I’m a big fan of this book (Irish here!) and I”m really happy to see it get a write-up here, especially as it has so many salient points about the novel’s structure that I hadn’t noticed. I loved the way it dug inside the sexual politics and the mental health and identity struggles that caused them to be so difficult…

Bet you anything that kid is Brucey

Because if she wasn’t, the end would be a simple good v evil affair The narrative NEEDS it’s wildcard BABEYYY

I find a lot of the comments here about people being disinterested in the show because Barry has gone “too far” really, really weird. Breaking Bad spent 5 seasons on the air doing things like this, Sopranos even longer. Relatable characters doing bad things, struggling to escape their wrong-doing ways, is kind of a…

Like - I understand that it seems like that in hindsight. But, let’s take Angel and actually think about it - his trauma comes from two things - the constant battle against his worse nature, and the trauma that comes from him having lost his soul - which is constantly shown as being incredibly emotionally devastating,…

That’s just - narrative structure. Every hero is supposed to have a dark night of the soul, and most of his leads are women so - like I get the criticism, but it seems misplaced. I don’t think it’s Joss wanting to see women broken by any mean - it’s wanting to see his characters broken, because that’s when characters…

I feel like any reading on an arc for Mildred or Rockwell as Damnation or Redemption is a misreading, or an oversimplification.I think the film is trying to make broader points on the way humans can connect, the way we heal, the ways we make each other worse and better. How simply believing in someone can make them a…

After seeing this film... I feel like I am the only person in the world who actually liked it. Sure, there’s a lot of visual inconsistency and a messy, unimportant plot but that opening scene made my Superman freak flag fly high! All the characters were charming and the ensemble has fantastic chemistry. PLUS: This…

...this basically happened with this one

...I actually really liked that scene...I thought it was interesting that they actually took the time to consider the realities of, y’know, the ethical violation of ressurection.