That scene sort of replicates a great moment from the game: just after the first time Ellie has to kill someone (to save Joel), they do one of these boost-me-up things for the dozenth time.  You push the action button to get Ellie over to you and...nothing happens, because she’s still shaken.

I did not understand that reference!  (I mean, now that you say it, yes.)

Pretty sure that was irony.  (Also, the idea that this is now the record-holder at the August Wilson Theater.)

I’m imagining your gesture and I’m offended by the implied antisemitism I made up in my mind.

You have to go to YouTube for it (in the US, at least), but also see its predecessor Cunk on Britain.  (“Harold won the Battle of Hastings by taking an arrow in the eye.  He died shortly after that...nobody knows why.”)

“Spending habits of a retired suburban 70 year old, and me are a little different, in different parts of town.”

It’s actually interesting to go through the Best Picture winners (and nominees) from decades ago and see how many of those are adaptations.  What they are not, however, is “15th in the franchise”.

There was talk at the time about the nomination being a spoiler.

In retrospect it also casts a pall over Soapdish, which that aspect aside is one of my favorite movie farces ever.

Four of the actors on The Conners are playing characters they first played in 1988, although obviously there was a 20-year break in there.

Yeah, I remember something about an ant infestation in Northern Exposure, and Joel (that Joel, not this Joel) asks Marilyn for some “native wisdom about nature” or some such on avoiding ants. Deadpan answer: “Don’t leave food out.”

Ah, thanks.

They did, although David Dastmalchian’s name is in the end credits and I’m pretty sure he’s on the cutting room floor.

Meanwhile DC is out here just praying that Ezra Miller doesn’t outright murder anyone before June.

No, this is also a little bit confused: You get your $105 PLUS their $100. Which, yes, is still $205, but it’s tricky enough that it’s worth keeping the two sides straight. Also, people mostly don’t actually do that: they bet the amount they want to bet, and accept the winnings that come from it. So they bet $100 to…

“... this mirror image of recreated scenes seems to be a common element of the show.”

It was two paragraphs earlier and didn’t stand out to me as a phrase that would get/need an acronym.

I guess it was a zombie show last week.  Ha ha ha !

The moments when the movies fuck with the comic-book audience are my favorite. Like, that’s Liz Allen, right? — No.

You may have to check case by case; per WP, Handmaid’s is actually made by MGM, and presumably licensed by Hulu in the US.  ... except that the DVDs of the 1st 3 seasons were released by Fox, but the 4th was from Warner’s.  Sounds like a mess.