Comebacks We'd Love to See

Whether they're clearly taking anything just for the money or out-and-out slumming, numerous pop culture icons are mired in a rut of underachievement. The Onion A.V. Club staff fields a question from a Sylvester Stallone loyalist and lists more artists deserving of a second chance:

• Sam Adams can't quit Nicolas Cage: "The near-unremitting river of shit that is his recent output would be disheartening even if it weren’t clear that the main source of his troubles is Cage himself."

• "I think it goes without saying that we’d all like to see what Calvin and Hobbes’ Bill Watterson is working on these days," writes Tasha Robinson.
• "I’d love to see Francis Ford Coppola make at least one more great film," writes Leonard Pierce. "From 1972 to 1979, the man seemed incapable of cranking out anything but pure unvarnished genius."
• Michaelangelo Matos doesn't hesitate: "This one is easy: Prince."

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