'Twas a good episode and an example of how to get Ragnar right unlike last week. He was always at his most tolerable and intriguing when surrounded by the men in his life and with his friendship with Floki severed, Rollo and Björn gone and Ecbert far away, the appearance of Athelstan highlighted how much we have been…

I prophesy that our numbers will grow as the season goes along.

I'll put some champagne in the fridge.

Ragnar continues to be the worst. I love how some people in the fandom are still mad at Aslaug for being a "homewrecker" and have no problem with him being a wife beater.

Not for what the article defines as a good love story, I agree. I guess what I was trying to say was that for me the good story part is more important than the good love part.

Ctrl+f "Black Sails", no result, goddammit, that show really gets no love on here. The best shows manage to portray meaningful relationships between all the characters, regardless of gender, and Black Sails is a prime example for that with Max/Anne, Anne/Jack, Flint/Thomas. The list could go on. It's really just in…

I'm happy that Rev made the list, I loved that Christmas special.

Rape always occurred so yes, I wager the Vikings did rape some women and men (monks) though many scholars believe that the reports of their savagery are exaggerated. In any case, it absolutely wasn't "the normal thing to do in the middle ages" - rape was outlawed and though it seems unlikely that every victim pressed…

Vikings raped the women of every village they conquered, and it was seen as a normal thing to do in the middle ages.

Feminism pushes towards unity. Patriarchy pushes towards dichotomy. Her comments are neither nuanced nor informed, they are ignorant of the discourse and that ignorance is rooted in the privilege of never having been personally affected by the systematic and structural inequalities that lie at the heart of the…

Well Victoria was simply ineligible per the guidelines, it wasn't much of a choice. They couldn't get the Academy to make an exception. But I agree with you, even though I actually enjoyed this nazi movie and thought it offered something new thematically.

I think she said "life is good". It was definitely groan-worthy. As was the dialogue when he goes to her to have his suit fixed. But it didn't bother me because I appreciated how actually little they focused on the romance.

I'm glad that Fritz Bauer - one of the greatest figures of post-war Germany - is finally getting some attention but I hope that that trailer is misleading because as much as I love Burghart Klaußner, even he can't make those corny one-liners work ("Do you hunt?" - "Yes but not animals." … …).

Ah I see. Yes the protagonist is a hybrid. Historically, Fritz Bauer was the senior prosecutor in these trials and there were a bunch of young prosecutors aiding him. For the movie, they decided to make one of them the protagonist instead of Bauer (who appears as an important secondary character, steering everything…

Have you watched the movie? Historically the major instigator (and hero, if you want) in all of this was Fritz Bauer and he's in the movie as a significant presence, even saying stuff that the real counterpart said, verbatim - I think it was clever to not fictionalize him for dramaturgical reasons and make him a…

I largely agree with the review. This movie is no masterpiece. It's competently made but with little artistic flourish. The dialogue is utterly unremarkable as is often the case with German scripts.

There was a very strong "NOW KISS!" vibe but the show always had a very interesting connection of murder and passion, a sort of gruesome erotic aesthetic. Will is being seduced to his dark side, as it were, manifested in Hannibal and I believe he'd fuck him before having genuine feelings of friendship for him after…

Yes I read the Fuller interview after I commented. Simply going by what was presented on the screen, it didn't look like Hannibal was caught off guard to me. He seemed rather resigned to his fate. But I'll take Fuller's word for it. I love that it's open to many interpretations either way.

I didn't say they were friends. I said there was a spiritual kinship. One that was obviously always going to exist and Will realized that and that's why he didn't just push Hannibal off the cliff but took him with him (nevermind that he was dying anyway).

1. It was beautiful.