback!
Best song: “Send Packing” is brilliant.
Worst song: “Untitled” is the weakest song on a strong set.

Patton Oswalt does a lovely bit on the Phantom Menace and the notion that seeing Anakin as a little kid is similar to seeing into Jon Voigt’s balls in 1974 because you think Angelina Jolie is beautiful. He’s not incorrect, of course, and it’s a common storytelling device. Dan Harmon, on his podcast, has said the same thing about the recently DVD’d Prometheus; watching two hours of prologue that ultimately ends up little like that which we know — the actual aliens of the superlative Alien — isn’t what consumers want. Origin stories work when they are well-done, not when they’re meandering or of a poorer quality. Continue reading →