Agreed with all your points. I would also add that Sam’s primary MOS was as a medic, not direct combat, and more importantly, after getting out of the military, he was working to help other vets. He is guided by compassion and empathy, not a desire for violence.

Right I was trying to remember the exact line about the “good man.” But yeah from the start John was clearly marked as the antithesis of pre-serum Steve. John IS a perfect soldier and was physically extraordinary even before taking the serum. It goes back to Lemar’s line that the powers just make you more of who you…

Yeah, I agree it is entrapment. Like if someone is sentenced to house arrest and has to wear a monitoring device, they are very clearly told, “you may not remove this. It is illegal and you will get in trouble.”

I need to read the Atlantic article, but I wonder if they’re factoring in the fact that Homer basically just took over the house from his father, he didn’t buy it. Flashbacks show him living there when we was still a kid or teen. So $50k a year with no mortgage at all changes the calculus.

The uncut cut!

Well, she kills her own mother on-screen (after mother flat out says Agatha cannot be “good”), prompts Vision to breach the hex—knowing that will likely harm him, she brags about killing a dog, threatens to harm Wanda’s children to get her cooperation, then we see her directly harming the twins at the end. In the…

Say what you want about the Lynch (sorry, Smithee) film -- and I will admit it is not really a great movie -- it did have some amazing visual design and atmosphere. From what I have seen, the new film looks just sort of generic video-game inspired scifi setting #5. I would not be particularly drawn to a game that is…

I would be very surprised if she didn’t wind up on Fox, yes. But before that, she’ll make millions going on the conservative talking circuit, similar to Palin. Apparently Palin was pulling in at least one million dollars per appearance for several years after losing the 2008 election and then bailing early for her…

One assumes Minerva Mink will also not show up for similar reasons, unless the studio is really jonesing for that furry audience.

Happened to be shopping at Barnes and Noble the other day. They had quite a few of the ancillary sets and special pieces, including an alternate outfit for Mario showing him in fire flowe mode. I wonder if the fireball power has an impact on the other interactive elements.

Lol, I can imagine the district meeting to discuss curriculum for next year,

I agree with your point here. But I can add an idea that might illustrate how people seem to be so completely misreading the cartoon (including people on this comment section).

Left field possiblity, if we are entertaining the option that we could be dealing with copies of consciousnesses from characters that were once fully human. How about a copy of Dr. Ford?

I will admit I was thrown off by the Vulan shades lol. But mainly because they looked kinda cheap and not particularly futuristic or thematically designed to go with the uniform, more like the actress accidentally wore her own sunglasses to set and the director made an on the spot decision to let her keep them on. But…

Yikes! I had forgotten the episode. Or at least I had remembered it in a more optimistic manner with the suggestion of ending a horrifying war. But yeah, the existence of a specific standing order, "Rain fire!" is definitely not something one would expect from a utopian society, particularly as a standard order to be…

I finally looked up the title of the episode: “A Private Little War.”

You know, as much as people keep talking about how Starfleet has become darker and the Federation in general has lost its utopian nature, I keep noticing how the setting wasn’t really ever as “utopian” as people seem to think. I mean sure, DS9 really foregrounded some of the less savory elements of the Federation, and…

I imagine there would be plenty of narrative and thematic differences, but I wonder about comparing and contrasting this scifi concept of ‘Zone” and the fantasy/fairytale/mythological concept of Faerie. I am not familiar enough with either concept to go much further than wondering about possible similarities and…

This article reminds me of a supposedly true story where a while back, a lawyer sent a letter to his favorite MLB team, threatening to sue them if they didn’t start winning more. The team owner responded with a letter that basically said, “hey, wanted to let you know some asshole is sending me letters under your…

That is a valid point. I also enjoy the fact we’re having a whole conversation involving the word “tomfoolery” lol