I used to wish that Bethesda games had more robust characterization and tighter stories, and that BioWare had bigger worlds and more customization. With the failure of Andromeda, I have come to accept that different studios have different strengths. If Starfield can be a great, traditional Bethesda game, I will enjoy…

Oh, I don’t think stars are necessary for every show (there were no big star in Succession, for example), but when your show is a $200 million new IP, you need every bit of help you can get.

I feel like you would need much bigger names than Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas to make that price tag work. They’re not responsible for the low quality of the series (as far as I’ve heard) but getting a return on huge investments is what movie stars are for.

Basically, they save in employee management cost (ex.: HR, etc...). They may have been in a position where managing this number of employees for that specific project wasn’t worth the effort or money. If BioWare Austin shuts down, that’s also one less entity they have to manage.

It doesn’t seem to cross the mind of the author of this article that maybe, just maybe, the offers have somewhat dried up a little after he crossed a certain age, and that if DeNiro still loves the feeling of being on a movie set (which he must, if he is still working at his age) than he has to accept being in movies…

This breathing room also allowed the shows to find things that worked rather than simply force the plot along, like how the largely positive fan response to Emily Bett Rickards’ Felicity Smoak and her chemistry with Amell upended one of the DC Comics’ most well-established romantic pairings

Well, the Mortal Kombat series has been going on for so long that I don’t blame them for changing things up. It bothers me more in a series like Injustice, where the whole DC Universe is available but they still include Sub-Zero or Scorpion. We’ve seen them already. Give us Plastic Man, or Metamorpho, or Red Tornado,…

I don’t know Taylor Swift that much - I’m old, uncool, and was never that knowledgeable about music to begin with - but every bit of interviews of her that I caught made me think that she was a smart, level-headed woman. So... why are her fans like this?

I might watch it when it streams somewhere. Rodriguez and Affleck have been more misses than hits in my case; too much for me to give them a chance in theater.

Imagine if the opposite had happened. Imagine if a Black dynasty had lasted almost 300 years by practicing inbreeding because the laws of their country made them susceptible to be overthrown if they didn’t. Now imagine that this dynasty ended with someone pretty famous but that because of a late change of policy, we…

I came here to say the same thing but in her defense, after reading the article, it feels more like an A.V. Club thing than her fault, at least in that case. She made a mild, non-controversial comment during a podcast and it made the news somehow.

Agreed. “Don’t decide for yourself or you might make a mistake” is certainly an odd take.

Iron Man and Captain America had by far the most developed story arcs in the MCU, and in many ways, the Avengers franchise was about them, their relationship, and how they approach their role. Having them leave at the same time (with Black Widow, the more natural leader of the other members) and presenting Thanos’…

I’m surprised The Principal and The Pauper isn’t in there because that’s probably the most infamous bad episode of the show ever. Personally, I absolutely hated the episode where Lisa’s pets kept dying on her. I don’t understand how anyone could think that a good little girl losing her cats was funny, when the same…

That’s something like 1 or 2 more line of dialogues, at the most.

The problem with that narrative logic, with the way it’s used in the film, is that it’s used like a “Get Out Of Jail” card for every decision the characters make without the need to explain anything else. There is no scene where Strange explains what would’ve had happened if Quill had not punched Thanos. There is not…

Can I just say, I really don’t understand why Strange did not tell him in advance so that he just doesn’t learn this on the spot. The “act first, think later” guy is the one came up with the plan that almost worked, so he’s definitely not a complete idiot.

How about just write stories set in Ancient Egypt featuring Black characters? Aside from the occasional wild Phoenician sailor Egypt was the Mediterranean world’s main connection to sub-Saharan Africa so there were definitely Black people there. It just seems like the massive preponderance of evidence is on…

I know. The spelling is Timothée, not Timotheé. It’s never Timotheé.

It’s Timothée. The accent on the second “e” is just weird.