It's not a stupid comparison, because some people genuinely believed that Japanese-Americans would literally destroy America from within. Moreover, the Japanese were dehumanized in American culture to a ridiculous degree, far more than Germans or Italians ever were. They were treated as undeserving of basic human…

Right. I assume that Sci-Fi Speak 101 was a requirement for every SHIELD cadet.

Yeah, sure. Unless you failed Chemistry and/or Sci-Fi Speak 101, it really isn't that hard to follow what they were going for there. Also, some people just know about a lot of different stuff. I don't understand why that seems so absurd to you.

But there really wasn't anything super complex about what they were discussing. It was pretty basic, honestly. Mack's knowledge there could have come from simply flipping through a SHIELD technical manual or just happening upon a Wikipedia article.

Isn't the argument that some people are just fundamentally dangerous and must be treated as such effectively the same one made by the U.S. government to justify the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II?

Ahh. Yeah, totally missed it. I was a bit distracted at the beginning of the episode. Thanks for explaining!

There was a Daredevil reference? I don't know whether I missed it or simply forgot about it already.

Just for the sake of accuracy… Quite simply, Mary Sues are not always author analogues. That is certainly often the case, but the term is by no means limited to such blatant wish fulfillment.

An entirely different message? Would you care to expand on that?

And I thought I was the only one! I barely know anyone else who's actually watched it, let alone went to see it in a theater. Still my favorite Carpenter film.

They shot that down pretty definitively many moons ago, with the implication that it was more about them just not being interested than it not being feasible. I do know they wanted to make more episodes of The Oblongs once upon a time, but that never panned out.

Your whole approach to this discussion has been incredibly abrasive and condescending. Thus I have concluded that you're probably not a nice person.

Yes and no? Officially they're sibling networks that share the same channel.

Toonami is part of Adult Swim.

Well, I'm remaining optimistic.

I nearly dropped a full bowl of cereal on the floor when I read this headline. Few things that aren't profoundly horrible and sad have startled me more than this. Furi Kuri is one of the great sublime experiences of my life. In my top five TV shows still today. So damned good. Also, it cemented Kari Wahlgren as my…

Oh, Glenn. Poor Glenn. Poor Glenn's phone number.

Goodness, Quvenzhané would be an excellent choice.

There's a flash-forward scene in the novel adaptation that indicates a rather middling, unfulfilling future for Naota et al. But I'm guessing they won't be going with that outcome here.

Yeah, not only didn't they perpetuate the myth - promoted by damn near every piece of fiction to include an interrogation - that torture actually works*, they didn't even do the usual "we have ways of making you talk" threat.