eh it's a lot of swimming upstream but - it seems like the general comics public, then and now, heard the "woman bad, man good" distillation from Groth's CBJ hackpiece and just accepted that without looking into anything. The "Dave Sim = mentally ill" is a new wrinkle in that and it's pretty ridiculous, and…

The more I read about China, the more it sounds like Tennessee.

How film school works:

…Jacob Jingleheimerschmidtz

"last gasp of sanity descending into a misogynistic fugue state"… has anyone besides me actually read issues 200-300 of Cerebus? Because it feels like everyone just read the shitty thinkpieces about it and thought "oh okay I feel qualified to comment now".

Well, I already did that, and let me tell you how it went:

As someone who has read the comic series: what the actual fuck even is this show?

Arya Stark is basically the medieval Wednesday Addams now, and I love it.

Stealing swords from your asshole dad is your dream job?

"Turning children into killers is another REALLY AWESOME sin that should be added to the vile-but-badass list that Cersei, 'The What Is Wrong With Me For Being Turned On By Her Queen', has amassed."

Well, BSG didnt have snappy Olmos and Sackhoff gimmick accounts commenting after each review.

Press X to JASON!

Wait, is that against the law? Dammit, I need to have a stern chat with Her Majesty.

HITLERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, but unlike the books, the show actors are actually going to finish the story.

I love unprotected sects.

You remind me of the babe

Ah, time for another group of showbiz producers to discover the Internet's long habit of demanding things, then not bothering to support them.

That is a quote from G.R.R. Martin. I believe it as much as I believe his OTHER famous quote:

The way Mel was standing against that railing while Davos glared at her, I was TOTALLY expecting the classic "Winterfell Fall Down". Pioneered by Bran in the pilot, perfected by Ramsay's Dog-Girl mistress, and survived by Sansa and Theon.