I think the DoJ official in the pilot who announces the executive order on ferreting out Soviet agents mentions S Directorate by name, which would go to your point.

I'd say their willingness to murder Grayson in front of his mother puts them in the antihero column (at least in this particular episode). Granted, they seemed certain that she would acquiesce to their demand and so they wouldn't carry out their threat, but it seems to me that they were fully prepared to kill him…

Oh damn, good call on that.

SOVIET FIVE-YEAR PLAN

The day the movie premiered.

I don't see how that makes him a horse's ass.

When Emmerich was leaving the garage, I love how the flashlight beam went over Rhys's face, Emmerich not noticing.

Richard Brody on Twitter: "not worth watching, though I'm glad I saw it"

And it looked like Piggly II was celebrating a birthday :(

Yes, I'm trying to puzzle out why they included that line in the trailer. Geopolitics in-joke?

Yes, I'm trying to puzzle out why they included that line in the trailer. Geopolitics in-joke?

Damnit

Pft. He wasn't gold when I saw him and the Tallest Man on Earth at the Town Hall in '08 [yeah, nbd]

The United States doesn't negotiate with anarchists.

More heated than the Antz/A Bug's Life wars of '98.

Woah, hadn't realized Olympus and White House Down are different movies. Armageddon/Deep Impact Phenomenon.

Rumpelstiltskitten?

"Let me know if you'd prefer I not bother posting this."
On the contrary, love it.

Two fingers of whiskey (a way of measuring), made neat (i.e., without ice).

Interesting that happened in your theater. I'd be uncomfortable too. Like @avclub-f7ab113fb2bdb9d5674ef9ab826d7979:disqus , I was anticipating something to that effect, but the theater I saw it in was silent.