Bays and Thomas liked to talk about how much they enjoy the challenge or writing their way out of narrative traps. So it made sense that they would place themselves in a sitcom Kobayashi-Maru. However, they failed to realize that no one beat the Kobayashi-Maru by sticking to the pre-existing parameters. If they really…

This is just going to turn into an I Am Legend-esque mess.

Only the Michael Bay Transformers. Beast Wars was awesome.

Actually Ragnar is somewhat legendary but not technically fictional. We have stories of him from historical sources just nothing concrete. He meets his end in a snake pit at the hands of King Aelle of Northumbria.

I teared up a little when Ecgbert showed his art collection to Aethelstan. Something about the way that the two men held that art in awe and admiration. However I think the show is selling the Saxons short a bit. They were far from strangers to the Roman world. Saxon kings, most famously Aelfred, visited Rome on…

My ideal end for Dexter? The end of a dinner fork. http://blogs-images.forbes….

There was that so hard.

That could injected some meaning into the Ted/Robin dynamic which just wasn't there anymore by season 9. "Kids I needed to meet your Aunt Robin so she could save the woman who saved me."

Now Krieger finally has enough versions of himself to form that Rush Tribute Band.

My feelings exactly. By the start of season 9 there wasn't much to root for in any of the regular characters. Lily had gone from precocious goof to perennial wet blanket, Marshall had become boring as Jason Segal checked out, Robin had become shrill and hard to please, Ted was douchey as ever, and Barney had become an…

I would say the show also delved into the jettisoning of Romantic dreams. Ted's relationship with Robin always seemed like it was Ted's ideal glamorous romance. The girl across the crowded bar, the one who loves scotch and Ghostbusters, the long delayed affections finally coming to fruition, those are in a way just as…

In the beginning I felt this show separated itself from Friends by being fairly ruthless in its character development. One of the key themes of the show has been failure. The ruin of relationships, careers, and friendships has been part of the core since day 1. Its been to its credit that for all its wackiness they've…

God's Not Dead 4: Buenos Dias Jesus, an exploration into the lives of Christians who don't speak English. Oh wait never mind they wouldn't do that because Jesus only lives in 'Murica.

I felt the same way. Found myself rooting for Arkady even though his ideals were in defense of something terrible.

Wait does that mean the title for next season is American Horror Story: the Burt Reynolds Connection?

The moment when Ted finally hears the words he's been waiting for 7 years to hear from Robin was one of those moments when the show recaptured some of its former maturity. It makes sense that learning that what you want to hear isn't the same when you actually hear would be the last illusion Ted would shed. He's lost…

Ahem, http://www.avclub.com/revie…

The only film about religion that I ever felt really made a great convincing case was Malcolm X.

It's on YouTube now. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

He also had an appearance on a program about Robespierre and delivered some of the best historical one liners I've ever heard. In speaking about Robespierre's sudden speechlessness on 9 Thermidor he smiles and says, "I would've loved to have been there."