It's unclear. The only explanation is they didn't have the knife the other times, or at least they couldn't use it if they did. Otherwise you're right, once Adult Martin realized they were in a loop, he could have easily shut that knife business down.

Is the creator's responsibility to only include LGBT characters if those characters get to live happily ever after? If half the posts on this page are to be believed, the answer is yes, otherwise it's "queerbaiting."

There should be, at least. In this case, the fact that the character is dead at all seems to be what's offensive.

No character on this show is beyond redemption. They have all been alternately monsters and heroes.

If you post this 10 more times, I think we'll get it.

Just a matter of opinion, I guess. I personally found the character and performance mesmerizing and I thought his character had the most interesting story line and the most layered relationships with his supporting cast. I was more enthralled with Jimmy / Angela scenes than Nucky / Margaret scenes, for example. I also…

Mike Vago's is borderline silly. He quit watching after the very best episode of the show.

Essentially every character on this show is a sociopath. How come the word "maturity" gets dropped multiple times in every review?

I like that Paul Feig is championing female-led big budget comedy movies. I really like Freaks and Geeks. Wish he wasn't such a mediocre director, though.

Awesome analysis, really enjoyed it. Think that goes without saying by now, even.

I went to Montreal for a few days to see a bunch of JFL shows, and I ended up seeing Cameron Esposito three (3!) times in two nights. She did Kumail's show on Friday, Paul F Tompkins show on Saturday, and then at a Midnight Surprise show later Saturday night.

I sympathize with your viewpoint. This is the way I feel about Spartacus. I think that's a fun show, but I think some of its fans (like former avclub contributor Ryan McGee) give it way too much credit. I feel like they're deluded when they say certain things about it, like when they try to deny the nudity or sex is…

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If you listened to Michael Showalter (the co-writer) on WTF, or you're familiar with The Baxter (another movie he wrote), you know he's the one that did his homework about romantic comedy conventions. He's really into that stuff. He even occasionally teaches classes about semiotics at NYU.

There's gotta be at least one good essay out there about the use of trains in crime stories. Of course, there's the famous example of Michael Corleone in the restaurant, psyching himself up to shoot Solozzo and McCluskey. And Boardwalk Empire goes to that well a few times as well.

"Spartacus is an equal opportunity provider of nudity and sexual
situations,"

Thanks, I may give it a shot after all.

I'm a reader of these reviews who doesn't want them to go away, so I'm commenting.

Normally I'd be with you, as Nowalk does have a history of bringing up the Iraq War out of nowhere and insisting The Shield is an allegory when it's not. I think pretty much every other time he's done it, he's been grasping.

You clearly feel very passionately about this, and not to take anything away from that passion, but I watch the show with non-readers and notta one of them had an issue with Tyrion going up to kill his father. Nor did they have an issue with Tyrion ultimately shooting him. The show earned that anger, and it's useless…