Part of me says that killing off the Jedi on-screen would be bad, because it's just too epic. In which case, why even make a prequel? Just the monologue Obi-Wan gave in episode IV was so dramatic, inspiring the imagination about how epic their last stand was, that how could a prequel SHOW that on screen?

I think…

God will be forgiving. Days of Future Past will fix it with a timey-whimey wibbly-wobbly time travel retcon.

I felt Rocky VI actually handled it well by having her die off-screen. We don't just see a melodramatic death scene — years have passed, the initial shock has worn off, but we're addressing how Rocky is coming to terms with her death. I mean for a franchise declared dead with Rocky V, that scene was utterly…

I mildly forgive the Sean Connery thing because so much time had passed between films that it was at least...not "implausible" that he had simply died of old age. Not "contrived", compared to some of these other CONTRIVED off-screen deaths such as Hicks and Newt.

He could have faked his own death - he's Xander Cage!

I do believe he is revealed to be alive in a deleted scene.

I wasn't as mad about this as Hicks and Newt....if only because in comic books, people rarely stay dead, and now Days of Future Past may fix the whole situation. Still idiotic though. Was it truly "off screen"?

I'd count the deaths of Hicks and Newt together, really.

Hey, I liked the Punk Frogs, Mona Lisa, and Slash. Yes some alternate versions of them weren't good, but the original cartoon ones were okay.

Is it possible to create some sort of artificial earthquake generator? Cobra's weather dominator project was a bust, so they need a "Plan B".

Well he's not Matt Damon-pretty, mind you.

Two words: Phoenix egg. It was the Phoenix egg clone the whole time!

Psychopath and Sociopath are functionally synonyms - only experts in the field split hairs over how one is a subset of the other.

Sorry I wasn't around for more of this - yes using the "killing your mom then asking to go for tacos" analogy, then Todd truly matches real clinical psychopathy. Your Ariel Castros and…

A small point, but I was annoyed at how that idiot Todd kept acting like a doe-eyed innocent boy, even calling him "Mr. White" all the time, even as he killed innocent people (last week) - while I'm happy that Jesse got to kill Todd by strangling him, I'm annoyed he didn't torture him to death by shooting him slowly,…

"Sir! Tesla and the Avon Ladies have us surrounded!"
"To our delight!"

The most popular constructed languages *do* change and grow in the hands of fans, and thus could be considered closer to real languages, i.e. David Salo had to invent new words for new uses in "Neo-Elvish" for the films, Klingon is always being updated, etc.

This episode was a triumph.
It's great when they can make a villain you truly hate. Had some hopes Unalaq would be a well-intentioned extremist (and he might still Have a Point), but I love how Korra called the old man out. Reminded me of Tywin Lannister, almost. Some bad guys fall apart and yell and reveal how…

I'm a medieval history PhD student. Among other things, this means I know Latin, as well as several different medieval handwriting styles from manuscripts. Mostly I just traffic in information about TV shows, though. It passes the time.

I don't wait for some robot Terminator to come knocking on my door to kill me.