Let's give the American people more credit: his previous holiday movie (New Years Eve) didn't quite make back its budget for its theatrical run. Given that this movie is falling behind New Years Eve, I certainly can't think of them continuing the series much longer. Not sure the calculus behind this movie's release,…

True, but he could steal delegates from Trump, so I don't care what he believes.

It was a Friday news dump of a plot point! "Okay, we need to kill off Lord Bolton and the baby - just bury it in the Snow resurrection episode, no one will care after that." Seriously though, in this show, if it's Iron Islands and Ramsey, you know something will go down soon.

Over-thinking it dude. It stinks!

Whoa whoa whoa, was that a lady character, saying she doesn't need a man for fight for her! Ha, what a charming twist and totally unpredictable!

Eh, I don't think that's over-analyzing. Breaking Bad and (one would assume) Better Call Saul are pretty tight. They rarely turn on these Agatha Christie-like twists (ah, a secret recording!), but rather that any intricate plan falls apart. I think it's pretty easy to assume that the charges go nowhere, but the…

He's wholly untested in creating franchises. Granted, Terminator 2 and Aliens were sequels, but in my mind they're closer to one offs: just a sequel off an original and a pretty definitive end of the story.

If I had to predict, the sequels will not rock the world financially, and personally will not see any in the theaters. However, I'd see a completely original work of Cameron. That's got to count for something.

Not a big fan of religion, are we?

Yea, it was the first (and I think most publicly known) article I found, and felt a little dirty linking to politico. It's a generally known argument in academic circles, can probably uncover reams of articles and a book or two if I wanted to, but I don't. And yea, why bring up Jimmy Carter?

Making the central case of the movie: "saying MLK was a Christian is against the law" is a troll job. The producers picked MLK because he is a saint in liberal circles. Yes, 99% of the debate of talking about God in public schools is creation vs. science. While tackling the creation issue would have been more true…

Article link below. Basically, a bunch of Southern Baptists founded the Religious Right to oppose de-segregation of Southern Christian schools (Bob Jones being the big one). The movement quickly rallied around the federal government's intrusion on state's rights. Abortion used to be cool in pre-1980 protestant…

Oh it's the right flag, for, um, the KKK.

Yes, the annexation controversy of Kansas if they could own SLAVES; the economic collapse in the South after they would emancipate SLAVES; the nullification of federal authority over state authority vis a vis SLAVES. For the historian, sometimes it's better to distill complicated history into a few major points, and…

I watched through like half the first season. I dunno, I grow weary of sad-sack dramedies like this and Louie. I mean, they're fine and all, but I'm slowly finding out that I like it when my comedies are a bit more zany.

Stewart always had a resigned quality, knowing he wasn't changing anyone's mind. Colbert was well, a character, and more absurd as a result (for instance, his interviews as performance art).

For slavery!!!!

In general, I feel most plots have some forward momentum; but I don't have a good feeling about wasting time with a 'Khaleesi with the Dothraki for a season, freed, and back to Mareen with her dragons' thread, nor a 'just a couple of scenese in Dorne for kicks.' Past couple of seasons I've taking to fast-forwarding…

Specifically, Khaleesi: is she ever getting to Westeros?

Alright! So many wheel-spinning plots until we get to the fireworks factory!