It's a good story told poorly.
To elucidate, I like the basic plot arcs, concepts, characters, and themes of the Hunger Games books (they're very fable- or allegory-like, so nit-picking an admittedly wobbly string of plot points isn't terribly productive), but the author's prose is pretty awful a lot of the time.…

I feel Jason Momoa's acting style would fit well in Snyder's DC world. I mean this strictly as an insult to both.

Well, I cannot tell a lie, there are occasional puddles of (human) goo in that show.

I feel like this is a weird thing to say, but Breaking Bad starts a little slow. The pilot is a perfectly competent set-up of what's going on, but it does not reveal the show at its best. Watch through episode 3 at least to get a fuller flavor of the different tones it can pull off. I watched the pilot and walked away…

Godzilla: Not Enough Cranston.

Seconded! And you just picked one of my very favorite moments. The stoic cool minimalism of Yul Brynner knows no bounds. (Imagine if somehow Yul Brynner at his prime could have been cast as Aragorn, or an elf, in a LOTR movie!)

Well, we don't know. If he's not, it's a nice piece of acting I suppose. Frankly, this is between him and those he insulted, both directly and indirectly.

I feel like no and yes are the answers to your questions, respectively. And it's even more weird because the second word is more explicit/vulgar that the first. Language, man; it's weird.

"In a culture so often dominated by “I’m sorry that you found it offensive…” semi-apologies, Hill’s response seems admirably, disarmingly genuine."

Yeah, it seemed pretty obvious to me, what with the repeated angry accusation increasing in intensity and all, that the show (and book?) was riffing on Inigo Montoya, showing that although that kind of lust for revenge is very powerful, it can also get you killed super fast in a stupid way. Rather effective, I…

The accent even sounds vaguely similar. Does anyone know what Oberyn Martell's accent is / is supposed to be?

Kinda saw that one coming….

Overall, yes, I agree that her role is mostly as victim/survivor. And I am very sympathetic to her character. I do like that show to some extent implicates her as not entirely blameless as well. The moral rot of Walt's misdeeds kind of seeps into those around him, drawing out their faults/weak spots. Nobody's perfect.

Agreed. And I found her Lady Macbeth-ing near the end to be the least believable stage of her character I think, although Gunn tried her best to sell it, interestingly playing it as a sort of exhausted surrender to the logic of murder, "why not one more" etc.

Well, spiteful for sure. But why? Because she's emotionally … damaged. (Perhaps "wrecked" is too strong.) I guess I just don't think of those two states—spiteful and emotionally wrecked/hurt—as mutually exclusive.

This strikes me as a mostly fair assessment of the shows weaknesses and weaknesses and occasional (now) semi-strengths. Still can't bring myself to watch it consistently.

Excellent point. Skyler's real fault is not, of course, in being annoying or nagging Walt or standing in his way, but in repeatedly choosing comfort and (an approximation of) the family status quo over the more morally just (and safer!) option of turning Walt in to the police.

I would agree that Skyler gradually becomes less likeable; for me it also tends to coincide with her joining the family business. She worked nicely as a moral counterpoint and (sometimes) disloyal opposition to Walt. However, SPOILERS, the scenes where she rehearses and explains her card-counting cover story are…

This. Well, either of these, actually. I'll watch Better Call Saul, and look forward to every Mike moment. But if Banks got his own show somehow, no matter what it was, I'd be there. Of course, I'd prefer it if he were laconic and deadly and grouchily super-competent and all that.

Internet, you have your orders! So let it be written, so let it be done.