Oh, the story as a whole definitely has stakes; I was just talking about the "gamey" portions of the Westworld story.

Same with Luke Cage. There's a lot of specific cultural references to Harlem that I don't know about, but they're intriguing and make me want to learn more.

As interesting as they are from a technical standpoint, the missions the guests have gone on, even MiB's, have been devoid of stakes and drama due to the lack of anyone dying or suffering real consequences.

Late to the party, but maybe the reason Cameron wanted to fire Craig (not 100% on his name yet; Thing 2? The nice one) after he suggested letting Doug go is because he reminds her of Tom and their growing connection is too similar and she doesn't want to repeat herself. If so, that's remarkably self-aware of her,…

Robbed of context, the effects do seem a little comical, but I remember being scared shitless of that movie when I first saw it, not in the '80s, but a mere ten years ago.

They want people to lose these earphones. Why else make them the size of toothpicks with nothing holding them together. Lose just one of these fuckers and it's the easiest $160 Apple has ever made.

People reading into things too much, looking for clues for a sad ending, but why on Earth would you want that? I'm fine with a perfectly happy ending for once.

I spammed the upvote button over and over again. Now I've got to catch up with Halt and Catch Fire!

I did not expect this episode to touch me like it did. I've been a technological skeptic for years, and that's why I liked Black Mirror so much, because it reinforced my beliefs, but this episode might have changed my mind; if it can let people like Yorkie and Kelly be together, so be it. Needless to say I was a…

I read somewhere that someone hypothesized that the reason it didn't catch on (or get renewed :(((( still grieving) is because Americans don't like stories that blend genres; doesn't fit into a neat box or some shit. That has me more depressed than the actual election lol

It's great to see Tim Heidecker's Decker is having such an influence on Hollywood, and on the franchise that inspired it, Jack Reacher. It's that kind of intertextuality that makes Hollywood great again.

Director of Hero eh? Color me much more intrigued…

The Everchanging Spectrum of a Lie blew me away the first time I heard it.

Johnny Cash's late era stuff never fails to give me chills; sounds like he's going through a reckoning in the very recording

I remember when I worked there the first day they had us get acquainted with the knives; I cut the tip of my thumb off. Probably should have taken that as a bad sign, but I stuck with it for a whole summer before calling it quits. To be fair, it was the most painless quitting experience I've ever had!

I actually very much liked the Kings of Leon track "Walls." It's the most simple yet plaintively devastating song I've heard in a while

The Crazies remake with Timothy Olyphant was actually really good. Granted I didn't see the first one, but still.

I'm still here! Finally catching up on this awesome show. I think their goal is divide and conquer; have the populace fractured and fighting itself to make it easier for the real invasion.

They just discovered the infected have inner ear balance problems. *I* have inner ear balance problems! D: I thought it was from scuba diving, but I just don't know anymore!

The trailers for Drive fooled a lot of my friends into thinking they were getting a Fast & Furuious knock off, but I knew better, because AV Club.