God help us all.

Meanwhile, the prisoners and staff of the gulag immediately recognize that they have Kermit and not Constantine (it's his use of "thank you" that gives him away). But he wins them over by being himself, and manages the gulag's "lighthearted comedy revue" just like he always managed the Muppet Show.

Cameron openly stated that the film was an homage to an entire genre of films.

The dumb thing I thought while watching this was "I'd be far less harsh if this was on at 4pm and meant as fluff entertainment". It's sort of rough around the edges but I try to be merciful because what pilot doesn't have rough edges?

I did like that Connor was honestly trying to point out: "You idiots, ALL of the…

He will go find Spiderman, he will go find Moon Knight, he will go find Daredevil.

Strictly speaking Alan Moore intended V to be more dark than an "anti-hero" and to be so morally grey, or "blue and orange morality", that you actually couldn't tell if you supported him or not. It was a stark black and white choice between the total fascism of England's totalitarian state, versus V's vision of…

Jericho was great but it wasn't really "apocalyptic" - that is, the bad guys never intended to outright destroy civilization. It was a Reichstag ploy on a massive scale, but the intention was for society to rebuild on a scale of months or years (while nuking 25 major cities is a lot, there are more targets than that…

I think Pepe is the worst....yes, some of these others ones are objectively worse, i.e. Digit's design is just terrible, but they didn't last that long so they didn't have as long of an impact. Elmo...I see your point that he grew so successful that he overshadowed the ensemble cast, but that's sort of a problem you…

He's been living kind of rough and tumble since he came to Essos.

That's what Tyrion looks like in the books. Dinklage asked to play him cleanshaven because he felt that a bearded dwarf is a fantasy stereotype (albeit, most male characters in Westeros have facial hair).

That's what Tyrion looks like in the books. Dinklage asked that he play Tyrion cleanshaven, instead of with a beard, because he felt that a bearded dwarf is a fantasy stereotype (albeit, many if not most male characters in Westeros have facial hair).

My running guess is that they thought that audience who had never even heard of the books would be so confused at seeing a black and white movie trailer....that the *trailers* are shown in color, but the actual movie will be black and white.

Then again, "Pleasantville" did the *exact same thing*, but quite simply…

Their Rhino is actually capable of a quadrupedal mode. William Defoe is a good actor but I never liked the Green Goblin designs they used in the last Spiderman movies - a bit too comic-book. These look a lot more dangerous.

Not cool, man, not cool.

I just like the subversion of....not just fantasy tropes, but literary tropes in general. The assumption that just because the hero is "good" he will miraculously win....even though according to all internal logic, he's losing. A joke among people who don't really watch the show closely is "haha, people randomly…

They weren't inherently "rotten" people; Mond doesn't torture the Savage, he has a philosophical debate with him, pointing out how they can't just have a society of all Alphas (they've tried and it didn't work). Plus, as Mond points out, the punishment for not conforming is to just be exiled to an island - filled…

Judge Dredd is the only one fighting for order amidst the chaos; he gets RESULTS damn it!

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Really I think it's a tossup between Gilead and Oceania from 1984. I would settle on Oceania, simply because they're more...efficient. Gilead itself has a lot of internal problems, and an active underground rebellion — in contrast, Oceania has crushed all organized dissent. Plus a fastforward reveals that Gilead…

and feed their manhood to the goats?