On sports talk radio in Detroit, they are saying a combination of theory 2 and 4. Mrazek was being a little beeyotch about getting benched in favor of Howard, AND they wanted to dangle him to protect Riley Sheahan especially (Ouellet would be the guy I’d be trying to protect in that case though). The general feeling…

South Korea has a lot more to lose than we do if war breaks out. The military analysis is correct in that air superiority will decide this battle pretty quickly. But NK can use missiles tipped with chem/biological weapons at all of our military installations in the area, making them unusable for a time while they are…

I’ll be thrilled to see the one thing we’ve actually not seen yet: Luke Skywalker as a full-out Jedi master, no one to be messed with, going into battle. I gotta think he’d fuck up anybody currently in this storyline, Snoke included- and especially Kylo Ren and his merry band of Knights.

Mark Hamill said it was his voice, but I still don’t believe it. Seems closer to Benicio del Toro’s voice to me.

“The garbage will do.”

Let me add to the pessimism. The Tigers are just ok defensively up the middle per the stats, which is puzzling because Iglesias is known for some wizardry with the glove and Kinsler has always been solid (center field, who knows?). I’m cautiously optimistic that the bullpen will fare better than the past few years,…

Both the Miz and Cena were unsparingly brutal to each other- and they each told the truth about what the other’s shortcomings were/perceived to be. This could be a shoot match all the way around. I didn’t even want to see this match- now it’s in my top 3 for anticipation. It’s a nothing feud that they built into…

Thank God- you just said exactly what was on my mind. Although I’d include the bit that Rob forgot about Oceanside’s guest policy making it difficult/impossible for Rick’s group to approach without violence.

I work at UM and the hosting guidelines are very similar to what you’ve described. Athletics probably has a few ‘VIP staff’ exceptions for Harbs and John Beilein but the U as a whole is kind of uptight about expenses, as they should be.

They are choosing not to tell the story that way- if they jumped around and showed what everyone is doing every episode, we’d complain because they weren’t sustaining a narrative- they are just NFL RedZone-ing the storyline. So they spend time focusing on different people, and we complain that weeks go by before we…

I don’t think they killed the golfing idiots. Everything they took was readily available at the back of the truck, and they had a van/huge head start. I think they just stole the beer/pretzels/batteries and left. Killing those guys would have aroused suspicions that they weren’t in a position to arouse at that…

I just think you’re pulling the ‘Mary Sue’ trigger too soon. We know next to nothing about Rey. How would your opinion change if in Ep VIII it comes out that she was a padawan before being marooned on Jakku and forgot pretty much all of her former life? I know, pulling stuff out of my behind, but I think we should…

I’m thinking we just met the Whisperers, and they are going to fight with Rick against the Saviors, take some losses, get blown off after the fact, and come back wearing walker skins looking for revenge. Think about it- they already look like Deliverance cosplayers and the clipped language is very similar to how the…

Not that I’m going to persuade someone to get off their ‘Mary Sue’ high horse, but...

I was disappointed that this scene didn’t make it into the movie, because you can tell she’s in such badass warrior mode that she doesn’t even break stride when the TIE fighter pops up, like she’s about to pull a ‘boom, headshot’ to the pilot.

So, let me guess- you were the person who raised their hand when the editorial call went out (‘we need someone to do a contrarian take on Rogue One- who’s with me?’). Sooo... you generated reasons. Basically, your take on the movie boils down to ‘how dare it be realistic?’

ETP is the company building the pipeline, and Sunoco will be the company whose oil is shipped using it. They are separate companies, FWIW.

Unfortunately, there is no way the conflict is going to be anywhere near its climax by next week’s episode. The main group doesn’t even know about the Kingdom, or that Morgan/Carol are still alive. They are going to need time to get the Planet of Women on their side somehow, and forge alliances with Hilltop/ the…

You raised a lot of good points. Given that Rick’s group was not too far removed from dealing with Terminus and a crap-ton of walkers, they were conditioned to deal proactively with the Saviors- but did NO recon on the group they were trying to wipe out. Big mistake.

Rob, I value your opinion (which is why I read your recaps), but could not disagree more with just about any part of this particular one. Yes, the show could have killed Abraham at the end of Season 6, and then Glenn for shock value in the premiere. Had they done that, you would have been first in line to criticize…