Wait, what happened to the whole, "Auntie Astra threw the fight with Kara and allowed herself to get caught"?
I was expecting this elaborate Gruberesque fake-out from her and it never materialized.

It's the weapons, right? The more stupidly baroque the weapons are, especially the blades of edged weapons, the crappier the fantasy will inevitably be. Look at the dagger the girl on the right is holding. No adult who wanted a practical cutting tool would ever carry something that idiotic looking.

Yeahh, what I got from your review is,
"I don't like this show because this isn't the kind of show I like."

Hmmm, yes. Of course, it's entirely possible your own appeal would be equally mysterious to him.

“For the wont of a nail, the kingdom was lost”

I'd always thought Abdul Alhazred, a.k.a. The Mad Arab, wrote the Necronomicon.
Maybe it was a nom de plume?

It fleshes out the tale a little, and gives us a brief insight into the soul of the raconteur, so, yeah. Better.

Yeah, but not when Alex was doing his thing. His prominence in world affairs significantly predated Rome's.

Well… it's not a classic anecdote; but thanks for sharing that with us.

It makes him some kind of Bene Gesserit (temporarily, at least) in terms of heightened perception and observation, I think. It may be a false memory, but I think I remember a brief description of it in the book.

"Cant" means hypocrical or sanctimonius talk, especially of a moral or religious nature.

Interposed with vivid song and dance numbers where they shared their feelings via music and movement.

My sister, a brunette, used to crop her hair and bleach it. A guy once asked quite seriously, why she dyed her eyebrows brown.

Since Alex was a Macedonian, yes, it really is.

You're outraged at one entry in a light hearted list about outrage?

Meaningless in the broader, twisty history repeat, yet also meaningful, in that both men's feelings are clarified and expressed in the moment. Then meaningless again because the whole thing is nullified by Bones and the entire galaxy moves into a new era where death is a momentary inconvenience; so long as the idea of…

That's it; the whole thing is an exercise in self-promotion and self gratification. Fundamentally masturbatory. Whatever "issue" they decide has wounded their delicate sensibilities seems ultimately irrelevant.

I'd like to see him play Nova. He can project a goofy, boyish quality which would suit the character. If he also brought some of that Mr.Ripley deeply supressed psychotic rage to the role, we could really have something.

She may have a point. There does seem to be a large group of people who find some kind of sexual satisfaction in being offended and the subsequent glow of self-righteous indignation.

Tell you what; I'd pay money to see Green Arrow go over and kirb stomp those Gotham pussies. Show them what crime fighting should really look like. Or maybe just sic the League of Assassins on 'em.