I like Diamondback and the last few episodes of LC for that reason. He's over-the-top and corny, and he and Luke have this melodramatic relationship of siblings fighting for parental approval. It didn't reach its full potential, but I'll take grand Dramatic antagonism over a power-hungry dude who plays the piano a lot.

By this point she was no legitimate threat. Alexandra had nothing and did nothing other than sic Elektra on people. She displayed no cunning or superior intelligence, no talent for strategy or tactics, and no resources beyond redshirts and Elektra. Her plan was to throw a brainwashed ninja at her ninja enemies, hoping…

Maybe Lucas will do him a fucking favor and turn off the dark.

He shouldn't have even been involved in that brawl. He should be like the little Yakuza guy in the Simpsons who stands there doing nothing, only to do something really cool at the end. They should have created the suspense of, "When is that badass Japanese guy gonna enter?" And then bring him in to be all badass when…

I hope so. I'm only 1 episode in, which had a lot of glowering. I did like JJ getting a call seconds after the woman asks for her help. That was dumb fun.

Seeing this line in context, I would love if that last part was him croaking it out with his final breath. "It's a… character… in its own… riiiiiiiiight."

Or it's a lazy way to establish Alexandra. They could instead have an antagonistic scene, in which she bests Gao through her cunning or some actual character trait, instead of merely signalling, "this person is powerful and respected."

"You here for a statement?"

Perhaps the entire shared universe is the origin story of how New York City became the New York City we know and love from the comics.

If the show had any balls, it would end with Karen writing an op-ed about how NYC is the greatest superhero of all.

This looks boring. Why am I gonna watch this show? Is this the reason I feel so empty inside?

I thought The Comedy was much better, but then maybe it's actually too structured to be included in this category. Entertainment had some good stuff, but didn't really work for me as a whole.

Anything coming out of SNL or other comedy/improv troupes.

Yes.

Ditto. It seems like the movie could be going somewhere funny and interesting in the Cera and Gilly scenes, instead that just peters out and we see different scenes. Nothing much happens, and little of it is funny or haunting or all that weird. It's a movie that exists.

Seems like you're saying there's a huge difference between Libertarians and conservatives. Which, duh. Many self-described libertarians live up to the "conservatives who want to smoke pot" charge, but 99% is a ridiculous overstatement.

Since we're wobbling between Libertarians and Objectivists here: Ayn Rand proposed voluntary taxation. The libertarian wet dream is to get towards fee-for-service, so that some price discipline can be brought to bear on those services, and people are not forced to pay for things they don't want.

Cheating at what?

That is how time works.

Enough for the both of us.