Are you saying that you, as an audience member, aren't convinced the High Sparrow is a "legitimate bad guy", or you don't see how the people of King's Landing would see him as a bad guy? Because you mention the support of the people and "seem"ing like a bad guy, but you also introduce your own thoughts, i.e., "I don't…

No I don't. You were saying the first season was derivative of the film, and the second season was some sort of sloppy conglomeration of other Coen's films "mish-mashed" together. And the main point was that people were overrating the series, and it paled in comparison to the film.

I wasn't making the argument that quantity equals quality. You probably know that already. My point was that people's opinions are different and it's not simply a retelling of the story for the film in the series or rip-offs from other stories. There was clearly effort put into the narratives and characters in both…

"because it's inspired by that material, and the other Coen's movies"

Sometimes, people have different opinions about things. That's fine, you know. But, you have to admit (or maybe you don't, I don't actually care) that it wasn't really just a "copy-paste" job on the two seasons of Fargo from the movie. There are obvious similarities, because it's inspired by that material, and the…

I admit that 55% padding is probably hyperbole, but I'll trust your statement, since it sounds like you and Ms. Jolie are better acquainted than I am.

I don't know the specifics of how many people are planning/pre-ordering No Man's Sky, etc., so I'm not going to try to argue that. But my point is that it's probably not just a publishing clause, but also the fact that they have money on the line with the project. Also a reputation. Also the fact that being threatened…

Bras. Bras have lots of padding usually, and lots of "push-up."

I think that was 45% Jolie, 55% padding. But point taken.

Yeah, Lara Croft sounds more like a "female Indiana Jones" than the character described, and that's been done already anyway.

Well, NOW we're going to get a hit from ctrl f. THANKS, JERK!

I feel like many of the even "lower" tier action movies released in this decade pale in comparison to the lower tiered action movies from back in the 1990's, like The Negotiator.

It also had Robert Duvall as the benevolent negotiator, who was inexplicably named Frank Grimes, but was not, seemingly, based on the character from The Simpsons of the same name.

I agree with that too. I think most representations, though, do it okay: they point out the lapses in logic and problems with using a gun to get what you want, but also bring about the bigger questions that are posed by people resorting to those actions. At least, when media representations do it right, then it can…

Lucky? Be rational here, though, man… the developers aren't going to just walk away from a multi-million dollar project because a 13 year old threatened them through Twitter. That's just not going to happen. I mean, I do think the developers probably value their lives more than money, but at the same time, it's not…

I don't think this is far from the truth for a portion of the deranged people who do things like this.

I don't know. I remember that movie John Q, and I feel like they went to some pretty great lengths to suggest that the insurance company and hospital were okay with shrugging their shoulders and letting a kid die unless they were given a crazy amount of money. I don't agree that violence, brandishing weapons, etc. is…

I agree. We don't know each other, but I associate all of your comments, your username, and you as a human being, with that mullet.

Oh, is that why you don't have one? I thought you, and others like you, were just too cool for trendy features like avatars.

Man… Disqus doesn't let me change my avatar :( I guess because I signed up strictly through AV Club, and not through Disqus, so I can't seem to change much of anything about my account when I log in.