Eh... Pizzolatto is a blowhard and a one-trick pony, but the writing in S1 is significantly better than S2 and 3, mostly because he had a significantly longer time to work on it and iron out all the kinks. The pacing and structure work much better than in later seasons and that’s all in the script.

As I’ve written before, it just really feels like this was pitched as a 2 hour movie with heavy supernatural elements that HBO decided to expand and graft onto an existing franchise, with not so good results.

Holy crap, no wonder my friends are telling me to watch seasons 1 and 4 but skip 2 and 3...

Coming from Pizzolatto I’d say it’s probably half misogyny, half egomaniac showrunner/control freak.

I think a lot of people tuned in to the finale hoping for an answer about what the hell was going on, only to be left with about 90% of their questions unanswered.

Listen, if Swifties and the Beyhive combine to vanquish Kanye, I am ALL FOR IT. 

“the two rivals are still fighting. And Beyoncé, through absolutely no fault of her own, is still right in the middle of it.”

Dwayne Johnson, signing the contract for ‘Moana 2': “It’s okay to say you’re welcome.”

wouldn’t go as far as ‘smart’ but let’s say ‘less dumb’

Also, the reason both Time Traveler’s Wife adaptations flopped is in large part because the book format just barely gets away with the inherent creepiness of a naked adult man telling a little girl she’ll be his wife in the future, and when you actually have to see it there’s no way past that.

Because His Dark Materials proved it can be successful? I seriously think it’s that simple. And while we’re on the subject, one that I’m really hoping for is Bonfire of the Vanities.

I much prefer remakes where the original didn’t work as opposed to ones where the original did work. People can learn from what didn’t work and make something better. 

Probably because an 8-hour series is a much better match for the amount of content in a lot of novels than a 2-hour movie.

The better question is “why do we keep trying to cram an entire book into two hours and then being surprised when it doesn’t work?”

Meghan Kelly has no room to talk about getting work done.

Or stood accused of shoving Ken out of the Dream House’s top window.

“Rarely has a blockbuster managed to score so many Oscar nominations, especially in the 21st century.”

“Your coward ass is always hiding behind press releases. … You’re still gay and that’s FINAL”.

This inane “X is somewhat camp so they must be gay” (or “is butch so must be a lesbian”) thing is one of the reasons homophobia stays so strong. People are so afraid that the slightest deviation from heteronormativity will have them labelled as queer, with all the potential alienation and harassment that entails, that…

That checks out. The whole Styles thing was idiotic. He’s been flamboyant his entire career, and in 2023 that means he HAS to be gay or he’s violating some rule? Wanting to be inclusive in who you appeal to as a fanbase means you’re sexually teasing them?? Talk about a regressive social view. That’s the type of thing…

The question I have is how the New York Times editors read the piece and thought yeah sure let’s publish.