It has always been a fantasy show for me. From the beginning I saw the show heading to where she not necessarily escapes, but becomes the handmaid that brings Gilead crashing down. Next season, I could see the Marthas hiding her after her bold sacrifice and June plotting from the shadows. 

I liked the cliffhanger because it really hammered in what the gang was feeling. As in they were a slave at that point to Negan’s choice. I look at stories in terms of what they mean and their emotional effect on me is. So many shows are not dynamic or interesting. The intensity of that final scene, only to be denied…

I agree. We’ve taken if for granted that Superman is above humanity. Less likely to act on emotion. Committed to the overall good and the sanctity of life. I am okay with Snyder upending that to a degree, as if he had to learn to be less human and more of a hero, but he just didn’t address those themes at all. There’s…

Yes, but none of those things were even subtly addressed in the film. We’re left to infer that Superman is new and, thus, terrible at being Superman, but the film didn’t exactly try to make that point at all. You can plug it in retroactively, but good films – even superhero films – put those sorts of themes INTO the…

I agree. Saying “no one changes” isn’t itself a good critique. Tell me why that doesn’t work. The point of the film to me was to play with the perspectives of the viewer. We’re tricked into thinking it’s Caleb versus Nathan, but it’s actually a mental heist movie that is hidden beneath the more obvious construct.

Yes.