Good call. Black Sails provided great arcs for almost all of its major characters.

The more people who ignore Benchley’s novel, the better.

“timeless appeal” — is an interesting take, because I have watched both movies in the past few months, and while Star Wars seemed horribly dated and clunky to me compared to contemporary spectacle movies (including the 21st century SW movies nut especially super-hero stuff), Jaws could easily have been made last year,…

Don’t want to be “that guy” but I think you mean “I don’t think anyone can overvalue the impact...”

As for TDD being “a mean sadistic movie,” it’s precisely that nastiness that elevates it above other war movies of the era.

He did this whole bit about Trump being like a horse loose in a hospital. Hosted SNL a couple of times. He’s pretty funny.

“compassionate conservative”?

Dammit Callaway, I know I signed Diaz.... but you’re the one who keeps sending him out there to pitch.

If Bret Stephens met me, his head would explode (yes, somebody needs to make it happen). I was an illegal immigrant. I lived illegally in America for more than a decade. I paid taxes every single year. I started a company, employed a dozen people (Americans!) and paid corporate taxes too. I bought private health…

“I don’t know how these people put their pants on in the morning.”

One arm at a time.

I’ve asked this elsewhere, but are the Avatar $$$ inflation adjusted? Because if not, beating a 20 year old movie (or whatever) in revenue is meaningless.

Of course it worked. There has been a huge increase in coverage of conditions in the camps since AOC’s remarks. I would suggest that the inflammatory language was absolutely critical to the mainstream media sitting up and paying attention to these atrocities... on television and in print. At some point you have to be…

It appears that in this case, the face-cutting-off really IS the motive. She wants the faces because her own is deformed. The question is, how do the cops know this, simply from the crime scene. Because most cops would, I think, assume it was the killer’s M.O., and have no way of knowing the motive.

Perhaps we are…

It’s my favorite thing on TV right now. I am in the UK, where it doesn’t air at all, so I had to buy on US iTunes. I consider it well worth the $19, but given the amount of free content, others may differ.

There is another line of argument--one I am cribbing from a military strategist, writing for Slate--that this wasn’t madness, but strategy. Understanding that she would never be loved, Dany needed to inspire total fear, and so consciously chose to demonstrate “madness” in order to ensure submission, not only in…

So genocide, in this case, means something completely different from genocide?

I find it difficult to reconcile the people who praised Martin for subverting so many of the tropes of genre fiction with the people complaining “they undid Jaime’s arc.” If you want neat and tidy character arcs that fit traditional concepts like “redemption,” there are plenty of stories that will deliver that.…

I loved that what we have been told about Lucifer “tempting” Eve was really just him asking her what she really wanted. 

What, Arthur Fonzarelli isn’t even part of the discussion?

Also, we have a skilled sea captain, who has won sea battles—clearly, he should ride south with Jon while me and my Unsullied take the boats.

Then, after my second dragon is killed by three consecutive hits, I will fly my last remaining dragon directly at the enemy, because.... the writers assured me they would hold…

No Buffy?