"had more depth, and were more sympathetic"
What depth? Where was it?

Short of slipping on banana skins, the Germans in this episode were almost the epitome of broad comedy.

No spring break is complete without Rodney Dangerfield.

The Europeans you met clearly had never watched Veronica Mars.

No, I had a very pithy comment that was clearly misunderstood. I had an explanation comment you either didn't see or choose to ignore. For this reason, I thought I'd save everyone the hassle and simply pasted the explanation into the original comment box.

Are you sure? Reread my comment.

I hadn't thought about that.

No, I'm not saying that.

I appreciate the following comment posted below the review:

I have no idea. That was just something I heard after I said to a fanboy that filming The Hobbit as a trilogy was just a cynical cash grab.

Give it time - it's too early to make that call either way (EDIT - I misread the quote as saying this album was the equivalent of Lodger).

But why would Robert Jordan's work require a Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh rewrite?

I've heard Jackson fanboys go as far as to say that the films will be closer to Tolkien's vision than the actual book. Apparently all the material in the trilogy will come from the following canonical sources:

In a simple twist of fate, Jesus Built My Lizard was older then and he's younger than that now.

There's a limey remake? God help us all.

My definition of broad: the Germans in this episode.

I disagree. Reread my comment.

Just watched this based on the recommendation of this review. Not impressed.

"It's like an average season 1 episode."

Yeah, we get it. You don't have to keep posting your alt reality reviews.