Vaatu seems to be much closer to Shiva the Destroyer in conception than any of the Western embodiments of evil. Especially since the show takes pains NOT to declare either good or evil- one is "light and order," the other is "darkness and chaos." Most humans are going to prefer the first to the second (just like I…

I don't see it as penance- it's still about balance. It's just that the presence of humans knocks the world out of balance, so they have to work to preserve it. It's no more "penance" than Adam and Eve being forced to grow their food from the dust after eating from the wrong tree.

He didn't get close enough to that patch of grass that ate the guards. What did you think was down there?

The real reason we needed an Avatar sequel: because the only water-bender Avatar we'd seen was boring.

Wow. When we're done asking all these questions, how about we have a big discussion about why God put the fruit in the middle of the Garden if he didn't want humans eating from it? Or why the Buddha's parents let him go outside the palace when they'd kept him in there his whole life specifically to keep him away from…

I'm pretty sure that strip ends with Hobbes attacking Calvin.

It's been awhile since I've seen the show, but I'm pretty sure the only references to them having a sex life involved Debra implying she would be withholding sex from Ray for the foreseeable future as a result of his screw-ups. I agree it would probably be a good thing for Cam and Mitch to have at least that much of a…

But if they do, you can be sure they will head for a job writing network television sitcoms, where artistic expression and a willingness to tackle contentious political topics are valued above all other qualities.

Look dude, if you want to watch gay people have sex, you're already on the internet. It's one search away. But if sexual chemistry is necessary for sitcom couples, please let me know which episode of All in the Family best showcases Archie and Edith Bunker's smoldering erotic flame.

I do like how this episode suggested that Jay's method for coping with his terrible family is to be absolutely hammered on scotch by the time he actually gets to the restaurant. Hopefully Gloria drove.

I'm sure all sitcom writing staffs have long, involved conversations about how they can most productively affect the social mores of the U.S. What else would they be doing, thinking up jokes? That can't take more than five minutes.

Yeah, the Cam/Mitchell relationship is nothing at all like the loving marriages portrayed on Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens, Yes Dear, or the seemingly dozens of other late-90s sitcoms about a married couple that rarely if ever shows any sort of affection to each other.

"Paul Dano, earning his most deserved beating since There Will Be Blood"

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I experimented on myself because I didn't want to hurt internet-stranger feelings.

Really all you need to know about Todd:

"This was followed by much wailing, a hunger strike, and eventually a hysterical pregnancy. Jesus Christ."

Yeah, in the comics Pekar always comes across as that guy who's always at my bus stop and thinks I want to talk, and none of his anecdotes seem to have any point that I can detect. If people find that entertaining, that's fine, but they could save some money by coming to my bus stop.

Ah, Never Been Kissed, that great teenage comedy that tells us that, if a 20-something gets caught dating a 16 year old and shows up to prom without any pants on, they'll let him coach the baseball team the next year.

My feeling is that these first few episodes are orienting us re: the character dynamics. So we know that May is more cold-blooded than Coulson and willing to disobey him if she thinks he's putting the team in jeopardy with his idealism, just like last week we learned that she isn't yet comfortable with leading…

Unfortunately, Fox still owns the FF rights. I'm not even sure if Latveria exists in the Marvel cinematic universe.