Yeah, this was the first time where honestly Paula's actions felt so beyond ridiculous (I know, I know, she's done crazy things before but at least Beks has gone along with it) that I really wanted her to get a stronger reaction.

And it's not for next week anyway—no new episode next week :(

I came across this completely by chance just a month or two ago—so really know nothing more… Anyway here's an update from Deadline a few weeks back http://deadline.com/2016/03…

I had a feeling I should re-read the article to see if I missed a mention. Appreciated. And I agree with you completely (is it particularly more episodic than Orwell's 1984? I haven't read that since junior high—I read We much more recently, but…)

Thanks for the headsup! I did read an old translation of Monday Begins on Saturday, but wouldn't mind a new translation/edition. I admit I haven't checked about new editions in over a year.

I just posted the same thing here—obviously everyone's experience varies, but…

I admit to being disappointed reading the number of guys who post online the argument that the male body simply isn't nice to look at the way that the female body is—something, unless you're a gay man like myself, men and women apparently—and this seems to be taken for granted by many—simply always find more…

Not one mention, even just historically in passing, of Zamyatin's We? I know it was a big influence on later dystopian fictions and when I had to read it I enjoyed it much more than I ever expected to.

We covered Roadside Picnic for a Russian/Soviet fantasy and sci fi class I took as an elective on a whim a few years back (I had taken a TOlstoy class from the same prof and was a fan of the prof—I admit, I am a very casual, at best, fan of sci fi). I loved it—and tried to track down everything else by the Strugatsky…

We have the Genie's which are for film and TV—I guess that's kinda the same thing? But Powder didn't win and wasn't nominated for anything—I don't think it was even shot in Canada let alone a co-production. There IS a Bollywood version which is kinda terrifying, however.

Yeah and to be fair, the people who have been praising this season have mostly been doing so because of seeing it as a return to form after several (generally) less liked seasons. So I'm not sure what your take on Season 5 would be without at least watching the first year…

I wish (like with Follies, though that's a different issue) they'd go back to performing and licensing the original Company script, honestly—owning copies of both as well as having seen several stagings (including the 1971 original production tour that is one of the earliest videos the NYPL archives has).

Right, unfortunately something Marshall tried to do with his film of Nine which is… pretty awful (ITW is a masterpiece in comparison). But Chicago was always done in that style—the Fosse original had each song presented by an Emcee and based on a vaudeville staging, the current it-will-never-close revival presents it…

Two Gentlemen of Verona was not a Broadway flop. It ran for some 600 performances, made a profit, won the Tony (infamously over Follies—which did lose a lot of money), etc, etc. Sure, it's kinda obscure now, (though it has had some major recent revivals) but…

To what are you referring to?

There was a short lived anime sequel to Thunderbirds—the UK puppet show or whatever (I know they weren't fully puppets, but…) I never saw it…

I admit, as a teen getting into anime in the 1990s, one element that, at least at first, I always thought was pretty cool was how in low budget TV anime—going at least as far back as 1970s series like Rose of Versailles (admittedly somewhat high budget as far as TV anime of its time goes), obviously faked lens flare…

Does their record company even still care about them?

Yeah pretty sure it was coke. In my limited experience around that kinda thing, frequent bathroom breaks are for coke—it's umm, more of a process to run in and shoot up.

There actually seemed to be a moment of self awareness when Marnie found out the call girl's age.