I'm still in utter bafflement how Dinklage won over Jonathan Banks at the Emmy's last year. I think the former reacted the same way. But still - ugh.

Was that the same year they had that 'Empire'-douchbag on? Maaaan, he was annoying.

During the entire sequence with Richie at the New York Dolls concert I was wondering if that was confetti flying around the room or if there was actual plastering coming from the ceiling. I thought "Fuck, are they really going for that?". So yeah, Vinyl does not shy away from the heavy symbolism. But that's okay. It…

Read the AVC-intereview with Richard Kind. He wildly, passionatly rants against PETA as the reason the show was cancelled.

Right. In the end there was nothing heroic left about Walter.

I was already very pleasently surprised to find out that Richie isn't a new interpretation of the Don Draper-type or some sort of self-contempt Tony Soprano but rather someone who isn't okay with crime and murder and who's even staying off coke and doesn't cheat on his wife on every instant he gets (at least as far as…

And boobs.

And that's… that then?

Again, no earthly idea where I said that Lucas didn't work hard on every one of the movies. I'm well aware how hands-on he was with the productions of his movies - no matter the outcome quality-wise.

I'm at episode three now and not sure yet if I'll continue - but just out of curiosity: Do they bother developing a plot eventually?

I never even heard about it before this year's Globes. Checked out the first episode and liked it fine. I'll watch the rest at some point when my binging schedule gets less crowded.

Oh no, I'm not denying Lucas anything. I know about his contributions to his own franchise and I know where he failed. I'm also fully aware of Chris Carter's failings and make no excuses for the befuddled mythology arc, especially towards the end of the show's run (though I'm a great admirerer of the early year's…

Two people dead and soaked in blood in the front yard - and nobody suspected foul play? Did they spill ketchup? And wasn't making O.J. look suspicious the whole point of the entire opening stuff before the credits rolled on? Even if I'd never heard of the case the whole thing would have made me suspicious the way it…

I mustn't have seen him in anything in forever because I seriously thought this was part of the make-up. Man, he looks horrible.

WE LIVED LIKE ANIMALS!

Then go read reviews by Ryan Murphy fans. The man is generally speaking a hack who can't write shit and who is so heavy-handed in the messages he wants to bring across that the entire product often weighs down under his influence. I'm not saying he can't assemble a good cast. But man, even his direction in this first…

Wow, I did not know that. In the show they played that like some big, revealing moment. And I wondered how I would react in a situation like that and the question "Who killed her?" seems like a reasonable one to ask. Why would that make him look suspicious to the officers? And more importantly, after hearing about the…

How long though do you think, did they stand there to stare at that statue after the editors cut the scene off?

I thought the same thing.

Why bother, though? David Simon already did one hell of a job with this subject on Treme.