"I used to obsess over crew dynamics in starships" made me smile. I did that too!

Christ, had no idea about the last part. Say more, please? Not out for salacious details; just want to be informed.

How about entertainments we're not looking forward to in 2016? After seeing what WWE's main roster writers did with Sasha Banks, I'm dreading Bayley's callup. I'm not even that big a fan of Bayley as a character, to be honest. But the thought of a performer as hardworking as Pamela Martinez being short-served by the…

Oh, man. I'm definitely hoping Syfy doesn't rescind their second season order for The Expanse. Feels like we've finally gotten a halfway competent show from them, but they've killed shows with better ratings and equally positive critical response in the past.

You know, in the article I initially misread American Crime Story as American Horror Story. Now that would be a dumpster fire…

Heath Slater!

Yeah, (spoilers?) Book-Holden in particular had me gritting my teeth at times. Though he's gotten better the further in the series I've gone. (Or maybe I've just gotten more used to it.) While Strait's still a little wooden in the part, show-Holden's shaping up to be a bit more tolerable, or at least a little less of…

Admirably closely, I'd say, given all that it involves. I see a few things they did to compress the narrative, but they're reasonable compromises.

I tracked down a few of the books after reading the reviews and comments of the episodes aired so far—and watching the episodes, of course—and I'm enjoying them. While the characterization's on the thin side, as book readers have mentioned in previous reviews, I really liked what the authors did with Miller in Leviatha…

"The invitation said 'Dress appropriately.'"

I'm also struggling with Life After Life—I've misplaced my copy and forgotten about it often enough that it's become an all-too-clear sign of my disinterest. But I also hate leaving books unfinished…

Seconding this recommendation. NYRB also published Oakley Hall's Warlock, which, while not the same kind of Western as some of the other books being discussed here, is a very good book.

"I'm pretty sure you were at some of these battles, were you not?" "This is science fiction. I am science fact."

"I won't bullshit you" sounds like such a Ben Affleck thing to say. I don't even know why.

Yeah, I tend to think as you do about Syfy shows—not that I'm expecting or demanding "prestige" television, but I'd like something that surprises me on occasion; I've found the characters and story beats on Syfy shows will always be so predictable that it's hard to see them as especially compelling. I'd think of even A…

Last week's Charlotte angle left me marveling yet again at how it's just as awful being one of WWE Creative's chosen performers as one of the ones they disdain. And boy if Survivor Series didn't prove that theory…

You know, a little while ago I read some Tumblr post about an alternate ending for Harry Potter in which Harry never really gets over fighting Voldemort. He just kind of drifts from post to post for a few years and then retires to a small home to live off his savings, pretty much entirely out of the public eye except…

You know, the more I think about it, it's fitting—Bastard Executioner is like the Papyrus to SoA's Comic Sans…

I know it won't change anything—it'll probably get Vince McMahon to add even more fuel to this dumpster fire—but I appreciated Ric Flair all but calling McMahon out for cooking up the Reid Flair segment, and for creating the kind of environment in the company where you can't say no whether you're being pushed or…

"Pow! I love you, daddy."