I could only think "they're just one closely-related car model and a broken-bridge-jump away from a Dukes of Hazzard homage."

I actually prefer this adaptation to the book, for the most part. The book, for me, was kind of a slog - I didn't really feel much of a connection to the characters, and the writing style wasn't my favorite. I did, however, much prefer the original's characterization of Margaret as more of a high-principled…

I read it as Abel hurting himself for more the understandable and more common reasons kids (or adults) resort to self harm. And then, when the adults freak out and frame it as "OH NO, someone did a BAD THING to you, what BAD PERSON did this, WHO would do a BAD THING like that?" he feels like he has to provide a name,…

I kind of agree, but then…seriously, that was a LOT of guy butts. "Oh look, someone *else* is fuckin'. Now for contrast, they'll probably cut to a scene with…aaaaand nope. It's another butt."

He played The Operative (main bad guy) in Serenity, and was also in Salt, Children of Men, American Gangster, 12 Years A Slave, and lots of other great (and bad, ugh, "2012") films. Extraordinarily talented, also foxy.

Oh no, a female has publicly indicated an enthusiastic physical attraction to a particular man. She must ergo be a HOOR.

Pretty much all of the writing this entire season has seemed really lazy and amateurish to me — like the shit you'd put down to get the characters where you need them and "oh we'll write the actual final dialogue later, let's just get this outlined."

He *has* gained a little weight over the course of the series. But still. Are you even kidding? A tall black-eyed whiskey-voiced Scotsman with knife scars and dimples? Y'all can have the Malibu Biker Ken doll. Chibs or GTFO. I would hit that so hard it'd wake up in another time zone.

I think she's okay looking (her makeup and styling here are clearly designed for "all business"), but her character is a complete nonentity. She'd be a lot more appealing/attractive if they gave her, you know, an actual personality.

I am all for Chibs getting it on, or for just more Chibs in general (SO FOXY), but that scene was painfully, *unbelievably* stupid. One of the clumsiest and dumbest three minutes in a solid hour of clumsy and dumb.

A million stars for you. There's a fine line between "alternate perspective on this psychological malady, destigmatizing it, ascribing possible benefits rather than just detriments to its effects" and consistently portraying mental illness as The Gateway To Magicalness. Too much contemporary fiction crosses that line,…

"Family show" translates as "G-rated, okay for children to watch, developed with children in mind." It's a "kids' show" in that it is definitely NOT an "adult show" like Torchwood. It often looks at issues from a more simplistic kid's perspective, it frequently features children as the episode's focal point or hero,…

Yeah, that was a really sour note for me. "But it's just a show, and a kids' show at that. Nobody's actually going to be taking real-world life advice from it." I would've thought the same about Jenny McCarthy, and look where that got us.

Disappointing, kinda? Looks a little like the Slate redesign, which made me immediately stop visiting Slate (not that I spent much time there).

Anything involving Spooks should also involve Richard Armitage. Because obviously.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOO. Omfg, why does this not say "Tom Hiddleston and Ian Holm"? With Cumberbatch as Thistledown, Richard Armitage as Wellington, Robert Sheehan as Drawlight, Rufus Sewell as Lascelles, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Stephen Black, James Nesbitt as Vinculus, David Tennant as Childermass, Mark Gatiss as…

Seriously. That was a fucking masterpiece, even by the normal [very high] O'Neal standards.

This is so great I can't even.

This is so great I can't even.

OR, you could watch his Hamlet instead (with Patrick Stewart!). Which is the best freaking Hamlet everrrr. More drama, less wacky generic rom-com BS.