The Blacklist is everything NBC wants in a program. Hannibal is everything it does not.

Well, it certainly means his grandfather has excellent taste!

I can't wait for him to pop up on Sean Saves the World!

You should tell him your internet friend as a kick-ass Arrow avatar.

Is it wrong that every time Carrie talks about Saul on Homeland, I think "Better Call Saul!"

Did you ask him what he thinks about Stephen Amell's abs?

Who wants to discuss the effect the sacking of Baghdad by the Mongol Empire had on the advancement of knowledge?

Well, I was using Europe as a measurement since you mentioned "Biblical Times" which ends during the height of the Roman Empire. And there were plenty of advances after the fall of Rome (and as you mentioned, Arabia and Asia did not experience such setbacks). Although I should mention that China experienced its own…

Well it depends which biblical times we are talking about. If you are talking about Old Testament, Moses time, then there were plenty of major advances. If we are talking high-Roman Empire biblical times, then significantly less advances since the dissolution of the Roman Empire caused all sorts of problems and a lot…

In the 10,000 years between Wan and Aang, technology (and even to an extent, culture) did not seem to progress much at all. Particularly compared to the massive leap between Aang and Korra.

I should think so. Traditionally aether is the fifth element, which would mean all sorts of crazy stuff like teleportation is possible. In Buddhism there are seven elements, which in addition to aether, includes time and light.

I have to disagree. A:TLA had clear heroes and villains. Just because you felt sympathy for Zuko does not mean there was any attempt to make him (or, by extension the Fire Nation) right. It was a very simplistic story. That Aang could step in, as the hero, and fix everything was never a question.

Well, that depends upon if you believe that the Lion Turtles gave them bending when they left (like the Fire Lion Turtle did), or, since the immediate need of dangerous spirits had passed, just let them go without any bending at all.

I assumed that the Lion Turtles themselves constructed the cities.

Which is frankly, silly. The MU has six subspecies of humans (humans, mutants, Atlantians, Inhumans, Eternals, and Deviants), each with their own unique motivations and relationships to the rest of the planet. Skye's vague-to-the-point-of-non-existent Rising Tide would have so much more immediacy and purpose if she…

Turns out the apocalypse is about a few weeks away or so.

But that should not preclude general mutants existing. Doing a Marvel Universe TV show without mutants is a really, really stupid idea.

"There are no credible studies that support pre-cognition, telepathy, or extra-sensory perception." - Agents of SHIELD

Alan Greenspan gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal where he claimed complete innocence of the great recession except for a failure to predict it. Even the Wall Street Journals commenters were ripping into him.

You forgot the 40 minutes spent on Elvish genealogies and explaining the various names of Túrin Turambar. Plus the hour spent on the creation and ultimate fate of each of the Silmarils.