Yes he shouldn't have left her alone, but you could tell she had already decided to leave him at that point. Josh was absolutely justified in seeking a little breathing room, Raquel just was in the relationship for the baby and once that became unlikely to happen again, she left. I think both were actually in the…

Loved loved loved this episode. So much.
Stray thoughts: Sarah also had the munchies from smoking, which is another less thematic explanation for her eating food before the prayer.
Sarah's analogy of Yom Kippur to trick-or-treating was fabulous.
Shelly's wonder at Buzz's offer to drive her home "You drive at night?!" was…

Yeah, I think that was mine…haha
It is something! They could have also cast that character as a white person. But they made an interesting and dynamic choice. It's just that sort of thinking needs to happen around every character. The Martian had better diversity than a lot of films this year, but it was still mostly…

(See my post below)

Not sure whether to feel defensive of Boston, impressed that you're actually correct, or somewhat flattered by your back-handed compliment…

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People actually did complain about that a little bit, because it was still taking a role away from an asian actor. But the studio did an interesting thing with the character that actually made him more diverse, so most people realized it was actually not a big deal.

To be clear: in The Martian, Mindy Park is never specified as being Korean (or any race, for that matter.) "Park" just happens to be a common Korean name (probably more common for Koreans than non-Koreans, but I don't know for sure) and many readers assumed she was Korean, leading to their disappointment when a white…

Very meh. I was excited for the series, but was very disappointed by the blandness of the characters. Everything seems forced. Very few of the leads behave like real people.

Loved the subtle trolling by Jackson in putting a bookmarked copy of the Silmarillion on the table in front of his computer.

Rewatching this a year later, after seeing it I can't count how many times, this is still the peak of all of Avatar for me. Korra was ultimately a more mature series than ATLA. It engaged with politics, death, ideology, and the entire purpose of the avatar (a constant theme across all four of its seasons). Also…

They just started tying the flashbacks to present day. The reason those forces are on the island is for the magical artifacts, tying them to Damien Dahrhkh's mystical powers. It will become more clear, but the seeds are there. Now whether the forces belong to H.I.V.E. or not is yet to be determined. Oliver had never…

I kept getting distracted by Digg's muscles. Dude was always jacked, but now he's HUGE. He put some work in over the summer…

I am positive that 5 years late to the party, it is unlikely for many AV Clubbers to be reading this review (and even fewer to be reading my comment), but I still feel the urge to post.

Yes Mindy Park was definitely white-washed. While "Park" isn't exclusively a Korean name, it certainly is a character name that says "hey, if you're looking to fill your minority quota without straining your limited powers of imagination, I'm a good candidate!" The part wasn't exactly juicy and mackenzie davis didn't…

Hey what's the song in the trailer (so I can go and illegally torrent it from Napster)?

I had forgotten that—thanks for reminding me. So some prejudice exists in their world, but the way the show treats its characters belies any notion that they are distinguished in any way because of their non-conforming attributes, instead of by being unique combinations of all of their attributes. Brooklyn Nine-Nine…

Props again to The Flash showrunners for having quietly built a very diverse world with basically no prejudices that we've seen: inter-racial families, adopted family, a gay police captain, inter-racial relationships (BarryxLinda, BarryxIris, EddiexIris), a Hispanic genius scientist, female scientists who are really…

I also loved Chilton's bit about colons. God, this show is fantastic

Idk if anyone will read this, since it's well after the finale, but considering I've burned through all four seasons of Grimm in the past month…