In one timeline viagra exists, in the other it was never invented. Have you ever seen anyone taking viagra on Flash? There you go.

Why is it a dangerous idea? Homosexuality isn't a choice. If baby Sarah becomes baby John due to changes in the timeline (presumably things like time of conception, temperature, random angle of insertion), then it seems pretty likely that it's also possible that different developmental environment in the womb could…

It's true that it would be reasonable to ask for more time even if you still had a case, but I cut TV programmes some slack so long as they are clearly at least aware of where they are taking a short-cut and show willing to deal with it. I actually enjoyed the way Charlotte set them up for continuing on by getting…

That's a very good analysis and I enjoyed reading it. I felt unsatisfied with my own. I knew that there were things about Avatar which, whilst not being bad things about a movie, were things that stopped it going into the "nerd-ours-fandom" thing and whilst I'm pretty sure I put my finger on several of them, it didn't…

I'm confident one day you will.

She let her father's killer go free rather than tell a lie that would have hurt her friend deeply. That's pretty paragon-like, imo. I like that she is an essentially good person.

It should be whoever is thought best for the role.

Maze was also created in Hell and probably views that alone as evidence that you don't have to do anything bad to end up there. With Lucifer as further evidence. If the system is already unjust and arbitrary, why not take your revenge and consequences, if you'll pardon the expression, be damned.

Well if her mother's pregenancy was the result of a blessing from God, that places her very close to Jesus's origins. Mary, in this conceit, did not get pregnant because she had not had sex. In the Chloe scenario, potentially her mother's husband was infertile. In either case, the paternal role was filled not by a…

You utter bastards! How could you end the episode just a few seconds too soon?

I owe you an apology. I just re-watched it and he doesn't do that at all! In fact, he's pretty enthusiastic about it when Tracy's face drifts in. I think I must have been projecting. :o :D

The way he sort of waves feebly at the air trying to get Tracy's face out of his mind! (Or did I imagine that?)

So he was a cool and popular guy who could talk confidently and 18 year old girls would sleep with him. It's an unpleasantly patriarchal society that sees them as victims and denies them agency for something they very probably wanted to do.

No worries. Perhaps the Internet has primed me to see snark where there is none. :(

I actually felt very sympathetic to Flick both times I saw it (back when it came out and a year or so ago). That may be at least in part because I had recently at the time broken up with someone who was very, very much like Tracy Flick. But even without that, I feel more sorry for her than anything else. Especially…

I'd say what "I'm With Her" primarily meant for most people who used it, was "I'm against Trump".

Well your focus on "genre movie" not developing a "big nerdy fanbase" is what stands out to me. Lots of very successful films (which Avatar is) don't develop "a big nerdy fanbase". Is the expectation required because it has spaceships? I'm not actually sure something being Sci-fi is what nerd culture latches on to,…

None of those movies have I seen, by the way. I could pick "been done before" examples for a dozen of your favourite movies. If you can reel off the first five favourite movies that come to mind, I bet four out of five of them if you're honest, you can find predecessors that were as close to them as Last Samurai is to …

And my point is that fanbase is not a reliable guide to a movie's quality. It's the AV Club so I don't think it's necessary for me to support that - any regular here can find supporting evidence for that from their own opinions and knowledge. And IF fanbase is not a reliable guide to the movie's quality, it shouldn't…

Most would consider Vader to be evil and impressive. You don't have to wait until the emperor shows up for someone to tick those boxes.