I literally have no idea what you're trying to say. Yes, television networks have the power to show whatever they want. And? My whole point is that when they make a gesture of goodwill and good taste, this isn't a bad thing. I don't really understand what "free speech" has to do with this. No one's free speech is…

I think you're correct in a way, but I still can't watch that film and not feel a great deal of dissonance. If it were simply a film that had no connection to the story, I'd like it in a harmless kind of way. The problem is that I basically have the narrative beats of P&P memorized (as well as all the funniest lines),…

@avclub-3be42d8a3412057f79af152555e39bd4:disqus Seriously! For me, Lizzie's whole moral arc is in changing from someone who delights in the absurd to a slightly immoral degree to someone who has a more forgiving relationship to people's follies. And instead of adapting that, they just made her a long-suffering, bored…

God, that's fucking impossible. But I'll give it a shot.

Ugh, agreed. It's like Austen as adapted by the Bronte's. I just can't imagine how anyone read P&P and decided to adapt it in the most humorless, brooding fashion. That book is not about sexual tension! Stop trying to make it into every other movie that's ever been made!

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People are being real dicks to you. In general I agree—it's a gesture; it's not a meaningless one, even if it's futile, and honestly, it doesn't affect a single person who would like to see the show. Also, this article tried to straddle the fence about that episode of Hannibal—they claim that pulling the episode is…

Again, why do you think I'm being pretentious?  I'm really curious. I don't think I'm operating under any serious pretense by having an opinion on his work that's neither wholly in favor nor a knee-jerk negative reaction. I understand what he's trying to do, and he does it fine, but at the end of the day, it's the…

Under what pretense do you think I'm operating? Serious question.

I don't hate him, but I find everything he does unbearably banal.

Marinade in whatever. Pan fry in a cast iron skillet. Done.

@avclub-eac75edc18b8546c46893fe4b75ab995:disqus Sure, but that's not the point I was making. I doubt there was anything offensive at all in it, but the hesitation on the part of the network and producers is that a 24-hour news person would spin it as offensive just to take up time, since pearl-clutching has become a…

I honestly think it was simply to avoid some kind of media backlash. It seems very possible that during some 24-hour news broadcast, some talking heads would examine clips of a show about kids killing other kids and clutch their pearls about the recent tragedies. It's much better for the program if they just avoid…

@avclub-efb3d8be0319721ef751da0b05d9f6a5:disqus Thank you. I never feel like giving a similar account of Dany, and I'm happy to have read yours. Also, one of my favorite aspect of her Queen Schooling is how she learns to balance her confidence in her decisions with the advice of her counselors. Personally, I think she…

Isn't his whole problem that he fucked around too much, both literally and figuratively?

I watch it with my mother as well! Whenever there's any nudity/sex, she interrupts the silence to "change the subject."

I'm already uncomfortable thinking about it.

So many butts in this episode! Equal opportunity nudity!

@chartrex:disqus I realize that, and I'm a comic book reader, and it still pulled me out of the movie. That's the real issue—when a plotline actually takes you out of the experience of the film, it's probably a bad one. Also, there are certain things that are far more acceptable in certain media. Comics are the most…