I care about visuals, too, but I don't think they're at all an indicator of a show's quality. "The Killing" was an incredibly polished show with consistently high production values. It was also dumb as shit.

I'm actually in the same exact boat as you. Season 2 definitely hammers home the same points over and over. On top of that, many supposedly smart characters repeatedly make stupid decisions that strain credibility. I'm not sure if I'm going to stick it out or not.

The writing and acting in Arrow are both consistently high quality, IMO. The cinematography reflects its low budget, but if a pretty picture is all it takes for a show to be considered "peak TV," then I'd argue that descriptor doesn't hold a whole lot of meaning.

Presumably one small enough for his feet to reach the gas pedal.

I disagree with both of them, but often agree with Jesse.

This is sort of how I feel about 'The Good Place.' I appreciate the novel concept, and love pretty much every actor involved, but I find the execution to be fairly average. The jokes are often incredibly low-hanging fruit (see: every single thing involving Jianyu), which sticks out all the more on a show that…

I get what you're saying. Some of my favorite episodes were probably from before the break as well. The season overall was pretty consistent, though, and the finale was one of the show's best.

Are there a lot of TV Club critics? Don't they only review like four shows now?

Fair enough! I love the Indy films as well, so I certainly wasn't trying to denigrate that series. Disagree on there not being any great films in the Potter series, but different strokes and all that.

Superstore and Speechless are pretty big snubs. Speechless in particular I'm surprised to see left out, as it was highly rated in the reviews. Both are fantastic sitcoms.

What The Flash needs next season is a mercy killing.

Love Downward Dog. Everyone on it is great, and it's like no other show on television. I'd love to see it saved by a streaming network, but I'm not sure it's got enough buzz.

Honestly, I have the opposite take. I really don't understand why it's considered the high point of the series. (I suspect it has something to do with people not wanting to admit to liking "kids films" placing a safe bet with a hip director.) Hell, I think four is better. I know Mike Newell isn't an auteur like…

The sixth movie has that awesome climax, and handles the relationship stuff pretty deftly, I thought.

Reading Order of the Phoenix in one sitting is a feat worthy of an Olympian. Lucky that you had the kid-equivalent of speed.

The Potter films probably don't all work as well as standalone films as the Indiana Jones TRILOGY (not sure why we're capitalizing this), but I do prefer the Potter franchise overall. But to go back to my second sentence - do you think the Indiana Jones films are more consistent? Temple of Doom is widely regarded as…

I really feel Fantastic Beasts is underrated. The characters are all lovable, and it's consistently whimsical and charming without being annoyingly so. Its tone was almost screwball, which is a refreshing change of pace from your average tentpole flick.

To me, Harry Potter means one of the best film franchises of all time and one of my favorite book series. I don't think there's been a more consistent film franchise out there; even the ones with great films - Indiana Jones, Star Wars, the Dark Knight trilogy, etc. - don't maintain their peaks throughout. The Potter…

Yeah, fantasy novels are probably not the best place for a foreign reader to try their hand at reading English. Unless they're like Roald Dahl or something with clearly made-up words. (But even those, though, who knows how "clear" they would be to a non-English speaker? I wouldn't be able to spot a fake word in…

Saw Only You on the big screen at the Virginia Theater a few years back for Roger Ebert's film festival. It's definitely a charmer.