Wow, were you right about the world "right now" getting wronger…

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I feel the reviewer for this episode wasn't really asking the right questions towards the show, or he wouldn't have jumped to the conclusion that the Garvey family lost nothing or no one on the day of the departure. At this point on the show I keep asking myself what on earth happened to THIS family that sent three…

It makes perfect sense and I too have wondered about it since the pilot. I think this far in the show it can work both ways. The writers are teasing the transcendent/supernatural again and again, but they always provide a way out for the viewer who doesn't want to accept any religious stuff. Which is fine by me.

Interesting…

I'm watching this show for the first time, and am absolutely hooked. I'm somewhat surprised by the utter lack of enthusiasm or commitment on many commenters, and the reviewer herself, because I find it a strong, slow burning fantasy drama, reminiscent of Les Revenants. I'm more than willing to wait and see how this…

You sure have a point. For an apparently nihilistic cult they sure demand a lot of bothering. What if you absolutely hate smoking? If there's no family and nothing really means anything, what's the point of even joining the bloody cult? I hope further down the road they'll show that there's actually a point with the…

Some people are like that. My friend killed Thomas M. Disch, some five minutes after he lectured me about how great Camp Concentration was…

I didn't love his acting (with exceptions), but I sure loved his writing. As a teenage would-be playwright I worshipped his stuff. Every great artist I admired as a young person who dies chips off yet another piece of my heart.

Great interview! I love David Warner. Even as a kid I noticed him in small parts where he always transmitted a thoughtful, kind, world weary vibe. I never really like him as a baddie, good actor as he is, though I guess he does bring a humanity to those guys. Even the thug in Titanic, he always looks like thinking…

I totally agree with reviewer and yourself about the terrible exposition dialogue. They say it's a very personal Nolan project, so I guess he felt the urge to hog the creative slots and write it himself. And in terms of action, structure and pacing, kudos to him. But if he had got himself a decent screenwriter who did…

I love Morvern Callar. It's visually gorgeous and Samantha Morton's performance is amazing, playing a young woman going through an emotional crisis. If you like Lynne Ramsay or Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank you might like this one too…

tmage's point is perfect. The story was told. It shouldn't have been continued by anybody, not even the Wachowsky siblings. The poorness of the storytelling in the two sequels was their unconscious trying to warn them they were crapping on their own legacy.

I was sorry to realize last night that all of Edgar Wright's movies fail the test, with the possible exception of Scott Pilgrim, and I'm not even sure of that one. Where's the Daisy Steiner solo film I've longed to watch since Spaced???

Also, didn't they shoot first à la Han Solo?

I guess you're right…

Huh, I'd never have thought of that connection. Burton certainly has made the "monster with a heart of gold" a recurrent theme, though my memory of Elephant Man if of a film sober to a fault, whereas Burton usually embraces excess, and playfulness à la Gorey. He might certainly have taken some cue from Eraserhead,…

Touché…

That's so sad! You'd only been here for a few seconds and I already liked you. Say hello to the Lone Oranger when you see him…

What happened in the book to Brienne was disgusting and made me finally stop caring about the novels (the poor writing also helped). I'm glad they dropped it for the show and really hope they keep it that way, just like Tyrion having his nose cut at Blackwater.