Woll really connected with Bernthal’s Punisher too, in a way that reflected a thoughtful evolution of a character and their response to trauma. Underserved female characters are a real weakness in a lot of superhero/comics stories, so for me it was a breath of fresh air to see the complexity of Karen’s story treated…

I’m just a boy, standing in front of a girl, asking for her skin.

He did get to go au naturale in a fun episode of Archer five or six years back:

Same here. You look at that fantastic cast and wonder what he’s doing there, but he acquitted himself quite well.

Yeah, reasonable people can disagree about which order to put them in. Personally, I have to give the edge to Snatch because Alan Ford is in both, and Brick Top is one of those indelible villain characters that elevate a decent action/crime drama into a phenomenon you tell all your friends about, whereas his character…

Which is a bit ironic, considering Lock Stock is the one that has Sting in it.

The nudity was equal opportunity, but the cast was definitely male-skewed, so I guess I get where he’s coming from. Still, great show!

Starz definitely leveled up when Outlander became a hit, but they had also made some waves (with me anyway) with pulpy period dramas prior to 2014, such as Spartacus (2010-2013) and Magic City (2012-2013). Black Sails also showed up in 2014 and ran for a few enjoyable seasons — the seafaring bits of that show were…

It definitely became a beloved shorthand for sci-fi fight music. You can hear echoes of it here as well:

I assume when you said Paul Rudd is the only bearable one, you forgot about Luis and (young) Cassie, two of the most delightful characters in the whole MCU. I won’t say Douglas is likeable as Pym, but Pym is a jerk in the comics too, and Paul Rudd shines when he gets to stammer and sweat under the glare of an…

The thing to remember about comic book logic is that sometimes you wind up writing a story for no better reason than an artist was goofing around and drew something awesome, like a film noir Spider-Man in a porkpie hat. A lot of comics writers fail that challenge, but that doesn’t mean some people won’t love the…

They share a basic sensibility: these violent delights have violent ends...

I’m with you, actually. Historically, the rainbow of rings has been second only to the Speed Force in its capacity to generate Plot Stupidity. You’d think that a universe-spanning organization of do-gooders would be able to find plenty of interesting stories to tell without that nonsense.

But also known to nerds like myself as the second Naevia from Spartacus (replacing Lesley-Ann Brandt, who would later become Mazikeen on Lucifer! I watch a lot of genre shows is the point I’m making, I guess...)

There are only a million people in Montana, so if somebody’s causing trouble, you just text them and tell them to knock it off. Governing done!

That’s fair; I guess I forgot about the cut brake line because it immediately fizzled thanks to the kind offices of John Ratzenberger. And Adrien Brody I gave a pass because he definitely came off as unwilling or unable to get his own hands dirty, but he does use Bratt for that eventually. And you’re right, the whole…

I’m really enjoying the show, but it does have me wondering if I’d love it as much without great guest murderers every week. The thing I’ve noticed most is how few of the villains have reacted violently to Charlie unraveling their perfect murders that they’ve almost gotten away with. (Although I am delighted that it…

I’m pretty sure that the info box data is grabbed directly from IMDb, which often lists long-departed cast members from shows that have a lot of seasons under their belt near the top of the entry, rather than sorting into “current” and “former” as e.g. Wikipedia usually does. It’s one of the many ways the info box is…

It’s honestly my favorite of all those gangster movies.

I mean, the reason you edit is to take out the things that aren’t working, right? So I don’t exactly find it shocking that the quality tends to be higher on average. Indeed, I would hope that would be the case...