I think Looper is a great example. Did it really make sense that Old Seth was loosing his body parts as young Seth was being vivisected? Not really, because the fact that that's happening to young Seth means his whole future timeline is drastically changed and thus old Seth shouldn't exist anymore period. but hot…

but it's at the north pole which is Unalaq's country. I agree they probably should have established why attacking the northern portal was untenable, i'm just saying you can definitely reason your way around it.

But both portals are guarded by hostile armies

They had like no time though. If it comes down to a choice between which to assault, the base in the middle of a hostile country is probably the best bet.

Well, we have to remember that Unalaq is form the North, and I'm sure he didn't take his entire army with him to the South (and I'm sure some word was sent to those at the north pole so there must be some defenses set up). I imagine it's kind of like, you have two portals, one at washington DC, and another at a US…

It seems like LoK is still in that weird place where characters can't say "kill" because its a kid's show. Maybe because its on nickelodeon. On Cartoon Network Finn talks about killing stuff all the time

They have to establish it at some point don't they? The fact that they didn't establish it at the crucial moment that bending in the spirit world was required for the plot, but instead did it a handful of episodes earlier, precludes it from being a deus ex mchina. Though again you're free to call it a lame plot…

Thats not what deus ex machina means though. You can call it a lame plot development if you want but the fact that they did establish this plot development beforehand means it isn't a deus ex machina.

I sort of excused the ease with which the henchman fingered varrick when he called Bolin Nuktuk. If anyone other than Bolin had apprehended him, I imagine he wouldn't have said anything, but he'd bought into the propaganda that Varrick himself created.

My point wasn't that if you're christian you must be bigoted, that's definitely not the case, but that if you're bigoted, then it's due to your upbringing (likely influenced by a religion, likely Christianity if you're American) rather than due to your inherent nature.

Same point. These things are learned, often through religion. I only mentioned christianity specifically because that's what was mentioned in the original post, but this obviously applies to religion in general. You're not born to hate gays, you're taught to. So I don't think its accurate to say that a bigoted…

I think you're being a little charitable here regarding christianity and the bigoted assholes. Bigotry isn't something you're born with, it's something you're taught. According to your logic, the bigoted assholes who just happen to be Christian would still be bigoted assholes if they weren't Christian. I'm not so…

This episode was genuinely suspenseful, we got Carl and Rick mowing down a herd of Walkers, and we got Herschel actually being rewarded for doing the humane thing, as opposed to getting eaten alive for it. I think that's at least an A- for this show.

Has anyone remarked on the fact that Unalaq's attempt to destroy Korra's spirit looked exactly like what happened to Aang when he took Ozai's bending? It was basically the exact same effect. Some people seem to think it's a little silly that Unalaq would be able to kill the Avatar spirit so easily, but I think it's…

Well, keep in mind that Wan Shi Tong shows up next with Unalaq. "Oh you're a friend of the avatar's? Well by all means stick around here while I fetch your mortal enemy"

as to number 1, that would be a problem if her violent nature didn't have consequences, but it clearly does. Everything bad that happens in this episode happens because of that first overreaction to the woodchuck spirits. A whole part of this episode revolved around her learning to think positively. We'll see how…

I'm not sure it's appropriate to even compare the two films. I think they're both great in very different ways and for very different reasons.

If Spielberg made Jurassic Park with his left hand, then he must be left handed.

To add to Spielberg's treatment of the dinosaurs, One of my favorite aspects of the first T Rex scene is the T-rex's behavior, in that it behaves like an animal, not a villain. It's not even actively predatory really. It's just a curious (though hungry and dangerously powerful) animal, and I find the lack of…

It's staggering how well the effects in Jurassic Park still hold up.