I felt the reverse - really hated Kvothe and all his bullshit after the first one. For some reason I read the second one anyway, and not only did I absolutely love it, I immediately went back and read the first one again and continued on to re-read the second one. Something about the tragedy of the whole thing clicked…

That's when it gets knocked into 12th gear!

That's a great interview, I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in the article. I remember reading it and just being shocked at the candor.

Like all my least-favorite songs from Rilo Kiley albums.

They (or perhaps just Emily Haines) famously shared an apartment with Karen O (and possibly Nick Zinger?) in New York. I think maybe they started the band there? Obviously my memory is spotty about this.

The Player Haters always gets me, especially "What can be said about your coat that has not already been said about Afghanistan."

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Neil Gaiman made an interesting point that "political correctness" can usually be swapped with "treating other people with respect," to enlightening results. As in, "that's just treating other people with respect run amok!"

That seems backwards. Very young viewers seem *more* likely to just go with a story. I feel iike a kid just says "Oh, that guy's a rock monster? Cool, let's see him punch something." They're kids: why can't a guy be a rock monster? Logic isn't as necessary. On the other hand, older viewers ask more questions and get…

I don't know that I would count Guardians as an origin story, or the Avengers. Isn't "team up" a different animal than "origin"?

Absolutely. The Fantastic 4 at its core is: "They went to space and got crazy powers that they use to fight monsters". Origin stories focus too much on "went to space" and not enough on "fight monsters."

Look at me, Ma, I made it I'm ok!

Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?

I'm surprised — I just started watching the second season and there doesn't seem to be that many jokes, to be honest, not so many you'd want to investigate. Or that many jokes that quickly. Does it pick up/speed up?

And "Shadow" is just a nickname — his real name isn't given in the book (just the short-story sequels).

Good call. How about M. Emmet Walsh?

Agreed on Vin Diesel, but Gray Worm is too small. He's too small to play Gray Worm, for that matter.

I pictured him more as a Jeff Bridges type. And someone like a pensive the Rock for Shadow.

McShane would be excellent, but can he sound American enough? It's kind of important.

My girlfriend, as we listened: "Is this anti-comedy?"