“It’s a mistake of the genre to think that your detective is your main character,” said Johnson.

This is so dumb. I have zero interest in any Discovery programming. I wouldn’t want it on my HBO Max account even if it were free. I really dislike piracy, both for ethical reasons and because it’s a hassle, but it’s sounding better and better every day.

Seriously. I couldn’t pick her out of a lineup. For the past months I’ve heard all this talk about the “feud” between Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde, and every time in my head I’ve been like “who the fuck is Florence Pugh,” but I never cared enough to look it up. And I’m sure I’ve seen a pic or two of her on one of…

I mean, she’s “recognizable” in the sense that she’s a unique individual and I can say “ah, yes, that set of features corresponds with Florence Pugh’s,” but “one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood” implies something different.

I can’t unsee something I don’t even see.

But she has a theatrical pout, apparently! It brought “vivid character” to Midsommar’s Dani and Little Women’s Amy especially, apparently! These definitely aren’t just semantically empty things an amateur writer would blurt out to fill digital column inches!

“Florence Pugh has one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood—..”

Unless somehow Games Workshop actually plans to make live action Warhammer 40K

As an Alicent fan, I am curious what it is people are seeing that makes Rhaenyra likeable. Is it pity? Because what I watched this season was a girl who resented her privilege in the first half, and a woman who didn’t do much besides stand around (and pump out babies) in the second half. She may have been an entitled…

I certainly think the kids on the Greens are more compelling than the kids on The Blacks, none of whom I could really tell you anything about beyond their names.

In fact, the show kind of MAKES the book better by highlighting the unreliable nature of the history written by people with their own points-of-view and biases. We’re seeing the “real” story, but the version in the book is totally understandable given that some of these events had no witnesses. When it’s all said and…

I don’t watch the show for the dragons, and don’t want to sound like a fanboy for the dragons, because that’s the shallow excuse some people levy against GoT as to why its so popular... but... that dragon scene was fucking incredible

The princes couldn’t have had an escort if they were flying by dragon.

I think GOT’s first season was great for its time, but I’m glad that HOTD has improved upon that immensely. It helps to have the groundwork of the original show, but even the early GOT episodes had some cringe scenes in hindsight.  

1. Luke wasn’t sent to parlay and bargain with Lord Borros, just to remind him of his oaths. I don’t think it strains credulity that she would sent her son to do it, especially when time is so sensitive on the matter (and Luke doesn’t really bargain with him - as soon as he gets Lord Borros’ answer, he prepares to…

* It was Jace’s idea the princes themselves entreat with the houses, not Corlys’.

I’m with you: The season was excellent, extremely well acted, was far more true to the staging and lore of the books than most of GOT- just those awful Valeryon wigs. The first season of GOT wasn’t particularly good, neither was most of the second until past the halfway point. And we all know what happened after…

she pulls her stillborn child out of her own body in a gratuitously gruesome sequence that’s nonetheless masterfully acted by Emma D’Arcy.

Ugh, RIP Arrax and Luke.

It was great though. Enough to make me listen to 3 and half hour deep dive podcasts on the The Ringer.