Sure, but I wouldn't knock 'em for trying to take the idea in a completely new direction. It's not even like the Bethesda games are THAT tonally and thematically similar to the other games, and the most awkward parts of Fallout 3 were when the elements they put in for the sake of the brand just didn't mesh with the…

Is the rest of the world that fleshed out? Why couldn't there just be "super secret" science bunkers that people get trapped in or something that we don't know about?

Yes, it would require a serious shift in narrative philosophy and tone, but that's a risk I think the series needs to take. It exhausted its pastiche of American culture by the time it got to New Vegas, which took the premise as far as you can stretch it. I like Fallout 4, but Bethesda's take on the series lacks all…

Can't be too out of the question to just say "hey, other countries had vaults, too".

Fallout NEEDS to start taking place in other countries. I love the setting and the world, but we've had multiple interpretations of 2-3 similar locations.

I Have No Platform and I Must Scream

But, see, I still think there's something about Capaldi's Doctor who could TOTALLY sell fresh-baked cinnamon monsters.

So the Sandmen creatures were designed, right? The sleep deprivation backstory is total bullshit? That's what I took away. I mean, it's both clever and an immense cop out. If it came across clearer it would have been nicer and neater. But I thought it was fine. The commitment to the concept (and the nifty little twist…

Quiet!
I'm having a rhetorical conversation!

Which brings up a valid point:
It's not necessarily baseless to feel that South Park reinforces viewpoints of those who'd stand in the way of social progress. Remember the dolphin episode that convinced many young people (myself included for a time) that transsexuals were "denying reality"? Even though that…

So it goes, another South Park episode means another round of me contemplating its relevance and tendency for brand "offensive" humor.

How can you fuck it up this badly?
I mean, seriously. Producing a season of self aware slasher schlock doesn't seem like such a difficult undertaking.

Woah, Doctor Who did a fantastic tight rope act. This very easily could've blown up in their face but the universal feel of the Zygon/Human conflict allows this second part to be one helluva whopper.

I know it's a lot to ask of the audience to frame their viewing of an episode around the final 5 minutes of said episode, but Kill the Moon is fantastic solely due to the context of Clara's confrontation at the very end.
The Doctor's "Ain't humanity grand" speech at the end and his actions throughout the story are…

More Peter Harness episodes, please. The guy really seems to be able to take Doctor Who and subvert its formula very intelligently. I also think he manages to make Clara's presence interesting in some capacity.

I still stand by my view that this season is clicking and crackling much better than the last one. S1 is still great television, and its success is nothing short of a marvel, but it had a much looser feel and was obviously much less confident in expressing its own voice.

Reagan looms over this season like a harbinger of the apocalypse.
And he's cast in the show itself.
I love this.

"I am not a crook!"

Absolutely perfect. A study of a woman who lived the life, and then kept on living. Williams give such believable pathos to the character and Capaldi has proven that his greatest ability in playing the Doctor is somehow giving the shows silliest and most seemingly frivolous moments emotional power. The episode is…

I like South Park because it DOES kinda kick up a conversation or two. Even if they're never often very deep ones.
I was admittedly disappointed with the personification of reality (that was WAAAAY too self righteous and heavy leaning towards a specific viewpoint) but yeah, this season has been pretty successful so far…