I would point my finger less at the Dothraki than Dorne's cliche 'scorned woman' totally upsetting the balance. I could write a treatise of a post-2000 arabic-influenced view of women behind the power views that emerge on these situations. I don't think it's intentional but it seems to be a repetitive situation.

In defense of Perkins this episode trades on the history of the show and that's something should be addressed in this case.

Or Pokemon is the world first's farmville. A game built around an amazingly simple mechanic that plays on our feeling of accomplishment while basically doing nothing. Arguably turn-based RPGs all do this but atleast unfold a story, a story that is usually interesting and compelling on some level. Pokemon doesn't…

Well the article points out the obvious: Women aren't trusted to head expensive projects for sexist reasons. There really isn't much to the argument since effectively this could be changed tomorrow by picking quality directors and handing them larger budgets to draw bigger assets (actors, setting..etc.), and likely…

Or we take the more broad discussion as the link then explain that it's pretty much studios who fundamentally control what gets made is the problem.

This show used to be my guilty pleasure, to sit back and gawk in shock and horror of how people do such strange things to one and other. Then I just realized it's a mixture of mostly young and relatively uneducated people who seek a better version of themselves for the most part of sadly gay individuals who wanted a…

It's kind of a shame to think the quality of a show like this can only exist when the stars align while cheap fillers from Disney continue to emerge and even cheaper shows from Nickelodeon. It's kind of interesting to even wonder what the ROI is for these kinds of shows versus those. I'm strongly of the assumption…

I don't have to. It seemed to be the crux of your argument. When I pointed out why with a valid reason and not merely an insult I don't know what more do you want. The coasts have the majority of the population of the US and do not listen to country as a major portion of their cultural views.

Fewer citizens, far more rural populations. Are you in flyover country? I'm sorry. :(

5 cities in the heart of flyover country ain't exactly a winning argument, is it? Atlanta can be scratched off that list, it is solidly in the 'hip-hop' column since I guarantee you it is called Hotlanta for a reason.

I kind of feel awkward since my first concert with my love was a 3rd Eye Blind opening for the Goo Goo Dolls concert with Vanessa Carlton. It was I want to say….2000? and I looked it up, yes, 2000. It was so fucking 90's it hurt. I'll forever remember that concert because the lead singer of 3EB was trying to…

True….But that's like an STI. :(

I'm being polite, it plays to an actually very small audience of rural whites. It only receives so much attention because rural whites are socially more acceptable than black people. It's a really small total listener base given the HUGE amount of sales he generated. But that's because in other genres a 10 million…

You caused this Ted. YOU DID THIS! Why couldn't you make it worth with Diane for the last 3 decades? We'd all be cheering you on as a bar owner and supporting alcoholism everywhere.

Given he did that over 8 albums…in 10 years….Yes. That's just pushing out garbage at some point. You have to figure he had maybe 8 gems across 100+ songs….and these are country gems, so they're worth maybe a 1/3rd of a rock gem and a 1/10th of a pop gem. So he's fractionally at less than a Third Eye Blind album in…

HAH! I just checked, he has something in the neighborhood of 60 million records sold in the 1990s. Disturbing.

Garth Brooks is apparently the top seller in the 1990s…..That man was effectively unstoppable. But that kind of proves that a narrow genre with a super-strong artist can dominate a field.

Also it's weekend AT Bernie's get your pop culture head on straight, A.V. Club.

Yep, it's kind of the quintessential late 80's/early 90's 'whatever they were doing, I want some' comedy. The 2nd is total passable, it's more slapstick and the actor who was Bernie gets to do more, but the original is pure classic.

It's interestingly retro…but the video is bordering on creepy. I get the vision, I get the song lyrics…but it's just eh. >.>