@avclub-a93a879594c13c12a83fd45ab289a022:disqus You're right that it "feels like it's a movie they made after 6 seasons of a TV show," but that's the joke (or at least a joke)— the whole thing is presented as if everyone already knows about Buckaroo Banzai, both in our world and in the movie's world where he has his…

Who will also be recast (or just disappear) for a sadder reason, because Johnson is terminally ill.

"Screech screech screech screech WHOMP WHOMP"

It's been a while since I read any of these, but my favorites besides TSWCIftC in no particular order are Smiley's People, A Perfect Spy, The Little Drummer Girl, and The Tailor of Panama. All very different from each other, so YMMV.

I still don't quite get how he got approval to publish the novel while still working for the Foreign Office. I mean, not because he was divulging any secrets, but just because it makes MI6 sound like the most horrible assholes in the world— and not even in a "they may be assholes, but they're keeping us all safe" way.…

Barely a real thing; von Trier exaggerated a wee bit, turning something that was mostly propaganda plus some scattered attacks into a serious terrorist force. But that's appropriate in the context of that movie, where basically everything that happens is someone's paranoid fantasy come to life.

@avclub-f16faf5d680d7b88e2e157c1c137c497:disqus It's a large organization, and the first guy was sent for a more routine purpose whereas the second guy was implementing a major policy change. Made sense to me in the books (and it should make sense to anyone who's had to negotiate a bank loan), but I get why they might…

@avclub-0f0d67e214f9fef69b278e3d08114da9:disqus The Kingsmoot really is great— definitely the most interesting the Ironborn have been, and also a beautifully orchestrated scene in terms of playing with readers' expectations. I particularly love how (SPOILER) Asha runs a funny and idealistic protest campaign based on…

The guy Cersei ignored (but then eventually did meet with) in book 4 was the slightly similarly named— but less memorable, due to not having a cool hat nor being stupidly tall— Noho Dimittis.

McNeice was in Game of Thrones too, almost— he played Illyrio in the original pilot, a victim of last-minute recasting.

Tycho doesn't show up till book five, but the Iron Bank was mentioned a few times earlier; Ned and Tyrion were both warned that the borrowing was getting out of hand. And there's a different one of their guys who showed up in book 4 to try to deal with Cersei's bullshit, so it may be that they're combining that…

I know a fairly tiny guy named Thor. He still likes to get in fights though.

Based on what we get of Aeron's backstory, I always pictured him as still looking just the littlest bit like the aristocratic fratboy lush he used to be, with the kind of fervor you only get from converts who have tried way too hard to be like famous zealots they've heard of.

Eh, it worked for me. Having Jesse sound like he was right there in Walt's face made it easier to identify with Walt's total panic. Not a totally realistic device, but an emotionally convincing one.

@avclub-b5706dc9508d67a01718c142ca80b8b4:disqus Holy shit, man, I thought till now that you were just innocently mistaken, but what the fucking fuck… you think that if an AB member is racist, that must have been "brought on by being attacked by black and Mexican gang members"? And that people join them in prison for…

@avclub-f16faf5d680d7b88e2e157c1c137c497:disqus Yes there's an obvious difference in how the guy talks to Walt in this scene compared to before, but I think that's deliberate and good writing. Walt was in full Heisenberg mode before— an infamous mystery man who barely spoke, commissioning a super-audacious murder…

@avclub-71509159b88c7d1e8df636223ac0dc57:disqus "Somebody serving 20 years getting tired of getting his ass beat and so finding some like-thinking people" - you're just stereotyping in the opposite direction. The AB has been around for a long time, and if it ever was mostly motivated by self-defense, it isn't now.…

Hank and Gomie are hanging out behind the engine block, not behind the doors and seats.

I think it's more that the kid just thinks this guy is creepy. Walt has a terrible fake smile; the only way he can be reassuring to anyone is if they think he's kind of pathetic, but that doesn't work for a small person who sees him as another authority figure.

He shot a kid who was standing still, in the open, 15 feet away. I could probably do that and I can barely hit a can.