Okay, I haven't read IQ84 yet, but I kind of wanted to get a feel for it, so I skimmed your comments.

Okay, I haven't read IQ84 yet, but I kind of wanted to get a feel for it, so I skimmed your comments.

So after reading through these comments here… am I really the only one who has no clue who these two families are and why they deserve a miniseries?

So after reading through these comments here… am I really the only one who has no clue who these two families are and why they deserve a miniseries?

They don't just hand out the rank of captain.  You really have to earn it.

They don't just hand out the rank of captain.  You really have to earn it.

Well, when people mention the Beatles, I say "meh," but with a smug expression of superiority and a condescending look in my eye.  And if they persist in expressing love or hate, I snicker at them pityingly for their fanaticism. Oh, and if they're really insistent, I get angry at them in an indifferent way.

Well, when people mention the Beatles, I say "meh," but with a smug expression of superiority and a condescending look in my eye.  And if they persist in expressing love or hate, I snicker at them pityingly for their fanaticism. Oh, and if they're really insistent, I get angry at them in an indifferent way.

I'm fanatically indifferent to the Beatles.  Where do I fall on the annoyance spectrum?

I'm fanatically indifferent to the Beatles.  Where do I fall on the annoyance spectrum?

Okay, even sitting here in the safety and comfort of my own home, that video made me extremely nervous.

Okay, even sitting here in the safety and comfort of my own home, that video made me extremely nervous.

RIAA can get its $72 trillion, but they need to provide Limewire with bank account information first, so it can be safely deposited….

RIAA can get its $72 trillion, but they need to provide Limewire with bank account information first, so it can be safely deposited….

Yeah, Nicole was gorgeous and her hair was amazing.

Okay, I would watch that.

Okay, I would watch that.

"He was a diagnostician and good at his job.  But he committed the ultimate sin and broke his parole.  Faking his own death, now he prowls the Badlands, a doctor hunting obscure medical mysteries, a bounty hunter for bizarre diseases … a Renegade!"

"He was a diagnostician and good at his job.  But he committed the ultimate sin and broke his parole.  Faking his own death, now he prowls the Badlands, a doctor hunting obscure medical mysteries, a bounty hunter for bizarre diseases … a Renegade!"

Because a TV show is definitely the pinnacle of worthwhile critical thinking and therefore anyone who doesn't watch every popular show is a mindless sheep too moronic to engage in any thinking whatsoever.