Wait?
Alan Rickman played Rasputin, and I had no idea?
*Puts it on my must watch list*
R.I.P.

Motherfucker.
This is terrible.
We were fortunate to have him.
True artist, scene changer, visionary.
Ugh.
R.I.P.

Fuck yeah the Warren's are hucksters, but some part of me kind of likes the film's "true story" lauding because it harkens back to the 70's heyday of such bullshit.
And, yes, I acknowledge that is pure nostalgia.
I was a kid with a subscription to the Mysteries Of The Unknown, after all.

I think you are being kind calling Silver "over-caffeinated," though what he was infamously hyped-up on was imported from Colombia.

I thought they kind of lost it for a season or two and was actually hoping they'd call it quits, but goddamn was last season good.
And this premiere was solid.
I just hope they go out strong, leather dusters blowing in the wind.

Well, Whedon himself has said they were filming with much of the story still in rough stages so,…

Well, to me, the Marvel movies all have a safe formula that they follow in regards to their hero arcs and the protagonists.
While I think they are wonderfully performed, for me their scripts all seem to be factory vomited, the kind of thing that given a second or third pass could be better.
I think we've seen enough…

Force Awakens and Age of Ultron (most of the Marvel movies, actually) suck for the same reasons.
This predate release stuff is just murder on creativity.

I get that this kind of thesis stuff of the book is enlightening for some people, searching for some intended or subconscious subtext and all that, but, for me, when it comes to comedy it's a tiresome exercise.
They did what they did because they thought it was funny and thought other people would too.
That's pretty…

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Star Wars: Predictability Awakens.

These past two Fargo episodes have been some of the tensest stuff I've seen this year.
While there have been some slightly annoying logic gaps (like if Ed's wife is dead it makes zero sense he wouldn't have been radioed that info, or his just marching away from the massacre as the other cops arrived- looks cool but…

Silver linings.

I didn't warm to their riffing on The Room either because you just cannot match the oddity of it.
It really does stand alone.

Regarding The Comedy: "…He sits paralyzed by his own insecurity as she spasms. His emotional inertia has a body count."

I'm kinda glad I procrastinated donating to the kickstarter.
Can't say I like what I've heard of Ray's comedy and especially his personality on podcasts.
I mean, I hope he works, of course, but I am skeptical.

HI-KEEBA!

Agreed.
I rarely watched dramatic tv in the past, but the past few years has been a boon of some great shows with moral complexity, great performances, shades of high drama and cutting humor.
Fargo is definitely on that list.

Last week I commented that I was embarrassed for Capaldi this season, that he deserved better writing, less affectations, and the first part of this story was the nadir of this.

Tony Leung would probably be pretty good.