The Leftovers

Wait… are you saying that east Asian cultures aren't interchangeable? Get out of here!!

Hear hear! I did grow up with the internet (I'm 26), and it was really important for me as a gay kid in a very conservative Christian environment. Plus, the first community to which I ever felt like I really "belonged" was a forum for the flash game Punk-o-Matic, which actually led me to become a musician.

I just googled this to try to find information about this fake water, and ended up reading about Pizzagate, which I completely missed and seems absolutely baffling to me. I think these things are the result of people using logic in reverse: instead of looking at facts and drawing a conclusion, they're drawing a…

I just googled this to try to find information about this fake water, and ended up reading about Pizzagate, which I completely missed and seems absolutely baffling to me. I think these things are the result of people using logic in reverse: instead of looking at facts and drawing a conclusion, they're drawing a…

I think the defining characteristic of New Zealand accents is the way the letter E is pronounced like an I. Like, "yes" would be pronounced "yiss."

That's kind of how our brains work, though: we get a big dopamine release in anticipation of something, but then it drops off as soon as we get the reward. Here's an interesting article about it: https://www.psychologytoday…

Do you have any examples of those things that don't even resemble somewhat pleasurable human activities to you? Maybe I don't know enough young people, but I'm not sure what you mean by that.

International Assassin?

I'm still unsure if he means "move on her like she's a bitch" or "move on her like I'm a bitch." Though either way, he's talking about sexual assault, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Justin Theroux is in there! Being startled awake while sopping wet for some reason.

The writing is so good on this show! I know their executive story editor also writes for Rick and Morty (and used to write for Community), so it makes sense.

Poor Kyle. But that was one of the best scenes in the show, because you see how much more emotionally complicated Harold is than… well, everyone else on the show. He goes from schoolboy giddy to tyrant furious to little-kid remorseful in the course of, like, 2 minutes. Great showcase for David Wenham too, who's…

No no no, they're not *under* the bottles, they're at the *bottom* of the bottles! You gotta drain 'em completely. You've just been tossing away your lost years!

It's so weird—outside of that face-hammering, this show feels very PG-13 to me. They say "shit," but not "fuck" and the action is very non-bloody for the most part. Stands in stark contrast to Daredevil, which had legitimately disturbing violence in every single episode. Makes me wonder why they toned it down on Iron…

It wasn't even about forgiving the cheesiness for me, because I actually liked it. I was happy to see the show at least swinging hard in one direction. Previous entries have been somewhat bland, so it was nice to see the show lean into a more specific tone with more interesting designs.

I thought this episode was a big step up in quality, actually (and marks a turning point for the series). I thought the cheesy "kung-fu movie" action worked, because the designs were unique and the fight choreography was decent compared to earlier action.

The comments for the reviews of Dexter's final seasons were probably the most fun I've ever had on this site though. Maybe Iron Fist will spark some fun hate-watching!

And what a great line too! It's amazing how much it adds to the scene!

That was exactly it! I couldn't believe that even after 80 hours, the game still had something that big and magical lying in wait for me.