My entire experience with Blood on the Sand was via a personal favorite Penny Arcade.

Actually, the question of whether or not it's POSSIBLE to make a good Marco Polo story without Orientalism is a good question worthy of discussion.

I'm curious how you know what the show does, seeing as how you have presumably seen nothing more than the sexiest and most intriguing two minutes of dialogue-free clips, thus robbing the images of whatever context they might require to be interpreted with any semblance of sense.

Fair point, there isn't any major damage done by noting the orientalism. There isn't much added to the conversation, either, by just yelling "Orientalism" though.

I like that you've already given me both of my options! Nah, I'm just joshing you, it's actually a pretty reductive argumentative technique, and doesn't do much for the quality of the discussion.

Dammit, I demand hat escapism!

If you're going to make a tedious argument in a tedious way, I'm going to respond tediously.

History is but the nail on which the totally bitchin' picture hangs.

It does seem that the show is making a lot of hat-based compromises.

All right, now define all the key words in that definition, and then define the key words in those definitions, and then in THOSE definitions, and so on until your point is made. Meanwhile, I'm going to go watch an attractive naked woman do kung fu, and afterwards, we can talk about whose time was better-spent.

Just earlier this year I read The Journeyer, by Gary Jennings (before I'd heard anything about this show) and it made me think that a series about the setting could be really great. I think I'm on-board for this show, and I hope it turns out to be as much fun as the book, though obviously, with less of the creepy sex…

I don't even own a Youtube.

To be fair, Millar has a weird knack for coming up with interesting ideas, but butchering them in the execution phase.

In my opinion, a theory isn't really insane until it crosses over into reality and forces someone famous to be evil (or good) against their will.

Rescue Me was one of those shows that had a few stand-out episodes here and there, and even the occasional strong season, but was too often wrapped up in its conceits to succeed in a big way.

Man, hockey movies are easily my favorite sports movies. Goon is a fantastic character piece. Slap Shot is a sports movie about social class that goes beyond Slobs vs Snobs cliche. Miracle makes you feel like a winner and made people remember that Kurt Russel can still act. Kids have the first two Mighty Ducks.

I dunno, I feel like if I'd had a career with a promising beginning and fulfilled potential in the middle, I'd want to spend the final act doing stuff that was weird and fun. He proved he could Act, what's there left at this point? He could chase prestige, sure, or turn lazy and predictable to cash checks. Instead,…

No, but then, I don't think a corporation is a citizen.

Maybe? I was also very young at the time, so the jokes were mostly right over my head. All I know is that being a Doorman seems like a cool thing.

I'm not ashamed of him, really. I enjoy the show, and I think it's a great time capsule for America's hopes and dreams at the time. But when it's the only Carlton people my own age know…