Watching the ep I thought Arya's reply "no one" as to who trained her reminiscent of Odysseus's tricking of Polyphemus. Then the writers commented, after the show, that Arya at the gate of Winterfell was a reference to Odysseus returning after 10 years and no one recognized him. Of course, Odysseus had his loyal…

This ep was a great reminder that, as immature, pedantic, psychopathic, misogynistic, sadistic, and generally a dick, that Joffrey was, he did warn Tywin, in season 3, of the possibility that the reported dragons might be very large indeed. One of Martin's excellent touches in bringing complexity to the idea of mere…

Late to the party, but thanks to everyone below. I really got a rise out of these puns!

A fine alternative to break the monopoly of those stringy, greasy pies over at Sweeny Todd's, on Fleet Street!

Confused as to why someone with Missandei's formidable linguistic skills would initially be insulted/misunderstand Grey Worm's lovely "You are my weakness" line — perhaps the most romantic and "nakedly" honest words ever uttered on GOT? Both written and acted beautifully, It seemed such an obvious "You complete me"!…

SCENE: In the deepest bowels of King's Landing:
Cercei: "Excellent weapon, Qyburn! You have surpassed even my expectations. Explain how we put it into effect…."
Qyburn: "Well, you see, we aim it up at the dragon, and when it flies over, we pull this trigger!"
Cercei: "So how soon can your men move this massive…

Did the reviewer read the book? If not, then the review is only half-informed, and if so, then they avoided the necessity of pointing out the huge digression. So the filmmakers "adapted" a both chilling and comic novel, turning it into a smarmy, self-indulgent (sanctimonious?) and hipster exercise in feel good. The…

Guess it took years to see the real face of the Death Panels. Turns out that if God's miracles worked a little differently, Ryan would only be killing one person at a time at an iHop.

Good points. I give IM credit for being first (no one remembers the guy who painted soup cans after Warhol). Perhaps because GOTG is literally light years from Cap and company, we all get to have a little breathing room? To your point, went home to rewatch GOTG 1 after seeing the sequel Saturday, and it's not…

I hear that. Strange always was a "mystic" corollary to Stark. Both were 2nd tier characters (Stark in the Lee/Kirby days was never as capable as Reed Richards). I thought the Doc Strange movie moved a little too quickly into his superheroism — would've liked to have seen a lot more suffering (though, in the comic,…

Taserface riffs, awesome.

"Wild West Hero" would be another great one.

I'm guessing a lot of the audience isn't familiar with the lyrics, nor the incredible catalog, of one-hit wonder, Looking Glass.

well, if they do another horrible one like "Age of Apocalypse," they'll bury the franchise under its own weight. "Logan" showed how Fox can still make a successful mutant movie.

Interesting. I think the studio having the confidence to leave James Gunn alone - to write AND direct - and Gunn's own surety of self and in his abilities, is what made a huge difference. As for being slavishly devoted to old stories - well, just look to the horrible Fantastic Four Fox movies to see what happens…

Kudos for citing a cool/quirky SNL sketch on opening weekend of the cool/quirky Guardians 2! I agree - the MCU has wiggle room for tonal changes. Even Star Wars had trouble making that happen IMO — Rogue One felt so "off brand" that I could never get into the story, in spite of everyone telling me that it was the…

Good points. I'd add the first Iron Man to the mix, mainly for successfully doing so much heavy lifting back in the day when a dream as big as that of Marvel Studios was thought to be overly ambitious. Iron Man was 2nd tier character then, even in the comics, and Feige and Downey built a mythology for an audience…

All good points. There is one other aspect to the MCU "house style" that usually is ignored, however, and it make take years still for the uniqueness of it to be made evident — at no other time in film history has there been such an undertaking of building a universe (or more) and having it span what will someday be…

The good Doctor had do to a LOT of heavy lifting to fit into the MCU, so I forgive it for being a bit clunky at times. I actually can's stand Mads, and his (mis)casting was the main thing that pulled me out of the fun of the movie. If you saw it in 3D, it almost redefined what could be done with the "gimmick," and…

They're still superheroes. Just a little more out of the box (which is probably why they killed box office in both movies).