This show needs 100% less Victor. I'm keeping a running tally of the number of beatings I would have accrued in The Land before Timeout.

'Science is a Liar Sometimes' alone puts this at an A-.

'Science is a Liar Sometimes' alone puts this at an A-.

Isn't she married to GOB? No? NO!?
Say it ain't so.

Isn't she married to GOB? No? NO!?
Say it ain't so.

Throughout the course of this show, Kristina is in a perpetual state of blubbering up/lump in throat before sobbing/wiping her tears from crying. What the fuck.

Throughout the course of this show, Kristina is in a perpetual state of blubbering up/lump in throat before sobbing/wiping her tears from crying. What the fuck.

And now, True Blood gets its very own Balrog.

And now, True Blood gets its very own Balrog.

You don't have any sand on you, do you?

You don't have any sand on you, do you?

Virtually everything in the FF series can be sourced back to mythology - an infinitely better topic of discussion than TB.

Virtually everything in the FF series can be sourced back to mythology - an infinitely better topic of discussion than TB.

Deus ex machina, I'm fine with. This just happened to be cut-up, spliced, and ridiculous over all of 2 minutes. Magical ponies and swords of +3 included.

Deus ex machina, I'm fine with. This just happened to be cut-up, spliced, and ridiculous over all of 2 minutes. Magical ponies and swords of +3 included.

I'll be honest, didn't like the episode (read all the books). I even watched it twice to make sure I wasn't just bleary-eyed the first time. There were some great scenes, and they all took place outside the battlefield. Shows can pull off epic battles without a movie budget - place your key characters at reference…

I'll be honest, didn't like the episode (read all the books). I even watched it twice to make sure I wasn't just bleary-eyed the first time. There were some great scenes, and they all took place outside the battlefield. Shows can pull off epic battles without a movie budget - place your key characters at reference…

Right…but were I to remove the show from its historical context (which limits the death options drastically) I feel like the current ensemble stands on an even footing. Craig Parker has played a great villain (dem eyes) through and through.

I feel like I'm watching an old-fashioned Russian Roulette every time Crixus, Agron, Gannicus, and Oenomaus go into battle together. Spartacus is the namesake, Glaber the necessary villain, and well, Ashur is just too great a personality to die so soon. He's the 'Omar' of Spartacus.

There are a lot of BoC and "Metroid' elements to this track, but who ever said that was a bad thing?